Clean Energy Applauds California Legislation to Accelerate Natural Gas Adoption
September 21 2018 - 6:59PM
Business Wire
Signed on September 20th by Governor Jerry Brown, Bill 2061
(D-Frazier) will increase the gross vehicle weight limit for
diesel-alternative trucks to 82,000 pounds and therefore pave the
way for rapid adoption of clean near-zero heavy-duty trucks powered
by Renewable Natural Gas (RNG).
AB 2061 removes a critical barrier to the improvement of air
quality in disadvantaged communities that are impacted by polluting
diesel trucks, such as the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach,
enabling the use of cleaner fuels in heavy-duty vehicles. The Los
Angeles Times today reported that Southern California has endured
three months without one day of clean air, violating federal smog
standards for 87 consecutive days.
The following is a statement by Greg Roche, vice president,
Clean Energy Fuel Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE):
“Providing the weight allowance enables fleets to operate
natural gas and other alternative technology trucks without being
at a disadvantage to diesel trucks. Many trucking applications
operate under the weight limitations set by state and federal laws.
Enabling natural gas trucks to operate with the same payload as a
diesel truck is good for trucking economics and good for the
environment.
“Assembly Member Jim Frazier is a transportation visionary who
once again found a way to help California’s goods movement industry
more easily transition to cleaner trucks without sacrificing a
trucks payload. It is innovative leaders like Assembly Member
Frazier that will bring practical incentives that bring industry to
the table to advance clean air throughout the sector.”
The transportation sector is responsible for about 40 percent of
California’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and more than 80
percent of the state’s NOx, or smog-forming emissions. Making the
switch from diesel to near-zero trucks fueled by RNG, such as Clean
Energy’s Redeem™, is vital to achieving the state’s GHG reduction
goals and cleaning the air around California’s transportation
corridors. Near-zero engines are certified by the EPA and
California Air Resource Board to have 90 percent lower emissions of
smog-forming NOx than today’s heavy-duty engine standard. Studies
by the University of California, Riverside have found that NOx
emissions from near-zero engines are 99 percent cleaner than in-use
diesel engines. RNG reduces climate pollutants compared to diesel
by 70% to even over 100% depending on the renewable energy
source.
About Clean Energy
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. is the leading provider of natural gas
fuel and renewable natural gas (RNG) fuel for transportation in the
United States and Canada, with a network of approximately 530
stations across North America that we own or operate. We build and
operate compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas
stations (LNG) stations and deliver more CNG, LNG and RNG vehicle
fuel than any other company in the United States. Clean Energy
sells Redeem™ RNG fuel and believes it is the cleanest
transportation fuel commercially available, reducing greenhouse gas
emissions by up to 70%. Clean Energy owns natural gas liquification
facilities in California and Texas which produces LNG for the
transportation and other markets. For more information,
visit www.CleanEnergyFuels.com.
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