The Central Florida Clean
Cities Coalition, through its staff and Board of
Directors, hope all of our stakeholders and families
are doing well during the continuing COVID crisis.
Despite this massive
disruption to our lives, CFLCCC continues to
demonstrate its leadership in transportation
planning for alternatively fueled vehicle and
infrastructure, with projects like the state’s
Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFC) designation, and
the Florida EV Roadmap (FEVER). We are also members
of the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture’s,
Florida Advisory Council on Climate and Energy (FACCE),
and are also members of the East Central Florida
Regional Planning Council’s (ECFRPC) Resilience
Collaborative. In our spare time, we’re reviewing 15
technical papers for the National Science Foundation
(NSF), and it’s Transportation Research Board (TRB)!
CFLCCC
Annual Membership Program
We’d like to introduce
you to our new Membership
Program, an opportunity for you to support
efforts and projects that are important to you and
your community. We will also use part of your
support to provide annual college academic Clean
Transportation Scholarships in Central Florida!
Throughout its 20+ years,
the Central Florida Clean Cities Coalition (CFLCCC)
has managed its clean fuel mission primarily through
minor operations funding allocated by the Vehicle
Technology Office of the U.S. Department Energy.
CFLCCC also performs activities, such as technical
webinars, that also provide a small source of
income; and, we also provide contract technical
services, such as the Florida
EV Roadmap for the Florida Office of Energy.
CFLCCC’s region covers 10 of the fastest growing counties in
the country, see the list of CFLCCC’s near-term
major initiatives on our website.
Unfortunately, our funding hasn’t been able to more
fully address the needs of this U.S. DOT
“Mega-Region”.
You can support the good
work CFLCCC does here in Central Florida with
memberships that begin at $25 for students and
friends. Membership rewards range from notification
of grant opportunities, to a full day of dedicated
technical and grant support.For more information or
to sign up, please visit our Membership page.
Thank
you for your time and consideration, if you’d like
additional information please email me to
arrange a time to talk.
Best Regards,
Doug Kettles
Director, Central Florida
Clean Cities Coalition
Members Scholarship
An ongoing need of many
of CFLCCC stakeholders is for trained technicians
and professionals to staff their operations. CLFCCC
plans to support our stakeholder needs by providing
two annual scholarships, one for students attending
trade schools, and one for students pursing
undergraduate degrees.
The scholarships will be
awarded at the end of the 2021 high school year, how
much they will be for will be determined by how
successful our membership program becomes. Our goal
is $1000 for each scholarship, help a student out!
Annual Membership Meeting
Per our bylaws, we will
hold our Annual membership meeting in early
December; this year’s meeting will be virtual. Our
Board of Directors (BOD) conduct quarterly business
conference calls in addition to the Annual meeting;
these quarterly calls primarily address ongoing
business, the annual meeting typically reviews our
past year’s activity, including contract
deliverables, special initiatives, financials, and
the coming year’s goals. Look for an announcement in
early October for the date of the annual meeting.
EV Roadmap
CFLCCC is working under
contract with the Florida Department of Agriculture
and Community Services’ Office of Energy (FDACS OOE)
to develop a plan to support and encourage the use
of clean electric transportation in Florida. Our
efforts address the needs and infrastructure for
light-duty EVs, typically passenger vehicle and
light-duty trucks.
The Florida Department
of Transportation (FDOT) is the lead agency for the
Master Plan (aka, SB7018) for electric
transportation in Florida; they are working with the
state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) and FDACS
OOE.
The primary differences
between the two initiatives is that Roadmap only
addresses light-duty vehicles and infrastructure;
the Master Plan addresses all classes of EVs, and
regulatory and policy issues.
Kaitlin is Leaving!
Kaitlin Reed is a Project Manager with
CFLCCC, she started working with the
coalition in the fall 2017 as an intern, and
assists in project management, web
development, technical data collection,
event planning, and various other
activities. Last December she completed her
undergraduate degree at Florida Institute of
Technology in Sustainability and Civil
Engineering.
Kaitlin has been
responsible for building and maintaining our
website, along with lots of other supporting
work, like our quarterly Alternative Fuel
Price Report. She is also the mastermind
behind our analytics and reporting for our
EV Roadmap.
But now she
wants to go home to Connecticut, and we
don’t blame her, she’s been away for a
while. Don’t know how we will replace her,
she has been the help we needed and much
more…THANKS!
Funding Opportunities
The 2020 DERA
School Bus Rebate Program will offer over
$10 million to public and private fleet owners for
the replacement of old diesel school buses with new
buses certified to EPA’s cleanest emission
standards. Selected applicants that scrap and
replace their old diesel buses will receive a rebate
of $20,000-$65,000 per bus depending on the fuel
type of the replacement bus. Applicants will be
selected in a lottery, with at least one selectee
from each state/territory.
Applications
are being accepted now through October 30, 2020 4
p.m. ET.
