9.2 Alternative Fueled Vehicle Program

The U.S. Congress passed the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) in 1992. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuel Transportation Program was codified in 10 CFR Part 490. State agencies must determine if their fleet is covered by these provisions and take certain steps to comply if the agency fleet is covered. 

EPAct Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) requirements apply if the agency owns, operates, leases, or otherwise controls 50 or more Light Duty Vehicles (LDVs) in the United States that are not on the list of excluded vehicles. 

Excluded vehicles include: • Law enforcement vehicles 

• Emergency vehicles, including vehicles directly used in the emergency repair of transmission lines and in the restoration of electricity service following power outages
• Non-road vehicles
• Vehicles that, when not in use, are normally parked at the personal residences of the individuals who usually operate them, rather than at a central refueling, maintenance, or business location. (e.g. MV-1 Overnight Assigned vehicles) 

Twenty of these 50 LDVs are used primarily within any consolidated metropolitan statistical area in Georgia as shown below:

GEORGIA METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS COVERED BY EPACT