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History and Accomplishments

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What is Clean Cities?

Why were Clean Cities Coalitions
started?

The Ann Arbor Area Clean Cities Coalition

Coalition Members

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What is Clean Cities?

Clean Cities is a Department of Energy program whose goal is to advance the environmental, economic, and energy security of the United States by supporting local decisions to adopt practices that contribute to the reduction of petroleum consumption in the transportation sector.

Clean Cities carries out this objective through a network of more than 80 volunteer, community-based coalitions which develop public/private partnerships to promote alternative fuels and vehicles, fuel blends, fuel economy, hybrid vehicles, and idle reduction.

Why were Clean Cities Coalitions started?

The Clean Cities program was created to support the implementation of the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 1992. EPAct includes both voluntary and mandatory measures to help reduce our nation's dependence on imported oil. EPAct requires fleets owned or operated by federal and state governments and alternative fuel providers to meet a portion of their light-duty vehicle acquisitions with alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs). EPAct further requires fuel providers to use alternative fuels in their AFVs.

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The Ann Arbor Area Clean Cities Coalition

Founded in 1999, AACC is one of approximately 80 Clean Cities Coalitions that can be found throughout the country. The AACC offices are housed at Ann Arbor City Hall with local program coordination and support provided by the municipal government. The Coalition provides a forum for members to share information, leverage their resources, develop joint projects, collaborate on public policy issues, and promote AFVs in our community.

In the past six years of effort, we have put over 1,850 vehicles on the roads in Washtenaw County that use alternate fuels and distributed over $500,000 in federal grant funds.

For a detailed look at our history and accomplishments, click here.

Coalition Members

City of Ann Arbor
U.S. Department of Energy
Michigan Dept. of Labor and Economic Growth - Energy Office
Ann Arbor Transportation Authority
University of Michigan
DTE Energy
Washtenaw County Government
Ann Arbor Public Schools
Ecology Center
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Sellers Truck Center
Wacker Oil
Washtenaw County Road Commission
Swedish Engineering
RKA Petroleum Companies
1-800-GOT-JUNK?
Cummins Bridgeway
NextDiesel
RRSI

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