Mar
26
Mr. NGV goes to Washington
This week the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing entitled, “Opportunities to Improve Energy Security and the Environment through Transportation Policy.”
As part of the discussion, the Committee invited the President of Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) to testify about how natural gas vehicles could be part of the solution.
Two pieces of natural gas vehicle legislation were discussed. S.1809 , the Streamline Vehicles Conversion Act, would help streamline the EPA emissions certification process for after-market conversion systems. NGVA President Richard Kolodziej said, “If passed, this bill would result in the availability of more systems for converting gasoline vehicles to run on natural gas, and they’d be less expensive.”
Kolodziej also spoke on S.1408, the NAT GAS Act, which would extend and expand incentives for natural gas vehicle conversions and infrastructure. Both bills also have House companions.
Very cool to see NGVs getting this type of attention on the Hill!
You can watch the full hearing here. You can read the statement of President of NGVAmerica, Rich Kolodziej, here.
What types of incentives do you think are necesary to spur increased use of NGVs?
