Variable Energy Charge (VEC)

Akehurst Landscape Service Inc. (ALSi) and its affiliated companies continue to incur higher fuel costs in providing the high-quality services our customers have come to expect. While we attempted to address these higher costs through operating efficiencies, ALSi can no longer continue to absorb the higher fuel costs. As a result, we implemented the Fuel Surcharge or Variable Energy Charge (VEC) to our customers effective March 1, 2022. 

This Variable Energy Charge (VEC) will be expressed as a percentage of a customer's total invoice amount, excluding taxes and other charges, unless otherwise agreed, and is intended to address direct and indirect energy costs - fuel, natural gas, electricity, oil - that affect almost every material used and service offered by ALSi. ALS calculates the variable energy charge using the East Coast national average price per gallon of diesel fuel on the 20th day of the month according to the Energy information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy (EIA/DOE) as published on its website: https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/