The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved distributing more than $1.5 million for natural gas- and propane-powered bus transportation in the state. Four awards were granted to three bus companies and a Ford dealer in La Puente, CA. They are part of the CEC’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, under which nearly $14 million has been distributed to public- and private-sector fleet operators. Grants were: two to Creative Bus Sales of Chino, CA, ($575,000 each) for five gas-powered mini-buses and the rest for purchasing 28 shuttle buses. The second award, also for $575,000, will go toward five minibuses and another 28 shuttle buses. All the vehicles are powered by natural gas and are either in the light or medium-duty size categories. A third award ($160,000) went to Inglewood, CA-based Nations Bus Corp. to buy 10 each medium- and heavy-duty propane-power shuttle buses. The fourth grant ($228,000) went to Ed Butts Ford Inc. for 10 propane-powered shuttle buses in the medium-duty size category.

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