Appendix B – Modoc Justification Letter to the CEC August 12, 2012 West Valley College ATTE 14000 Fruitvale Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070 David Nichols California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Attention: David Nichols Dear David, West Valley College’s Advanced Transportation Technology and Energy (ATTE) center has done extensive research on the feasibility and necessity of alternative fuels training in Modoc County. Based on the Training Needs Assessment submitted to the CEC by ATTE in 2010 the following information was reported: Only 8 electric or hybrid vehicles were found in Modoc County during the research conducted. The public school system has no CNG or LNG buses. No CNG/LNG transit buses. No Alternative Fuel waste management vehicles are used. Due to the difficult economic climate (considering bankruptcy in 2010), there would be no budget in any government agencies to develop the infrastructure necessary to expand fleets to use alternative fuel vehicles. Modoc County had only two fueling stations selling propane, the owners of these fueling stations reported the majority of the propane sold was for barbeques and not vehicles. There are no colleges or Universities in Modoc County. ATTE recently looked at whether Modoc had any growth in the area of alternative fuels since the report written in 2010. Below are the findings: Per the Alternative Fuels Data Center (U.S. Department of Energy) there is only one propane fueling station in Modoc County, in 2010 there were two. There are no alternative fuel school buses running in Modoc County. The colleges closest to Modoc county are: College of the Siskiyous (this is the closest college and is 148 miles away from Alturas) College of Shasta Lassen College
Appendix B – Modoc Justification Letter to the CEC August 12, 2012 West Valley College ATTE 14000 Fruitvale Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070 David Nichols California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Attention: David Nichols Dear David, West Valley College’s Advanced Transportation Technology and Energy (ATTE) center has done extensive research on the feasibility and necessity of alternative fuels training in Modoc County. Based on the Training Needs Assessment submitted to the CEC by ATTE in 2010 the following information was reported: Only 8 electric or hybrid vehicles were found in Modoc County during the research conducted. The public school system has no CNG or LNG buses. No CNG/LNG transit buses. No Alternative Fuel waste management vehicles are used. Due to the difficult economic climate (considering bankruptcy in 2010), there would be no budget in any government agencies to develop the infrastructure necessary to expand fleets to use alternative fuel vehicles. Modoc County had only two fueling stations selling propane, the owners of these fueling stations reported the majority of the propane sold was for barbeques and not vehicles. There are no colleges or Universities in Modoc County. ATTE recently looked at whether Modoc had any growth in the area of alternative fuels since the report written in 2010. Below are the findings: Per the Alternative Fuels Data Center (U.S. Department of Energy) there is only one propane fueling station in Modoc County, in 2010 there were two. There are no alternative fuel school buses running in Modoc County. The colleges closest to Modoc county are: College of the Siskiyous (this is the closest college and is 148 miles away from Alturas) College of Shasta Lassen College
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