June 2016
For the first time, the MSRC is offering millions in Clean Transportation Funding for a new Work Program category - the “Near Zero” Heavy-Duty Natural Gas Incentive Program. Funding incentives are available to buy down the purchase cost of the Cummins Westport ISL G Near Zero (ISL G NZ) Natural Gas Engine for transit buses and refuse collection trucks operating in the South Coast Air Quality Management District. The ISL G NZ (see photo) only became commercially available earlier this spring and is offering another innovative strategy to dramatically reduce harmful emissions from the transportation sector, which account for about
Jack Kitowski has recently joined as the newest MSRC member. As the Mobile Source Control Division Chief for the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Kitowski is excited to bring the state’s ambitious clean transportation objectives and strategies to the MSRC while learning more about the local needs and opportunities to help clean up Southern California’s air
This spring, SoCalGas opened its 15th public access compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Southern California, with the help of $150,000 in Clean Transportation Funding from the MSRC. The new station is located in the City of Murrieta at 41376 Guava Street, near the intersection of two freeways - I-15 and I-215. The station is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
SoCalGas is committed to seeing the use of cleaner CNG expanded throughout the region. “As a utility, we are vested in this geographic area,” said Ed Harte, Clean Transportation Product Development Manager
