Southern Colorado Clean Cities Coalition
January/February 2011 Newsletter
ROUSH, SC4 Offer Propane Passenger Van
ROUSH CleanTech wants to help your
fleet go green with propane. The
company offers a variety of propane
vehicle conversions, and is giving
public and private Southern Colorado
fleets a chance to utilize a Ford E350
passenger van for an extended period
of time this spring. Participants will also
have their fuel and fueling costs
covered. Insurance coverage will be
the responsibility of the borrower
Southern Colorado Clean Cities
Collation (SC4) is facilitating the
program for ROUSH, and SC4 Partners
will have priority access to the van. To
EPA Approves Expanded E15 Mix
The Environmental Protection Agency
has ruled that 2001 model year and
newer light trucks and cars can safely
use a 15 percent ethanol mix (E15), a
move that increases the fuel standard
from 10 percent and will help to
dramatically increase usage of the
domestically-grown alternative fuel.
Until recently, automakers and
petroleum producers had warned that
higher grade blends (above the
current 10 percent ethanol standard)
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In The News
• ROUSH Offers Propane
ROUSH CleanTech Passenger Van
converts fleets to
propane fuel.
• EPA Expands Ethanol
Blenders Standard
• Boulder EV Gets Zero
Emissions Certification
find out more about the program and
reserve a time to borrow the van,
contact SC4 today! • Surveys Are Due Feb. 10
Propane, also known as liquefied • Grant Solicitations
petroleum gas (LPG), is used by many
fleets. It has a high energy density, • Fleet Electrification
giving propane vehicles good driving Roadmap Now Available
range, and propane fueling infra-
structure is widespread. • Hertz Adds EVs
For more information about the ROUSH • Alternative Fueling Station
CleanTech Demo Loan Program, call
Locator Adds New Features
S4C Marketing Coordinator Dianne
Bertini at (719) 213-5001 or
• DOE Readies $30 Million in
dianne@cleancitiescolorado.org
Biofuels Research Grants
• Calendar of Events
could harm an engine’s seals, pumps
and other components. However, the
EPA ruling documents extensive testing
showing the fear is unwarranted.
If you have questions about the
Southern Colorado Clean Cities
While the EPA decision doesn’t mean Coalition, or you’d like to know
that consumers will see an immediate more about becoming a partner,
change at the pump from the call Executive Director Alicia
conventional blends, the move is being Archibald today at
widely heralded as major milestone for (719) 494-6592 or email
wider usage and distribution of Alicia@cleancitiescolorado.org
ethanol, both through the 15 percent
mix as well as more E85 awareness.
 Boulder Electric Vehicles
Gains CARB Certification
The California Air Resources
Board (CARB) has officially
certified Boulder Electric
Vehicle's 11,500 lbs. GVWR
trucks as Zero Emissions
Vehicles (ZEV). These
models include a medium
duty delivery van,
passenger shuttle van, flat-
bed work truck, parks and
recreation service truck,
and service body build-out.
CARB is a department
within the cabinet-level
Boulder Electric Vehicle’s All Electric Delivery California Environmental
Truck Prototype, complete June 2009
Protection Agency—the
nation’s only state-level
regulatory agency under
the Clean Air Act. Other
states are permitted to
follow CARB standards, or
use the federal ones, but
not set their own.
Boulder Electric Vehicle is a
green tech manufacturing
company that makes
purpose built ALL Electric
Delivery Trucks & ALL Electric
Work Utility Vehicles (WUV)
or cargo vans. These are
designed from the ground
up to meet the lightweight
aerodynamic & safety
needs of ALL Electric
Vehicles.
For more information, visit
www.boulderrev.com

Fleet Electrification Roadmap Now Available

The Fleet Electrification Roadmap provides insight
and analysis on the economics of electric vehicles
for fleet operators and demonstrates targeted
opportunities in which innovative models can help
make electric-drive vehicles a compelling
opportunity for U.S. businesses and government.

By focusing on these opportunities, fleet operators

could drive much-needed scale production
volumes in the U.S. battery industry, driving down
costs to benefit the broader consumer market for
electric vehicles.

To download your free copy of the Fleet Electrification Roadmap from the
Electrification Coalition, visit http://electrificationcoalition.org

Hertz Adds EVs to Worldwide Rental Car Fleet

The Hertz Corporation is
making plans to
become the nation’s
first car rental company
Don’t Forget
to offer electric vehicles
(EVs) as part of their
rental program. The
rental giant made the Your Annual Survey
announcement at a
kick-off event in is due back to SC4
December, and says
that EVs will be by February 10,
deployed through the
company’s Connect by Francisco. The goal, Hertz says in a statement, is to 2011!
Hertz program starting in begin a worldwide roll-out this quarter. Interested
New York City, then renters can even reserve an EV in select areas on
Washington DC and San the company’s website, www.hertz.com.
Francisco.
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The goal, Hertz says in a
statement, is to begin a
worldwide roll-out this
Alternative Fuels
Station Locator
Adds Refined
EV Search
Functions
Users can search by EVSE
type on the AFDC’s Station
Locator. For the purpose of
the AFDC database, Level 1
and Level 2 EVSE currently
refers to 120V and 240V
EVSE (respectively) with one
of the following connector
standards: NEMA 5-15,
NEMA 5-20, or J1772. Users
can also see locations
providing other EVSE,
including legacy equipment
such as large and small
paddle inductive.

Did You Know?

A few things you may not
You can access the Alternative Fueling Station
know about the AFDC Locator by clicking here.
Station Locator:

 Types of Stations: The

 Free Data: Anyone can
download the com-
locator provides inform- Question of the Quarter:
ation about operational Which federal tax incentives were extended as a result
plete fueling station
stations as well as stations of the recently enacted Tax Relief, Unemployment
data-set and use it.
that are in the Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of
Currently, Google and
planning/construction 2010?
MapQuest, among
stages. Use the Advanced
many others, use our
Options to include
dataset.
planned stations in your Answer:
 Details: If you click on search. On Dec. 17, President Obama signed H.R. 4853, the Tax
Details for any station, Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and
 Home equipment: Res-
you can see information Job Creation Act of 2010. This Act extends and reinstates
idential infrastructure is not
related to access, several alternative fuel tax credits through Dec. 31, 2011.
included in the AFDC
accepted forms of
database.
payment, and more. Extended tax credits include (click for more details):
 Qualified Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Tax
Credit
DOE Readies $30 Million Biofuels Grant  Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC)
The DOE is offering $30 million Steven Chu.  Small Ethanol Producer Tax Credit
in grants funding projects  Small Agri-Biodiesel Producer Tax Credit
that support the The funding provides up to
development of advanced $30 million over the next three The Act also reinstates several tax credits that expired
biofuels to replace gasoline to four years to support as after December 31, 2009:
or diesel without requiring many as five projects. The  Alternative Fuel Excise Tax Credit
upgrades or changes to the projects will focus on
 Alternative Fuel Mixture Excise Tax Credit
vehicle or available fueling optimizing and integrating
infrastructure. process steps that convert
 Biodiesel Mixture Excise Tax Credit
biomass into biofuels and  Biodiesel Income Tax Credit
―Developing the next bioproducts that will
generation of American eventually be used to support The Alternative Fuel, Alternative Fuel Mixture, and
biofuels will enhance our hydrocarbon fuels and Biodiesel Mixture Excise Tax Credits were reinstated
national energy security, chemicals. These process retroactively, meaning taxpayers may submit a one-time
expand the domestic improvements could include claim for qualified fuel sold or used during the 2010 tax
biofuels industry, and pretreatment methods that year. The IRS has issued special guidance to allow a 180-
produce new clean energy alter the biomass to improve day period for the submission of these claims. For more
jobs,‖ said Energy Secretary yields. information, click here (PDF link).

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 GRANT SOLICITATIONS Development; Outreach, Communications, and Training; Data
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency on Tribal Lands
Systems and Information Technology; and Data Analytics and
The U.S. Department of Energy requests proposals for First Steps
Publications. The RFP will be posted on or about 1/24/11, bids due
Toward Developing Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency on
2/23/11. For more info, go to: www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&
Tribal Lands. Areas of interest include: Strategic planning,
mode=form&tab=core&id=81c527714f0290ba396a45b677acaafa
energy options analysis, energy organization development, and
&_cview=0. Refer to Sol# DC-11-00003. (FBO 1/8/11)
human capacity building, related to sustainable energy
efficiency implementation and/or renewable energy
Reducing Children's Environmental Exposures
development. Up to $1.5 million expected to be available, up
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requests proposals for
to 20 awards anticipated. Responses due 3/3/11. For more info,
Building Capacity to Reduce Children's Environmental Exposures
contact Paige Smith at paige.smith@go.doe.gov or go to:
In Child-Occupied Settings. This program seeks to address
https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/?doc=DE-FOA-
children's environmental health in underserved communities by
0000422&agency=DOE. Refer to Sol# DE-FOA-0000422.
building capacity to reduce exposures in child-occupied settings.
Targeted health hazards include, but are not limited to: Lead,
Renewable Energy in Indian Country
mercury, and arsenic; air pollutants, both indoor and ambient;
The U.S. Department of Energy requests proposals for Renewable
radon; carbon monoxide; asbestos; and water pollution. $1.5
Energy Development and Deployment in Indian Country. Areas
million expected to be available, up to 20 awards anticipated.
of interest include: 1) Feasibility Studies to determine the
Responses due 2/18/11. For more info, contact Kathy Seikel at
technical/economic viability of a future renewable project, 2)
seikel.kathy@epa.gov or go to: http://
Development activities leading to the deployment of
yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm. Refer
renewable energy projects, and 3) Deployment (construction)
to Sol# EPA-OCHP-01-2011. (Grants.gov 1/12/11)
of renewable energy projects for power production. Up to $4
million expected to be available, up to 20 awards anticipated.
Community Action and the Environment
Responses due 3/31/11. For more info, contact Kathryn Buckley
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requests proposals for
at kathryn.buckley@go.doe.gov or go to: www.fedconnect.
the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE)
net/FedConnect/?doc=DE-FOA0000424&agency=DOE. Refer
Program. CARE is community-based, community-driven,
to Sol# DE-FOA-0000424.
multimedia demonstration program designed to help
communities understand and reduce risks due to toxic pollutants
Clean Diesel Finance Program
and environmental concerns from all sources. $2 million
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requests proposals for
expected to be available, up to 9 awards anticipated. Response
the SmartWay Finance Program. This program supports projects
due 3/22/11. For more info, contact Dennis O'Connor at
that reduce diesel emissions through the creation of national,
oconnor.dennis@epa.gov or go to: http://www.epa.
tribal, regional, state or local finance programs. As an example,
gov/air/grants_funding.html. Refer to Sol# EPA-OAR-IO-11-08.
programs that provide the loan recipient with a specific
(Grants.gov 1/13/11)
financial incentive to purchase or lease eligible retrofitted
vehicles or equipment. $6 million expected to be available, up
Agriculture & Food Research Initiative - Foundational Programs
to 2 awards anticipated. Responses due 2/10/11. For more info,
The U.S. Department of Agriculture requests proposals for the
contact Tyler Cooley at cooley.tyler@epa.gov or go to:
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – Foundational
http://www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html. Refer to Sol# EPA-
Programs. The Foundation Programs support research,
OAR-OTAQ-11-03. (Grants.gov 1/13/11)
education, and extension as well integrated programs that
address key problems of national, regional, and multi-state
Transit Workforce Development
importance in sustaining all components of agriculture. Areas of
The U.S. Department of Transportation requests proposals for the
interest include, but are not limited to: Renewable energy,
Innovative Transit Workforce Development Program. This RFP will
natural resources, and environment; Agriculture systems and
support projects that demonstrate innovative workforce
technology; and Agriculture economics and rural communities.
development practices and programs occurring in public
$78 million expected to be available, up to 420 awards
transportation. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to,
anticipated. Contact info and due dates vary by subject area.
worker training and retention, pre-employment training, and
For more info, go to: http://www.nifa.usda.
new innovative programs. $1 million expected to be available,
gov/funding/rfas/afri_rfa.html. Refer to Sol# USDA-NIFA-AFRI-
individual awards NTE $500K. Responses due 3/15/11. For more
003397. (Grants.gov 1/7/11)
info, contact Jarrett Stoltzfus at jarrett.stoltzfus@dot.gov or go to:
http://www.fta.dot.gov/funding/grants_financing_7829.html.
Energy and Water - Afghanistan
Refer to Sol# FTA-2011-009-TRI. (Grants.gov 1/6/11)
The U.S. Agency for International Development announces its
intent to request proposals for work to provide a broad range of
Renewable/Efficiency Information Systems
energy and water sector services to support Afghanistan's
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation seeks access to
economic, social, and political development by providing
subscription-based, real-time information and data services that
secure, reliable, and affordable energy, water, and sanitation.
provides worldwide coverage of the following market sectors:
Energy requirements may include, but are not limited to:
Renewable Energy (including but not limited to: solar, wind,
Generation (thermal, hydro, solar, wind), transmission, distribution,
biomass, geothermal, biofuels, and ocean), Clean Technology,
power imports, conservation, efficiency, and commercial
and Energy Efficiency. Bids due 2/18/11. For more info, contact
operations. Water requirements may include, but are not limited
Robert Campbell at rcamp@opic.gov or go to: www.fbo.gov
to: Household, community, and urban water supply, point-of-use
/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=0d807f6e3445c4aab1231b19c
treatment, sanitation, wastewater management, wastewater
db03976&tab=core&_cview=0. Refer to Sol# OPIC-11-R-0016.
reuse, integrated water resources management, watershed
planning, design and construction of small irrigation dams, design
GHG Support Services
and construction of large signature multi-purpose reservoirs.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent
USAID intends to post the RFP ―in the near future.‖ For more info,
to seek Technical and Outreach Support Services for
contact Alvera Reichert at areichert@state.gov or go to:
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Development and
https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=
Implementation. Areas of support will include: Technical and
a49d6a5884f5f1b7a9319b9fc3527ae1&_cview=1. Refer to Sol#
Engineering Analyses; Regulatory Program and Guidance
RFP-306-11-0015.

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24) Sustainable Forestry

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative requests
LOCAL EVENTS NBF Seeks Companies Interested in
02/25/11 Biodiesel Infrastructure
Pikes Peak Environmental Forum, Noon – 2pm, The The National Biodiesel
Margarita at Pine Creek, 7350 Pine Creek Rd Foundation (NBF) is
seeking companies
Colorado Springs, Reservations: interested in partici-
pating in a joint grant
ppefmichele@gmail.com
submission to the US
Department of Energy for the development of biodiesel
infrastructure.
NATIONAL EVENTS (click on the links for
more information) This is in preparation of the 2011 DOE Clean Cities Grant
Solicitation due out in February 2011. It is our goal to have
02/06/11 – 02/09/11 partners pre-approved through this process so the grant can
be written and submitted in a timely fashion. Project
2011 Biodiesel Conference & Expo, Phoenix Convention
information (see below for specifics) is due to Tom Verry,
Center, Phoenix, AZ Executive Director no later than midnight, Friday, February 4,
2011. The objective of the infrastructure project is to displace
on-highway petroleum-based fuel with biodiesel.
03/06/11 – 03/09/11
The NBF will likely choose five to six partners/locations to
Green Truck Summit, Indiana Convention Center, include in our DOE grant proposal with each asking DOE for
$50,000 to $100,000. By participating in this process and
Indianapolis, IN submitting project information, we do not guarantee
participation in the grant proposal or funding from DOE.
Questions can be directed to Mr. Verry at 800-841-5849.
01/22/11
For more information on the foundation or complete grant
Earth Day
opportunity specifics, visit www.biodieselfoundation.org.

The Southern About the Southern Colorado Clean Cities Coalition

Colorado Clean Southern Colorado Clean Cities Coalition (SC4) is a coalition of individuals, businesses and
Cities Coalition organizations, both public and private. SC4 was first designated as a coalition on July 13th
1994.
Phone: (719) 494-
6592 For the first 13 years, this coalition was solely focused on the Colorado Springs area. In
2008, the coalition sought to expand its boundaries in order to support many more
E-Mail: communities who need assistance. Though based in Colorado Springs, SCCCC spans the
Dianne@cleancitiesc entire Southern region of Colorado.
olorado.org
Southern Colorado Clean Cities Coalition develops public/private partnerships in Southern
Web: Colorado to promote alternative fuels and advanced vehicles, fuel blends, fuel
http://southern.clea economy, hybrid vehicles, idle reduction, and alternative modes of transportation.
ncitiescolorado.org
Current SC4 partners include: ROUSH CleanTech, City of Colorado Springs, Dwire
Find Us on Earthmoving and Excavating, Engineering & Environment, Inc., US General Services Admin
Facebook: istration-Colorado Fleet Manag-
ement Center, Yellow Cab Taxi
Southern Colorado Service - Colorado Springs, City
Clean Cities of Grand Junction, City of
Coalition Fountain, Cripple Creek & Victor
Gold Mine, Pueblo County, City
Follow Us On Twitter: of Durango, Amerigas, Perkins
Motor Company, Duke's Garage,
@SoCOCleanCities San Isabel Electric, Phil Long Ford,
Pikes Peak Area Council of
Governments, and El Paso
County.
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