Last chance to register for the 2023 Drive Clean Indiana Annual Conference & Expo which will be held on August 23rd at Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City, IN! This must-attend event includes indoor vehicle displays, two exhibit halls, breakout sessions, a networking reception (8/22), and our annual awards ceremony.

Discover the numerous benefits of attending Drive Clean Indiana's annual conference and expo:

• Connect with industry professionals, policymakers, and stakeholders, expanding your network.
• Stay informed about the latest advancements and best practices in clean transportation.
• Enhance your professional development through engaging workshops and sessions.
• Explore industry exhibits showcasing cutting-edge technologies and innovative products.
• Gain valuable insights into clean transportation policies and regulations.
• Discover collaboration and partnership opportunities within the clean transportation sector.
• Get inspired by successful projects and initiatives driving clean transportation.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest developments and trends in the industry.
• Influence and advocate for sustainable solutions, making a positive impact.
• Ignite your passion and motivation to contribute towards a greener future.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to experience these benefits firsthand at Drive Clean Indiana's annual conference and expo. Join us and be part of the clean transportation revolution!

Become a sponsor or exhibitor: Take the opportunity to get your brand in front of the top decision-makers in the industry.

Click here to secure your registration or sponsorship today!

The Indiana Clean School Bus Consortium In-Person Meeting will be conducting an IN-PERSON meeting at 1:30 pm at the Drive Clean Indiana 2023 Annual Conference at the Blue-Chip Casino, Stardust Event Center 777 Blue Chip Drive, Michigan City Indiana on August 23, 2023.

Agenda

1:30 p.m.

• Welcome -Indiana Clean School Bus Consortium
• USEPA -Updates and overview of USEPA Clean School Bus Grant and upcoming opportunities

Topics will feature a discussion on alternative fuels, electrification, funding, opportunities to reduce diesel emissions, environmental justice, and more!

This meeting will feature speakers on a variety of topics including electrification, alternative fuels, funding for projects that reduce diesel emissions, environmental justice, and more!

Register for the DCI conference to attend this meeting!

Join us for Drive Clean Indiana's 11th Annual Clean Air Golf Outing, which will be held on September 19, 2023 from 9 am - 5 pm CST. One of our most popular events of the year, it will feature all of the activities our annual golf outing is known for - fun on the links, delicious meals, cocktails, raffles, on-course contests, networking and more! We'll be back at the beautiful White Hawk Country Club, 1001 White Hawk Drive in Crown Point, Indiana. Not a golfer? Not a problem! Register to join us for dinner! See you there! Registration includes green & cart fee, lunch, dinner, on-course beverages, two raffle entries, on-course contests and much more.

Sponsorship Opportunity

Become a sponsor & get your brand in front of the top decision-makers in the industry. Higher sponsorship levels yield greater perks and multiple sponsorship levels are available.

Donate Raffle Items

We are seeking donations of items for our raffle. Popular items include beer- and wine-themed baskets, sports-themed packages, tickets to sporting events, golf-related equipment, hotel stays/getaways and family-themed packages. Contact Megan Martin by phone at (219) 644-3690 or via email for details!

More Information & Registration

A new interactive tool that highlights data and trends in the types of vehicles Hoosiers drive is now available. The Indiana Vehicle Fuel Dashboard is designed to shed light on alternative fueling trends in transportation throughout the state.

Roughly 6.5 million cars, trucks, motorcycles, and recreational vehicles are registered each year in the State of Indiana through the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV). This tool allows users to see how many are powered by gas, diesel, and electric, among others.

In 2018, there were 76,000 electric and electric hybrid vehicles in the state. That number increased to nearly 125,000 by 2022.

“The fuels Hoosiers are choosing for their transportation needs are diversifying,” said Ryan Hadley, Executive Director for the Indiana Office of Energy Development (OED). “The Indiana Vehicle Fuel Dashboard puts the data directly in the hands of citizens and businesses to see how vehicle adoption trends has and will continue to change.”

In addition to electric, other alternative fuels include ethanol, propane, compressed natural gas, and hydrogen. The Dashboard allows users to filter by county, fuel type, and type of vehicle.

"The BMV has heard from a number of Hoosiers they want to see this type of data and we are glad to work with key partners to provide the information,” noted Joe Hoage, Commissioner of the Indiana BMV. “The dashboard creates an insightful view of vehicles registered in Indiana. The efficiency it provides will serve many looking to utilize this data both in and outside of Indiana."

The Indiana Vehicle Fuel Dashboard was developed in collaboration with Indiana Office of Energy Development (OED), Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), and Indiana Management Performance Hub (MPH) with support from Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC).

“The Indiana Management Performance Hub is always excited to tackle Indiana’s complex problems by bringing the right data to the right people for the right mission,” Indiana Chief Data Officer Josh Martin said. Martin also serves as the Executive Director at MPH. “This dashboard is another example of how MPH is helping the State use the best tools and technologies to analyze and visualize data to create sufficient information for intelligent public policy.”

To check out the Indiana Vehicle Fuel Dashboard, visit www.in.gov/oed/resources-and-information-center/vehicle-fuel-dashboard/.

Michigan City Sanitary District (MCSAN) serves over 32,000 residents and is responsible for the construction and maintenance of all sanitary sewers within the City. Additionally, MCSAN also maintains the catch basins, the treatment and processing all waters withing the collection systems, and refuse collection for the City.

As part of a long-term vision to address air quality and realize cost-effectiveness in their collection services, MCSAN began transitioning their fleet in 2014 to compressed natural gas. MCSAN is committed to this transition through the experience it had with past demonstrations and peer interaction from both an efficiency and fuel savings standpoint. Additionally, MCSAN’s leadership in clean fuels, helped Michigan City Area School’s transition to propane school buses. Starting off 2023 with a total of 15 CNG vehicles in it’s, MCSAN continues to reduce it’s carbon footprint. Just this year alone,

MCSAN two delivery of two new CNG automated side loaders from Best Equipment.

MCSAN recently completed a Green Fleet Audit with DCI to prepare for funding opportunities. As a result, MCSAN worked with DCI to apply for grant funding from NIRPC and was awarded almost $1.3 for six CNG replacement projects between 2025 and 2028. MCSAN continues to be an Environmental Justice leader by reducing its carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions for the City of Michigan City.

We are excited to announce the launch of our latest renewable natural gas (RNG) facility, Twin Bridges RNG. Located in Danville, Indiana, this state-of-the-art RNG plant captures landfill gas from Twin Bridges Landfill and is projected to add approximately 1.5 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of RNG capacity annually.

Twin Bridges RNG is the first of three new RNG plants in service in Indiana. The additional two RNG plants are located at the Liberty Landfill in Monticello and the Prairie View Landfill in Wyatt. In total, these three RNG plants are projected to add approximately 3.9 Bcf of RNG capacity each year. When used as a transportation fuel, the RNG generated from these plants could displace approximately 28 million gallons of diesel a year, lowering greenhouse gas emissions by about 280,000 tons.

As a leading RNG developer, we continue to partner with landfills to capture landfill gas and convert the methane to RNG, renewable electricity or medium-Btu energy. As we continue to expand the supply of RNG, our vertically-integrated approach enables us to efficiently collaborate with organizations aiming to reduce emissions and accelerate their utilization of renewable energy.

Learn more about our Twin Bridges RNG plant and how we can help you reduce emissions while increasing revenue at your landfill.



To learn how RNG can help reduce your environmental impact and to inquire about our available supply of RNG, send us a note.

Palmer Trucks is the newest Platinum member of Drive Clean Indiana and has been a leader and partner by deploying CNG trucks across the Midwest. As more and more heavy duty fleets are transitioning to CNG/LNG and electric, Palmer Trucks is a trusted partner for fleets of every size. Palmer Trucks is a full-service Kenworth dealership network serving Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois with a comprehensive package of products and services. As a family-owned business with more than a half-century history of growth and success, Palmer Trucks has grown to a team of more than 600 individuals. With more than 32 million trucks on U.S. highways and interstates at any given time, a paramount need exists to keep the industry moving forward – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

They maintain a commitment to forming authentic and valuable connections through fulfilling the industry’s unique, time-sensitive needs as a trusted partner. They accomplish this by providing products and services of the highest quality and value - personalized for their customers.



Because of this philosophy, they develop and nurture long-term, valuable relationships with their partners. The Palmer Trucks team has the utmost privilege and gratitude of doing business, and these core values are what keep customers returning year-after-year, and are what have kept them on the Road Since 1965. You can reach Palmer Trucks at 1-888-920-0435.

Drive Clean Indidna was at The Steel Yard for Partners for Clean Air Day with the Gary SouthShore RailCats on August 13, 2023.

Congratulations to the bike giveaway winners and kudos to the Gary SouthShore RailCats for their 1-0 victory over the Kane County Cougars!

Attention current & previous EV owners!

Assist with a Purdue University & Indiana Department of Transportation study today and share your EV knowledge with them.

Drive Clean Indiana and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invite you to the 2023 Clean Cities Stakeholder Summit in celebration of the Clean Cities Coalition Network’s 30^th anniversary. The summit will bring together partners from across Clean Cities, including coalition leaders and stakeholders, DOE representatives, and national laboratory staff. 

Event Details:

• Date: Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023
• Location: Hilton McLean Tysons Corner (7920 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA)

Register by 8/25!

It's Electric! Congratulations to GPTC on the delivery of the Four All-Electric Transit Buses for GPTC's BMX! This transformational project will reduce over 270,000 gallons diesel and 3,143 short tons of CO2 in Lake County!

Carl Lisek of Drive Clean Indiana, with which GPTC worked closely to acquire the buses, was in attendance for the unveiling. Drive Clean Indiana was proud to work with project partners Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, City of Gary Office of Sustainability and Environmental Affairs, Cummins Inc, GILLIG, ChargePoint, Continental Electric, NIPSCO, Senator Todd Young, Senator Mike Braun, and Senator Eddie Melton.

Featured Fuel: Electricity



Electricity can be used to power all-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles directly from the power grid. Vehicles running on electricity produce no tailpipe emissions. The only emissions that can be attributed to electric vehicles are those generated in the production process at the power plant. The electric grid is an easily accessible driving energy.

Electricity used to power vehicles is generally provided by the electricity grid and stored in the vehicle’s batteries. Fuel cells are being explored as a way to use electricity generated on board the vehicle to power electric motors. Unlike batteries, fuel cells convert chemical energy from hydrogen into electricity. Home recharging of electric vehicles (EVs) is as simple as plugging them into an electric outlet. Electricity fueling costs for electric vehicles are reasonable compared to gasoline, especially if consumers take advantage of off-peak rates. However, electricity costs vary across the U.S. depending on location, type of generation, time of use and access point (home, business, etc). Many states have public access electric outlets at libraries, shopping center, hospitals and businesses.

Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and all electric vehicles (EVs)  use  electricity either as their primary fuel or to improve the efficiency of conventional vehicle designs. HEVs are powered by an internal combustion engine or other propulsion source that runs on conventional or alternative fuel and an electric motor that uses energy stored in a battery. The battery is charged through regenerative braking and by the internal combustion engine and is not plugged in to charge.

Consumers seeking information about plug-in electric and hybrid vehicles can check out a vehicle purchase guidance tool created by Argonne National Laboratory, the EVolution Tool. Plug-in hybrids and all-electric vehicles qualify for a $2,500 to $7,500 federal tax credit.