Lipton Energy Adds Propane Division

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lipton Energy has added a propane division to the business and welcomed more than 250 new customers over the last nine months.

The company opened its doors to this new venture last August and has been in the process of installing two 30,000-gallon liquid propane storage tanks at the Pittsfield facility.

Vice President of Operations Cameron Winter said this is only the beginning in terms of the business's future and they are very excited to announce the new division.

"Between the oil, the diesel, the HVAC service, and now the propane and the gas stations we have they all kind of flow together," he said. "So we use them to promote each other, we see this as kind of just the beginning of a new future for the business."

The fourth-generation family business has served Western Massachusetts, Southern Vermont, and communities east of New York's Hudson River for more than a century. It was established in 1910, offering coal and steel, and changed with the times over the years to supply oil and diesel.

It now offers heating oil delivery, propane gas delivery, professional HVAC installation, oil heating, propane heating, and air conditioning repairs, and more.

Lipton also owns around seven self-branded gas stations in Berkshire County.

Though a number of industries had to temporarily close or pivot to remote work during the pandemic, Lipton remained active as essential workers and even expanded during this time.  

Winter said he was brought on by President Michael Lipton in March 2020 — the same day the state of emergency was declared in Massachusetts.

"It just kind of fit in with our business model,"  Winter said about the propane division. "We've listened to the demand of our customers and to this area, where we thought that it would be a good fit with already doing oil and diesel deliveries, why not do propane? What we'd like to say is one call does it all."

With the addition of propane service, the company was able to hire about a half-dozen new employees and currently has three open positions.

Pittsfield ZBA Member Recognized for 40 Years of Service

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
12:23PM / Thursday, April 25, 2024

Albert Ingegni III tells the council about how his father-in-law, former Mayor Remo Del Gallo who died at age 94 in 2020, enjoyed his many years serving the city and told Ingegni to do the same. 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — It's not every day that a citizen is recognized for decades of service to a local board — except for Tuesday.

Albert Ingegni III was applauded for four decades of service on the Zoning Board of Appeals during City Council. Mayor Peter Marchetti presented him with a certificate of thanks for his commitment to the community.

"It's not every day that you get to stand before the City Council in honor of a Pittsfield citizen who has dedicated 40 years of his life serving on a board or commission," he said.

"As we say that, I know that there are many people that want to serve on boards and commissions and this office will take any resume that there is and evaluate each person but tonight, we're here to honor Albert Ingegni."

The honoree is currently chair of the ZBA, which handles applicants who are appealing a decision or asking for a variance.

Ingegni said he was thinking on the ride over about his late father-in-law, former Mayor Remo Del Gallo, who told him to "enjoy every moment of it because it goes really quickly."

"He was right," he said. "Thank you all."

The council accepted $18,000 from the state Department of Conservation and Recreation and a  $310,060 from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All program.