Alternative Fuels Program

This page updated October 27, 2006

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Public Meetings and Draft Documents

August 3, 2005

Public Consultation Meeting in Sacramento from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to Discuss a Draft Proposed Concept to Revise the Motor Vehicle CNG Specifications.

  • Meeting Notice and Agenda (PDF-24k)
  • Draft CNG Specifications Proposal (PDF-9k)
  • ARB Staff Presentation (PPT-150k) or (PDF-61k)
  • Research Needs:
    • Aspen Environmental Group: Natural Gas Heat Content Surge by William Walters (PPT-523k) or (PDF-312k)

    • California Energy Commission: Public Interest Natural Gas Air Quality Research Program by Marla Mueller (PPT-114k) or (PDF-44k)
  • Industry Presentations:
    • Bevilacqua-Knight, Inc.: Comments On The Proposed CARB Alternative Fuel Specifications by Steven Sokolsky (PPT-432k) or (PDF-94k)

    • California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition: NGV Commercial Fuel Spec by Mike Eaves (PPT-107k) or (PDF-97k)

    • Engine Manufacturers Association: Presentation at the CARB Workshop by Roger Gault (PPT-194k) or (PDF-96k)

    • Gas Technology Institute: Natural Gas Composition for NGVs by William E. Liss (PPT-1,900k) or (PDF-1,137k)

    • Pacific Gas and Electric Company: Comments to the CARB Draft Proposed Concept – CNG Motor Vehicle Specifications by Tony Estrada (PPT-57k) or (PDF-56k)

    • Shell North America LPG: Presentation at the CARB Workshop by Edgar Kuipers (PPT-505k) or (PDF-69k)

    • SoCal Gas: Comments on the CARB Draft Proposed Concept to Revise Motor Vehicle CNG Specifications by Edwin Harte (PPT-238k) or (PDF-96k)

    • Southwest Research Institute: Study on the Effect of Varying Fuel Composition on Fuel Supplied to Cummins and Detroit Diesel Gas Engines by James Chiu (PPT-148k) or (PDF-33k)

    • Western States Petroleum Association and California Independence Petroleum Association: Presentation at the CARB Workshop by Tom Umenhofer (PPT-110k) or (PDF-395k)
  • Comment Letters:
    • Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District by Terry Dressler (PDF-318k)

    • County of San Luis Obispo Air Pollution Control District by Larry R. Allen (PDF-96k)
February 17 and 18, 2005

Change of Date: Natural Gas Quality Workshop Notice

The California Energy Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission will conduct a joint workshop to address natural gas quality issues on February 17 and 18, 2005 in San Francisco, CA.

  • Notice of Change of Workshop Date (PDF-47k)

 

Meetings:

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2001-2004

- Prior 2000

  • Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

  • Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)

    • October 29, 1998 - Workshop Notice for October 29, 1998 Re: Evaluation of the Motor Vehicle Fuel Specifications for Compressed Natural Gas
  • Other Alternative Fuels

    • We also have regulations on methanol-blended fuels, ethanol-blended fuels, and hydrogen as a vehicle fuel, but there has been little regulatory acitivity in these areas.     


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