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Palmetto Clean Fuels

Landon Masters & Ben Kessler

Co-Coordinators

State Energy Office

Office of Regulatory Staff

2019 Southeast Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Symposium


SC Energy Office Mission

Helping citizens, businesses and public entities

save energy and money through greater

efficiency and cleaner energy sources


SC Energy Consumption by End-Use Sector, 2017


Program Areas

Eliminate


Local Partnerships: Clean Cities Coalitions• National network

of nearly 100

local

coalitions

• 82% of the

total U.S.

population lives inside

coalition

boundaries

• Nearly

500,000

alternative

fuel vehicles

(AFVs)


South Carolina’s Clean Cities

Coalition


Annual Petroleum Savings:

5,802, 194 Gallons of Gasoline Equivalents in 2017


Local Partnerships:

Building Relationships & Strengthening Markets

• Connecting fleets with fuel

providers/industry partners

• Offering training and information

• Supplying access to technical

assistance

• Identifying funding ConserFund +, mini-grants

• Providing public recognition Green

Fleet Leader Award

• Collecting data and tracking

progress


Idle Reduction

What’s wrong with idling?

• The cost of fuel

• Increased petroleum consumption

• Engine wear

• Air pollution

• Noise

• Against the law

Idle reduction is the “low-hanging fruit” of fuel economy


Efficiency First!

“Efficiency is going to be a big

focus going forward. I just

don't see the solutions to our

biggest energy and

environmental challenges

without a very big demand-

side response. That's why it's

important to move this way,

way up in our priorities."

Former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz

Former U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu

Maximizing energy efficiency and decreasing energy use will

remain the lowest hanging fruit of the next several decades.“ ”


Fuel Economy

Conserving fuel…

• Reduces petroleum use and

emissions

• Saves you money

• Has an immediate impact

Good driving habits:

• Drive sensibly

• Remove excess weight

• Observe the speed limit

• Use cruise control and

overdrive gears

Learn more at FuelEconomy.gov


Information & Education: Websites

afdc.energy.gov

FuelEconomy.gov

PalmettoCleanFuels.org


Station Locator


Breathe Better

B2 is is engaging community partners to turn off their engines while they

wait. Schools and businesses can sign up to receive free educational

and outreach materials to help make their campuses and parking lots

idle-free zones that are healthier for students, employees, visitors and

the community.

• Register your school or business

• If you expect to idle for more than 30

seconds, turn off the engine

• Waiting for someone in the parking lot?

Picking up the kids at school? Turn off

the engine while you wait.

http://www.scdhec.gov/HomeAndEnvironment/K12SchoolsStudentsTeachers/B2BreatheBetterProgram/Schools/

http://www.scdhec.gov/HomeAndEnvironment/K12SchoolsStudentsTeachers/B2BreatheBetterProgram/Business/


Designated Alternative Fuel Corridors

• U.S. DOT designated

alternative fuel corridors

in November 2016

• Part of the Fixing

America’s Surface

Transportation (FAST)

Act

• Signs placed in June

2017


Green Fleet Leader Award


Transportation Action Tool

• Born from a chance meeting at the 2016 TASC Conference.

• A list of criteria for transit systems to consider

• Provides tools and resources

• Provides the necessary instructions

• Decision matrix takes into account subjective influence such as public opinion

• Both national and local scale factors


ConserFund +


Local Success Stories


Questions?Landon Masters and Ben Kessler

Office of Regulatory Staff Energy Office

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