WASHINGTON --- Three individuals and three organizations were honored today by the natural gas vehicle industry for their efforts to advance the development of natural gas vehicles in the United States. The 2010 National NGV Achievement Awards were presented by NGVAmerica and the Clean Vehicle Education Foundation, two organizations dedicated to increasing the use of natural gas vehicles to improve air quality, lessening dependence on foreign oil and reducing fleet operator costs.
The NGV Achievement Awards are presented at the associations’ joint Natural Gas Vehicle Summit-Conference, which brings together industry leaders from across the country. This is the 18th year for the awards.
The 2010 award winners are:
• Verizon, which will add 501 CNG cargo vans to its fleet of vehicles this year. The company, which is based in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers.
• Choice Environmental Services of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for its efforts as a small independent company to implement the first natural gas vehicle refuse fleet of 11 trucks in Florida. Choice is a residential, commercial, institutional and industrial provider of solid waste and recycling services, serving the community of South Florida.
• The Los Angeles Unified School District in California for its commitment to the greening of its school bus fleet. With the help of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the district has purchased 260 new natural gas powered school buses, making it the largest fleet of natural gas school buses in the country.
• Oklahoma Speaker of the House Chris Benge, for his leadership in advancing the development of natural gas vehicles in Oklahoma. Through his leadership, Oklahoma recently passed the Oklahoma Energy Security Act, which establishes the goal of having at least one public CNG station every 100 miles by 2015.
• Joseph Noorlag, Vice President –Operations Support, West Region, for Republic Services, Inc., for his efforts this year in deploying 226 refuse vehicles at 10 facilities from California to Washington. Republic, which is based in Phoenix, is a leading provider of services in the domestic solid waste industry. The company provides services through 400 collection companies in 40 states and Puerto Rico and operates 242 transfer stations, 213 sold waste landfills and 78 recycling centers.
• Ron Gulmi, Manager, Product Management-Transportation, for National Grid, for his long-time commitment to advancing the growth of natural gas vehicles throughout the Northeast. National Grid is an international electricity and gas company with U.S. offices in New York, where it transports natural gas to more than 3.4 million customers in New England and New York.
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