SC4 April 2012 Newsletter

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In This Issue

Ethanol ReducesOil Dependence

Motorweek Revs UpClean Cities

Making Fuel CellsWork For Fleets

Chevy Volts Sell AtA Record Pace in

March

$125 Million in EVCharging StationsComing to Calif.

Battery ConsortiumSigns Major

Contract With

Johnson Controls

Ethanol Is Reducing Oil Dependence

Americas addiction to foreign oilhas had a significant impact on

our economy and our national

security. The millions of barrels of

petroleum imported to the UnitedStates not only cost billions of

dollars, they also require putting

military lives in danger protectingthe fuel supply lines. The only

effective strategy for improving

U.S. energy security is in reducingthe nations oil dependence.At 10 percent of the U.S. fuel

supply, used in 97 percent of thenations gasoline, ethanol provides

a domestic, renewable alternative

to imported oil. In 2011, the use of

13.9 billion gallons of Americanethanol helped reduce the need

for imported oil by 485 million

barrels. That is roughly equivalent to13 percent of total U.S. crude oilimports, saving the American

economy $49.7 billion.

Reducing oil import dependencyhas been a national security priority

and policy objective since the

1970s. Yet, only since 2005, the yearthe renewable fuel standard (RFS)

was first enacted, has the U.S. seena reversal of the long-term trend of

increasing oil import dependence.

During this time frame, Americas oil

demand has decreased whileimports have fallen from 60 percent

to 45 percent.

To read more from Ethanol Pro-

ducer Magazine and Bob Dinneen,

Renewable Fuels AssociationPresident/CEO,click here.

Motorweek Revs U Clean CitiesMotorWeek is once again features

Clean Cities Coalitions in its

episodes, most recently filming inLancaster, TX for a story to air thismonth!

The Success Story takes

MotorWeek to Texas and highlightsthe Cease the Grease program.

This program allows residents to

discard leftover cooking grease at21 sites throughout Dallas,

including outlying areas like Cedar

Valley College (CVC) in Lancaster.

CVCs Automotive school has

embraced the program and is using

it as a learning opportunity.Produced by Maryland PublicTelevision's MotorWeek program,

the show appears on your local PBS

affiliate and is also available onVelocity by Discovery.

Past Clean Cities Coalition

segments can also be found atAlternative Fuels and Advanced

Vehicles Data Center at

www.afdc.energy.gov.

If you have questions about

the Southern Colorado

Clean Cities Coalition, or

youd like to know more

about becoming a partner,

call Executive Director

Alicia Archibald today at

(719) 494-6592 or email

Alicia@

cleancitiescolorado.org

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The California Public

Utilities Commission has

announced a $120million dollar settlement

with NRG Energy Inc.

that will fund theconstruction of a

statewide network of EV

charging stations,including at least

200 public fast-chargingstations and another 10,000 plug-in units at 1,000 locations

across the state. The settlement stems from California's energycrisis. The Governor also announced that he has signed an

executive order laying the foundation for 1.5 million zero-

emission vehicles on California's roadways by 2025.The settlement resolves ten-year-old claims against a subsidiary

of Dynegy Inc., then a co-owner with NRG of the portfolio of

power generating plants currently owned by NRG in California,for costs of long-term power contracts signed in March 2001.

NRG assumed full responsibility for resolving this matter in 2006

when NRG acquired Dynegy's 50% interest in the assets.

One hundred million dollars from the settlement will fund thefast-charging stations and the installation of the plug-in units and

electrical upgrades, at no cost to taxpayers.The network of charging stations funded by the settlement will

be installed in the San Francisco Bay Area, the San JoaquinValley, the Los Angeles Basin and San Diego County. This new

infrastructure network is a breakthrough in encouraging

consumer adoption of electric vehicles and will contributesignificantly to achieving California's clean car goals.

For more,visit Engadget.com

$125 Million in EV Charging

Stations Comes to California

FTA Program Aims To Make Fuel Cells Work For FleetsThe Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced this week that it is putting more than $13 million to work

across 11 projects as a part of the National Fuel Cell Bus Program (NFCBP). The Obama administration has

stated that the goal of the initiative, which debuted in 2005, is to support the commercialization of these


Colorado FleetForum

As part of the Clean Cit ies Electric

Vehicle Grant (Project FEVER), the

Denver Metro Clean Cities Coalition isgoing to host a forum for fleet

managers to discuss the unique

challenges that fleets face while

introducing electric vehicles. Nomatter the implementation stage of

your EV program, we encourage you

to attend to share your perspective.

A formal agenda will be provided

soon, but sav e the date:

Monday, April 30, 9am3pm(includes coffee and lunch)

The meeting will be at the AmericanLung Association offices in

Greenwood Village:

5600 Greenwood Plaza Blvd.,Suite 100, 80111

This will be the only opportunity to

share success stories, voice concerns,

and identify solutions towards a moreelectrified fleet.

All fleets are welcome- public,private, heavy-duty, light-duty, small

and large! Please share this inv itation

with fellow fleet managers. RSVP toLauren Quillian at

[email protected]

advanced vehicle technologies and expedite their deployment in U.S.

transit-bus fleets. For fleet managers, the cost savings associated withrunning hydrogen fuel cell buses in lieu of diesel-powered transit are

compelling. The FTA and National Renewable Energy Laboratoryestimate that each fuel cell bus eliminates the consumption of 9,000gallons of diesel annually, which equates to a per-vehicle savings

exceeding $35,000 a year. However, the current economics of

purchasing new fuel cell buses or converting existing vehicles are ahindrance to wide-scale deployment. Three nonprofit organizations - the

Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortium; the Center for Transportation

and the Environment; and CALSTART - have been selected to overseethe projects.

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Pikes Peak Hill Climb ChampGoes Electric in 2012

Last year, hill climberNobuhiro "Monster" Tajima

became the first man to

conquer Pikes Peak in under10 minutes, driving a race-

prepped Suzuki that was

bleeding coolant andsteering fluid by the time it

crossed the finish line. This

year, the 61-year-old plans tobeat his record in this -- a

custom-built electric car. If hesucceeds, it will be the most

impressive accomplishment

by an electric racer in history.

Tajima does have some

benefits to running electric

over the 12.4-mile course,even if he won't be able to

match the 847-hp output of

his 2011 ride. Most gas-powered cars have to use

massive turbochargers to

suck enough air at altitudestopping 9,000 ft., and many

overheat; neither should be

an issue in an EV. Last year,Chad Hord put a Nissan Leaf

on the route and finished in

14 minutes, 33 seconds, arecord Tajima should smash

without issue. The fastestcustom-built EV run last year

finished in 12:20 -- and had to

run part of the course on

gravel, which has since been

paved over.

Article from Yahoo Autos.


Chevy Volts See RecordSales In MarchThe plug-in vehicle sales situation is heating up,

and Chevrolet is looking especially good now thatits plug-in hybrid Volt has had it best sales month

ever. Looks like Bob Lutz knew what he was talking

about.

Chevy sold 2,289 Volts in March, up from 1,023 last

month and 608 in March 2011. This beats theprevious high-sales mark by almost 800 units.

In December 2011, Chevy sold 1,529 Volts.

Meanwhile, Nissan sold 579 Leafs in March, upfrom 478 Leafs in February and just 298 in March

2011.

579 is not a record, though, as the best Leaf salesmonth ever was in June 2011, when it sold 1,708

units.

Both Chevy's and Nissan's overall vehicle sales forMarch were up around 12 percent.

Both vehicles are currently available in Colorado

Springs, through Woodmen Nissan and Daniels Long

Chevrolet.

Article from Green Auto Blog.For more, click here.

Thank you!

The 2011 Southern Colorado Clean Cities

Annual Report has been completed,

and we couldnt have done it withoutyour help!

With input from local fleets, the reporthelps the Department of Energy get anaccurate snapshot of the alternative

fuels usage by fleets and availability of

fuels in our community.

While were still awaiting formal

certification by the DOE before making

the full report public, we are happy toannounce that preliminary data shows

more than 830,000 gasoline gallon

equivalents were reduced in southernColorado due to the efforts of fleet

investments in alternative fuels! That

equates to a greenhouse gas emissionreduction of nearly 5700 tons! The reportalso shows that more than 2000

alternative fuels vehicles are a part of

fleets within southern Colorado2000

vehicles!

If youd like a copy of the full report

once it s been certi fied by the DOE,please contact Coordinator Dianne

Bertini [email protected]

Daniels Long Chevrolet has a GM issued Volt that is available for

fleets to demo for up to 3-4 days. Contact: Mitch Maltry, FleetManager, 719-632-5591, [email protected] to reserve the

Volt for trial fleet usage today!
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Funding OpportunitiesLight-Duty Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Validation Data

$6,000,000Open Date: 02/29/2012Close Date: 04/30/2012

Funding Organization: Office of Energy Efficiency andRenewable Energy

Funding Number: DE-FOA-0000625

Summary: In this Light-Duty Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle ValidationData Announcement (FOA), the Fuel Cell Technologies (FCT)

Program seeks to fund the collection, analysis, and validation oflight-duty hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV)

performance data operating in real-world environments.Feedback will be provided to the DOE hydrogen and fuel cell

R&D projects and industry partners to help determine whatadditional R&D is required to move the technology forward. The

total DOE funding available for new awards is estimated to be$6,000,000. The full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is

posted on the EERE Exchange website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov.

Applications must be submitted through the EERE Exchangewebsite to be considered for award. The applicant must first

register and create an account on the EERE Exchange website.The Users' guide for applying to Department of Energy (DOE),

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's (EERE) Fundingopportunity Announcements (FOA) through the Exchange

website can be found at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/Manuals.aspx.

Information on where to submit questions regarding the contentof the announcement and where to submit questions regardingsubmission of applications is found in the full FOA posted on the

EERE Exchange website.For more information, see the full solicitation.

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Wireless Charging for Electric Vehicles$12,000,000 for new awards; up to $8,000,000 per award

Open Date: 04/05/2012Close Date: 05/31/2012Funding Organization: DOE National Energy TechnologyLaboratory on behalf of the DOE EERE Vehicle TechnologiesProgramFunding Number: DE-FOA-0000667

Summary: The objective of this FOA is to research and developa production-feasible wireless charging system, integrate thesystem into a production-intent vehicle, and to demonstrate thetechnologys readiness to deliver the benefits of static (and

possibly quasi-dynamic) wireless charging to drivers of light-duty(10,000 lb Gross Vehicle Weight Rating or less) Grid-ConnectedElectric Drive Vehicles (GCEDV). While the primary focus of thisproject is the advancement of static and possibly quasi-

dynamic charging, the Department of Energy (DOE) recognizesthat the research and demonstration results of this FOA maycontribute to the future development of dynamic chargingcapability. This project shall demonstrate wireless chargingtechnology while being cost competitive and compliant withsafety standards

For more information, see the full solicitation.

The Clean Cities Guide to Alternative Fuel LawnMowers is now available athere.

The guide features information on dozens of

different commercial and residential mowers

designed to reduce fuel consumption andeliminate the need for conventional gasoline.

ROUSH CleanTech Celebrates Propanes 100thAnniversary

To honor the upcoming 100th anniversary of

propane, ROUSH CleanTech is joining the

festivities at the Propane Centennial

Celebration and Propane Clean Air Rally &Autogas Parade. These events kick off at the

2012 National Propane Gas Association (NPGA)Southeastern Convention & International

Propane Expo on April 14 16 at the Georgia

World Congress Center in Atlanta. Inrecognition of this major milestone in American

and autogas history, ROUSH CleanTech is

donating the propane autogas fuel system tobe raffled along with a 2012 model year Ford F-

250 at 4:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, April 15.

ROUSH CleanTech is proud to be part of the

propane community, said Joe Thompson,president of ROUSH CleanTech. This event will

commemorate the industrys rich history of

cleaner-burningdomestic fuel, and kick off thenext 100 years of propane achievements in

delivering our country from dependence onforeign sources of energy.

LPG News: Alternative

Fuel Mowers &Propanes

100th Birthday
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Southern Colorado Clean Cities Coalition (SC4) develops public/privatepartnerships in Southern Colorado to promote alternative fuels and

advanced vehicles, fuel blends, fuel economy, hybrid vehicles, idle

reduction, and alternative modes of transportation. SC4 enhancesenergy, environmental, and economic security throughout southern

Colorado by promoting efforts to reduce petroleum consumption in the

transportation sector.

Designated a U.S. Department of Energy Clean Cities program in 1994,

the Southern Colorado Coalition spans 30 counties south of I-70.

Current SC4 partners include: Governor's Energy Office, Colorado SpringsUtilities, Daniels Long Chevrolet, Black Hills Corp, JW Energy, Ferrellgas,

AireDock, Eaton, ROUSH CleanTech, City of Colorado Springs, US

General Services Administration, Yellow Cab, City of Fountain, CrippleCreek & Victor Gold Mine, Pueblo County, Amerigas, Perkins Motor

Company, Duke's Garage, San Isabel Electric, Phil Long Ford, Pikes PeakArea Council of Governments, andEl Paso County.

Contact us to join today!

Johnson Controls SignsMa or Batter Contract

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC

(USABC), an organization jointly operated by Chrysler,

Ford and GM, has awarded a $5.48 million contractto Johnson Controls Inc. for the development of

lithium-ion battery technology for plug-in hybrid

electric vehicles (PHEVs).

The two-year program, which is a 50/50 cost-sharecontract between the USABC and the U.S.

Department of Energy, is aimed at increasing thevolumetric energy density of hard-cased prismatic

cell technology that USABC and Johnson Controls

have already developed. A higher energy density willreduce the volume, mass and cost of these cells, the

companies say.

This new contract is USABC's third with JohnsonControls.


About The Southern Colorado Clean Cities CoalitionPhone:(719) 494-6592

E-Mail:

Alicia@ cleancitiescolorado.org

Dianne@

cleancitiescolorado.org

Web:http://southern.clean

citiescolorado.org

Find Us on Facebook:Southern Colorado Clean Cities

Coalition

Follow Us On Twitter:@SoCOCleanCities

LOCAL EVENTS

04/1604/19 - International Biomass Conference and Expo, Denver

04/19Propane Mowers Webinar, 11 am12 pm

04/19 - Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) funding webinar, 9 11

am. Click here to register.

04/25 - Pikes Peak Community College's Earth Day, 11 am2pm, PPCC

Centennial Campus

05/0805/11 - Colorado Association of Transit Agencies Spring Training

Conference, Fort Collins

05/1305/17 - World Renewable Energy Forum (WREF), Denver

05/16 - Rocky Mountain Fleet Management Association (Colorado

Chapter) Spring Trade Show, Adams County Fair Grounds. Email for

details.

05/17 - Colorado Rides Electric Day, Colorado Springs. Details to come

06/1006/12 - 2012 Summit for Recycling, Pueblo

06/1806/20 - Government Fleet Expo and Conference 2012, Denver

NATIONAL EVENTS

05/0605/09 - International Electric Vehicle Symposium, Los Angeles,

CA

05/1405/17 - ACT 2012 (Alterative Clean Transportation Expo), Long
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