Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. announced that, at its regular meeting held on November 15, 2016, the Partnership's Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an increase in the number of independent members of the Board of Supervisors from seven to eight, and elected Terence J. Connors and William M. Landuytto fill the two vacancies following the increase in the size of the Board. Both actions are effective as of January 1, 2017. Messrs. Connors and Landuyt were each elected for a term due to expire at the next Tri-Annual Meeting of Unitholders of the Partnership, currently planned for Spring 2018.
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. is a nationwide distributor of propane, renewable propane, renewable natural gas, fuel oil and related products and services, as well as a marketer of natural gas and electricity and investor in low carbon fuel alternatives. The Company's segments include propane, fuel oil and refined fuels, natural gas and electricity, and all other. The propane segment is engaged in the retail distribution of propane and renewable propane to residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural and government customers and, to a lesser extent, wholesale distribution to large industrial end users. The fuel oil and refined fuels segment is engaged in the retail distribution of fuel oil, diesel, kerosene and gasoline. The natural gas and electricity segment is engaged in the marketing of natural gas and electricity to residential and commercial customers in the deregulated energy markets of New York and Pennsylvania. The all other segment includes its service business.