TECO Peoples Gas to Build, Own and Maintain CNG Fueling Station for the City of Orlando
May 08 2015 - 9:13AM
Business Wire
The city will fuel its solid waste trucks with compressed
natural gas from the new station
TECO Peoples Gas will install a compressed natural gas (CNG)
fueling station and provide utility service to the city of Orlando
for the first time under a new rate.
In 2014, the Florida Public Service Commission created a new
rate that allows Peoples Gas to design, construct, own and maintain
CNG stations and deliver natural gas to the outlet of the
dispensers for vehicle fueling. Customers do not make any upfront
investment but instead pay for the service through monthly utility
billing.
“Through our Green Works initiative, Orlando has become one of
the most sustainable cities in the country, and part of that
achievement has come from having one of the greenest fleets,” said
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer. “I am proud to partner with TECO to
provide the infrastructure for our new solid waste vehicles that
operate on cleaner fuel and further our efforts to create a
cleaner, greener Orlando.”
“This is just another great example of how far we’ve come with
building an infrastructure to serve a growing natural gas vehicle
industry across Florida,” said Keith Gruetzmacher, senior manager
of alternative fuel vehicle programs for Peoples Gas. “We’re one of
the fastest-growing compressed natural gas markets in the U.S.”
Fleets that run on compressed natural gas have lower exhaust and
carbon emissions compared to diesel and gasoline. Natural gas
engines have an average of 80 percent to 90 percent lower decibel
level than diesel engines, and natural gas is up to 50 percent less
expensive than gasoline or diesel.
The compressed natural gas station will be located at the city
of Orlando’s fleet maintenance facility and will be dedicated to
fueling the city’s fleet of refuse trucks. It is expected to be in
operation by October 2015.
Peoples Gas System, Florida’s largest natural gas distribution
utility, is part of the TECO Energy family of companies. Peoples
Gas serves more than 350,000 customers across Florida. TECO Energy
Inc. (NYSE: TE) is an energy-related holding company with regulated
electric and gas utilities in Florida and New Mexico: Tampa
Electric, Peoples Gas System and New Mexico Gas Co. Other TECO
Energy subsidiaries include TECO Coal, which owns and operates
coal-production facilities in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
TECO Peoples GasMedia Contact:Cherie Jacobs,
813-228-4945
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