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Idling Reduction Makes ense

• Refueling America
• Raleigh, North Carolina
• September 21, 2005
• Terry M. Levinson

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Outline of Presentation

• The broad view of energy issues
• Why do heavy vehicles idle?
• Federal idling reduction programs
• State idling reduction programs
• New legislation
• Recommendations for a national approach
• Contacts for further information

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Recent Gasoline Prices
August 2004
August 2005
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Trucks Dominate Heavy Vehicle Energy Use
Units Trillion BTU .001 Q Total 7.7 Q or 3.7
million bbl/d Total U.S. crude imports 9 million
bbl/d
Source DOE/ORNL Transportation Energy Data Book,
Edition 23
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Oil Supplies Almost 40 Of U.S. Energy Needs
Total consumption 98 quadrillion BTUs per
year Source Annual Energy Outlook 2005 (EIA 2004)
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How Much Do Long-haul Trucks Idle?

• Conservative estimate 6 hours/day, 310 days/year
  1860 hours/year
• Caterpillar study consistent with this
• UC Davis survey reveals broad distribution
• Annual national impacts from 458,000 long-haul
  trucks
• Emission of 140,000 t NOx, 2400 t CO, and 7.6
  million t CO2
• Waste of 838 million gallons diesel fuel (5 of
  heavy truck fuel)
• Value about 2.5 billion
• Noise
• Engine wear and increased maintenance costs

Hours/year
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Many Heavy Vehicles Idle To Stay Warm

• Trucks
• To keep fuel and engine warm
• For resting drivers comfort
• To mask out noises and smells
• For safety
• Buses
• To warm up passenger
• compartment while
• waiting
• To run critical systems
• Locomotives
• For hotel load
• To keep battery
• charged
• To heat toilet water
• For air brakes
• Habit

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DOE Idling Reduction RD Began in 1986

• Dont Idle Your Profits Away published 1986
• First diesel APU research funded in late 1980s
• More Electric Truck development supported
• Detailed analyses on truck idling published in
  2000
• Demonstration projects funded under Advanced
  Vehicle Testing Activity
• Two workshops in 2003
• Three grants awarded in 2003 for a total of
  500,000
• Clean Cities is embracing
• idling reduction
• Important component of
• DOE-led 21st Century Truck
• Partnership with EPA, DOT,
• DOD, and 16 industry partners

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EPA SmartWay Transport Partnership

• Goal To improve the environmental performance of
  freight transportation
• Goal To eliminate all unnecessary diesel engine
  idling
• 1 million grant program for 9 TSE locations in
  2004
• 5 million grant program
• Hosting workshops to create model idling law
• Hosting workshops to create standardized design
  specifications for idling
  control systems
• Three major SmartWay Transport components
• Corporate partnerships
• National Transportation Idle-Free Corridors
• Rail/Intermodal operations

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DOT Programs Are the Big Dogs

• Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ)
  Improvement Program
• 8.6 billion program under SAFETEA-LU
• Funds transportation projects to maintain air
  quality
• Apportioned to States based on population in EPA
  non-attainment areas
• Minimum 0.5 to all States
• State Infrastructure Banks (SIB)
• Transportation Infrastructure Finance and
  Innovation Act (TIFIA)
• DOT requires private sector participation for
  projects 50 million

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State Anti-Idling Laws Are A Patchwork

• 20 States, the District of Columbia, and 31
  localities prohibit idling of vehicles
• Time limits and temperature vary from one
  jurisdiction to another
• Enforcement is haphazard

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State Programs Support Idling Reduction

• California
• Carl Moyer Program
• NASEO
• STAC Program
• Pennsylvania
• Small Business Advantage Program
• Oregon
• Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority
• Texas
• Texas Emissions Reduction Plan

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New Legislation Means New Activities

• Energy Policy Act of 2005
• Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
  Transportation Equity Act of 2005 A Legacy for
  Users

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• 214 people attended from
• Government agencies at all levels
• Industry users, truck stop operators,
  manufacturers
• All relevant topic areas were covered
• Technology and research
• Legislation and regulation
• Energy, environmental impacts, and economics
• Coordinated action was achieved
• Multi-agency sponsorship (DOE, EPA, DOT, DOD,
  NYSERDA)
• Stakeholders are writing a national idling
  reduction plan covering education, financing,
  regulations, and technology
• Will be unveiled at Society of Automotive
  Engineers Commercial Vehicle Exposition in
  November

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For More Information

• Please see the handout of websites
• Contacts
• Lee Slezak, DOE Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity
• [phone] or lee.slezak_at_ee.doe.gov
• Shelley Launey, DOE Clean Cities
• [phone] or shelley.launey_at_ee.doe.gov
• Diane Turchetta, Federal Highway Administration
  Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement
  
• [phone] or diane.turchetta_at_fhwa.dot.gov
• Paul Bubbosh, EPA SmartWay Transport Partnership
• [phone] or bubbosh.paul_at_epa.gov

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Thank you!

• Sid Diamond DOE FreedomCAR and Vehicle
  Technologies
• Frank Stodolsky and Linda Gaines ANL
• Disclaimer no endorsements are implied!
• Contact Terry M. Levinson
• [phone]
• tlevinson_at_anl.gov