The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) provides technical and analytical support to the U.S. Department of Energy’s alternative fuel programs, including the State and Alternative Fuel Provider Fleet Program. Through the program, the U.S. Department of Energy implements regulations pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct), as amended, which requires state and alternative fuel provider fleets to acquire alternative fuel vehicles and requires alternative fuel providers to use alternative fuels in those vehicles where the fuel is available.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) provides technical and analytical support to the U.S. Department of Energy’s alternative fuel programs, including the State and Alternative Fuel Provider Fleet Program. Through the program, the U.S. Department of Energy implements regulations pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct), as amended, which requires alternative fuel providers to use alternative fuels in those vehicles where the fuel is available.

The State and Alternative Fuel Provider Fleet Program at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) worked with Sawatch Labs (Sawatch) to analyze fleet vehicle suitability for transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and pilot the use of telematics data to perform the analysis. This effort supported improved understanding of how fleets mandated under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct) could use such information to support the acquisition of alternative fuel vehicles, or otherwise implement strategies to increase alternative fuel use.

Certain state agency fleets are mandated under the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) to acquire alternative fuel vehicles or otherwise implement strategies to increase alternative fuel use in covered fleet vehicles. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office implements the Alternative Fuel Transportation Program, also known as the State and Alternative Fuel Provider Fleet Program, with the assistance of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).