Fuel Economy

For the seventh straight year, NYS surpassed its Energy Policy Act (EPAct) AFV acquisition requirements. In 2004, it bought more than 80% of its light-duty vehicles as AFVs (its EPAct requirement is 75%).

This effort is also facilitating compliance with New York’s Executive Order (E.O.) 111, which directs all state entities to acquire 50% of qualifying new light-duty vehicles as AFVs by 2005 and 100% by 2010. E.O. 111 also requires medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fleets to reduce petroleum consumption and emissions by using alternative fuels and improving fuel efficiency.

New York is achieving its EPAct and E.O. 111 goals through diverse AFV acquisitions, expanded alternative fuel infrastructure, innovative public-private partnerships, and enthusiastic support from the Governor’s Office.

Natural Gas Vehicles

Vehicles powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) make up more than half of the NYS AFV fleet. The New York Office of General Services (OGS) estimates that CNG use at state sites in 2004 totaled 500,000 gasoline gallon equivalents (gge) and that 1.6 million gallons of gasoline have been displaced by CNG in the past four years. NYS is experimenting with medium- and heavy-duty CNG applications. In 2003, the New York Department of Transportation unveiled the first of a pilot fleet of snowplow/dump trucks retrofitted to operate on 80% CNG and 20% diesel.

New York has expanded its CNG infrastructure. The state had 30 low-volume and 19 high-volume CNG stations in 2002. It now has 31 high-volume and 21 low-volume CNG stations, which are supplemented by 50 commercial CNG stations statewide.

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