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Maintaining A Standby Generator

The DIY and Professional Care Your Backup Home Power System Needs With a bit of luck and some mild weather, you won’t need to call upon your home’s standby generator too often throughout the year. But when a power line in your neighborhood goes down, or soaring summer temperatures cause a grid overload, you want […]

Trends and Challenges for Trucking Companies That Use Diesel

With Main-Care Energy, Your On-Road Diesel Needs Are Covered. The trucking industry is navigating a complex landscape when it comes to diesel fuel. Despite ongoing challenges for diesel producers and users, the U.S. remains the world leader in crude oil production — a title it has held for the past six years. This underscores the […]

When to Replace a Heating Oil Tank

Main-Care Energy can safeguard your home heating oil storage We have some excellent news for you if you heat your home with oil. Heating oil is just about the safest way to keep your home warm when outdoor temperatures are inhospitable. Heating oil won’t explode in its liquid form. That’s why your furnace or boiler’s […]

Heat Pump vs. Central Air Conditioner

Heat Pump vs. Central Air Conditioner Which is the best cooling option for your home? After a frigid winter in the Northeast, we’re happily experiencing milder weather. In a matter of weeks, though, we could be dealing with sweltering, hot afternoons in Greene County, the New York Capital Region, the Hudson Valley and Western Vermont. […]

Different Types of Commercial Fuel

We Offer Countless Ways to Power Your Business! If you’re running a business, fuel is likely a critical part of your operations — and keeping it flowing can take up a lot of your time. It powers machinery, heats spaces and keeps fleets moving. At Main-Care Energy, we’ve spent decades ensuring businesses in New York’s […]

A Guide to Propane Tank and Cylinder Sizes

Small Versus Large Fuel Tanks for Different Household Needs If there’s one thing you learn from 95 years of providing heating fuel for households, it’s that every customer is unique. The homes in Rensselaer County and elsewhere in our New York, Vermont and Massachusetts service region come in all shapes and configurations. Some were built […]

Where Should You Place Your Standby Generator?

It takes an experienced professional to safely and correctly install a generator. There’s never a convenient time to lose power at your home, but blackouts often occur during major weather events when you and your loved ones are the most vulnerable: blizzards, cold snaps, super storms and heat waves, to name a few. A power […]

Is a Hybrid Heat System Worth It?

Is a Hybrid Heat System Worth It? Get the most cost-effective HVAC operations. Homeowners in our part of the country are no strangers to extreme weather. From frigid winter mornings to sweltering summer afternoons, homeowners in Saratoga County and throughout the Hudson Valley, the New York Capital Region, and Western Vermont experience a climate that […]

Bioheat® Fuel for the Environment

This eco-friendly heating fuel is great for the planet and your home. If your vision of heating oil involves a lot of soot and black smoke, you’re probably thinking of the fuel your great-grandparents used. Today’s heating oil is lightyears more advanced than the heating oil of prior generations. At Main-Care Energy, we’re thrilled to […]

Protecting Your Heating Fuel from Freezing Temperatures

Protecting Your Heating Fuel from Freezing Temperatures Kerosene users love Main-Care Energy’s premium WinterGuard fuel. In case you needed another reminder, this winter provided a case study of how frigid conditions can get in the New York Capital Region, the Hudson Valley, Western Vermont and Western Massachusetts. When we start experiencing whole weeks of freezing […]