Table of Contents Executive Summary ………………………………………………………………… Introduction ………………………………………………………………………… Methodology for Assessing Community College Programs ………………………… Regional Review …………………………………………………………………... 3 5 5 9
Los Angeles Region The table below shows the colleges that ATTE contacted to get more information on their alternative fuel programs and level of interest in participating in this Energy Commission program. College Response to Survey Summary Notes Antelope Valley No Did not respond Cerritos Yes Has an ATTE program, provides for credit and noncredit workforce alternative fuels technical education, partnerships include many fleets with alternative fuel vehicles and fuel use. (Partnerships listed later in this section.) Chaffey Yes Has an automotive program that includes hybrid technology. No alternative fuels are included in the program. Citrus Yes Has an automotive and a diesel program. Survey response indicates they do not want to expand to alternative fuels. They have no trained faculty and no demand from their industry advisory board. College of the Desert Yes Has an ATTE program, provides both for credit and noncredit workforce alternative fuels technical education. (Partnerships listed in Appendix A) Copper Mountain Yes Has automotive program. Alternative fuels limited to an introductory course. Expressed limited interest in expanding program at this time. Cypress Yes Has an ATTE program, primary alternative fuel effort is noncredit workforce training, not for credit courses. (Partnerships listed in Appendix A) El Camino Yes Has an automotive program. They are not interested in expanding to alternative fuels as a number of other colleges in the region address this area already. Fullerton No Did not respond. Golden West No Did not respond. LA Trade Tech Yes Has an automotive and a diesel program, including some alternative fuels, but expressed limited interest in expanding program from present levels.
Appendix A – DETAILED Methodology Step One In evaluating the colleges in for Scope of Work A - Task 2 ATTE first looked at the completed survey from Scope of Work B – Task 1 done by the Center of Excellence. The table below incorporates the responses to the COE survey. This was the first set of data considered for evaluating schools. College/Region Alternative Fuel Electric CNG/LNG Biodiesel Hybrid Los Angeles Region Antelope Valley No No No No No Cerritos Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Chaffey No No No No Yes Citrus No No No No Yes Cypress Yes Yes Yes No Yes El Camino No No No No No Fullerton No No No No No LA Trade Tech Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Long Beach Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Mt San Jacinto No No No No No Pasadena No No No No No Rio Hondo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Riverside Yes No No No No Saddleback Yes Yes No No Yes San Bernardino No Yes No No Yes Santa Ana Yes Yes No No Yes Victor Valley No No No No Yes
Appendix B – Modoc Justification Letter to the CEC August 12, 2012 West Valley College ATTE 14000 Fruitvale Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070 David Nichols California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Attention: David Nichols Dear David, West Valley College’s Advanced Transportation Technology and Energy (ATTE) center has done extensive research on the feasibility and necessity of alternative fuels training in Modoc County. Based on the Training Needs Assessment submitted to the CEC by ATTE in 2010 the following information was reported: Only 8 electric or hybrid vehicles were found in Modoc County during the research conducted. The public school system has no CNG or LNG buses. No CNG/LNG transit buses. No Alternative Fuel waste management vehicles are used. Due to the difficult economic climate (considering bankruptcy in 2010), there would be no budget in any government agencies to develop the infrastructure necessary to expand fleets to use alternative fuel vehicles. Modoc County had only two fueling stations selling propane, the owners of these fueling stations reported the majority of the propane sold was for barbeques and not vehicles. There are no colleges or Universities in Modoc County. ATTE recently looked at whether Modoc had any growth in the area of alternative fuels since the report written in 2010. Below are the findings: Per the Alternative Fuels Data Center (U.S. Department of Energy) there is only one propane fueling station in Modoc County, in 2010 there were two. There are no alternative fuel school buses running in Modoc County. The colleges closest to Modoc county are: College of the Siskiyous (this is the closest college and is 148 miles away from Alturas) College of Shasta Lassen College