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Truck Stop Electrification Project - Atlanta, Georgia

Truck Stop Electrification Project - Atlanta, Georgia. Integrating Energy, Economic and Environmental Goals: State Best Practices Promoting Energy Efficiency, Improved Air Quality, and Greenhouse Gases Reductions. National Governors Association April 28-30.

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Truck Stop Electrification Project - Atlanta, Georgia

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  1. Truck Stop Electrification Project - Atlanta, Georgia Integrating Energy, Economic and Environmental Goals: State Best Practices Promoting Energy Efficiency, Improved Air Quality, and Greenhouse Gases Reductions. National Governors Association April 28-30

  2. National Trend toward Integration of Energy and Environmental Issues • State and local governments are starting to think about how to integrate decisions and formulate policy on energy and environmental issues. • State agencies are working together on energy and environmental issues through projects and policies that demonstrate the links between these issues.

  3. Why More Collaboration? • States are facing a growing number of critical decisions driven a range of requirements and opportunities: • new environmental requirements, particularly air quality regulations • Greenhouse gas pressures • Deregulation of electrical generation and restructuring of the industry • New and persuasive evidence that energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies offer multiple benefits ranging from air pollutant reduction to improving reliability.

  4. National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment, formed 1984. Acid Rain Program-Goal to achieve signif. environmental benefits through reductions on So2 and NOx. Main mechanism is a market-based trading program. Joint NARUC/EPA Conference on Env Strategies in a Restructured Electric Industry, 1997 Integrating Energy and Environmental Policies, Strategies and Regulation Conference, March 2000 National Energy, Environment and Transportation Summit, May 2002 ECOS, NARUC, NASEO and AASHTO Joint Partnership Agreement to address areas of concern-the Partnership will ensure early state involvement in the development of energy, environmental and transportation statutes, policies and regulations. History-Integrated Approaches

  5. Early Examples – State Activities to Integrate energy and environment • Energy and Environment Dialogue Groups • Joint Energy-Air Quality Planning • Supplemental Environmental Projects with Energy efficiency and renewable components • Smart Growth/Land Use projects • Emissions Trading/ EE/RE Set Aside in emissions budgets

  6. New York’s EE/RE set-aside under the NOx Emissions Trading Program. (3% or 1200 tons). Also NJ, MA, IN. Colorado SEP, use of $300K civil penalty funds to fund wind energy projects. Texas Loan Star Program public buildings loan program with investments of $123 million which measured combined emission reductions from heating/cooling and electricity improvements at 3500 tons of NOx, over 980,000 tons of CO2 and more than 2200 tons of SO2. Early Integration Efforts

  7. Early Integrated Efforts in Georgia • State Energy Office, with support from State Air Protection Branch and State Environmental Protection Division, convened Energy and Environment Initiative group. Asst Commissioner/Division Director-level staff of energy, air, environmental and transportation officials. • Goal was to build relationships among agencies and officials working on related policy issues of energy and environment in Georgia.

  8. Energy and Environment Initiative • Built relationships. • Served as vehicle to examine innovative approaches of other states. • Allowed open discussion among agencies about barriers and benefits to collaboration.

  9. Georgia’s Integrated Approaches • Range of Air Quality Approaches including: • Atlantic Station • Clean Air Campaign Activities • Creation of GRTA and support of initiatives including a bus system, regional vanpools, regional transit studies and • Alternative Fuel Projects

  10. Idling Reduction Strategies • Generally, technologies that address the air emissions and fuel consumption of engines while idling. These strategies aim to reduce or eliminate the emissions and fuel consumption by providing an alternate source of power to allow engines to idle for shorter periods or stop all idling while not in use.

  11. Idle Reduction Strategies-Good example of an integrated approach. • Allow conservation of fuel while decreasing and eliminating Pm and Nox emissions. • Emissions reductions can be used for SIP credit/transportation conformity.

  12. This industry delivers 87% of all hard goods in the United States Employs 9.9 million Americans Operates 2.6 million tractor-trailers, nearly 7 million freight trucks in total Average truck operator travels 500 miles per day Average truck operator works 26 days/month Mandated Rest Periods for drivers-If you drive 11 hours, you must rest at least 10 hours Ground Freight accounts for 20% of total transportation fuel use. Source-US EPA Smartway Transport Partnership Facts and Figures Trucking Industry-Quick Facts

  13. Impacts of Idling • Fuel consumption • Engine Wear • Air pollution • Neighborhood Noise

  14. Fuel Consumed During Idling • Annual Impact • 4.4 billion. Assumes 1.0 gallon per hour multiplied by 3,366 hours(avg annual idling for trucks) with assumption of 1,300,000 trucks idling per year. • $6.6 billion cost to truck owners(@$1.50/gallon) • Assumption is 1 gal/hour multiplied by 3,366 hours and 1,300,000 trucks.

  15. Emissions from Truck Idling • Emission Single Truck 1.3 trucks ann. • (M tons/yr) (M tons/yr) • NOx .46 590,733 • PM 0.012 16,103 • CO .19 245,657 • CO2 34.99 45,495,193

  16. The Idling SituationIdling Creates Emissions & Noise *=US EPA & Mobile5/6 data **Assume 3,366 hours/yr idling

  17. Atlanta Petro ATE Atlanta -- April 2003

  18. IdleAire Service Module

  19. Energy Benefits 14.4 hours/day/space, 365 days per year. 1 gallon fuel use per hour.

  20. ATE Economic Impact Fleet Benefits • Quick Return on Investment • Window adapter $10.00 • First visit free -$10.00 • Fuel Savings (@$1.50/gal) -$12.00 • First Day Total Expenses -$12.00 • Driver retention/acquisition incentives • Better communication with drivers • In-cab training services

  21. Economic Benefits • In addition to economic benefits for Travel Center Operators due to increased traffic and longer layover periods and the ability to provide new services to customers, TSE installation has a direct economic benefit. For every 50 space installation, 18-20 employees are employed. Once a site is up and running, this tapers off to 16 full time employees.

  22. Environmental BenefitsEmissions Reductions--100 Parking Spaces *=US EPA Mobile5/6 data **Includes Electricity Production

  23. Atlanta Petro Emissions Reductions Emissions in Metric Tons 63 Parking Spaces April - December 2003 January - February 2004

  24. TSE- Georgia Project • The motivation was poor air quality status in 13 county non-attainment area around Metro-Atlanta. • Working group established with representatives from various interested state agencies and non-profit partners. • Working group educated other state agencies, local air quality officials, made contact with other states with pilot projects, did research, investigated technologies and contacted technology providers. • State Energy Office took the lead on submitting grants for competitive federal and state funds. • STAC grant awarded for I-85 corridor project and CMAQ projects have “good chance” of being funded.

  25. TSE-project Site • Coweta County, Newnan, Georgia. • 50 Spaces with great expansion potential • Technology Provider, Idle-Aire Technologies, Knoxville, TN

  26. Lessons Learned-Guidance for other States • Preliminary Assessment to determine if you have a long duration idling problem in your area. • EPA has done a study on the I-95 corridor and has ranked the highest priority areas • On-site observations and surveys of idling trucks and locomotives-GA Tech project • Ask local and national fleets about their data • Industry technology providers likely to have data on your state.

  27. Establish Working Group • State Air officials, State Environmental officials and Energy Office. Possibly regional DOE or EPA. • Non-profit transportation advocates • Universities • Local air officials • Determine and assign roles and responsibilities.

  28. Decide on State action • Support and encourage voluntary idle reduction • Pilot Projects supported by State through new funding (CMAQ, grants) • Leverage existing resources (Supplemental Environmental Projects) • Mandate Idle reduction • Issue rule or regulation (site-specific or statewide) requiring stops or vehicle retrofit • Require no idling (anti-idling law).

  29. Questions? • Erin Kelley Energy and Environment Program Manager Georgia Energy Office 404-656-2836 erin@gefa.ga.gov

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