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STATE OF MAINE
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General
PETROLEUM MARKET SHARE ACT
REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
TO THE MAINE LEGISLATURE
PURSUANT TO 10 M.R.S. § 1677
FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD
2017 – 2018
May 2019
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Retail Petroleum Outlets Concentration 10 M.R.S.A. § 1677
April 2019 I. INTRODUCTION
This report is provided by the Attorney General to the Legislature pursuant
to Maine’s Petroleum Market Share Act (“PMSA”), 10 M.R.S.A. § 1677. As
required by the statute, the report describes the concentration of retail petroleum
outlets. The concentration levels described in this report reflect conditions in
Maine as of the end of May 2018. The statute also requires the Attorney General
to make “a recommendation to the Legislature as to whether additional
legislation is needed to further limit or curtail the activity of refiners operating
retail outlets.” The Attorney General does not recommend any legislative
changes at this point.
The report focusses on markets for home heating oil and motor fuel oil. In
general, the geography of petroleum markets is local. In the case of home heating
oil, the market may encompass an urban area or a segment of a county. Motor
fuel markets tend to be smaller, in some instances limited to a single
neighborhood or one side of a busy street. For continuity purposes, our analyses
retain the longstanding geographic markets developed by the Attorney General
in the 1990s, when the PMSA reporting first began. The state is divided into 33
home heating oil (“HHO”) markets and Maine’s 16 counties are used as the motor
fuel oil (“MFO”) markets.
As required by the PMSA, home heating oil and motor fuel oil wholesalers
submit data annually to the Maine Attorney General indicating the annual
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gallons supplied to each home heating oil and motor fuel retailer located in
Maine. Using this data, the Maine Attorney General is able to determine the
number of retail competitors and their percentage market shares within the pre-
defined geographic markets.1 10 M.R.S.A. § 1673. Those figures, in turn, allow
us to calculate where each of the HHO and MFO markets falls on a concentration
index widely used by federal and state antitrust agencies to assess competitive
conditions (usually in the context of proposed mergers and acquisitions). The
Appendices to the Report show the concentration levels, and corresponding
maps depicting those levels, for each pre-defined market. The tables in the
Appendices also show concentration numbers for the same markets for the past
ten years for comparison purposes.
II. LEVELS OF CONCENTRATION
A. Methodology
The methodology employed by the Maine Attorney General to assess
levels of concentration in Maine’s retail petroleum markets, as reflected in this
report, is essentially the same methodology used by the U.S. Department of
Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and other state Attorneys General in
evaluating the legality of a given merger or acquisition under applicable
antitrust law. The Maine Attorney General has employed a similar analysis
1 It should be noted that the Attorney General collects neither retail nor wholesale price information under the PMSA. Moreover, the data collected from individual wholesalers, which
is confidential by statute, is aggregated and not identifiable by wholesaler or retailer in this
report. 10 M.R.S.A. § 1675.
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enforcing Maine’s merger law for more than thirty years. 10 M.R.S.A. § 1102-
A.
The most important factor affecting competition in a particular market is
the level of concentration (how many sellers and the size of their market shares).
The retail level sales volume data the Maine Attorney General receives annually
from home heating oil and motor fuel oil wholesalers allow us to calculate market
shares of retailers within a defined geographic area.
1. Market Definition. The first step in a concentration analysis is to
determine the relevant product and geographic markets. This report focusses
on two product markets, home heating oil and motor fuel oil. Home heating oil
is defined as “#2 fuel oil sold for heating residential, industrial or commercial
space or water.” 10 M.R.S.A. § 1672(3). Motor fuel “means internal combustion
fuel sold for use in motor vehicles,” as more fully defined in 29 M.R.S.A. §
101(42). 10 M.R.S.A. § 1672(4).
Determining geographic markets for this report is less straightforward.
For the purposes of this report, we are not looking to identify the geographic area
within which two merging companies operate, as we would if we were reviewing
a proposed merger. Rather, we are dividing the state into a series of geographic
markets to obtain a very broad snapshot of competition in the petroleum
industry and trends across the entire state.
The Maine Attorney General has taken different approaches to defining
geographic markets for home heating oil and for motor fuel oil. At the time the
Attorney General initially began preparing these reports, we conducted a series
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of interviews with a number of persons knowledgeable in the petroleum industry
in Maine. On that basis, we divided the state into 33 separate geographic
markets intended to approximate economic and competitive circumstances
relative to home heating oil sales. Motor fuel markets are generally more
localized than home heating fuel markets. However, since our task is not to
analyze a specific local merger, but rather to portray broad trends in levels of
concentration across the state, we use county-wide markets. Markets are not
static, of course, and economic and competitive factors over time might lead to
slightly different geographic market selections today. Nonetheless, we have
retained the original geographic markets to be able to compare concentration
trends over time within consistent geographic areas.
Importantly, these geographic market depictions are not used to analyze
individual mergers or acquisitions in Maine. Each individual merger or
acquisition proposal will require an evaluation of the unique competitive and
economic circumstances in the areas within which both companies operate.
2. Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. Market concentration is a well-
accepted tool for evaluating competitiveness within identified markets. As a
general rule, the fewer the competitors, and the higher those competitors’ market
shares, the more concentrated (and less competitive) the market. Federal and
state antitrust agencies (including the Maine Attorney General) employ the
Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (“HHI”) to measure market concentration.2 The
2 DOJ/FTC Horizontal Merger Guidelines (rev. ed. 2010)(available at
https://www.justice.gov/atr/horizontal-merger-guidelines-08192010).
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HHI concentration index is arrived at by squaring the market shares of all the
competitors in a given market. This simple mathematical device expresses the
insight that market power increases exponentially in proportion to market share.
Federal antitrust guidelines used by the Maine Attorney General in merger
enforcement indicate that a market with an index of 1000 or less should be
viewed as unconcentrated (and therefore likely to function competitively).3 A
market with an index between 1000 and 1800 is described as moderately
concentrated; while any index over 1800 is termed highly concentrated.4 A
market in the highly concentrated category is subject to a high degree of market
power, unless the effects of high concentration are mitigated by other factors,
such as ease of entry for a new competitor.
Our analysis of levels of concentration in home heating oil markets tracks
the categories reflected in federal guidelines. Thus, a home heating oil market
with an index below 1000 is “unconcentrated,” 1000-1800 is “moderately
concentrated,” and 1800-2500 is “highly concentrated.” Markets above 2500
points are referred to as “extremely concentrated.”
For our designated motor fuel markets, we have adjusted the
concentration index to reflect the fact that the large, county-level geographic
markets inevitably understate levels of concentration. Thus, for motor fuel, an
index below 500 is “unconcentrated,” 500-1000 is “moderately concentrated,”
3 For example, ten firms with market shares of 10% each would yield an index of 1000 (10 squared x 10). 4 For example, a market comprising five firms with market shares of 20% each would yield
an index of 2000 (20 squared x 5).
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and 1000-1800 is “highly concentrated.” Markets above 1800 points are referred
to as “extremely concentrated.”
Appendix A lists the geographic markets within which we measure
concentration at the retail sales level for both home heating oil and motor fuel
oil. The HHO markets map depicts the relative concentrations in the 33
designated home heating oil geographic markets, based on the latest analysis of
data from wholesalers. The MFO markets map depicts the relative
concentrations based on the latest analysis of county-wide retail motor fuel
markets. Again, these geographic market depictions are not used to analyze
individual mergers or acquisitions in Maine. The tables in Appendix B contain
the latest HHI concentration analyses within both home heating oil and motor
fuel markets, as well as concentration comparisons in those markets over the
last ten reporting years.
B. Overview - Retail Home Heating Oil Markets.
Overall, concentration levels in Maine’s home heating oil markets have
remained relatively consistent. We note that some variations from last year are
due to refinement/corrections made to the database compilation process (e.g.
the higher concentration in Market 19 for this report as compared to the last
report is due not to a substantive change in concentration but rather due
primarily to a wrong address for a retailer in the prior reporting period).
As was the case for the last reporting period, only one market achieved
the unconcentrated designation - this time in southern coastal Maine between
Kennebunk and Old Orchard Beach. The greater Augusta area saw a slight
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decrease in competition, moving from unconcentrated to moderately
concentrated. Generally speaking, the more competitive home heating oil
markets (either unconcentrated or moderately concentrated) are located in the
more densely populated areas of the state, such as those in reasonable
proximity to the state’s major north-south highway (south of Waterville, at
least), including greater Portland, Lewiston/Auburn, Biddeford/Saco, and
Augusta. The greater Belfast coastal area is also among the more competitive
markets in the state, as is central Penobscot County.
The markets stretching from Waterville - Pittsfield – Bangor – Ellsworth
to the coast, as well as the southern Penobscot and Hancock County areas, are
moderately concentrated. These areas roughly follow the turnpike from
Waterville through Bangor/Old Town then southeast (through Ellsworth to the
coast. Similar to last year’s report, the least densely populated regions of the
state, such as Northern and Downeast Maine, generally fall into the least
competitive, extremely concentrated designation.
Multiple home heating oil markets bordering or in reasonable proximity
to New Hampshire remain depicted as among the most concentrated, or least
competitive. However, since we don’t collect data pertaining to retailers based
in New Hampshire who deliver in Maine, those regions may be more
competitive than our maps depict.
While, in general, concentration levels have remained relatively
consistent, there are several markets that have shifted noticeably. The most
notable shifts were improvements in two markets experiencing 2,000+ point
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reductions in concentration levels, namely Market 7 (around Old Town and
Orono), and Market 24 in the Gray/New Gloucester area.
C. Overview - Retail Motor Fuel Oil Markets.
The concentration levels for the county-wide motor fuel markets have not
shifted significantly since the last report. Three counties remain extremely
concentrated (Knox, Oxford, and Piscataquis), though Lincoln County improved
from extremely to highly concentrated. Piscataquis County bears note in that
it experienced a dramatic 2,500-point decline in concentration level, even
though it is still extremely concentrated.
All three southernmost coastal counties, namely, Cumberland,
Sagadahoc, and York became more competitive shifting from highly to
moderately concentrated since the last reporting period. Franklin and Hancock
Counties retain their relatively competitive moderately concentrated levels.
III. RECOMMENDATION
The Attorney General is required to recommend whether additional
legislation is needed to further limit or curtail the activity of refiners operating
retail outlets. We do not recommend any changes on that basis, since there
are no refiner retail operations in Maine in either home heating oil or motor fuel
oil. Further, we recommend no changes to the law because it works relatively
well for the Office as a starting point in merger enforcement. The ready
availability of sales data from wholesalers enables the Attorney General to
evaluate competitive conditions surrounding proposed mergers and
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acquisitions in the petroleum industry much more quickly than we would be
able to if the data were not required under the PMSA. This makes merger
enforcement in this area more nimble for the Attorney General, and less
burdensome for companies wishing to engage in merger or acquisition
transactions in the Maine petroleum industry.
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APPENDIX A
HHO MARKETS
1. St. John Valley
2. Ashland/Presque Isle
3. Houlton
4. Lincoln
5. Woodland/Calais
6. Cherryfield/Machias
7. Old Town
8. Ellsworth
9. Bangor
10. Dover-Foxcroft
11. Pittsfield/Newport
12. Belfast
13. Rockland
14. Mid Coast
15. Augusta
16. Waterville
17. Skowhegan
18. Jackman/Greenville
19. Farmington
20. Jay
21. Lewiston/Auburn
22. Bath/Brunswick
23. Portland
24. Gray
25. Paris
26. Rumford/Rangeley
27. Bethel
28. Bridgton
29. Limerick
30. Sanford
31. Biddeford/Saco
32. York
33. Mt. Desert
MFO MARKETS
Androscoggin
Aroostook
Cumberland
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec
Knox
Lincoln
Oxford
Penobscot
Piscataquis
Sagadahoc
Somerset
Waldo
Washington
York
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T6 R13 WELS
T5 R12 WELSChesuncookTwp
T6 R12 WELS
FrenchtownTwp TA R11WELS TA R10WELS
BigTwentyTwp
T10 R10WELS
T9 R15WELS T9 R10WELS
T8 R17WELS
T7 R18WELS T7 R7WELSTroutBrookTwp
SaintJohn Twp
T11 R15WELS ClaytonLake Twp T11 R13WELS T11 R12WELS T11 R11WELS T11 R10WELS
Big Ten Twp T10 R16WELS T10 R15WELS T10 R14WELS T10 R13WELS T10 R11WELS
T9 R18 WELST9 R17WELS T9 R16WELS T9 R14WELS T9 R13WELS
T8 R18WELS
T4 R5 NBKP
NortheastCarry Twp
T6 R6WELS
West MiddlesexCanal Grant Twp
T5 R19 WELST5 R18WELS
T4 R7WELST4 R9WELSPlymouthTwpPittstonAcademyGrant
HammondTwpT3 R10WELS T3 R7WELS
TB R11WELSTB R10WELS
Greenville
Bowdoin CollegeGrant East Twp
T1 R9WELST1 R11WELS
ShawtownTwp
T5 R17WELS NesourdnahunkTwpT5 R11WELSRussellPond Twp T5 R9WELS T5 R7WELST5 R14WELS
ComstockTwpT4 R17WELS
ElmStreamTwp
T8 R14WELS EagleLake TwpT8 R15WELST8 R16WELS T8 R10WELS T8 R9WELS T8 R8WELSSoperMountainTwp T8 R7WELS
T7 R15WELST7 R16WELST7 R17WELS T7 R14WELS T7 R12WELS T7 R11WELST7 R13WELS T7 R10WELS T7 R9WELS T7 R6WELST6 R18WELS T6 R10WELST6 R17WELS T6 R11WELS T6 R8WELST6 R15WELS T6 R14WELS
MountChase
T4 R15 WELSDoleBrookTwpT4 R14WELS T4 R11WELST4 R12WELST4 R13WELS
T4 R10WELS
T3 R13WELS T3 R12WELSLobsterTwpT3 R11WELSPrentiss TwpT4 R4 NBKP
HerseytownTwpT2 R9WELSTX R14 WELS
Days AcademyGrant Twp T1 R6WELSSpencerBay TwpLily BayTwp
BlakeGore AlderBrookTwpSoldiertownTwp T2R3 NBKP
T2 R8WELSRainbowTwpT2 R12WELST2 R13WELSBald MountainTwp T4 R3SandyBayTwpT1 R12WELST1 R13WELS
T1 R8WELS
T19 R12WELS MadawaskaFrenchvilleSaintAgatha
T17 R3WELS
T16 R5WELST16 R13WELS
T15 R14WELS T15 R8WELS
T12 R10WELS
WestmanlandT15R15WELST15 R6WELST15 R13WELS T15 R11WELST15 R12WELS T15 R10WELS WintervillePltT15 R9WELS
T14 R15WELS T14 R13WELS T14 R11WELS T14 R10WELST14 R12WELS
T13 R16WELS
GrandIsleFortKentT18R10 WELST18 R12WELS
T18R13WELSSaintFrancis
VanBurenSaintJohn Plt CrossLake TwpNewCanadaWallagrassT17 R14 WELST17 R13WELS T17 R12WELSAllagash CyrPltStockholmMadawaskaLake TwpT16 R6WELSEagleLakeT16 R14WELS T16 R8WELST16 R12WELS T16 R9WELS
NewSweden
T13 R15WELS T13 R14WELS T13 R12WELS T13 R11WELS T13 R10WELS
T12 R14WELS T12 R13WELS T12 R12WELS T12 R11WELS
T11 R16WELS
T12 R17WELS T12 R15WELS
T9 R12WELS
T8 R11WELS
T7 R19WELS
Big SixTwp
T5 R20 WELS
Little W Twp
T2 R10WELS
T1 R10WELS
T3 R8 WELS
PiscataquisCounty IslandBeaverCove
SeboomookTwp
Big W Twp
SinclairTwp
MountKatahdinTwp
T5 R15WELS
T8 R19 WELS
T7 R8WELS
East MiddlesexCanal Grant Twp
T14 R14WELS
T15 R5WELS
T14 R16 WELS
T18 R11WELS
Hamlin
T13 R13WELS
T12 R16WELS
T19 R11WELS
T11 R17WELS
T10 R12WELS
T9 R11WELS
Bowdoin CollegeGrant WestTwp
T8 R6WELS
T6 R7WELS
T5 R8WELS
Patten
Stacyville
SoldiertownTwp T2R7 WELSGrindstoneTwp
T4 R8WELS
WestForks Plt MoxieGoreLowerEnchantedTwp
JohnsonMountain Twp
FlagstaffTwp Bald MountainTwp T2 R3Caratunk
HighlandPltPleasantRidge Plt
SandwichAcademyGrant TwpHolebTwp
IndianStream TwpChaseStreamTwp
AppletonTwpHobbstownTwp MooseheadJunction Twp
CovePoint TwpT5 R6BKPWKR SquaretownTwp
MiseryTwpT5 R7 BKP WKR
UpperEnchantedTwp
ParlinPond TwpBradstreetTwp
MooseRiverDennistownPltForsythTwp
KineoTwpLongPond TwpJackmanAtteanTwp PiscataquisCounty IslandSaplingTwp
BigMooseTwp
ThorndikeTwp BrassuaTwp
T3 R5BKPWKRKing& BartlettTwp
EastMoxieTwpThe ForksPltBowtownTwp
CarryingPlace TwpCarryingPlaceTown TwpDeadRiver Twp
PiercePond TwpT3 R4BKPWKR
Taunton &RaynhamAcademy Grant
RockwoodStrip T1R1 NBKP SandbarTract TwpMiseryGore Twp
MayfieldTwpMoscow
TomheganTwpRockwoodStrip T2R1 NBKP
BigelowTwp
HarfordsPoint Twp
Ashland
T10 R8WELS BlaineCoxPatent
T11 R4WELST11 R9WELS T11 R7WELSWestfieldT10 R9WELS T10 R3WELSScopanTwpMasardisT10 R6WELST10 R7WELS ETwp
T9 R8WELST9 R9WELS BridgewaterT9 R3WELST9 R4WELST9 R7WELS T9 R5WELS TD R2WELS
WashburnWade
PresqueIsleMapletonNashvillePlt
WoodlandPerhamT14 R5WELST14 R9WELS T14 R8WELS T14 R6WELST14 R7WELS
FortFairfield
ConnorTwp
T13 R9WELS
T12 R9WELS T12 R8WELS CastleHillT12 R7WELSEaston
ChapmanT11 R8WELS GarfieldPltMarsHill
T13 R8WELS T13 R5WELSPortageLakeT13 R7WELS
LimestoneCaribou
Caswell
OxbowNorth Twp
Strong
SalemTwp FreemanTwpPhillips
Avon
CarrabassettValleyRedingtonTwp
NewPortland
WymanTwp
KibbyTwp
GorhamGore
SkinnerTwpMerrillStrip Twp
KingfieldMountAbramTwp
Eustis
Jim PondTwp
NewVineyard
MadridTwp
WeldFarmingtonTemple
NewSharon
Township6 Northof Weld
PerkinsTwpCarthage Wilton
WashingtonTwp
Industry
CoplinPlt
LowelltownTwpBeattieTwp
T4 R3 WELSLinneus
CaryPltAmityT3 R3WELS
Merrill Ludlow HoultonNewLimerick
TA R2WELSForkstownTwpSherman T3 R4WELS
DyerBrookHersey Hodgdon
T8 R3WELST8 R5WELS MonticelloTC R2WELSDudleyTwpT7 R5WELS LittletonHammond
MoroPlt
Oakfield
IslandFallsCrystal
HaynesvilleGlenwoodPlt
WestonUpperMolunkusTwpNorth YarmouthAcademyGrant Twp
OrientBenedictaTwp SilverRidge TwpT2 R4WELS
BancroftTwpReedPlt
Smyrna
T1 R5WELS
SaintCroix Twp
WebbertownTwp
Livermore
CantonJay
LivermoreFallsHartford
Chesterville
Lincoln
TA R7 WELSMolunkusTwpMedway DrewPltVeazieGore
Prentiss TwpT7 R3NBPPCedarLake Twp WebsterPltCarrollPltT2 R8NWP SpringfieldSeboeisPlt Lee
HopkinsAcademyGrant TwpLong A TwpWoodville
PukakonTwp
MillinocketT4 IndianPurchaseTwp
MacwahocPltT3 IndianPurchase TwpEastMillinocket
MattamiscontisTwp
Lagrange PassadumkeagEdinburg
T3 R1NBPPEnfieldHowland BurlingtonLowell
Lakeville
T2 R9 NWP
KingmanTwp
Maxfield
Mattawamkeag
WinnChester
Greene
Lewiston
Wales
Sabattus
MonmouthTurner
MinotMechanicFalls Auburn
Poland Lisbon
Durham
Leeds
Grand LakeStream PltT6 NDBPPSakomTwpCalaisT43 MDBPP
RobbinstonGreenlawChopping Twp
Crawford CharlotteT36 MDBPP CooperDennysville
ForestTwpT11 R3 NBPP
CodyvillePlt
T42 MDBPP
VanceboroBrooktonTwpT8 R3NBPP LambertLakeTwp
ForestCity TwpDanforthT8 R4NBPP
TopsfieldKossuthTwpWaiteTalmadge FowlerTwpT6 R1NBPP
T37 MDBPPMeddybempsT26 EDBPP
PrincetonBigLakeTwp
IndianTwpRes
CathanceTwp
WhitingTrescottTwp
EastportEdmundsTwp
Pembroke
Alexander
Lubec
BaringPlt
Baileyville
Perry
DyerTwp
PleasantPoint
TopshamBrunswick Bath
PhippsburgFreeport
BowdoinhamBowdoin DresdenWoolwich
WestBath ArrowsicYarmouthHarpswell Georgetown
Northfield
CentervilleTwpT19 MD BPP
T19 EDBPPWesleyBerryTwp
DevereauxTwpT28 MDBPP T25 MDBPP MarionTwp
MachiasJonesboro MachiasportColumbia
WhitingMarshfieldWhitneyville
RoqueBluffsJonesport
ColumbiaFallsHarringtonMilbridge
WinterHarbor
Addison
Gouldsboro
Cutler
T24 MDBPP
Beals
Beddington
SteubenSullivan
CherryfieldT10 SDBPP
T18 MDBPP
T30 MDBPP
EastMachias
DayBlockTwp
T22 MDBPPDeblois
T9 SD BPP
T16 MDBPP
T7 SD BPP
YarmouthCumberlandFalmouth
Westbrook
FreeportPownal
Portland
ChebeagueIslandLongIsland
NorthYarmouth
SouthPortlandCapeElizabethScarborough
GreenfieldTwpGreatPondT32 MD BPP
T39 MD BPPArgyleTwp T40 MDBPPAlton
GrandFalls TwpSummitTwp
MilfordOldTown
Greenbush T41 MDBPP
Amherst
T35 MDBPP
OqitonTwpT3 NDBPP
IndianIsland
Bradley AuroraOrono
T34 MDBPP
FryeIslandStandish
Gray
Windham
NewGloucester
Buxton
Raymond
Gorham
Ellsworth
OtisDedham Eastbrook
OsbornMariaville
SorrentoTrentonSurryPenobscot
VeronaIsland
Sedgwick
Castine
TremontBrooklin
SwansIslandNorthHaven
Vinalhaven
Frenchboro
Brooksville
DeerIsle
Isle au Haut
BlueHill
Stonington
Bucksport
OrlandFletchersLanding Twp FranklinHancock
Lamoine
Waltham
Clifton
WestParis
Hebron
BuckfieldParisNorway
Sumner
Oxford
Hermon Bangor Eddington
Kenduskeag
Newburgh
VeazieCarmel
HampdenBrewer
HoldenOrrington
GlenburnLevant
RangeleyAdamstownTwpRangeleyPltRichardsontownTwp
Tim PondTwp
DavisTwpLowerCupsupticTwpParkertownTwp
LincolnPltSandyRiver Plt
CoburnGore
LangTwp
MerrillStrip Twp
AlderStreamTwpParmacheneeTwp
Chain ofPonds TwpBowmantownTwp
StetsontownTwp
SevenPondsTwp
TownshipEMagallowayPlt
CSurplusAndove
r NorthSurplus
TwpRoxbury
TownshipDTownshipCByronUpton
AndoverMexico
Rumford
Peru
Dixfield
UpperCupsupticTwpLynchtownTwp
MassachusettsGore
DallasPlt
OxbowTwpDover-Foxcroft
Sangerville
Sebec
CharlestonWellington GarlandDexterHudsonCorinthHarmony Exeter
Katahdin Iron Works TwpElliottsvilleTwp
Bradford
T4 R9NWP
ShirleyBarnardTwpBowerbankWillimantic
CambridgeRipley
GuilfordAbbot OrnevilleTwpKingsburyPlt
Monson MedfordBlanchardTwp
Corinna
Milo
Atkinson
LakeView PltBrownville
EbeemeeTwp
Parkman
WilliamsburgTwp
T7 R9NWP
Bethel
MasonTwpWoodstock
RileyTwp Hanover MiltonTwp
BatcheldersGrant Twp Greenwood
Gilead
Newry
GraftonTwpAndover WestSurplus Twp
StonehamAlbanyTwp
PlymouthDetroit
HartlandPalmyra
StetsonNewport
DixmontTroy
Etna
Unity Thorndike
Burnham
SaintAlbans
Pittsfield
Denmark
HarrisonBridgton
Stow Lovell
OtisfieldFryeburg
Sweden
Brownfield
Porter
CascoNaples
SebagoHiram
Baldwin
Waterford
MorrillWaldo
Knox Brooks Swanville
Belfast
WinterportMonroeJackson Frankfort
MontvilleFreedom
Prospect
SearsmontLiberty Belmont
StocktonSpringsSearsport
NorthportIslesboro
Parsonsfield
NewfieldLimerick
Limington
Waterboro
Cornish
Hollis
ShapleighActon
HopeUnion
Appleton Lincolnville
SouthThomastonOwlsHead
RockportRockland
SaintGeorgeMuscleRidge Twp
Friendship
CriehavenTwp
Thomaston
NorthHaven
Vinalhaven
Camden
Washington
Cushing
MatinicusIsle Plt
Warren
LymanAlfred
Sanford
Dayton
Lebanon
DamariscottaNewcastleAlna Nobleboro
Waldoboro
Whitefield
Bremen
Georgetown
MonheganIsland Plt
Bristol
BoothbayHarbor
Dresden
Edgecomb
Wiscasset
BoothbayWestportIsland
SouthBristol
Jefferson
Perkins Twp Swan Island
Southport
Biddeford
KennebunkportArundel
Kennebunk
SacoOld OrchardBeach
Manche
ster
Augusta
ChelseaFarmingdaleHallowell
Fayette
Rome
Vassalboro China PalermoReadfield
Randolph
WindsorWinthrop HibbertsGore
LitchfieldRichmond
Belgrade
Somerville
Pittston
SidneyMountVernon
Vienna
GardinerWestGardiner
Wayne
SouthBerwick Ogunquit
Kittery
NorthBerwick
Eliot
Berwick
York
Wells
FairfieldBenton
AlbionWinslowWaterville
UnityTwpOakland
Clinton
SouthwestHarbor
MountDesertBar HarborTrenton
CranberryIsles
Tremont
Gouldsboro
SolonEmbden
CornvilleMadison
ConcordTwpLexingtonTwpAthens
AnsonCanaanSkowhegan
Norridgewock
MercerSmithfield
Starks
BrightonPltBingham
19
18
1716 12
26
202725 21
29 24
31
1528
11
30
10
6
4 5
31
2
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833
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23
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HOME HEATING OIL MARKETS2017 - 2018
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HHO Market AreasBoundaries and Numbers
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0 25 5012.5 Miles
MOTOR FUEL OIL MARKETS2017 - 2018
NHS - InterstateNHS - OtherNHS - Intermodal connector , US Routes
0 - 500 Unconcentrated501 - 1000 Moderately1001 - 1800 HighlyOver 1800 Extremely
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APPENDIX B
HHI DATA TABLES
HHO & MFO Concentration by Market Area 2008 to 2017
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HHO MARKET CONCENTRATION
Home Heating Oil by HHO Market
Market Area 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018
inc/dec from
previous yr
01. St. John Valley 3736 3624 3388 3889 3834 4134 3434 3242 3391 3455 64
02. Ashland /Presque Isle 3147 3041 2905 2962 3618 3707 3348 3351 3751 3808 57
03. Houlton 4200 4074 3762 3338 6568 3917 3725 3168 3194 4092 898
04. Lincoln 1767 1502 1431 1576 1776 1594 1584 1490 1316 1593 277
05. Woodland /Calais 4507 2759 2893 3353 4491 3167 3071 3154 3103 2821 -282
06. Cherryfield / Machias 3616 5040 3002 2918 2568 3198 2444 2625 2012 2544 532
07. Old Town 1886 1892 2025 2427 2680 1725 1564 3822 4439 1952 -2487
08. Ellsworth 1954 1668 1139 1894 1812 1664 1536 1487 1446 1817 371
09. Bangor 1156 1030 3046 1524 4153 1701 1063 1741 1538 1831 293
10. Dover-Foxcroft 3447 3042 3152 4528 3838 3680 3791 2819 3242 3399 157
11. Pittsfield / Newport 1826 1834 1777 2215 2167 2216 3687 1947 2172 2394 222
12. Belfast 1994 1962 1634 1916 1230 1100 1398 1007 1486 1109 -377
13. Rockland 1576 1889 1947 2340 2088 1728 1721 2647 2157 2104 -53
14. Midcoast 1931 3001 2525 3101 2886 3366 3163 2755 1972 1880 -92
15. Augusta 987 1010 1449 1144 995 849 857 911 850 1370 520
16. Waterville 1621 1647 1865 1758 1881 2190 1950 2231 2275 2311 36
17. Skowhegan 3536 2688 2255 2397 2485 1863 2162 2525 2688 2724 36
18. Jackman /Greenville 3298 5694 6328 5938 5441 5450 8681 8002 8214 8305 91
19. Farmington 2594 2220 3796 3618 2305 2531 2702 1654 2404 2110 -294
20. Jay 5382 6205 5000 5200 5128 5913 5190 3282 4137 4436 299
21. Lewiston /Auburn 1500 1249 1139 2327 2013 1846 2212 2247 1574 1553 -21
22. Bath / Brunswick 2056 3191 2505 1661 2361 4064 2258 2214 2138 1918 -220
23. Portland 1212 964 1140 1261 1234 1420 1772 1520 1250 1186 -64
24. Gray 1974 2321 2397 2868 3922 1585 3061 3429 4043 2018 -2025
25. South Paris 3893 5806 4542 4152 3958 1684 3982 3492 3498 3532 34
26. Rumford /Rangeley 1752 1850 1427 1789 1861 2295 1541 2565 2638 2016 -622
27. Bethel 5014 2882 4072 3869 4550 2330 8022 10000 10000 10000 0
28. Bridgton 2774 2728 2507 2126 2123 2550 2297 1182 1132 1936 804
29. Limerick 2187 2467 2463 2602 2953 2833 2760 2237 2813 2543 -270
30. Sanford 3571 4930 3043 6273 4146 3102 2999 3377 3191 2485 -706
31. Biddeford /Saco 2004 2150 2228 1932 1582 3805 1204 1601 1236 915 -321
32. York 2626 3550 3632 5098 7906 4574 7654 4428 5420 5071 -349
33. Mt. Desert 4320 3339 2432 2942 3664 9234 3635 3030 2714 3554 840
0 - 1000 unconcentrated
1001 - 1800moderate
1801 - 2500high
over 2500 extreme
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MFO MARKET CONCENTRATION
Motor Fuel Oil by County
Market Area 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017(rev)
2017-2018 inc/dec from
previous yrAvg Median
Androscoggin 1077 745 694 796 897 2051 872 1399 989 1528 539 1105 1474
Aroostook 1375 1477 1146 981 1285 1137 1021 1301 1480 1642 162 1285 1211
Cumberland 741 537 447 493 697 693 644 1103 748 874 126 698 695
Franklin 991 887 932 1060 1027 988 874 819 840 944 104 936 1008
Hancock 820 657 452 570 797 661 640 925 915 830 -85 727 729
Kennebec 1015 619 750 740 767 709 768 895 889 1093 204 825 738
Knox 1459 2445 1850 2082 2256 2020 2279 2417 2319 3102 783 2223 2138
Lincoln 1899 900 846 931 858 816 762 1966 1459 1579 120 1202 837
Oxford 2060 1775 1628 1534 2014 1724 1702 2012 1815 1995 180 1826 1869
Penobscot 1157 667 581 1098 804 591 824 1148 959 1045 86 887 698
Piscataquis 3046 3917 8135 5149 4552 3868 3387 5516 5599 3038 -2561 4621 4210
Sagadahoc 1364 3337 1136 1120 998 991 992 1027 929 966 37 1286 995
Somerset 769 556 588 547 440 436 577 1576 1314 1097 -217 790 438
Waldo 819 804 404 621 775 548 590 1461 1125 1200 75 835 662
Washington 1042 500 489 558 621 617 610 1455 1299 1222 -77 841 619
York 1240 606 690 820 774 878 768 1135 1058 871 -187 884 826
(year = July 1 - May 31; example: 2017 = July 1, 2016 - May 31, 2017)
0-500 Unconcentrated
501-1000 Moderately
1001-1800Highly
Over 1800Extremely
PMSA Letter of the AG 5.1.2019PMSA Report of the AG - May 20191 - Annual Report Cover PMSA 2017-2018 (002)2 DRAFT 2017-2018 report narrative 2 (002)3 - 2019 PMSA Report to Legislature5 2 APPENDIX A for RPT 20196 HHO markets w highways7 MFO 2017-2018 map w highways8 APPENDIX B for rpt 20199 Copy of 2008-2018 HHO Indices of Concentration10 Copy of 2008-2018 MFO Indices of Concentration