ColumbiaWillamette Clean Cities

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• Columbia-Willamette Clean Cities
• Recent Accomplishments Future Goals
• Rick Wallace
• National Coordinator Retreat
• Mammoth Cave, KY
• September 25, 2007

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Coalition Status and Sustainability

• Current Status
• 40 of time to Coalition
• 60 lead for biofuels, alternative fuels and
  transportation at the Oregon Dept. of Energy.
• Membership Structure / Strategies
• 7 member board. 37 public/private dues paying
  entities with an active contact list of over 350.
  Recruiting done by e-mail, phone, presentations
  and web-site. 5 tier dues structure (25 to
  3,000)
• Steps to Become Self-Sustaining
• The coalition pays for services, accounting,
  webmaster etc. but does not have a full or part
  time employee.

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City of Portland Legislation

• 3/07 All refuse and recycling carriers must use
  B20
• As of 8/15/07 all diesel fuel dispensed by
  retailers within the City of Portland must
  contain 5 biodiesel (B5)
• Beginning 11/1/07 all gasoline dispensed by
  retailers must have a minimum 10 ethanol.
• Portland Water Dept. diesel vehicles (over 120)
  complete 1 year of running B99 (B50 in winter)
  with very little problems.
• Champions Commissioner Randy Leonard Jennifer
  Porter Office of Sustainable Development, CWCC
  President

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State Legislation

• Biofuel feedstock incentive .05 / lb
• Virgin oil or alcohol delivered for production in
  Oregon from Oregon-based feedstock .10/gal
• Increased BETC for capital investment in
  renewable production and distribution facilities
  - 20 million cap at 50 of eligible costs.
• Consumer credit - 0.50 / gal up to 400 gal for
  B99 E85 per vehicle.

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State Legislation - RFS

• When capacity of ethanol production facilities in
  Oregon reach 40 million gal/yr, an E10 RFS for
  gasoline will be mandated.
• When production of biodiesel from regional
  feedstock reaches 5 million gal/yr a B2 blend of
  biodiesel will be mandated.
• When production of biodiesel from regional
  feedstock reaches 15 million gal/yr a B5 blend of
  biodiesel will be mandated.

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Significant/Noteworthy Vehicle Projects

• Tidewater Shaver tugboat projects - 285,882
  gal/yr savings of 2 diesel
• Truck efficiency projects 640 trucks pre-certed
  so far for an annual fuel savings of 850,000 gal.
• Two ShurePower and two IdleAire TSE projects.
• 100,000 EPA grant to support TSE
  implementation.

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Significant/Noteworthy
Fueling Infrastructure Projects

• Pacific Ethanol 40 million gal/yr ethanol plant
  
• Cascade Grains 113 million gal/yr ethanol plant
• SeQuential Pacific Biofuels Expansion to 5
  million gal/yr biodiesel plant
• Green Fuels Oregon 1 million gal/yr biodiesel
  plant.
• Six small processors, three include schools.
• Four racks or blending facilities.

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Significant/Noteworthy
Coalition Outreach Activities

• Biofuel locator on website.
• Advancing Biofuels in the NW Workshop - June
• Oregon Biodiesel Quality Workshop Sept.
• Several stories in regional media.
• PSA
• E85 postcard

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Lessons Learned

• Make partnerships with entities that have some
  stake in the goal Describe new or creative ideas
  that furthered the goals of the coalition (i.e.
  funding, membership, outreach, project
  partnerships, regional partnerships, etc.) which
  may be duplicated by other coalitions.
• Describe activities that didnt turn out as
  anticipated and what you learned from the
  experience.

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Goals for 2007 Beyond

• Re-design of web-site, coordinate with update at
  ODOE site.
• Recruit new members and hold existing members.
• andDescribe new or creative ideas to further the
  goals of the coalition (i.e. funding, membership,
  outreach, project partnerships, regional
  partnerships, etc.) which may be duplicated by
  other coalitions.