Bridgehampton Service Station, LLC has recently joined the Growth Energy Market Development team as new members. Established in 1928, by William McCoy. the company was then passed down to Albert McCoy Sr and then to the current owner, Albert McCoy Jr. The owner of the property is Bridgehampton Service Station, LLC in which Albert McCoy Jr is the sole owner. McCoy Petroleum has a total staff of approximately 20 employees.
According to Albert McCoy Jr., President of McCoy Petroleum, their primary interest in joining Growth Energy Market Development was because they wanted to be immersed within the ethanol industry and to receive informational updates regarding biofuels.
In 2004, McCoy purchased the location of Bridgehampton Service station. At the time the station was purchased it was very old, McCoy Petroleum knocked down the station and began construction on it. In February 2010, they started construction on the new site and as of June 2010 the construction was complete. Initially McCoy decided to install E85 because of marketing opportunities, but also because there were many state and federal incentives to take advantage of.
“One of the main reasons we decided to install E85 was because we have hundreds of FFV’s in our surrounding cities that can fuel up, We built the station with E-85 because we recognized the local demand to do things "green,”noted McCoy.
McCoy Petroleum currently has one fueling location that offers E85: Bridgehampton Service Station, LLC, is located at 2148 Montauk HWY inBridgehampton, NY. They currently have two other fueling sites that offer only E10 and super unleaded that are located in Amagansett, NY and Southampton Village, NY
According to McCoy, the biggest obstacle challenging the growth of alternative fuels and FFV’s from an operator’s stand point is that it is a challenge to retrofit and costly to install piping. Another challenge from a customer’s perspective is loss of mileage per gallon.
“It’s important to educate consumers on the importance of alternative fuels today” noted McCoy.
