Green Fleet News

              The Illinois EPA is launching two new
programs to complement its Illinois
Green Fleets Program. The Illinois
Green Fuels and the Illinois Green
Dealers programs will recognize Illinois
fuel stations and dealerships that enable
fleets to become a “Green Fleet.”
The Illinois Green Fuels program rec-ognizes
retail or commercial fuel stations
that sell E-85, natural gas, propane, and
biodiesel to the general public or to other
fleets. There
are several
fuel stations
in Illinois that
sell these
green fuels to
various fleets
and to the
general pub-lic.
Without the owners of these stations
taking the lead in installing and main-taining
the infrastructure to make the
clean fuels available, there would not be
as many Green Fleets in the State.
In addition, the Illinois Green Dealers
program highlights and recognizes the
vehicle dealerships in Illinois that
provide training for their sales staff and
maintenance technicians on how to sell
and service natural gas, propane, E-85,
and electric vehicles. Only specialized
dealerships that are certified by their
respective manufacturers to sell the
vehicles and to perform maintenance to
satisfy all of their customers’ needs for
“green vehi-cles”
receive
this desig-nation.
An
elite group
of Illinois
dealerships
qualify for
the “Illinois
Green Deal-ers”
program and, along with the Illinois
Green Fuels stations, will be designated
in 2003.
The Illinois Green Fuels and the
Illinois Green Dealers programs will
be part of the Illinois Green Fleets
Program. The fuel stations and dealer-ships
help to complete the “triangle” that
is needed to support fleets in their
vehicle purchases and fuel use. Two
adaptations of the existing Illinois Green
Fleets logo will be used for the two
programs to identify the stations that
sell green fuels and the dealers that sell
and service green vehicles for its fleet
customers and to the general public. In
the future, look for information on the
designated green fuel stations and
dealerships on the Illinois Green Fleets
website at
www.illinoisgreenfleets.org.
Volume 3, Issue 1
Illinois Green Fuels and Illinois
Green Dealers to join Green Fleets
Winter 2003
Upcoming
Conference:
Trucks & Buses in the 21st
Century Environment:
Cleaner Fuels, Cleaner
Engines, New Technologies
and New Programs
April 14-15, 2003
Marriott Hickory Ridge
Lisle, Illinois
This conference will be the first
of its kind in the Chicago area
covering new federal programs,
state initiatives, and voluntary
programs affecting medium–
and heavy-duty trucks, school
buses, and mass transit buses.
Read more on page 3.
To register or for more infor-mation,
go to the official
conference website at:
www.chicagocleancities.org
Melinda Latimer Named
2002 Clean Fuels Champ
2
Chicago Area Teacher
gets a Charge
2
$308,628 in Rebates
Issued in 2002
2
Spring Conference on
Trucks & Buses
3
Chicago Area Fleets get
$2 Million in CMAQ
3
Rebate Program
Continues into 2003
3
Green Fleet Feature:
Illinois Power of Decatur
4
Inside this issue:
Green Fleet News
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
One of the first Illinois Green Fuels
stations will include the Clark in
Evanston for selling E-85.
Rod R. Blagojevich, Governor Renee Cipriano, Director