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 LG&E and KU Energy, headquartered
in Louisville, Ky., is a diversified energy services company.
The company owns and operates Louisville Gas and Electric Company, a
regulated utility that serves 321,000 natural gas and 397,000 electric
customers in Louisville and 16 surrounding counties, and Kentucky
Utilities Company, a regulated electric utility in Lexington, Ky.,
that serves 546,000 customers in 77 Kentucky counties and five
counties in Virginia.
March 7-8, 2011
The Green Truck Summit - held in
conjunction with the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, IN -
is the industry’s foremost educational conference on the
latest initiatives in green truck technology, with 26
educational sessions and access to
cutting-edge green products and programs. Melissa
Howell, KCFC executive director, will be making a
presentation at the show on behalf of Clean Cities/US
Department of Energy. For more information regarding the
Green Truck Summit and
The Work Truck Show, visit
www.ntea.com or call 1-800-441-NTEA (6832).
Melissa Howell will soon be in D.C.
at Worldwide Studios training with her new pocket video
camera. The US Department of Energy/Clean Cities will be using the videos
she shoots in Kentucky as features on Internet TV.
Please also be watching for the "Green Fleets of the
Bluegrass" program KCFC will launch in March.
Program will recognize fleets across the state
utilizing clean fuels, idle reduction strategies and more.
KCFC has partnered with six other cities
across the South in submitting a proposal to EPA for Truck
Stop Electrification
locations. TSE sites include the Flying J in Walton,
KY at
I-75 Exit I-71.
For more information about Truck Stop Electrification,
visit the
AFDC web site.
 Thorntons,
Inc. received more than $40,000 in I-65 Biofuels Corridor
grant funds for marketing E85 at their Louisville locations.
The grant was used purchase signage and printed materials.
In addition, Thorntons
offered a “E-85 for 85 Cents” promotion on Black Friday,
online gift card marketing on Groupon and Living Social, and
various other E85 related promotions. They plan to run the
promotions heavily over the coming months.
See our news blogs at
http://kycleanfuels.blogspot.com
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