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Greater Baton Rouge Clean Cities 2007 Overview

Tammy L. MorganCoordinator

Greater Baton Rouge Clean Cities Coalition

Brief Overview of the Coalition•Initially formed in late 1997s as a means to address non-attainment issues in the Capital Region

•Formed Public-Private partnership with funding from Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and began working on official designation by Department of Energy

•2000 Officially designated by Department of Energy

•2003 Obtained federal funding for a downtown Baton Rouge projects that would include 5 CNG trolleys

•2003 Celebrated the opening of the BR Metro Airport’s first CNG station and the parish's fourth CNG station

•2003 2006 Obtained funding from DOE to support the Coalition

Overview Continued•2005 Wrote proposal for St Charles Parish School District to pay for cost of biodiesel (grant was awarded)

•2006 Using St Charles Parish as an example, Caddo Parish Schools obtained EPA funding for using biodiesel in their 400+ bus fleet

•Held Workshop Series in 2006 focusing on biofuels, hybrid electric vehicles and fuel economy and HD NGV options

•Coalition “Officially” became part of the City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge Infrastructure Planning Division in the Department of Public Works in early 2007

•Attended Earth Day Festival yearly since 2003

•Attended Super Science Saturday since 2003•Assisted the City in their purchase of 4 CNG Honda Civic GXs and a GM pick up truck. Work is being done currently to expand our CNG infrastructure an purchasing more CNG vehicles•Hosted Incentives Workshop in fall of 2007Attended “Energy Independence Days” in 2007 - 2008 to speak with the Legislative delegation regarding supporting funding for Clean Cities on a national level and specifically hot to grow the program in the State.Currently planning the grand opening for Sullivan Oil’s E85 station with B-Quick following suit and putting in E85 infrastructure across Baton Rouge.

Overview Continued

Overview Continued•Working with the City of Denham Springs to install a CNG trolley that would run from Bass Pro to the antiques district and beyond. They are currently evaluating their fleet to make some decisions about long term options for their entire fleet. y and HD NGV options

• Attended “Energy Independence Days” in 2007 - 2008 to speak with the Legislative delegation regarding supporting funding for Clean Cities on a national level and specifically hot to grow the program in the State.•Currently planning the grand opening for Sullivan Oil’s E85 station with B-Quick following suit and putting in E85 infrastructure across Baton Rouge.

Airport CNG Station Ribbon Cutting

Downtown Trolley Ribbon Cutting

Earth Day 2004 - 2007

Ethanol Plant Ribbon Cutting

DPW Press Conference

E85 Station Opening – Lake Charles

Coming Soon

•Sullivan Oil E85 Station Opening April 18

•LSU Earth Day April 18

•Baton Rouge Earth Day April 20

Clean Cities Stakeholders• Allegro Biodiesel• American Honda• Ascension Parish• Baton Rouge Metropolitan

Airport• Baton Rouge Water Company• Benny’s Car Wash• BREC• Capital Region Planning

Commission• Capitol Area Transit System• Capital Grocery• Central Oil• City of Baton Rouge• City of Denham Springs• Clean Energy• CleanFuels USA• Coca Cola Bottling• Daimler Chrysler• Delta Fuels• East Baton Rouge Parish• Emissions Solutions Inc. Entergy• Federal Highways Administration

• General Motors• Gerry Lane Chevrolet• Global Electric Motorcars

• The Green Group• Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of

Commerce• HDR Inc.• Hood Automotive• Iberville Parish Council• Livingston Parish• Louisiana Division of Administration• Louisiana Department of Agriculture• Louisiana Department of Economic

Development• Louisiana Department of Environmental

Quality• Louisiana Department of Natural

Resources• Louisiana Department of

Transportation and Development• Louisiana Gas Association• Louisiana House of Representatives• Louisiana House of Representatives

Environmental Committee• Louisiana. Property Assistance Agency

•Louisiana Oil Marketers and Convenience Store Association•Louisiana Soybean Association•Louisiana State Senate•Louisiana State University•Louisiana State University, AgCenter•Louisiana Technical College•National Alternative Fuels Training Center•National Biodiesel Board•National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition•NGV America•Price LeBlanc Toyota•Reliant Transportation•Renewable Energy Group•Southern University•Sullivan Oil•Team Honda•Team Toyota

•Toyota North America•Transportation Energy Partnership•U.S. Department of Energy•U.S. Environmental Protection Agency•U.S. General Services Administration•U.S. Postal Service•West Baton Rouge Parish•World Energy

Useful Links

DOE Office of FreedomCar and Vehicle Technologieswww1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels

DOE EERE Information Center1-877-EERE-INF (1-877-337-3463)

www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/informationcenter.html

Stakeholder and Related Linkswww.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/links.html

Tammy L. MorganSustainability and Renewable Energy Coordinator

Infrastructure Planning DivisionDepartment of Public Works

City of Baton Rouge-Parish of East Baton Rouge300 North Boulevard, Fifth Floor

Baton Rouge, LA 70802Office: (225) 389-5491Fax: (225) 389-4804Cell: (225) 772-9552

Email: tlmorgan@brgov.com