Final Report Rochester Vehicle Fleet Alternative Fuels Systems Study

Summary of Meeting Proceedings
Meeting #1 November 2, 2006
This meeting was the kick-off meeting for the project. The following were the
meeting highlights:
• Introduction and discussion of project purpose, scope, schedule, milestones
and deliverables
• Introduction of PAC members and Consultant Team
• Review of Key Findings of Fleet Utilization Analysis
• Overview of Commonly Used Alternative Fuel Choices and how they are
used
• Discussion and recommendations by PAC for peer review sites based on a
proposal from Consultant Team
• Comments and feedback from PAC regarding project direction, scope and
schedule
• Briefing and discussion of CMAQ funding requests led by John Thomas
Meeting #2 December 7, 2006
The following were the meeting highlights:
• Consultant Team presented the Peer Review Questionnaire that the team
designed to use in the Peer Review Process. The Peer Review Process was a
key part of the project and was designed to examine what fleets in other places
were doing with various alternative fuel applications. The selection was
guided by the PAC based on the Consultant’s recommendations
• The Consultant Team presented the findings for three of the peer reviews.
These were as follows:
o City of Lakewood CO.- This city in the Metro Denver area has had a
very successful biodiesel/B20 program since 2003.
o New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT)- This
large state agency has made a substantial investment in the
development of a statewide CNG fleet, which consists of 716 lightduty
vehicles and 35 heavy-duty CNG conversion vehicles. There are
53 CNG fueling stations in the NYSDOT system.
In addition, NYSDOT has a small hybrid fleet consisting of 10
vehicles. However, the fleet philosophy is to engage in “across-theboard”
implementation rather than “niche” applications.
o Brookhaven National Lab (Brookhaven NY (LI)- This organization
is a private contractor with the U.S. Department of Energy and as a
result must follow certain requirements of the Energy Policy Act
(EPACT) and must purchase a certain percentage of vehicles that are
AFVs, as defined by EPACT.
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