2005 Clean Cities Beyond a Billion Events

Clean Cities coalitions across the country held alternative fuel events the week of October 14, 2005, to celebrate displacing more than a billion gallons of petroleum, which is enough to fuel 2 million cars for a year. Below are photos of many of the events held across the nation.

Land of Enchantment Clean Cities Coalition

The below photos are from the Border Energy Conference where Frank Burcham, clean cities coordinator, announced the event to roughly 250 people attending the 10 state (4 US States and 6 Mexican States along the US/Mexico Border). The other two photos showcased the E85/E10/B20 station event Friday morning where NM Cabinet Secretary Joanna Prukop and Texas State Land Commissioner Jerry Paterson made presentations.

St. Louis Regional Clean Cities

Thirteen vehicles were displayed. The pumping of the billionth gallon was great. Mayor Patricia M. York of St. Charles pump fuel.

Clean Cities of Middle Tennessee (CCMT)

"This event was designed to celebrate Clean Cities efforts across the country and show citizens here in Middle Tennessee what alternative fuel options are available to them right now." said CCMT Director Dave Pelton.

About 200 people attended the press conference and car show at Centennial Park in downtown Nashville. Media coverage was very good. Local ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox television covered the event, as well as the Tennessean, the Clean Air News Network, WSM radio and Air Care. The event began at 10:30am and the car show ended at 1:30pm.

Speakers included: Joe Barker, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development; Brian Hensley, State Energy Office; Alan Jones, State Department of Transportation; and Dave Pelton, Clean Cities of Middle Tennessee.

Palmetto State Clean Fuels

The Spinx Co., Inc. celebrated Beyond a Billion Gallon and the opening of the E85 facility by offering E85 for $1.85 all day at all twelve of their sites.
United Energy Distributors, Inc. hosted an event at their biofuels facility in Aiken. SC Senator Thomas Moore spoke on the importance of biofuels to SC.
United Energy also announced the grand opening of United Energy West in Columbia, SC at 2470 Fish Hatchery Road in West Columbia.
City of Rock Hill was awarded a Clean Air Award by the Energy Resource Center at York Technical College for their use of alternative fuels. The City will use a Special Projects Clean Cities grant to install E85 fueling infrastructure.
Andy Thomas Show broadcast from SC State Fair. 3 hours of biofuels information! E85 was the focus of the show.

Spinx Digital Sign which indicated that the station sold E85 it was selling for $1.85 all day. E85 will stay.

Mr. Jan Smoak SCDHEC, Mr. Mitch Perkins, SC Energy Office (with can) and SC Comm of Ag Hugh Weathers.

Andy Thomas Show--Andy Thomas (red shirt); Mike McMenamin/Gervais Street Exxon (green shirt), Columbia, SC's first public E85 station owner; Comm Weathers (light blue shirt on left).

Twin Cities

The Twin Cities Clean Cities Coalition and MN E85 Project celebrated Beyond a Billion with three events.
Community Coop Oil Cenex of Faribault featured a live radio broadcast and interviews from 11:30am to 2pm. E85 customers were entered to win a $50 E85 fuel card. New Prague Market Place offered a 40 cent per gallon discount on E85 and $2 off a fill up of B2 from 2pm to 7pm. Promotion for these events included newspaper and radio advertising and direct mail postcards.

The first 5,000 fans at the Gopher Men's Hockey game received an E85 Minnesota Mojo cheering noodle. The event also included two E85 vehicles and banners displayed at the entrance of Mariucci arena, E85 banners hung inside on each side of the scoreboard, three Beyond a Billion and E85 20 second announcements, E85 logo on the big screen, two FFV owner winners of $25 E85 fuel cards, E85 Minnesota Mojo dasherboard and program ad.

Central Ohio Clean Fuels Coalition

At 9 a.m. on October 14, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman joined Central Ohio Clean Fuels Coalition and many of our members at the Royalty Enterprises Compressed Natural Gas Station in Columbus to celebrate over one billion gallons of petroleum saved by alternative fuels. The coalition pumped the symbolic one billionth gallon saved and displayed several alternative fuel vehicles, including a beautiful new Chevy Tahoe FFV.

Middle Georgia Clean Cities Coalition

This event convened the region’s community of alternative fuel vehicle users and advocates, while displaying a cross-section of non-polluting and low emission vehicles. Among many other AFV displays, General Motors had an E85 Avalanche as our ceremonial "Beyond A Billion" vehicle. Middle Georgia is progressively pursing ethanol as one of the fuels of choice for our region.

The alternative vehicles on display demonstrated some of the ways we can reduce our dependency on imported oil, while also making the important connection between public health and air quality. The vehicles included those powered by CNG (compressed natural gas), electricity (from batteries), Propane (LPG), Ethanol and Biodiesel, fuels derived from agricultural products. The display also included “a hybrid from the fleet of Flint Energies,” vehicles which run on gasoline but use it more efficiently by generating electricity to power the wheels.

It was a great event that had elected officials, fleet managers, fuel providers, procurement officers, the community at large, our youth, and other clean air advocates learning how we can be a "alternative fuels community".

Central Oklahoma Clean Cities

Central Oklahoma Clean Cities helped pump the nation's billionth gallon of alternative fuel on Friday, October 14 at the Oklahoma Dept. of Transportation Central Garage and fueling facility. More than 75 Clean Cities stakeholders were present along with both print and broadcast media. Central Oklahoma's Beyond a Billion event was covered by local CBS, Public Broadcasting and Fox News affiliates, as well as Oklahoma City's Journal Record newspaper and OKC Business newspaper.

Altfuel vehicles and fuel providers for ethanol, biodiesel, natural gas, propane and electric power were on hand.

Event speakers included Oklahoma's Secretary of Energy David Fleischaker and Secretary of the Environment C. Miles Tolbert. Also speaking were Mr. Vaughn Clark, director, Community Development, Oklahoma Dept. of Commerce; Mr. Rick Maloney, director, Market Development, Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture; Mr. Terry Detrick, vice president, Oklahoma Farmers Union; Mr. Mike Maly, administration facilities manager, Chaparral Energy LLC; Mr. Kent Powell, vice president and CEO, Redland Industries, Inc.; and Mr. Gary Ridley, director, Oklahoma Dept. of Transportation.

Oklahoma oil and natural gas producer Chaparral Energy and Oklahoma Farmers Union are building a joint venture, 50-million gallon ethanol facility in Enid, Oklahoma. At the podium Mike Maly, Chaparral Energy administrative facilities manager, and Terry Detrick, OFU vice president, address Central Oklahoma Clean Cities celebrants at the October 14 Beyond a Billion Gallon event.

Wisconsin Clean Cities - Southeast Area

The National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition joined more than 100 other persons and local dignitaries to dedicate the grand opening of another new ReNew 85 Station. The second Utica Renew E85 location is at 5724 Green Valley Court in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Paul Olson, Chairman of Utica Energy and ReNew, commented on the new station by talking about the opportunities that were presented by growing corn in the region, producing ethanol in the region, and selling the finished product in the region. Paul also noted that the local BP station across the highway from the ReNew facility, had lowered the price of their products to be able to compete with the new site.

According to Olson, Utica Energy and ReNew plan on opening 98 additional E85 fueling locations across Wisconsin by Thanksgiving of 2006.

State of Iowa Clean Cities

On Friday, October 14, several fuel retailers across Iowa celebrated grand opening events in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Beyond a Billion event. The nation celebrated one billion gallons of petroleum being displaced through the efforts of Clean Cities Coalitions across the country. Over 3,000 gallons of E85 were pumped at the new E85 stations on Friday and hundreds of people were educated about E85 and flexible fuel vehicles, vehicles capable of running on E85. With the addition of these new stations, Iowa now has 21 stations pumping E85. A year ago, there were only 10 E85 stations located in Iowa. Through the efforts of the Iowa E85 Team and the NEVC, we’ve over doubled that number.

The Pro Cooperative Cenex of Pocahontas celebrated their grand opening event from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. They offered E85 for $1.85 a gallon from. Pocahontas Ford and Humboldt Motors displayed flexible fuel vehicles, vehicles capable of burning E85. Pro Cooperative Cenex is located at 101 North Main in Pocahontas.

The Linn County Coop Oil of Marion celebrated their grand opening event from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. E85 was offered for 85¢ off a gallon. Flexible fuel vehicles were also on display. Linn County Coop Oil is located at 325 35th Street in Marion

The Five Star Coop of New Hampton celebrated their grand opening event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. They offered E85 for 85¢ per gallon. The Chickasaw County Pork Producers grilled and served pork burgers. Local auto dealers provided flexible fuel vehicles for display. Congressman Nussle was at Five Star Coop pumping E85 and promoting renewable fuels from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

2005 Clean Cities Beyond a Billion Events Clean Cities coalitions across the country held alternative fuel events the week of October 14, 2005, to celebrate displacing more than a billion gallons of petroleum, which is enough to fuel 2 million cars for a year. Below are photos of many of the events held across the nation.

Land of Enchantment Clean Cities Coalition The below photos are from the Border Energy Conference where Frank Burcham, clean cities coordinator, announced the event to roughly 250 people attending the 10 state (4 US States and 6 Mexican States along the US/Mexico Border). The other two photos showcased the E85/E10/B20 station event Friday morning where NM Cabinet Secretary Joanna Prukop and Texas State Land Commissioner Jerry Paterson made presentations.


St. Louis Regional Clean Cities Thirteen vehicles were displayed. The pumping of the billionth gallon was great. Mayor Patricia M. York of St. Charles pump fuel.


Clean Cities of Middle Tennessee (CCMT) "This event was designed to celebrate Clean Cities efforts across the country and show citizens here in Middle Tennessee what alternative fuel options are available to them right now." said CCMT Director Dave Pelton. About 200 people attended the press conference and car show at Centennial Park in downtown Nashville. Media coverage was very good. Local ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox television covered the event, as well as the Tennessean, the Clean Air News Network, WSM radio and Air Care. The event began at 10:30am and the car show ended at 1:30pm. Speakers included: Joe Barker, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development; Brian Hensley, State Energy Office; Alan Jones, State Department of Transportation; and Dave Pelton, Clean Cities of Middle Tennessee.


Palmetto State Clean Fuels The Spinx Co., Inc. celebrated Beyond a Billion Gallon and the opening of the E85 facility by offering E85 for $1.85 all day at all twelve of their sites. United Energy Distributors, Inc. hosted an event at their biofuels facility in Aiken. SC Senator Thomas Moore spoke on the importance of biofuels to SC. United Energy also announced the grand opening of United Energy West in Columbia, SC at 2470 Fish Hatchery Road in West Columbia. City of Rock Hill was awarded a Clean Air Award by the Energy Resource Center at York Technical College for their use of alternative fuels. The City will use a Special Projects Clean Cities grant to install E85 fueling infrastructure. Andy Thomas Show broadcast from SC State Fair. 3 hours of biofuels information! E85 was the focus of the show.
Spinx Digital Sign which indicated that the station sold E85 it was selling for $1.85 all day. E85 will stay.	Mr. Jan Smoak SCDHEC, Mr. Mitch Perkins, SC Energy Office (with can) and SC Comm of Ag Hugh Weathers.	Andy Thomas Show--Andy Thomas (red shirt); Mike McMenamin/Gervais Street Exxon (green shirt), Columbia, SC's first public E85 station owner; Comm Weathers (light blue shirt on left).

Twin Cities The Twin Cities Clean Cities Coalition and MN E85 Project celebrated Beyond a Billion with three events. Community Coop Oil Cenex of Faribault featured a live radio broadcast and interviews from 11:30am to 2pm. E85 customers were entered to win a $50 E85 fuel card. New Prague Market Place offered a 40 cent per gallon discount on E85 and $2 off a fill up of B2 from 2pm to 7pm. Promotion for these events included newspaper and radio advertising and direct mail postcards. The first 5,000 fans at the Gopher Men's Hockey game received an E85 Minnesota Mojo cheering noodle. The event also included two E85 vehicles and banners displayed at the entrance of Mariucci arena, E85 banners hung inside on each side of the scoreboard, three Beyond a Billion and E85 20 second announcements, E85 logo on the big screen, two FFV owner winners of $25 E85 fuel cards, E85 Minnesota Mojo dasherboard and program ad.



Central Ohio Clean Fuels Coalition At 9 a.m. on October 14, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman joined Central Ohio Clean Fuels Coalition and many of our members at the Royalty Enterprises Compressed Natural Gas Station in Columbus to celebrate over one billion gallons of petroleum saved by alternative fuels. The coalition pumped the symbolic one billionth gallon saved and displayed several alternative fuel vehicles, including a beautiful new Chevy Tahoe FFV.


Middle Georgia Clean Cities Coalition This event convened the region’s community of alternative fuel vehicle users and advocates, while displaying a cross-section of non-polluting and low emission vehicles. Among many other AFV displays, General Motors had an E85 Avalanche as our ceremonial "Beyond A Billion" vehicle. Middle Georgia is progressively pursing ethanol as one of the fuels of choice for our region. The alternative vehicles on display demonstrated some of the ways we can reduce our dependency on imported oil, while also making the important connection between public health and air quality. The vehicles included those powered by CNG (compressed natural gas), electricity (from batteries), Propane (LPG), Ethanol and Biodiesel, fuels derived from agricultural products. The display also included “a hybrid from the fleet of Flint Energies,” vehicles which run on gasoline but use it more efficiently by generating electricity to power the wheels. It was a great event that had elected officials, fleet managers, fuel providers, procurement officers, the community at large, our youth, and other clean air advocates learning how we can be a "alternative fuels community".



Central Oklahoma Clean Cities Central Oklahoma Clean Cities helped pump the nation's billionth gallon of alternative fuel on Friday, October 14 at the Oklahoma Dept. of Transportation Central Garage and fueling facility. More than 75 Clean Cities stakeholders were present along with both print and broadcast media. Central Oklahoma's Beyond a Billion event was covered by local CBS, Public Broadcasting and Fox News affiliates, as well as Oklahoma City's Journal Record newspaper and OKC Business newspaper. Altfuel vehicles and fuel providers for ethanol, biodiesel, natural gas, propane and electric power were on hand. Event speakers included Oklahoma's Secretary of Energy David Fleischaker and Secretary of the Environment C. Miles Tolbert. Also speaking were Mr. Vaughn Clark, director, Community Development, Oklahoma Dept. of Commerce; Mr. Rick Maloney, director, Market Development, Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture; Mr. Terry Detrick, vice president, Oklahoma Farmers Union; Mr. Mike Maly, administration facilities manager, Chaparral Energy LLC; Mr. Kent Powell, vice president and CEO, Redland Industries, Inc.; and Mr. Gary Ridley, director, Oklahoma Dept. of Transportation.
Oklahoma oil and natural gas producer Chaparral Energy and Oklahoma Farmers Union are building a joint venture, 50-million gallon ethanol facility in Enid, Oklahoma. At the podium Mike Maly, Chaparral Energy administrative facilities manager, and Terry Detrick, OFU vice president, address Central Oklahoma Clean Cities celebrants at the October 14 Beyond a Billion Gallon event.

Wisconsin Clean Cities - Southeast Area The National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition joined more than 100 other persons and local dignitaries to dedicate the grand opening of another new ReNew 85 Station. The second Utica Renew E85 location is at 5724 Green Valley Court in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Paul Olson, Chairman of Utica Energy and ReNew, commented on the new station by talking about the opportunities that were presented by growing corn in the region, producing ethanol in the region, and selling the finished product in the region. Paul also noted that the local BP station across the highway from the ReNew facility, had lowered the price of their products to be able to compete with the new site. According to Olson, Utica Energy and ReNew plan on opening 98 additional E85 fueling locations across Wisconsin by Thanksgiving of 2006.




State of Iowa Clean Cities On Friday, October 14, several fuel retailers across Iowa celebrated grand opening events in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Beyond a Billion event. The nation celebrated one billion gallons of petroleum being displaced through the efforts of Clean Cities Coalitions across the country. Over 3,000 gallons of E85 were pumped at the new E85 stations on Friday and hundreds of people were educated about E85 and flexible fuel vehicles, vehicles capable of running on E85. With the addition of these new stations, Iowa now has 21 stations pumping E85. A year ago, there were only 10 E85 stations located in Iowa. Through the efforts of the Iowa E85 Team and the NEVC, we’ve over doubled that number. The Pro Cooperative Cenex of Pocahontas celebrated their grand opening event from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. They offered E85 for $1.85 a gallon from. Pocahontas Ford and Humboldt Motors displayed flexible fuel vehicles, vehicles capable of burning E85. Pro Cooperative Cenex is located at 101 North Main in Pocahontas. The Linn County Coop Oil of Marion celebrated their grand opening event from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. E85 was offered for 85¢ off a gallon. Flexible fuel vehicles were also on display. Linn County Coop Oil is located at 325 35th Street in Marion The Five Star Coop of New Hampton celebrated their grand opening event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. They offered E85 for 85¢ per gallon. The Chickasaw County Pork Producers grilled and served pork burgers. Local auto dealers provided flexible fuel vehicles for display. Congressman Nussle was at Five Star Coop pumping E85 and promoting renewable fuels from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.