Natural gas vehicles save ECUA millions - Pensacola News Journal
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority first identified the need for an alternative to the high cost of fueling and maintaining its fleet of diesel garbage trucks in 2008. In 2011, the utility purchased 50 compressed natural gas trucks for $12... Between those two milestones, ECUA staff had to become educated on CNG and then sell its benefits. Roberts now travels the country speaking to utilities and other groups about the results of ECUA’s conversion to a CNG fleet. Included in that figure are maintenance cost savings, which are a combined $600,000. The trucks that became operational on Aug. The savings have allowed ECUA to remove the diesel fuel surcharge from customer bills, which was about $1. 45 monthly. As of today, there are 135 CNG vehicles in the ECUA fleet, including Ford F-550 pickup trucks, Peterbilt 18-wheelers and Autocar garbage and recycling vehicles. Los Angeles began using clean-air fueled buses in 1993 and today has a fleet of more than 2,250 CNG buses in use by the LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, according to spokesman Marc Littman. , uses 55 CNG vehicles in its fleet, including the entire police. Source: www.pnj.com
