The Yellowstone-Teton Clean Energy Coalition works with a variety of fleets in the Greater Yellowstone Area seeking to reduce their petroleum consumption. From municipalities to power companies to local businesses, everyone can benefit from taking steps to clean their air and reduce their fuel bills. Here are a select group of stand-out fleets that are driving forward in the right direction.
Fleet Spotlight
Idaho National Laboratory
INL uses nearly 400 on/off road vehicles, and have both light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles running on biodiesel.
Preferred Winter Blend: B10
Preferred Summer Blend: B20
Annual Usage of B100: 100,000 gallons
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
JHMR has approximately 25 seasonal, off-road vehicles running on biodiesel, including snowcats.
Prefered Winter Blend: B5
Preferred Summer Blend: B10/B20
Annual Usage of B100: 6,000 gallons
Grand Targhee Resort
Grand Targhee Resort has a resort wide no-idling policy and has committed to providing public transportation for 70% of employees and 30% of skiers. They are also looking to retrofit a resort bus to enable it to run on waste veggie oil.
Grand Teton National Park
GTNP has 30 offroad vehicles and 32 onroad vehicles running on biodiesel.
Prefered Winter Blend: B20
Preferred Summer Blend: B20
Annual Usage of B100: 6,454 gallons
START Bus
The Jackson, WY START bus system runs diesel-hybrid buses, as well as stringently managing idle times, training drivers in efficient driving techniques, designing efficient routes and picking up as many passengers as possible in effort to reduce petroleum consumption.
Wyoming Landscape Maintenance
WLM has a company-wide Idle-Reduction policy, and purchased 2 hybrid vehicles in spring 2011 to replace 1/2 ton pick-up trucks.
Idaho Falls Power
Idaho Falls Power has four plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Silver Star Wireless
Silver Star Wireless has implemented an Idle-Reduction policy.