EPA is providing a $100,000 grant to the Sacramento Municipal
Utility Planning District (SMUD), with matching funds of $117,753. This
project will install idle reduction technology on a fleet of five John
Christner Trucking vehicles that primarily travel the I-5 corridor and
will install the necessary infrastructure to use this technology at local
terminals and travel plazas. The trucks will be retrofitted with technology
that allows them to “plug in” while resting at terminals
and travel plazas rather than rely on engine power. This project is expected
to reduce annual emissions of nitrogen oxides by 1.58 tons and particulate
matter by 47 pounds; reduce fuel consumption annually by 8 percent; and
save approximately $4,000 in fuel costs per truck.
