Overview of the ETCFC

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Overview of the ETCFC Alternative/American
Fuels -Their Environmental andEnergy
IndependenceBenefits How You Can Get Involved

• Jonathan G. Overly, Executive Director
• September 2003
• www.ETCFC.org

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Todays Agenda

• 1 - Alternative Fuels 101 - The Basics
• 2 - Transportation Sectors Connection to our
  Air Quality Problems
• 3 - Why Alt Fuels
• Air Quality and Other Environmental Benefits
• Energy Independence Issues Benefits
• 4 - Clean Cities Program and the ETCFC
• 5 - How You Can Get Involved and
• Make A Difference in East
  Tennessee

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AF101 - What are the alternative fuels, and what
are Alternative Fuel Vehicles?

• Fuels Cleaner Burning Alternatives to Petroleum
• Biodiesel (B20 B100)
• Electricity
• Ethanol (E85)
• Hydrogen long-term fuel of choice
• Natural Gas (CNG/LNG)
• Propane (LPG)
• AFVs Vehicles that can utilize these fuels

Although they run on gasoline,
Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) Also Help!
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AF 101 - Current AFVs
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AF101 - What key benefits doalternative fuels
offer?

• Primarily, alternative fuels offer a way to
  simultaneously reduce
  1) transportation-based air
  pollution and 2) foreign oil
  dependence. They
  help areas of the U.S. work on their own regional
  air pollution issues while helping the U.S. work
  toward greater energy independence.
• In addition, the use of biofuels allows us to not
  only use more domestically produced fuels, but
  also use more renewably produced fuels.

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AF101 - What percentages of these alt
fuels are domestically produced?

• Biodiesel - 100
• Electricity - 95
• Ethanol - 100
• Natural gas - 93
• Propane - 95

Gasoline Diesel 40
vs.
Thus, you can also call AFVs American Fuel
Vehicles
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All these alternative fuels have pros and
cons...

• Biodiesel (B20 B100) - Minimal capital
  infrastructure and vehicle costs recurring
  increased fuel cost (currently)
• Electricity - Infrastructure fairly inexpensive
  limited availability of vehicles
• Ethanol (E85) - flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs)
  attractive option, greatest use of renewable
  fuel not the cleanest alt fuel, opportunity to
  fill with gasoline and not E85
• Natural Gas (CNG/LNG) - cleanest alt fuel most
  expensive on infrastructure and vehicle capital
  costs
• Propane (LPG) - widely available, clean alt fuel
  limited OEM vehicles

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and certain ones may be a better fit for
East TN than others! Best choices
for East TN

• Biodiesel (B20) - Must include a low-NOx
  additive! can be used directly in diesel-using
  vehicles, and opportunity for federal financial
  assistance can make B20 equivalent in cost to
  diesel also, wide variety of org.s getting
  interested in B20, with development of dispensing
  facilities already in the works
• Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) - Opportunities for
  rebates to help with vehicle purchases, and
  potential federal/state assistance with
  infrastructure building costs also, have
  proactive utilities (like SCUD) that are covering
  cost of purchase and installation of
  infrastructure!
• Electricity - Has specific best-case market
  applications (airports light, local transport
  bus applications) hybrids!
• Propane (LPG) - In certain fleets (light-duty
  truck users), wide availability of fuel and
  attractive fuel cost make switch easy

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East Tennessee Regional Interstates

• East TN is bisected horizontally and vertically
  by I-40 and I-75, respectively
• I-81 completes the trifecta for traversing the
  center of the remaining area in East TN

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Transportations Share of theAir Quality Problem
On-road transportation accounts for a significant
percentage of emissions nationally NOx - 34,
VOCs - 29, CO - 51
Transportation is the heavy-hitter with regard to
Ozone formation!
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Transportation sector is almost entirely
dependenton oil it accounts for 68 of U.S.
oil use now, and will increase significantly
in the future.
Source 1949-1999, EIA, Annual Energy Review
2000-2020, EIA Annual Energy Outlook 2001
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Solutions to Transportation-based Air
Pollution

• Transportation Demand Management/Reduce VMTs
• Shared Rides, Public Transit and Telecommuting
• Land Use Planning/New Urbanism
• Improve Fuel Economy
• Technology RD
• Mandates Taxes
• Incentives for Advanced Technology Vehicles
• Use Alternative Fuels - The Clean Cities Program
  (this choice also helps us to simultaneously
  work toward national energy independence)
• Alt Fuels are just One Piece in a Larger
  Puzzle

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Air Quality Benefits ofAlternative Fuels
Near-Term Technologies, Passenger
Cars Well-to-Wheel Energy Consumption and
Emissions (per Mile) Data from Argonne National
Laboratory's energy and emissions modeling tool
GREET. GREET Greenhouse Gases, Regulated
Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation
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Other Benefits of Alternative Fuels

• Biodiesel - 100 biodegradable multiple,
  renewable resources to make it from, including
  waste products higher flash point less
  offensive exhaust odor
• CNG - Best segue to hydrogen economy when
  spilled, doesnt pool-dissipates potential low
  cost
• Electricity - Zero tailpipe emissions production
  will get cleaner, use more renewables no
  combustion noise significant infrastructure
• Propane - Most widely used alt fuel,
  internationally, for over 60 years lowest
  flammability range when spilled-dissipates
  nontoxic, nonpoisonous low cost

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Economic Benefits of Alternative Fuels

• We send over 160 million/day approximately
• 1 billion/wk overseas for foreign oil.
• Why not put that money into the U.S. economy?

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National Energy Dependence/Security -the Balance
is Tilted Against Us
In 2000, the U.S. contains about 4.5 of the
worlds population.
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Energy Security The U.S. imports oil from at
least 18 different countries to maintain its oil
addiction, and...
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...long-term data tells us that if we dont start
curbing our addiction, we will be buying that oil
from the Middle East.
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Energy Security (continued)

• Petroleum imports projected to meet 62 of U.S.
  petroleum demand in 2020 - up from 52 in 2000
• U.S. now consumes 20 million barrels of oil a
  day - 10 million imported

Graph courtesy of the Central Ohio Clean Fuels
Coalition (COCFC)
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Fuel Use Within SectorsDiversity, or Lack
Thereof
Graph courtesy of the Central Ohio Clean Fuels
Coalition (COCFC)
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Alternative Fuels and Improved Fuel Economy can
reduce Oil Dependence
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The Clean Cities Program
A voluntary, locally based partnership designed
to advance the use of alternative fuels and
alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs).
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National Clean Cities ProgramAccomplishments

• 82 active coalitions, with these new additions
• 2001 - Triangle - NC, Twin Cities - MN, Vermont
• 2002 - Central Ohio, New Hampshire
• More than 4,700 stakeholders
• More than 132,000 AFVs
• More than 5,300 refueling stations
• 102 million gallons of petroleum displaced per
  year
• 19,000 metric tons of emissions reduced per year
• East TN has 300 AFVs and 25 stations (0.75 of
  pop. 1.1 of area, yet only 0.23 of AFVs!)
• We have much work to do!

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The ETCFC - Statistics

• Started - March 2002
• Service area - East TN
• of counties in ET - 33
• of people in ET - 2,108,135
• of square miles in ET - 13,296
• 80 people over 40 organizations are
  participating good organizational and geographic
  diversity of ET population
• 80k in annual core costs

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The ETCFC - Mission Statement

• The mission of the ETCFC is to simultaneously
• 1) promote the installation of alternative
  fueling stations and vehicles (AFVs) in order to
  facilitate development of a viable alternative
  fuels industry and economy in East Tennessee, and
• 2) improve air quality in the region.

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The ETCFC - Participants

• Counties Knox, Sevier, Hamilton, Tri-Cities/OAP
• State officials TDECD-Energy Div., TDEC
  (TDOT?)
• Fuel Providers SCUD, TVA, KUB, AmeriGas,
  Griffin Industries, Electric Power Board
  (Chatt.), McNutt Oil
• Auto Co.s Ford, Honda, Toyota, Ted Russell
  Ford, Ebus
• Fleets KAT, Sevierville, CARTA, Fun Time
  Trolley
• Research University-based ATTI, EERC, ORNL/
  NTRC, UTK-Environmental Eng. (other
  universities?)
• Others GSMNP, Big South Fork Natl Park,
  IdleAire, McGhee-Tyson Airport, FGS, Fun Buggies,
  TN Soybean Promotion Council, B-97.5 Oldies,
  individuals

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Potential Financial Assistancefor
Projects/Purchases

• Zach Wamps Clean Fuels Initiative working to
  test and demonstrate alternative fuels in
  transport. systems in the Southeast U.S. (15
  million)
• Proposals through SEP (2 biodiesel in 2003
  1 Million Gallon B20 Use Education Project)
• National Clean Cities, Inc. funding (rebates)
• Federal Assistance through Energy Legislation
  (e.g., 0.01/gal- biodiesel mixed 0.20/gal
  for B20 excise tax reduction) and/or Earmarks
• State Assistance (TN Fund or project specific)

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How Can You Get Involved Make a
Difference in East Tennessee?

• What alternative/American fuels you should use
  depends on your vehicles or fleet
• Vehicles/fleets that already use diesel may want
  to focus on Biodiesel (B20), as that is the most
  cost-effective choice for current diesel users.
• Light- to medium-duty vehicles or fleets that use
  gasoline would most likely want to consider CNG,
  propane or electricity depending on the
  application. These three alt fuels all have the
  attractions within East TN depending on the fleet!

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How Do You Get Started Making a
Difference via Alt Fuels?

• Ultimately, what we would like to hear from you
  today is that you are interested and want to
  learn more!
• If you think alternative fuels could be a part of
  the way you can help East Tennessee deal with its
  air pollution, energy dependence and economic
  development problems simultaneously, then simply
  provide us your contact information and we will
  be in-touch in the very near future!

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