Signed on September 20th by Governor Jerry Brown, Bill 2061
(D-Frazier) will increase the gross vehicle weight limit for
diesel-alternative trucks to 82,000 pounds and therefore pave the way
for rapid adoption of clean near-zero
heavy-duty trucks powered by Renewable Natural Gas (RNG).
AB 2061 removes a critical barrier to the improvement of air quality in
disadvantaged communities that are impacted by polluting diesel trucks,
such as the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, enabling the use of
cleaner fuels in heavy-duty vehicles. The Los Angeles Times today
reported that Southern California has endured three months without
one day of clean air, violating federal smog standards for 87
consecutive days.
The following is a statement by Greg Roche, vice president, Clean
Energy Fuel Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE):
“Providing the weight allowance enables fleets to operate natural gas
and other alternative technology trucks without being at a disadvantage
to diesel trucks. Many trucking applications operate under the weight
limitations set by state and federal laws. Enabling natural
gas trucks to operate with the same payload as a diesel truck is
good for trucking economics and good for the environment.
“Assembly Member Jim Frazier is a transportation visionary who once
again found a way to help California’s goods movement industry more
easily transition to cleaner trucks without sacrificing a trucks
payload. It is innovative leaders like Assembly Member Frazier that will
bring practical incentives that bring industry to the table to advance
clean air throughout the sector.”
The transportation sector is responsible for about 40 percent of
California’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and more than 80 percent of
the state’s NOx, or smog-forming emissions. Making the switch from
diesel to near-zero trucks fueled by RNG, such as Clean
Energy’s Redeem™, is vital to achieving the state’s GHG reduction
goals and cleaning the air around California’s transportation corridors.
Near-zero engines are certified by the EPA and California Air Resource
Board to have 90 percent lower emissions of smog-forming NOx than
today’s heavy-duty engine standard. Studies by the University of
California, Riverside have found that NOx emissions from near-zero
engines are
99 percent cleaner than in-use diesel engines. RNG reduces climate
pollutants compared to diesel by 70% to even over 100% depending on the
renewable energy source.
About Clean Energy
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. is the leading provider of natural gas fuel and
renewable natural gas (RNG) fuel for transportation in the United States
and Canada, with a network of approximately 530 stations across North
America that we own or operate. We build and operate compressed natural
gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas stations (LNG) stations and deliver
more CNG, LNG and RNG vehicle fuel than any other company in the United
States. Clean Energy sells Redeem™ RNG fuel and believes it is the
cleanest transportation fuel commercially available, reducing greenhouse
gas emissions by up to 70%. Clean Energy owns natural gas liquification
facilities in California and Texas which produces LNG for the
transportation and other markets. For more information, visit www.CleanEnergyFuels.com.
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