NJ Clean Cities Newsletter
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February 2012
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Keep up with NJCC!  
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NJCCC Announces New Board of Trustees
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Congratulations and thank you to our new Board!
At its meeting on January 17th, the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to expand from 5 members to 11 members. We did this as a means of broadening both the geographic and technical representation, and as a means of expanding the base of the group. The Coalition has come a long way over the past couple of years, its now time to build a stronger foundation in order to assure long term viability.
It is a privilege to have each of our new board members join Chuck on the new Board of Trustees of the NJ Clean Cities Coalition:
1 year term:
- Bob Fatzinger, Vice President, South Jersey Gas
- Bill Wells, NGV Consultant, New Jersey Natural Gas
- Bill Curcio, Executive Vice President, Eastern Propane / Director, NJ Propane Gas Association
- Art Ondish, Mayor, Mt Arlington / President, New Jersey State League of Municipalities
- Ray Willer, Managing Director, RFW Clean Energy Consulting, LLC
2 year term:
- Tom Micai, Director of Compliance, Bayshore Recycling Corporation
- Paul Heitmann, Utility Stakeholder Representative, Ecotality
- Wayne Wittman, PSE&G
- Mike Cecere, Regional Manager, Clean Energy
- John Wohlrab, Director of Government Relations, Waste Management, Inc.
Short biographies of our new members will be available soon on our webiste!
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Energy Independence Summit 2012
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NJCCC encourages you to join us at the Energy Independence Summit 2012, scheduled for March 25-28 in Washington, DC.
Organized by Transportation Energy Partners (TEP), the Summit will bring together the nation’s clean transportation leaders to share best practices and educate federal policy makers about the benefits of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Cities Program and the need for additional tools and resources to overcome barriers to the widespread use of clean vehicles and fuels.
The 2012 Energy Independence Summit is extremely important as we seek to maintain momentum for the clean transportation industry. As Congress and the Administration focus on reducing the deficit, all federal programs and tax incentives are under scrutiny and vulnerable to significant cuts. The Summit will provide an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the broad-based grassroots support among business leaders, state and local government officials, and community leaders for clean transportation energy policies that enhance energy security and create new jobs.
The 2012 Summit will feature educational sessions and presentations from the nation’s leading clean transportation experts on:
· Federal funding and incentives to promote alternative fuels, vehicles and infrastructure;
· Successful alternative fuels and vehicle projects across the country; and
· Innovative state and local policies and programs that are advancing markets for cleaner fuels and vehicles.
TEP is offering a $100 discount on the registration fees for NJ Clean Cities stakeholders who wish to attend the Summit. The more supporters who join our effort, the greater the impact we will have.
Contact us if you are interested in being a sponsor at this highly visible event.
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Green Truck Summit
March 5 & 6th 2012
The Green Truck Summit is known as the industry's foremost educational forum on green initiatives for the work truck industry. Led by distinguished industry experts, this Summit covers topics such as funding for clean vehicles, trends in work truck technologies and fuels, idle reduction technologies, deployment strategies, gaseous fuel conversions, and much more. Clean Cities member exclusive pricing of $159 for the Green Truck Summit (reg. $259) if registered before February 17 ($199 thereafter). See Member Benefits.
Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
South Jersey Gas will be opening their first CNG station!
This will be taking place Wednesday, March, 7th 2012 at the corner of Grove & Academy Street in Glassboro, NJ. Please RSVP to Cathy Garrison by February 29th at cgarrison@sjindustries.com.
Screening and Discussion with of Revenge of the Electric Car
Following up on our recent screening in Princeton at which we had more than 200 standing-room-only attendees, join us Tuesday, March 20 at 7:15 pm Temple B'nai Abraham, 300 East Northfield Road, Livingston, NJ. Screening and Discussion with Chuck Feinberg of Revenge of the Electric Car. Visit display of electric car models on site 6:45 pm.-9:30 pm.! More info.
Annual Ocean Fun Days Event
Make a date with your family to explore our shore!
There will be a science fair with first and second place prizes, an energy scavenger hunt, information on altnernative fuels and electric vehicles, and much more!
May 19, 2012 - Island Beach State Park
May 20, 2012 - NJ Sea Grant Consortium/Sandy Hook
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Petroleum Displacement - Annual Report Reminder
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Does your NJ fleet include any hybrids? Do you use any alternative fuels such as biodiesel or compressed natural gas? Do you have any idle-reduction policies in effect?
If so, then I need your help!
The activities of our NJCCC stakeholders in 2010 resulted in the displacement of almost 2,000,000 gallons of petroleum! I am sure that our collective efforts in 2011 will result in doubling of that figure.
Please take the time to provide the information in whatever format works for you. Your participation in this is key to the accurate measurement of the petroleum reduction activities in NJ. If you have the data available in another format, please send that as it is the data that's important, not the format. Please privide this information to me as soon as possible.
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On February 10, Chuck joined several NJCCC members and others at the first meeting of the newly formed NJ Business & Industry Association's Natural Gas Vehicle Work Group. The Work Group is developing an action plan to provide input to the Board of Public Utilities and to educate its own members as to the economic and environmental benefits of natural ga as a atransportation fuel.
On February 23, Chuck will be leading a delegation of national experts on biodiesel at a meeting with both the NJ Board of Public Utilities and the NJ Department of Environmental Protection.
Thank you for your time, and let me know if any questions. The NJ Clean Cities Coalition is an independent 501c3 non profit corporation focused on education and projects related to the reduction of petroelum in the transportation sector. We rely on grants, contracts and the support of our members, friends and other stakeholders to fund our
activities. We appreciate your support!
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New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition
One Bank Street, Suite 202
P.O. Box 223
Rockaway, NJ 07866
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