1. Central Florida Clean Cities Coalition
The Bright Future of Clean Energy Transportation
Doug Kettles
July 5, 2017
Florida Association For Pupil Transportation
69th Annual Summer Conference and Trade Show

2. Introduction to Clean Cities Opportunities
Agenda
Introduction to Clean Cities
Opportunities
Volkswagen Settlement
Idle Reduction
Solar Schools
Solar Facilities
Technology Update
Connected and Autonomous
Electric Transportation

3. Why Clean Cities?
Reduced petroleum consumption
Clean Cities advances the energy, economic, and environmental security of the United States by supporting local actions to  cut petroleum use in transportation.
Reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Reduced dependence on imported petroleum
Clean Cities is a program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s (or DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office.
DOE’s mission is to ensure the United States’ security and prosperity by addressing energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.
Clean Cities was established in response to the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and is a community-based program that creates partnerships in the public and private sectors. Its mission is to advance the energy, economic, and environmental security of the United States by supporting local actions to cut petroleum use in transportation.
The benefits of the Clean Cities program include:
Reduced petroleum consumption. Currently, our transportation system and much of our economy runs on petroleum. In fact, transportation accounts for more than 70% of our nation’s petroleum use, with the large majority of it being used for on-road vehicles. Through Clean Cities’ portfolio of alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technologies, the program has saved more than 8.5 billion gallons of petroleum since the program’s beginning in 1993.
Reduced greenhouse gas, or GHG, emissions. Transportation is also a major cause of climate change and contributes to more than one quarter of the United States’ GHG emissions. Many of the solutions in the Clean Cities portfolio substantially reduce GHG emissions from vehicles, including biofuels, plug-in electric vehicles (also known as PEVs), idle reduction, and fuel efficiency. Clean Cities prevented more than 5.6 million tons of GHG emissions in 2015 alone. That’s equivalent to removing nearly 1.3 million passenger cars off the road for the year.
Reduced dependence on imported petroleum. Almost 25% of the petroleum used in the United States is imported. Increasing our use of alternative fuels increases the diversity of our fuel sources, so that we don’t need to rely on petroleum alone. In addition, most alternative fuels are domestically produced, so they support our local and national economy.

4. Reduce Replace Eliminate
Portfolio
Reduce
Replace
Over the years, Clean Cities has kept up with a rapidly changing industry on its mission to cut petroleum use. The program’s activities fall under a trifecta of strategies:
Replace petroleum with alternative and renewable fuels, including biodiesel, electricity, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, propane, and other fuels;
Reduce petroleum consumption through smarter driving practices and fuel economy improvements; and
Eliminate petroleum use through idle reduction and other fuel-saving technologies and practices.
Eliminate

5. Complementary Framework
Local & National Partnerships
Information & Education
Competitively Awarded Financial Assistance
Technical & Problem Solving Assistance
Clean Cities focuses on four major activities (represented by the nodes of this web) as part of a complementary framework:
Local & National Partnerships: Clean Cities helps convene key community and business leaders to develop and implement projects, leverage resources, and address local barriers through the program’s coalitions. In addition, national partnerships leverage Clean Cities resources nationwide to engage with larger fleets and organizations.
Information & Education: Clean Cities develops data-driven tools to help consumers save money on fuel costs and help fleets understand their options for cost-effective alternatives to gasoline and diesel fuel.
Technical & Problem Solving Assistance: Clean Cities experts help local leaders address permitting and safety issues, technology shortfalls, and other project implementation barriers.
Competitively Awarded Financial Assistance: Clean Cities utilizes federal awards to provide funds that encourage an initial private sector match and long-term investment.
This framework is bolstered by local support through designated Clean Cities coalitions [like ours] that have their finger on the pulse of local market conditions and priorities. These local coalitions [like ours] can tap national resources to provide unbiased information, tools, experts to address barriers and solve problems, national partnerships with industry and large national fleets, publicity through mass media and outreach, and financial assistance to jump-start markets and incentivize private investment.
Clean Cities coalitions are locally based with the ability to tap national resources.

6. https://www. afdc. energy

7. Florida Clean Cities Coalitions

8. Opportunities Volkswagen Diesel Settlements
EPA and CARB brought actions against Volkswagen
Response to installation of computer software designed to cheat on emissions tests
~590,000 vehicles sold between 2009 and 2016
Approximately $24 billion in fines and penalties have been assessed
Settlements are, the Mitigation Trust Agreement (MTA) and Zero Emissions Vehicle Investment (ZEV)
Funds are for restitution to the purchasers of vehicles and environmental mitigation
Mitigation can be replacing older diesel vehicles and installing EV infrastructure
Florida will receive direct cash payments of $166,278, from the MTA
Florida administrator of funds has not been named
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has the lead
DEP issued RFI on 5/12, responses were due 6/23
Much more to come

9. Opportunities Volkswagen Eligible Actions (Appendix D-2)
Class 4-8 School Bus, Shuttle Bus, or Transit Bus (Eligible Buses)
2009 engine model year or older class 4-8 school buses, shuttle buses, or transit buses.
Eligible buses must be scrapped.
Eligible buses may be repowered or replaced with new diesel or Alternate Fueled or All-Electric engine.
For Government Owned Eligible Buses, and Privately Owned School Buses Under Contract with a Public School District, Beneficiaries may draw funds from the Trust in the amount of:
Up to 100% of the cost of a Repower with a new diesel or Alternate Fueled (e.g. CNG, propane, Hybrid) engine, including the costs of installation of such engine.
Up to 100% of the cost of a new diesel or Alternate Fueled (e.g. CNG, propane, Hybrid) vehicle.
Up to 100% of the cost of a Repower with a new All-Electric engine, including the costs of installation of such engine, and charging infrastructure associated with the new All-Electric engine.
Up to 100% of the cost of a new All-Electric vehicle, including charging infrastructure associated with the new All-Electric vehicle.

10. Opportunities Volkswagen Eligible Actions (Continued)
For Non-Government Owned Buses, Beneficiaries may draw funds from the Trust in the amount of:
Up to 40% of the cost of a Repower with a new diesel or Alternate Fueled (e.g. CNG, propane, Hybrid) engine, including the costs of installation of such engine.
Up to 75% of the cost of a Repower with a new All-Electric engine, including the costs of installation of such engine, and charging infrastructure associated with the new All-Electric engine.
Up to 75% of the cost of a new All-Electric vehicle, including charging infrastructure associated with the new All-Electric vehicle
Florida DEP websites

11. Opportunities Idle Reduction
School bus idling is particularly problematic because of the negative health impacts for children
Wastes over 6 billion gallons of fuel in the U.S. each year 
Increases operating cost, engine wear and maintenance costs
Fleets may implement policies to set minimum fuel-efficiency targets or require the use of idle reduction practices
Fleet managers can train their drivers on the benefits of reduced idling and how to use idle reduction strategies
Clean Cities can provide print products, templates, presentations, and information resources that can assist in creating idle reduction projects
Worksheets to help calculate the cost of avoidable idling, as well as potential savings from reducing idling time by implementing technologies and practices

12. SunSmart Schools
10,000 watt solar electric arrays with battery back-up at select schools throughout Florida
Offsets electricity costs to the school and/or school district
Provides power to the critical loads in the emergency shelter portion of the school

13. Opportunities
Solar Facilities

14. Technology Update—Autonomous and Connected
Autonomous vehicle technology exists and has been deployed
Congress is moving forward on standardized regulation
Florida is very engaged in autonomous legislation and testing
Testing of platooned transit buses
Advantages of autonomous vehicles:
90% of accidents are driver related
Traffic and fuel economy will improve
Improved access for all population segments
Specialized vehicles
Less need for parking in urban areas

15. Technology Update—Autonomous and Connected
Again, the technology exist, the applications are being developed
Advantages of connected vehicles:
First think about what the current technology can do, then add
Improved traffic control, bus prioritization
Pick up cancellation, auto reroute
Adaptive cruise control,
Emergency response
On board systems management

16. Connected Environment
Source: Automotive World

17. Electric Transportation
Is becoming a viable alternative
Battery cost dropped 80%
Blue Bird awarded $4.4 million to develop a school bus
Demonstration deployments in 2019
Much lower operating cost
Fuel ~$1.00/gal.
No radiator, transmission, oil
Battery life typically equals the life of the vehicle

18. Central Florida Clean Cities Co-Coordinator Sr. Research Analyst
Description
Doug Kettles
Central Florida Clean Cities Co-Coordinator
Sr. Research Analyst
Electric Vehicle Transportation Center
1679 Clearlake Road
Cocoa, FL  32922

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