U.S. Postal Service's Compliance with EPAct
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) requires that 75% of all light-duty
vehicle acquisitions (leases or purchases) be alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs).
Initially, the requirement was set at 25% for fiscal year (FY) 1996, 33% in
FY 1997, 50% in FY 1998, and then 75% for all subsequent years.
The U.S. Postal Service
strives to acquire AFVs whenever they are available to meet their operational
requirements. Consequently, the Postal Service has met or exceeded the EPACT
requirement in eleven out of the last twelve years as shown in the table below.
Most notably, the Postal Service exceeded (by over 14,000 credits) the total
statutory requirement for AFV acquisitions over the past eleven years.
| Fiscal Year | Light-duty
vehicle acquisitions |
Total AFVs and other credits* | USPS
Actual EPAct % |
Required EPAct % | USPS
excess AFV credits* |
Cumulative
excess AFV credits* |
Total
inventory of light-duty AFVs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FY1996 |
10,071 |
2,656
|
26% |
25% |
138 |
138 |
6,748 |
FY1997 |
2,916 |
825 |
28% |
33% |
-137 |
1 |
7,653 |
FY1998 |
12,223 |
10,767 |
88% |
50% |
4,656 |
4,657
|
18,397 |
FY1999 |
13,865 |
13,267 |
96% |
75% |
2,868 |
7,525 |
31,560 |
FY2000 |
2,838 |
2,452 |
86% |
75% |
324 |
7,849 |
33,554 |
FY2001 |
1,405 |
1,189
|
85% |
75% |
135 |
7,984 |
31,110 |
FY2002 |
855 |
641 |
75% |
75% |
0 |
7,984 |
32,001 |
FY2003 |
9,197 |
7,861 |
85% |
75% |
963 |
8,947
|
37,573 |
FY2004 |
1,434 |
1,126 |
79% |
75% |
50 |
8,997 |
36,852 |
FY2005 |
2,302 |
1,387 |
80% |
75% |
112 |
9,109 |
37,618 |
FY2006 |
2,669 |
3,135
|
117% |
75% |
1,134 |
10,243 |
39,816 |
FY2007 |
1,710 |
5,889 |
344% |
75% |
4,179 |
14,422 |
43,563 |
FY2008 |
1,563 |
1,921 |
123%
|
75% |
48
|
14,470 |
46,115
|