List of Projects (under negotiation with the DOE)

REFUELING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR E85 AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

WestStart-CALSTART in Pasadena, CA, will install 15 publicly accessible E85 refueling stations along interstate highways in the Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and the San Joaquin Valley areas.  Additionally, five of these locations will potentially also have biodiesel fueling capability.  Team members include CleanFuel USA, United Oil, Pacific Ethanol, State of California, and General Motors.  Clean Cities partners include Southern California, San Joaquin Valley, and Central Coast.
DOE Share:  $495,000 Proposed Total Project Cost: $2,371,363

National Biodiesel Board in Jefferson City, MO, will install six biodiesel blending terminals at existing petroleum facilities in five states including Arizona, Florida, Indiana, New York, and Pennsylvania.  The primary approach of the project is to market biodiesel in relatively low blending ratios with conventional diesel.  Team members include Sustainable Energy Strategies, HWRT Oil Company, Independence Biofuels, Inc., Sprague Energy, TransMontaigne, and West Central.  Clean Cities partners include Greater Long Island, Greater Philadelphia, Tucson, and Florida Gold Coast.
DOE Share:  $494,998 Proposed Total Project Cost: $3,539,101

World Energy Alternatives, LLC in Chelsea, MA, will expand the availability of biodiesel by installing rack-injection, in-line blending capabilities at four diesel terminals including Tacoma, Washington; Champaign, Illinois; Robinson, Illinois; and Toledo, Ohio.  The proposed in-line blending is expected to significantly improve quality control of the final product.  Team Members include Marathon Petroleum Co, Sound Refining Inc, and the City of Toledo.  Clean Cities partners include Puget Sound and Central Ohio.
DOE Share:  $707,700 Proposed Total Project Cost: $3,165,360

Commonwealth of Virginia in Richmond, VA, will install up to 12 publicly accessible E85 fuel dispensing stations along the I-95, I-64 Crescent Corridor that passes through Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.  This project will make E85 available to an estimated 15,000 public and private flex fuel vehicles.  Team members include the State of Maryland, the DC Energy Office, the General Services Administration, and General Motors.  Clean Cities partners include Virginia Hampton Roads, Maryland, and Metro Washington.
DOE Share:  $284,000 Proposed Total Project Cost: $767,000

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority in Albany, NY, will install up to about 30 publicly accessible E85 refueling stations across the state of New York and will leverage the New York State Thruway Authority’s activities in developing E85 along state thruways. Team members include the NY Department of Transportation, NY Department of Motor Vehicles, NY Thruway Authority, and NY Dept of Agriculture and Markets.  Clean Cities partners include Western New York, Genesee Region, New York City, Greater Long Island, and Capital District.
DOE Share:  $500,000 Proposed Total Project Cost: $1,170,000

Prometheus Energy Company in Seattle, WA, will install a liquefied natural gas (LNG) refueling station at the Kiefer Landfill, located in Sacramento, California.  The station will serve the County of Sacramento’s fleet of garbage trucks that currently run on LNG and other LNG-capable waste hauling fleets that use the landfill.  Team members include NorthStar Inc., and the City of Sacramento.
DOE Share:  $600,000 Proposed Total Project: $1,200,000

The Triangle J Council of Governments in Research Triangle Park, NC, will install E85 refueling infrastructure at 21 stations and B20 infrastructure at 14 stations along heavily traveled interstates in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee.  Team members include United Energy, Osage, and Georgia Power.  Clean Cities partners include Triangle, Palmetto State, East Tennessee, Middle Georgia, and Centralina.
DOE Share:  $586,000 Proposed Total Project: $1,353,080

State of Colorado in Denver, CO, will install publicly accessible E85 and biodiesel refueling stations at five locations throughout Colorado. Work will also include educating car dealers and the general public about the benefits of alternative fuels.  Team members include Great Western Ethanol, General Motors, and numerous state and county agencies.  Clean Cities partners include Colorado Springs, Northern Colorado, and Denver Metro.
DOE Share:  $350,000 Proposed Total Project: $1,047,000

State of Indiana in Indianapolis, IN, will establish a network of E85 and Biodiesel refueling stations spanning from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico.  The project will coordinate the placement of 31 public access alternative fuel refueling stations along 886 miles of the I-65 corridor from Gary, Indiana to Mobile, Alabama including 19 stations in Indiana, three in Kentucky, three in Tennessee, and six in Alabama.  Team members include the Indiana Soybean Board, the Indiana Department of Transportation, the Kentucky Energy Office, the Tennessee Energy Office, and various retailer outlets.  Clean Cities partners include Central Indiana, South Shore, Middle Tennessee, Central Alabama, and Kentucky.
DOE Share:  $1,332,288          Proposed Total Project: $2,874,689

Salt Lake City Clean Cities Utah Clean Cities Coalition in Salt Lake City, UT, will expand the compressed natural gas (CNG) public refueling structure with two additional stations and assist three CNG customers in adding refueling facilities for expanded fleet usage.  The two public CNG facilities will be along I-15.  Team members include Questar Gas Co, Qwest Communications, Diamond Parking, and Durrent’s Bakery.
DOE Share:  $370,000 Proposed Total Project: $1,259,600

Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority in Springfield, OR, will establish one wholesale E85 rack in a centralized location and install a minimum of 15 E85 retail refueling stations in the Pacific Northwest along the I-5 corridor.  Team members include the Oregon Department of Energy, Tyree Oil, Sequential Biofuels, and Star Oil.  Clean Cities partners include Puget Sound and Columbia-Williamette.
DOE Share:  $662,425 Proposed Total Project: $1,487,325

Kum & Go, L.C. in West Des Moines, IA, will install E85 refueling infrastructure at 24 of their existing retail stations.  Nineteen sites are in Iowa and the rest are in South Dakota and Minnesota.  General Motors is a team member.
DOE Share:  $1,500,000          Proposed Total Project: $3,500,000

Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities, Inc. in Philadelphia, PA, will convert 14 existing refueling infrastructure locations to have E85 dispensing capability.  These stations will be located along a 200-mile corridor from State College, Pennsylvania to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   Team members include General Motors, Independence BioFuel Inc., and various retailers including Worley & Obetz, and Shipley.
DOE Share:  $280,380 Proposed Total Project: $914,880

INCREMENTAL COST OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES (AFVs)                        

Paramount Scaffold, Inc. of Carson, CA, will receive cost share funding for the incremental cost of replacing 44 existing diesel-powered, medium-duty flat-bed trucks with 44 liquid-propane-powered trucks for the company’s service area of Los Angeles, San Diego, and Las Vegas.  Team members include CleanFuel USA and Expo Propane Inc.  Clean Cities partners include Southern California.
Requested DOE Share:  $267,410        Proposed Total Project: $631,820

IDLE REDUCTION TRAINING AND AWARENESS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Salt Lake City Clean Cities Utah Clean Cities Coalition in Salt Lake City, UT, will create and disseminate a model idle-reduction program that can be easily replicated by school districts across the country to help them reduce petroleum consumption, save on fuel costs, minimize harmful emissions, and protect children’s health.  This project includes the development of an idle-reduction curriculum, training in six partnership school districts in Utah and Nevada, and the dissemination of the school bus idling reduction model to schools nationwide.  The current idling baseline will be established to determine the effectiveness of the program.  Team members include the National Energy Foundation, the Nevada Office of Energy, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, the National School Board Association, the Cache County School District, the Washington County School District, and the Salt Lake School District.
DOE Share:  $100,000 Proposed Total Project: $115,000

Association of Central Oklahoma Governments in Oklahoma, City, OK, will conduct idle reduction training and awareness for school districts in central Oklahoma.  The project will include the development and demonstration of techniques to reduce fuel usage and harmful emissions, demonstration of the benefits of idling policies, publishing and presentation of project results including best practices and fuel savings realized, training of transportation directors, bus drivers and key communicators, and dissemination of results to all Oklahoma school districts and school districts nationwide.  Team members include the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the Choctaw Nicoma Park Public Schools.   Clean Cities partners include Central Oklahoma.
Requested DOE Share:  $50,242          Proposed Total Project: $50,242