Clean Cities Program
Land of Sky
Clean Cities Program and Clean Vehicles
Coalition
Clean Cities Program
Cleaner/Alternative
Fuels
Expanded Portfolio
Goals of the Program
Clean
Cities In the USA
Area Seeking Designation
Benefits of
Designation
Getting You
Involved as Stakeholders
Survey of
Fleets in the Region
AFV Use/Interest in
the region
Funding for
AFV's
For
information on Clean Fuels and Vehicle funding, click here
Land-of-Sky's Clean
Cities Program Plan
Other Useful Links
Clean Cities Program:
Clean Cities is a program of the
US Dept of Energy that works with states and communities
across the country to promote the use of cleaner,
alternative fuels and vehicles.
Cleaner/Alternative Fuels
include compressed natural gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel,
electricity, and hydrogen.
Expanded Portfolio
- The program is also now
promoting the use of
fuel blends,
gas-electric hybrids, more
fuel efficient gasoline vehicles and
anti-idling policies, programs and technologies (e.g., truck
stop electrification).
Goals of the Program
include the reduction of our nation’s dependence on foreign
sources of petroleum and improvement in our air quality.
Clean Cities in US
- There are over
80 communities
across the country designated by DOE as Clean Cities
including the Charlotte, Raleigh and East Tennessee regions.
To achieve designation, a community must begin using
alternative fuels and develop a program plan to increase
their use. The plan must be approved by the DOE.
Area seeking Designation
- We are seeking designation of a 5 county area surrounding
Asheville including Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, Madison
and Transylvania counties.(~400,000 pop.)
Benefits of Designation
– Networking, Technical Assistance and Funding from the
Federal Government
Our Next Steps
include:
-
Getting you involved as Stakeholders
in our Effort – Please get involved and help make this
project successful! The Land of
Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition meets every month or
two and welcomes your involvement.
- We are also conducting a
Survey of Fleets in the region
to find which ones currently use alternative fuels and vehicles and
which ones are interested in doing so in the near future.
We need 400 vehicles using alt
fuels to qualify for Clean Cities Designation.
AFV
Use/Interest in Region (Partial List)
* City of Asheville - CNG station
and vehicles; Electric GEM vehicles
* MSD – 65 vehicles on Biodiesel (B-20)
* WNCRAQA – Hybrid and CNG van
* NC Div. of Air Quality, Blue Ridge Parkway, and Town of
Waynesville – Hybrids
* State Motor Pool - >100 Flexfuel Vehicles (Ethanol) – Not
currently using fuel
* Propane Suppliers – Propane vehicles
* Swann’s – Propane vehicles
* Hart Distributing – CNG and Propane trucks
* UNCA – Interest in biodiesel and CNG
* Warren Wilson College and Home Energy Partners – Using
biodiesel
* Mission Hospital – Interest in CNG
* Buncombe Co. General Services – Interest in CNG vehicles
and received funding for B-20 fuel for landfill vehicles and
equipment, purchased Hybrids
* Blue Ridge Biofuels – Biodiesel (B100) production and use
Funding for AFVs
– State grants now; some non-Clean Cities federal funds.
LOS Clean Cities Program
Plan - We will work together to
develop a Plan
for increasing the use of alt
fuels and vehicles in the region and submit that
Plan to the State and DOE for approval.
- We hope to obtain
DOE Designation
as a Clean Cities Region within
the next year.
Contact:
Bill Eaker, Land-of-Sky Regional Council, 25 Heritage Dr.,
Asheville, NC 28806, 828-251-6622,
bill@landofsky.org
For more information on the
USDOE Clean Cities Program or alternative fuels/vehicles, go
to
www.ccities.doe.gov or call 1-800-CCITIES
(1-800-224-8437) Other
Useful Links:
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