TEXAS CLEAN TRANSPORTATION TRIANGLE. 2011
Texas Legislature passed a legislation in their 82nd session enabling the development of Texas Clean Transportation Triangle. 20% of the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (aprox. 10 million per year) to support conversion of heavy duty fleet vehicles to natural gas vehicles and development of new natural gas infrastructure within Texas Triangle.
80% of founding goes to heavy-duty NGV rebates and 20% goes to CNG/LNG fueling infrastructure
TCTT BENEFITS:
Texas Legislature passed a legislation in their 82nd session enabling the development of Texas Clean Transportation Triangle. 20% of the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (aprox. 10 million per year) to support conversion of heavy duty fleet vehicles to natural gas vehicles and development of new natural gas infrastructure within Texas Triangle.
80% of founding goes to heavy-duty NGV rebates and 20% goes to CNG/LNG fueling infrastructure
TCTT BENEFITS:
- More than $135 million in direct investment in the Texas economy will support nearly 1,000 clean-fuel technology jobs.
- Heavy-duty fleet operators report 30-40 percent cost savings for natural gas fleet operations compared to diesel.
- More than $30 million in fuel costs savings, using lower cost Texas-produced natural gas in place of more expensive diesel fuel, can be invested back into Texas businesses, jobs and the Texas economy.
- Reduced reliance on foreign energy, by displacing more than 41 million gallons of petroleum-diesel fuel use with more than 6 billion cubic feet (bcf) of Texas produced natural gas. (Source: Gladstein, Neandross & Associates)
- Replacing heavy-duty diesel trucks, the most significant contributors to urban air-quality problems, with clean-burning, low-emission NGVs offers one of the best potential strategies to improve Texas air quality and meet air quality standards.
- Emission benefits from the implementation of the TCTT is the equivalent of taking more than 175,000 cars off Texas highways in the state’s most populated areas.