2024 was a big year for Energy Transfer across the northeast United States. Over the past year, we’ve provided safety training and equipment to first responders, enhanced the environment, and sponsored special events for veterans and food banks in the communities where we operate. We are excited to share some of our accomplishments this year.
Fighting Food Insecurity
Energy Transfer is proud to donate to Philabundance to help eradicate hunger from communities in the Greater Philadelphia area. Over the last decade-plus, Energy Transfer and the Sunoco Foundation have contributed more than $3.4 million to provide fuel needed for Philabundance’s fleet of delivery vehicles.
Our partnership spans over a decade, and in addition to providing financial and fuel donations, our team volunteers each year to further the mission. This year, we packed student breakfast kits and sorted and packed turnips for the community!
Energy Transfer also volunteered again this year at the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, where we helped sort food at the Harrisburg Volunteer Center.
Supporting Our First Responders
Energy Transfer has a long history of providing financial, training, and community support to first responder organizations critical to public safety and emergency response. These activities reinforce our commitment to protecting lives, communities, and the environment.
The Energy Transfer First Responder Fund continues to support first responder organizations through grants that fund training, equipment, and protective gear. This year, we provided grants that enabled the purchase of rope rescue equipment, LED lighting devices, gas meters, thermal imaging cameras and more for fire departments throughout our operational areas.
These grants also funded police department body cameras and road signs and hazmat team air and gas monitoring equipment. This year, the First Responder Fund awarded approximately $200,000 in grants to help protect local communities across our Northeast footprint.
Washington Township Fire Department, Hancock County, Ohio. June 12, 2024
Energy Transfer is committed to safety and preparedness, and throughout the year we offered training for pipeline first responders. For over a decade, the Mariner Emergency Responder Outreach (MERO) pipeline training has educated more than 2,500 first responders along our Mariner East and West pipeline corridors in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan.
This year, we also held our Safety Summit 2024, which brought together Energy Transfer field safety professionals to discuss safety topics and products and gain tools, insights and connections that help synchronize our safety efforts across our national footprint. Energy Transfer also supported the Gas & Oil Safety Awareness for Energy Responders training program, designed to provide experience addressing challenges like site safety and hazardous materials.
In Delaware County, PA, we participated in Upper Chichester Township’s National Night Out, an event promoting police-community partnerships. We also sponsored “Breakfast with a Badge,” an event in Marcus Hook that allowed the community to connect with the borough’s police department over breakfast.
Giving Back to the Environment
This spring and summer, we worked on Pennsylvania State Game Lands in Bradford County, where we removed plant barriers and installed fencing to protect saplings. We also teamed up with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, and students from Juniata College to build fish habitats at Raystown Lake, providing a structure where fish can hide, feed, and breed.
We were proud to attend Bradford County Conservation District’s annual Earth Day showcase, where we handed out birdhouse and pinwheel kits and fostered conversations with families about Energy Transfer’s conservation efforts and responsible energy development. Rain or shine, we were happy to participate in the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s annual Family Fishing Day, a day dedicated to providing kids with the tools needed to fish and educating them about fishing and environmental conservation.
Honoring our Veterans Year-Round
Energy Transfer is proud to support our veterans through year-round efforts. It is an honor to support the Delaware County Veterans Memorial Association (DCVMA) through our annual sponsorships of the Freedom Medal Dinner and the Energy Transfer Veterans Memorial Rink. We are also proud to participate in Carry The Load, joining their East Coast team this year on its Philadelphia and Pittsburgh relay routes.
At DCVMA’s 10th annual Freedom Medal Dinner, more than 600 attendees honored seven special veterans from Delaware County who received a medal recognizing their service.
This year, we were proud to again contribute $50,000 to the DCVMA through our sponsorship of the Energy Transfer Veterans Memorial Rink in Newtown Square, PA. We will also sponsor several “Educate and Skate” field trips for local students this season, which include lessons at the Delaware County Veterans Memorial before a free skating session.
Supporting Our Communities
Energy Transfer values giving back to our local communities where we operate.
We had the opportunity to work with Special Olympics athletes twice this year. In May, we invited Special Olympics Pennsylvania to our office in Delaware County, PA for some fun competition! In June, we had the honor of sponsoring the second annual Philadelphia UNcathlon, where 120 competitors raised almost $100,000 for Special Olympics Pennsylvania.
Energy Transfer is excited to support students in the community, and this year, we donated two canopies to the Sun Valley High School football team in addition to donating a Blackstone griddle to the Chichester Band Parents Association’s concession stand. We also attended Back-to-School Bingo in the Marcus Hook community where we awarded winners with an Energy Transfer backpack filled with school supplies!
We were excited recently to contribute to initiatives like the annual Fill the Truck event benefiting Toys for Tots Ohio.
A Glimpse into the Past
On October 15, 1957, the historic Research & Development Lab at the former Sun Oil Company Marcus Hook Refinery (now the Energy Transfer Marcus Hook Terminal) was officially dedicated. The R&D building was home to critical breakthroughs in gasoline production and engine mechanics worldwide before it was idled more than a decade ago.
The building was recently decommissioned to make way for the continuing evolution of our current natural gas liquids facility when crews uncovered a time capsule containing items from that very same dedication ceremony. It was an honor to catch a glimpse into the history of our preceding company and the important work Sun Oil was doing in the middle of the century!
Looking to the Future
As 2024 comes to an end, Energy Transfer’s commitment to the community and support for safety remains strong. We are proud of the work we’ve done this year, and look forward to what we will accomplish in the new year!