with Flex-Fuel and Hybrid Vehicles Central Management Services

State of Illinois

Barb Bonansinga

Building a Greener Fleet

☼ Alternative fuels

☼ FFVs and hybrids

☼ Overall fuel economy

☼ Smaller carbon footprint

Illinois: a Case Study

Balancing Fleet Efficiency, Costs and the Environment

Governor’s 2003 Executive Order #2 required CMS to:

☼ Cut fleet size and costs☼ Promote use of alternative fuels and vehicles

As fleet manager, CMS worked with agencies to cut underutilized/older vehicles to reduce operating costs

☼ Result: 11% cut in fleet size

☼ Over $17 million in savings

☼ Major reductions in emissions

Smaller fleet lowers costs, emissions

Chapter 1: Fleet Efficiency

☼ Nearly 1,600 fewer vehicles consuming fuel, requiring maintenance, polluting the environment

☼ New vehicle purchases now justified for more accountable spending of tax dollars

☼ Standardized process of justifying vehicles in fleet

☼ Reduced age/mileage of remaining fleet lowers maintenance costs

Benefits

Recognize value of environmental stewardship

Support more E85 FFVs in fleet

Look for most fuel-efficient/ environmentally friendly vehicles that meet agency needs Provide vehicles and fuel to implement vision

Use E-85 and Biodiesel Biofuels

Chapter 2: Alternative Fueled Vehicles

41% of Illinois fleet now alt-fueled >5,000 vehicles use biofuel

2,351 E85 FFVs and 2,700 Biodiesel-capable

+38 Hybrids 4 of world’s first E85 Hybrids Fewer large vehicles/SUVs when smaller/more efficient vehicles will do

Number of FFVs and Hybrids in Use

Converting Fleet to FFVs and Hybrids

Vehicle Current 2010 _____2015E-85/FFV 19% 27% 67%B-5 21% 22% 22%Hybrid .3% 2% 10%

Nearly total conversion by 2015

To FFV, hybrid, 5% biodiesel-capable

Projecting Fleet Conversion

Started with 14 stations, mostly government sites

Target private vendors using fleet purchase data

Direct grant monies for E85 site development

Exempt State taxes to incent citizens to use biofuel

Make biodiesel available for fleet at government tanks via statewide master contracts

Encourage commercial availability

Chapter 3: Develop a Biofuels Infrastructure

☼ Fleet has consumed 370,000 gallons E85 and over 2.4 million gallons 2% biodiesel

☼ 2% now increased to 5% and 20%

☼ Today, over 150 commercial E85 stations statewide sell biofuel to citizens/drivers

☼ 1 station sold 300,000 gallons in 1 month!

☼ Working with fleet card/vendors to make measuring easier and expand sites/availability

Results

☼ Maps, decals, keychains

☼ Websites, memos, press events

Communications: spread the knowledge

Nearly 2% of total gas consumed since 2005 has been converted to E85

29.4% of diesel converted to biodiesel

Overall, 25% of fleet fuel is biofuel

Making the transition

Conversion from Conventional Fuels

Use justification template so we buy most efficient vehicle that can do the job incorporating lifecycle costs

Developed RFPs for hybrid/electric vehicles for maximum fuel efficiency

Encouraged manufacturers to build more fuel-efficient FFVS plus E85 hybrid (combining fuel efficiency with biofuels) and buying them

Reduce idling

Saving green = more green

Chapter 4: Reduce Fleet Fuel Consumption

FY04        FY05        FY06   Gallons   14.1M     13.0M      12.7M

☼ Projections from spending records

☼ Consumed approx 10.9 million* gallons of biofuel in FY07

☼* Actual: using newer/ better fleet card data

Reductions in Fuel Consumption

Reduced CO2Green House Gas (GHG) emissions by 271,000 kg through use of E85

Displaced 370,000 gallons of gasoline with E85 – reducing foreign oil dependency

Using homegrown biofuels made from Illinois corn (nation’s #2 producer) and soybeans (#1) – promote state’s economy and create jobs

Reduced fuel consumption with smaller/more efficient fleet

Chapter 5: Reduce Carbon Footprint

Identifying goals for fleet to further reduce overall fuel consumption for reduced costs

Setting goals for fleet to further cut GHG emissions and provide smaller carbon footprint

Illinois’ goal-6% reduction in GHG emissions by 2010 for fleet and facilities = 60,000 tons/year

Chapter 6: Sustain Progress

☼ Buy-in from elected officials, state officials, agency directors and coordinators, fleet drivers essential

☼ Fleet centralizing efforts/taking lead

☼ Helping agencies understand what, where, how, why we should use biofuels/green fleet

☼ Solid laws, executive orders and policies enforcing message to meet goals

☼ Constant communication – via training, interstate signs, pamphlets, decals, keychains, websites, email reminders and news media

Sustainability Tools

Letting Citizens Know Where Fuel Is

IDOT maps and Interstate signs

☼Clean Air Act: Illinois exceeded compliance consistently

☼ E-PACT: Illinois exceeds compliance with over 1,000 banked credits

☼ Executive Order #2: Justify the fleet

☼ Executive Order #4: Grow biofuels consumption/alternative-fuel vehicles

☼ Public Act: Requires new fleet vehicles be E85/FFV, hybrids or 5% biodiesel capable, as of July 1, 2007

Regulatory and Compliance Tools

☼ Stay current with technology, mandates and requirements

☼ Be familiar with metrics of environmental stewardship

☼ Set baselines and goals and track progress

☼ Maintain/expand buy-in of stakeholders and troubleshoot

☼ Gain support of leadership, rules, policies and laws to implement

Future Direction – Forging Ahead

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