History of CACC
Chicago Area Clean Cities (CACC) coalition is a voluntary organization dedicated to encouraging the use of clean fuels and clean vehicle technologies in the Chicago metropolitan area. Clean fuels (such as biodiesel, ethanol, compressed natural gas and propane) and clean vehicle technologies (such as hybrids, idle reduction and advanced fuel economy strategies) help improve air quality and reduce dependence on foreign oil. CACC members represent government, businesses, educational and research institutions, fuel providers, utilities and environmental organizations.
CACC is part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Cities program. CACC is one of eighty-nine Clean Cities coalitions across the country that participate in this program. CACC received its designation as a Clean Cities coalition in 1994 -- the tenth coalition nationwide to do so.
CACC's goal of encouraging the use of clean fuels and clean fuel vehicles in the Chicago metropolitan area is achieved through the following objectives:
Coordinate efforts to obtain funding to implement clean fuel and petroleum displacement projects;
Initiate and support legislation and programs that effectively promote clean fuels, clean fuel vehicles, idle reduction, enhanced fuel economy and other clean technologies;
Develop fueling infrastructure in the Chicago metropolitan area to support a diverse clean fuel market;
Educate the public and regional fleet operators about the operation and benefits of clean fuels, clean fuel vehicles, idle reduction technologies and hybrid-electric vehicles;
Incorporate as many clean fuel vehicles as possible in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Contact CACC for more information about alternative fuels use in the Chicago metropolitan area.
CACC Stakeholders
For more than a decade since its beginning in 1994, the Chicago Area Clean Cities coalition has thrived through the efforts and contributions of its stakeholders. Chicago Area Clean Cites would not be a Top Ten Coalition, as designated by the U.S. Department of Energy, if it were not for this dedication. It is through the teamwork of our stakeholders that we have together reached our current level of success in the Chicago area.
Chicago Area Clean Cities Steering Committee
Chair: Darwin Burkhart, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Coordinator: Samantha Bingham, City of Chicago Department of Environment
Treasurer: Samantha Bingham, City of Chicago Department of Environment
Vice-Chair: John Walton, Advance Fuel Systems
Secretary: Tony Lindsay, Gas Technology Institute
Fleet Representative: Matt Stewart, City of Chicago Department of Fleet Management
Technology Representative: Rich Moore, General Motors
Mary Cruse, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
George Krass, Member-at-large, retired
Jeff Ludwig, Cummins NPower
Chris Lyon, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
John Schwab, Duel Fuel Systems
Rebecca Richardson, Illinois Soybean Association
Chicago Area Clean Cities Members:
Accurate Tank Technologies
Advance Presort Service Leasing
Advantage Chevrolet
American Airlines
American Lung Association of Illinois
ANGI International, LLC
Argonne National Laboratory
Atlas Mid America Energy, Inc.
Autotherm Division, Enthal Systemc, Inc.
Auto Truck, Inc.
Aux Sable
Avalon Petroleum Co., Inc.
Bell Fuels, Inc.
Bill Jacobs Chevrolet
BostonCoach
Chicago Transit Authority
City of Aurora
City of Chicago Department of Environment
City of Chicago Department of Fleet Management
City of Evanston
City of Naperville
Clean Energy Fuels
College of Lake County
Conserv FS
Cook-Illinois Corp.
Cummins NPower
Daily Herald
DaimlerChrysler
Diversified Fleet Services
Engine Control Systems
Fire Em Up, Inc.
F.J. Kerrigan Plumbing Co., Inc.
Ford Motor Company
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Forest Preserve District of Will County
Fox Valley Electric Auto Association
Gas Technology Institute
General Motors Corp.
General Services Administration
Governors State University
Green Transportation Solutions
Growmark, Inc.
Heartland Fuel
Hollub Heating, Inc.
Huron Street Delivery, Inc.
HyRadix, Inc.
IL Soybean Association
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Indigenous Energy, LLC.
Inland Power Group
Barbara Johnson
Kane County Division of Transportation
Lake County Forest Preserves
Lansing Cleaners
Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago
Morton College
Naturally Renewable Group, LLC
Nicor
Palatine Oil Company, Inc.
Patton Power Systems
Peter Cremer North America
Regional Transportation Authority
Rolling Resources
Stepan Company
Sutton Ford
Transportation Systems, Inc.
University of Illinois at Chicago
Village of Arlington Heights
Village of Downers Grove
Village of Evergreen Park
Village of Grayslake
Village of New Lenox
Village of Northbrook
Village of Skokie
Weston Solutions
Wilmette Park District
Z Frank Chevrolet
CACC Bylaws
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