Subject: FW:
From: Amitabh Desai <[email-masked]>
To: Bruce Lindsey <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:08:08 -0400

FYI on CCI transportation and Steve Crolius

From: Amitabh Desai
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 4:07 PM
To: Stephen Crolius
Subject: RE:

Steve, can we talk about this before going forward any further? We first need to make a decision about whether this is something in which President Clinton wants to be involved. If not, you're of course welcome to pursue it, but that would need to be outside the scope of any programs that bear his name. In general it's good for us to work together to agree on program areas, especially new ones, before we get involved, to ensure that everyone's on the same page and we avoid any issues down the road. Thanks, Ami

From: Stephen Crolius
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 1:55 PM
To: Amitabh Desai
Subject: RE:

This is a new project that I've been putting together to complement our School Bus of the Future Project in New York City.  The school bus propulsion technology that rose to the top of evaluation process with the New York City Department of Education was CNG.  This has the indispensable advantage of favorable economics.  Its drawback is that CNG is a fossil fuel.  So the school bus project team has embraced renewable natural gas as the long-term fuel of choice.  The problem is that there really isn't a source of supply in New York Metro area.  So . . . one thing led to another and I discovered that there was interest both within industry and on the part of the State (through NYSERDA) in developing an RNG market in New York State.

I think the history of the effort is pretty well documented in my biweekly updates.  I'd be happy to compile the relevant items if you'd like to have more detail.

From: Amitabh Desai
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 1:20 PM
To: Stephen Crolius
Subject:

Also, what is "our New York State Renewable Gas Market Development Project?? Thanks, Ami