According to Alagasco’s manager of clean transportation Bob Strickland, the strategic plan entails a fleet of 400 NGVs within five years. In addition, they want to install nine CNG stations across its Alabama territory over the next 2½ years, with the completion of two by the end of the year.
Strickland explained that Alagasco is joining municipalities and private parties interested in introducing compressed natural gas vehicles to their fleets or in building CNG filling stations.
It is worth mentioning Alabama already has companies, besides Alagasco, and cities involved in the development of CNG infrastructure. Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority has a fuelling station outside its headquarters and recently ordered 12 new buses driven by natural gas as well as 30 CNG paratransit units.
Furthermore, Trussville is planning the installation of a pump on Deerfoot Parkway as the city has added eight NGVs to its fleet. Other Birmingham firms have also switched to CNG-powered vehicles, such as Airport Express that runs a shuttle service to the Atlanta airport, AT&T and Industrial Staffing of Alabama.
