Capital District
Clean Communities
Capital District Clean Communities
March 20, 2008 Meeting
Meeting Notes
Attendance
Pat Boudreau, National Grid
Jen Ceponis, CDTC Staff
Greg Cuda,
Dennis Dugan, CDTA
Linda Hardie, NYSERDA—
Glenn Havens, Engine Control Systems
Kristina Hong, A/GFTC
Steve Iachetta,
Jon Ladd,
Carl Mas, NYSERDA
Paul Patterson, City of
Pete Rea, NYSDOT R-1
Deborah Stacey, CDTC Staff, CDCC Coordinator
SUMMARY NOTES:
t Analyze
the range of current understanding
t Highlight
sources of uncertainty and areas that need further research
t Develop
tools to help evaluate impacts in a policy context
The final study should be
available for download at the end of
Subsequent to Carl’s presentation,
attention was then drawn to the next item on the agenda:
1. CDTA
a. CDTA has been using B5 for four months with no
issues or problems with performance.
One-third of the fleet will be outfitted with diesel retrofit equipment
by the end of the year.
2.
a. The ACAA in a joint effort with CDTA received
monies under NYSERDA PON 1082 to proceed with a hydrogen pilot project. ACAA
will test two hybrid pick-up trucks and CDTA will test two HICE Ford Escapes. The hydrogen fueling station will be placed
on the ACAA’s site, with access permitted to CDTA . A press event
will be held in April to announce this two year pilot project to the public.
b. The ACAA conducted field tests on their heavy
duty diesel equipment. The temperature
data log indicates that the ACAA will be able to install Cummins Longview systems
on 7 of the 14 vehicles to be retrofit.
The
3. CDTC:
a. The solicitation for the CMAQ diesel retrofit
program was distributed to the Clean Communities coalition members, CDTC’s
Planning Committee and to the County and Town departments of Public works. Proposals are due on April 4th. CDTC is aware of a few potential applicants
but it is likely that there will be money left on the table for this
round.
b. CDTC staff has been pursing Transportation
Demand Management activities with the help of CDTA. The Commuter Register, an on-line carpool
matching and commuter information services is somewhat outdated. CDTC staff with the aid of CDTA circulated a
bid for proposals to convert the matching portion of the site to a
4. NYSERDA:
a. Project Opportunity Notice (PON) 1093 is open
for applications until May. This PON
will pay for station upgrades for bio-diesel and ethanol. NYSERDA has funded five projects, quite a few
are in the works but NYSERDA would like to see more applications.
b. The second round for school bus retrofits (PON
992) should be released shortly.
5. OTHER NEWS:
a. National Grid: NGrid is looking for
residential partners for a pilot program that would measure heat and electric
usage and evaluate heating systems.
b. City
of
c. Saratoga
Bridges:
Next Meeting
This group will meet again on