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2011 DOE Merit Review State and Alternative Fuel Provider Fleets
Merit Review: EPAct State andAlternative Fuel Provider Fleets
“Alternative Fuel Transportation Program”
Dana O’Hara, DOETed Sears, NREL
Vehicle Technologies ProgramMay 12, 2011 Project ID: ti014
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Outline
• Background on SFP Program• Overview• Objectives• Milestones/Activities• Approach• Accomplishments/Progress/Results • Future Work• Summary
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Background on Program
• Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 1992 Required DOE to establish an Alternative Fuel Transportation Program• Primary purpose to promote Replacement/Alternative Fuels
through the acquisition of light-duty AFVs
• Regulatory Process Initiated in 1994
• Mandatory Compliance Started in Model Year (MY) 1997
• Annually 300+ State and Fuel Provider (SFP) Entities Must Meet Annual Requirements
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SFP Fleets
Circles Roughly Represent Fleet Locations
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Overview
• Timeline– Ongoing Regulatory Compliance Program– Arising from EPAct 1992 – With Subsequent Legislative Amendments
• Energy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (ECRA)• EPAct 2005• Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA)
• Budget– Funding in FY10 ($1.7M)– Funding request for FY11 ($1.8 M)
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Relevance: Objectives
• Petroleum Reduction and Replacement• Implement the EPAct Alternative Fuels Transportation
Program– Ensure Compliance with Regulatory Requirements for 300 + Fleets– Interpret/Analyze Legislative Requirements– Collect, Store, and Analyze Data Covered Fleets Submit to Comply with EPAct
SFP Requirements• Encourage/Empower Fleets to Go Beyond Standard
Compliance Requirements to Reduce Petroleum Use• Partnering with Clean Cities & Federal Fleet Programs
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Milestones/Activities
• Annual Reporting (12/31/10)• Exemptions and Exclusions• Interpretative Rulings• Documentation• Rulemaking (8/11)• Alternative Fuel Petitions• Reports• Outreach
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Approach/Strategy
• Strong Focus on Ensuring Fleet Compliance – Flexible Options
– Enhanced Outreach and Education
– Working with Deficient Fleets
• Documentation• Online Tools and Decision Support• Regulation Modification/Update
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Accomplishments/Progress/Results
• Regulatory Process– EISA Section 133 Proposed Rule
• Reporting requirements• Exemptions• Credits• Revision of Database
– Draft Alternative Compliance Revisions– Review of the Current Regulatory Language
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Accomplishments/Progress/Results
• Compliance/Enforcement– Standard Compliance 2010– Alternative Compliance 2010– Identified Additional Covered Fleets– Site Visits– Enforcement Plan
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Accomplishments/Progress/Results
• Administration– Addressed Policy Positions– Addressed Interpretive Rulings– Developed Program’s Document Disposition Schedule– Standard Operating Procedures Documentation– Appeals
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Accomplishments/Progress/Results
• Outreach & Assistance– Developed Online Exemption Request Tool– Enhanced Public Petroleum REduction Planning
(PREP) Tool – Continued Developing FleetAtlas Tool– EPAct Stakeholder & Fuel Retailer Workshops– Developing Workshop Toolkit and Training Course
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Accomplishments/Progress/Results
• Deployment of Various Vehicle Technologies Via:• Standard Compliance • Alternative Compliance
• 40-50 million Gasoline Gallon Equivalents (GGE)• 100% Compliance
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SFP Accomplishments: Data
NOTE: MY2010 data not yet complete
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Standard Compliance Methods
Exemptions Granted
Applied & Purchased Credits *Biodiesel Credits
Light Duty AFVs
Total AFV Acquisition Requirement
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NOTE: MY2010 data not yet complete
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Light Duty AFV Acquisitions
Fuel Providers States
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SFP Accomplishments: Data
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Annual Biodiesel (B100) Use and Biodiesel Credits Earned
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NOTE: MY2010 data not yet complete
SFP Accomplishments: Data
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# Exemptions Requested # Exemptions Granted
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MY2010 Results of Alternative Compliance Resulted nearly 3,414,312 GGE of petroleum reduced, from just 12 fleets (compared with 2,427,494 GGE for MY 2009)
SFP Accomplishments: Data
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56%
2% 0%0%1%0%
Percent of Petroleum Reductions Achieved by AC Strategy Employed in MY 2010
Alt Fuels Blends HEVs FE VMT ITR Onboard IR
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Collaboration and Coordination
• EPAct Workshops– Clean Cities and Federal Fleet Programs
• Clean Cities Program– Incentives and Laws– Clean Cities Coordinator Training– Clean Cities Annual Retreat
• Alternative Fuel Petitions– Involves Reviews Cutting Across Various Programs
• Coordination with Fleets and Other Stakeholders to Facilitate Infrastructure Deployment– DOE Collaborating with Industry and Other Labs (Rulemaking
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Future Work
• Additional Site Visits• Regional EPAct Workshops• Revision of Alternative Compliance Program • Develop Online Compliance Tools• Analyze Other Existing Fleets for Potential Coverage• Issue EISA Section 133 NOPR• Develop Tool Kits for Best Practices• GIS Analysis for Fleet Vehicles and Re-Fueling Infrastructure• Documentation of Processes and Decisions
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Summary
• Objectives– Petroleum Reduction and Replacement
– Deploy and Encourage Technology Acquisitions
– Collect, Store, and Analyze Data
– Encourage/Empower Fleets to Go Beyond Standard Compliance Requirements
– Ensuring Compliance with Statutory Requirements
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Summary (Cont’d)
• Approach– Careful Development of New Requirements
– Develop Flexible Approaches
– Extensive Outreach and Technical Assistance
– Analysis & Interpretive Rulings
– Documentation
– Online Tools and Decision Support
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Summary (Cont’d)
• Results– Compliance Rate of 100%– Deployment of Various Vehicle Technologies Via Standard
Compliance & Alternative Compliance– 40-50 million GGE of Petroleum Replacement Per Year (Conservative
Estimate)• Future Work
– Enhancing Flexibility– Streamlining Program– Continue Documenting Decisions and Processes– Outreach– Capturing Additional Covered Fleets