1. East Tennessee Clean Fuels CoalitionEast Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition
Clean Cities UpdateClean Cities Update
Kristy Keel-BlackmonKristy Keel-Blackmon

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What is Clean Cities?
Clean Cities advances the
nation's economic,
environmental, and energy
security by supporting local
actions to reduce petroleum
consumption in transportation.
A national network of nearly
100 Clean Cities coalitions
bring together stakeholders in
the public and private sectors to
deploy alternative and
renewable fuels, idle-reduction
measures, fuel economy
improvements, and emerging
transportation technologies.

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• Support East Tennessee fleets
• Direct fleet & fuel supplier meetings
• Promote alternative fuels and transportation
• Work to build public access to alternative fuels
• Engage public through open meetings, events, workshops,
newsletters, publications
• Education: adult & K-12
• Look for partnership opportunities
What Does ETCleanFuels Do?

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• Eco Travel Plaza in Crossville, TN
• Goal: Cleaner, healthier place for truckers
• Providing 50 electrified spaces for trucks
• Reducing emissions by 70-99%
• Solar Arrays
 Roof-top
 35 kW system
 Will offset much of the TSE electricity use
Truck Stop Electrification

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The EV Project in Tennessee

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I-75 Green Corridor Project
• Add public access E85 & B20
at 200 mile intervals
• Enable driving all the way from
MI to FL on biofuels
• Will be the longest biofuels
corridor in U.S. at 1,786 miles
• Displace 1.7+ MGY of petroleum

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Currently…
• Very strong interest in gaseous fuels in our region

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Propane & Natural Gas
• Morgan County
School System
using buses fueled
by both natural
gas and propane
autogas

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Propane & Natural Gas
• Multiple applications
• Attractive ROIs

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Kristy Keel-Blackmon
kristy@etcleanfuels.org
865-974-9665
www.ETCleanFuels.org