Funded Clean Cities Projects
Clean Cities has awarded more than $300 million to fund hundreds of projects that reduce petroleum use.
Since its inception in 1993, Clean Cities has funded more than 500 transportation projects nationwide through a competitive application process. These projects awards contribute to Clean Cities' primary goal of reducing petroleum use in the U.S. by 2.5 billion gallons per year by 2020.
Some funded Clean Cities projects have included:
- Introduction of all-electric and hybrid electric vehicles into public and private fleets
- Development of E85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline) fueling stations along busy transportation corridors
- Conversion of conventional vehicles to run on natural gas and propane
- Installation of idle-reduction equipment in school buses and tractor trailers.
In addition to Clean Cities project awards, coalitions and stakeholders secure grants and project funding from external funding sources, including from other federal sources and state and local organizations in the private and public sectors.
Leveraging Project Awards
Since 1993, Clean Cities has distributed $366 million in project awards, which have leveraged an additional $740 million in matching funds and in-kind contributions from other sources.
In 2009, Clean Cities distributed 48 project awards totaling $314 million in U.S. Department of Energy funds, $300 million of which were one-time awards from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act projects. Recipients used those funds to leverage an additional $524 million in matching funds and contributions.
In 2011, Clean Cities announced 16 electric vehicle community readiness project awards totaling $8.5 million.
| Year | Proposals | Awards | DOE $ (million) |
Cost Sharea $ (million) |
Total $ (million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 90 | 34 | $2.6 | $18.7 | $21.3 |
| 1999 | 104 | 53 | $3.7 | $11.1 | $14.8 |
| 2000 | 138 | 54 | $3.8 | $23.0 | $26.8 |
| 2001 | 127 | 54 | $4.3 | $10.9 | $15.2 |
| 2002 | 135 | 55 | $4.5 | $21.4 | $25.9 |
| 2003 | 141 | 68 | $5.3 | $29.9 | $35.2 |
| 2004 | 156 | 66 | $5.4 | $37.5 | $42.9 |
| 2005 | 153 | 70 | $5.4 | $35.3 | $40.7 |
| 2006–2008b | 78 | 16 | $8.4 | $26.4 | $34.8 |
| 2009–2010b | 116 | 23 | $13.7 | $17.9 | $31.5 |
| 2011–2012b | 69 | 16 | $8.5 | $1.9 | $10.4 |
| Total | 1,307 | 509 | $65.6 | $234 | $299.5 |
| 2009–2010 (ARRA)b,c | 89 | 25 | $300.0 | $506.4 | $806.4 |
| Grand Total | 1,396 | 534 | $365.6 | $740.4 | $1,105.9 |
Source: NETL regional managers
a Cost share includes both matching funds and in-kind contributions.
b Multiyear project awards: These projects received incremental funding that spanned multiple fiscal year budgets. This chart reflects total project funding.
c One-time funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)