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To: Madharry who wrote (35695)	10/14/2009 10:12:44 PM
From: Madharry	Respond to of 78751

Several companies and nonprofits have formed a new group to support the conversion of cars and trucks to using natural gas. In addition, the Metroplex Natural Gas Vehicle Consortium is out to help “fleet operators” — meaning any organization that has a fleet of cars or trucks — find ways to secure natural-gas fueling stations for their vehicles. “The largest impediment to converting fleets to natural gas is a lack of fueling infrastructure,” said Ed Ireland, executive director of the Barnett Shale Energy Education Council, which is a member of the new Metroplex consortium. “It is mainly a cost issue,” Ireland added. “For the smaller fleet operators, it’s just not cost-effective to build their own fueling stations. The idea of the coalition is (to provide a forum where) they can share ideas on where they might build a station” or form a joint venture with someone else to create fueling locations. The Environmental Protection Agency has ever-increasingly stringent air-quality regulations pertaining to trucks, Ireland said. That, he argued, is a big reason why fleets should be converted to natural gas. In addition to the Barnett Shale Energy Education Council, other members of the consortium include the TCU Energy Institute, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Republic Services, Chesapeake Energy, XTO Energy, Clean Energy Fuels, EOG Resources, EnCana, Quicksilver Resources and the North Central Texas Council of Governments.