News

August 26, 2003

Clean Energy and Its Customers Receive $2.87 Million
In Grants from Varied Federal, State and Local Agencies

— Funds Will Support Fueling Station Development and Natural Gas Vehicle Deployment in California, Arizona, Texas and Colorado —

Seal Beach, California (August 26, 2003) — Clean Energy, North America’s leader in clean transportation (formerly ENRG), and its customers have been awarded a total of $2.87 million in grants from varied federal, state and local agencies to support fueling station development and natural gas vehicle deployment in California, Arizona, Texas and Colorado.

“A critical task in our mission to help fuel a cleaner America is to build out the fueling station infrastructure in heavily populated areas to enable natural gas vehicle owners to obtain fuel conveniently,” said Andrew Littlefair, Clean Energy president and CEO. “These grants will help make a difference in natural gas fuel availability, as well as help deploy additional natural gas vehicles.”

Through partnerships with the California Energy Commission, Arizona Department of Commerce, Texas State Conservation Office, and Colorado Office of Energy Management and Conservation, Clean Energy and its customers were awarded grant funds totaling $1,622,000 in a competitive program sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE). With the combination of Clean Energy’s capital and this funding support, Clean Energy will construct four new public access, compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations.
Additionally, its customers will deploy over 330 natural gas vehicles.

Clean Energy submitted a total of 17 grant applications to the states of California, Arizona, Texas and Colorado and funding was awarded for 14 projects. Projects were supported by the Denver Metro Clean Cities Coalition, Northwest Riverside County Clean Cities Coalition, Southern California Association of Governments' Clean Cities Coalition, Valley of the Sun Clean Cities Coalition, DFW Clean Cities Coalition, Tucson Regional Clean Cities Coalition, San Francisco Clean Cities Coalition, and the Coachella Valley Clean Cities Coalition, Ford Motor Co., Time Warner Cable and XRT.

Additionally, Clean Energy received a $1,250,000 grant from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to help construct five CNG/LNG fueling stations in Southern California. The stations include a CNG fueling station at Palm Springs International Airport to provide increased support for the growing number of CNG-fueled vehicles in the Coachella Valley. The Coachella Valley is one of the top regions in the country implementing clean-air vehicle programs due to the leadership of its regional transportation group, SunLine Transit, and to Clean Energy’s participation. Other new stations in Canoga Park, West Hollywood and at Ontario International Airport will expand availability of fueling locations for local users. In San Bernardino, Clean Energy will construct a new LNG fueling station to service heavy-duty vehicles operating on the Interstate Clean Transportation Corridor.

—— Clean Energy (formerly ENRG) is the largest provider of vehicular natural gas (CNG and LNG) in North America with a broad customer base in the refuse, transit, shuttle, taxi, police, intrastate and interstate trucking, airport and municipal fleet markets with tens of thousands of vehicles fueling at more than 150 locations in the United States and Canada. Customers include Los Angeles International Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, SuperShuttle, SunLine Transit, Foothill Transit, Waste Management, Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport, SYSCO Foods, Ft. Worth Transportation Agency, Denver International Airport, Denver RTD, MTDB of San Diego, LaGuardia Airport, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, and the US Navy. The company partners with Ford Motor Company to help expand its market share of natural gas vehicles. Clean Energy is a private company whose major shareholders include Boone Pickens, Terasen Inc. (formerly BC Gas Inc., TSE: TER.TO), Westport Innovations Inc. (TSE: WPT.TO) and Perseus 2000 LLC. Information at: www.cleanenergyfuels.com