# Presentation: 767359

## Virginia Clean Cities
Recent Accomplishments 
& Future Goals

Al Christopher
Chelsea Jenkins

First Annual Clean Cities Coordinator Leadership Retreat
Mammoth Cave National Park – Cave City, KY
September 25-27, 2007

**Recent Accomplishments **
**& Future Goals**
**Al Christopher**
**Chelsea Jenkins**
**First Annual Clean Cities Coordinator Leadership Retreat**
**Mammoth Cave National Park – Cave City, KY**
**September 25-27, 2007**

## Current Status
2 Full Time Coordinators
Membership Structure / Strategies
We wait for members to come to us
Steps to Become Self-Sustaining 
Use grants to get grants, behave like energy consultant 

- 2 Full Time Coordinators
- Membership Structure / Strategies
- We wait for members to come to us
- Steps to Become Self-Sustaining
- Use grants to get grants, behave like energy consultant

**Coalition Status and Sustainability**

## Arlington CNG
National Airport CNG
Charlottesville CNG
Hydrogen forklift demo (pending)

- National Airport CNG
- Charlottesville CNG
- Hydrogen forklift demo (pending)

**Significant/Noteworthy Vehicle Projects**

## CNG
 National, Charlottesville
E85
Biodiesel
 Biodiesel retail & “marquee” fleet project

-  National, Charlottesville
- E85
- Biodiesel
-  Biodiesel retail & “marquee” fleet project

**Significant/Noteworthy                               Fueling Infrastructure Projects**

**Notes:**

DMME and the Virginia Soybean Association have funded a Clean Cities managed grant program to add a dozen retail biodiesel pumps and leverage the 3 lead-by-example benefits of “marquee” biodiesel fleets, such as school buses and public utility diesel vehicles operated by counties and municipalities.

## Biodiesel workshops (SSEB)
National location for AFV Day Odyssey
Fuel Quality Workshops (and biodiesel troubleshooting) 
 biodiesel distributors, fleets, and users
Dragon Run biodiesel stakeholder education
Conferences, meetings, events 
 Earth days (and days); organize alt fuel tracks for conf.

- National location for AFV Day Odyssey
- Fuel Quality Workshops (and biodiesel troubleshooting)
** **biodiesel distributors, fleets, and users
- Dragon Run biodiesel stakeholder education
- Conferences, meetings, events
-  Earth days (and days); organize alt fuel tracks for conf.

**Significant/Noteworthy                       Coalition Outreach Activities**

## E85 pump dedication
Resource development 
 NEW WEBSITE www.hrccc.org
Hydrogen education  -- General Assembly  & media 
General Assembly Education 
 Statement developed www.hrccc.org 

- Resource development
-  NEW WEBSITE www.hrccc.org
- Hydrogen education  -- General Assembly  & media
- General Assembly Education
-  Statement developed www.hrccc.org

**Significant/Noteworthy                       Coalition Outreach Activities**

## Dragon Run Biodiesel
James City County Petroleum Reduction
Executive Order 48
 “All agencies and institutions shall maximize biodiesel and ethanol use in state fleet vehicles except where use of biodiesel will void warranties or incur unreasonable additional costs to the agencies.”

- James City County Petroleum Reduction
- Executive Order 48
-  “All agencies and institutions shall maximize biodiesel and ethanol use in state fleet vehicles except where use of biodiesel will void warranties or incur unreasonable additional costs to the agencies.”

**Significant/Noteworthy                       Expanded Portfolio Activities**

**Notes:**
the James City County Board of Supervisors passed a Resolution on the Reduction of Transportation Petroleum Use. The resolution set the goal of reducing the County’s petroleum usage by 20 percent by 2010. 

In order to achieve the resolution’s goal, the County Administrator assembled a task force comprised of representatives from the County’s Administration, Fleet Services, Purchasing and Information Technology, General Services, and the Fire Department. In addition, there are representatives from the James City Service Authority, Williamsburg-James City County Schools, and Williamsburg Area Transport. The Hampton Roads Clean Cities Coalition also participates on the task force. 

Other target objectives, in addition to the task force creation, included alternative fuel and more efficient vehicles for future purchases and petroleum reduction goals. In 2006, James City County was also to begin a B20 pilot, and in 2007 through 2010, James City County was to begin meeting these goals of petroleum reduction shown on the screen.
In 2006, James City County purchased flex fuel vehicles, bringing the total to 24, 4 hybrid escapes with 6 on order, 2 Prius’s, and more fuel efficient vehicles such as ford escapes, impalas, and Dodge Sprinter vans. You can see up on the screen that standard escapes achieve 20% mpg higher than a comparable vehicle, and the hybrid escape is about a 30% mpg improvement. The Dodge sprinter vans are an almost 300% improvement in fuel economy as compared to a vehicle of similar size and function.

Probably the most creative piece of their program is their purchase of Segway’s for meter reading and public safety applications. Buddy Stewart, who is really the champion behind this whole initiative, mounted a receiver hitch by Segway on county vehicles which allows the meter readers to easily load and unload the segway. They can then park the vehicle, and use the Segway up and down the streets in a particular neighborhood. This actually cut down on petroleum usage quite a bit because before, the meter readers were stopping at each house and leaving their vehicles idling for much of the day. Before the segway’s, they were replacing tires and brakes at 8,000 miles. Buddy actually has a Segway with him today, and after I’m done, you all can ask him for more details about the project if you desire.

Also implemented this year was a B20 pilot program for Williamsburg-James City County Schools. Because of the success, they have now switched the entire school bus fleet over to B20, which represents 137 buses and 1 maintenance vehicle. And James City County’s fleet, which includes fire trucks, is now running on B5.

They are also testing the use of synthetic oils and extended change intervals to reduce the amount of petroleum oil used during preventative maintenance work. Preliminary results indicate some vehicles could extend oil change intervals by three times over.

Their replacement projects for 2007 and 2008 include more hybrids and flex fuel vehicles, and possibly replacing the police departments crown vics with chevy impalas or other more efficient vehicles.

The General Assembly also passed a resolution in March 2006 encouraging state agency fleets to use biodiesel and commissioned a survey completed in January 2007 to discover how to encourage greater use of biodiesel in state vehicles. The report (House Document No. 18) to the Secretary of Administration, Governor and General Assemble on biodiesel fuel usage in the Commonwealth found that little biodiesel is used by state agencies that responded. Only two – James Madison University and the Virginia Department of Transportation – reported using biodiesel. JMU cites a positive experience. VDOT, according to the report, does not think – based on a pilot biodiesel program in Hampton Roads – that it is practical to expand the use of biodiesel, even in low blends, for a variety of reasons. All of more than 100 agency respondents, however, requested education on the potential benefits of biodiesel. The Energy Division of the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
(DMME) has agreed to fund a series of forums to help educate state fleet managers and other employees about the advantages of biofuels and best fuel management practices to ensure a seamless and trouble-free conversion from petroleum-based fuels to biofuels.

## Reporting efficiency
Better continued communication with school bus fleets who express interest in biodiesel use
Small scale CNG projects aren’t very successful as stand alone projects
Advocating at policy level
 Upfront time spent on getting resolution passed worth the AF & AFV return
What is the golden question to separate the wheat from the chaff
We saved $3,000 by switching web hosts & redesigning website in-house – and it’s much better!

- Better continued communication with school bus fleets who express interest in biodiesel use
- Small scale CNG projects aren’t very successful as stand alone projects
- Advocating at policy level
-  Upfront time spent on getting resolution passed worth the AF & AFV return
- What is the golden question to separate the wheat from the chaff
- We saved $3,000 by switching web hosts & redesigning website in-house – and it’s much better!

**Lessons Learned **

**Notes:**
Describe new or creative ideas that furthered the goals of the coalition (i.e. funding, membership, outreach, project partnerships, regional partnerships, etc.) which may be duplicated by other coalitions.
Describe activities that didn’t turn out as anticipated and what you learned from the experience.

After the time spent on educating Board of Supervisors and working with JCC fleet maintenance to get resolution passed, VCC has to spend little time and money working with JCC.... They are rockin and rollin w/o us, and increasing our AFV #’s each year. JCC has been really creative and serves as one of our states best models.

## Become more goal oriented
 find funding allow for management of projects want to
Find synergies with national organizations
Advocating at the policy maker level
 Recommendations to improve producer incentive fund
Continue improving website tools/“off the shelf” resources
Improve CNG & propane program
Increase passage of resolutions model after JCC
Do better job of promoting ourselves
Increase stakeholder base $$ 
Biodiesel fuel quality program
 Increase information sharing	

-  find funding allow for management of projects want to
- Find synergies with national organizations
- Advocating at the policy maker level
-  Recommendations to improve producer incentive fund
- Continue improving website tools/“off the shelf” resources
- Improve CNG & propane program
- Increase passage of resolutions model after JCC
- Do better job of promoting ourselves
- Increase stakeholder base $$
- Biodiesel fuel quality program
-  Increase information sharing

**Goals for 2007 & Beyond**