Clean Energy Fuels Gets LA Bus Fueling Contract‎-

Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) recently announced a new 10-year contract with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority. Per contract terms, Clean Energy Fuels will refurbish and upgrade CNG station compressor equipment for LA Metro’s Los Angeles Central and South Bay divisions. The company will also operate and maintain the updated equipment. Clean Energy Fuels said it intends to provide more than 9 million gallons of gas per year under the new contract. It said METRO will support the upgrades from the Reinvestment Act stimulus fund. In a press release, James Harger – Clean Energy Fuels’ Chief Marketing Officer, commented on the new agreement: “We are pleased to be selected by METRO and expand our working relationship with them to support their operation of the nation’s largest clean-air bus fleet. They are the clear leader today among U.S. transit operators that are taking accelerated action to operate their bus fleets on clean-burning CNG. Across America, Clean Energy is partnering with many major public transit agencies and their service providers to fuel over 5,000 buses, and to help them implement and expand their clean-fuel programs.”