East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition

The East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition (ETCFC) [http://www.ETCleanFuels.org] was founded in February 2002 by Jonathan Overly with funding from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Energy Division, and the University of Tennessee. The ETCFC is a nonprofit organization [501(c)3 corporation] that serves the entire eastern portion of the state of Tennessee and is a designated member of the [U.S. DOE "Clean Cities" Program] [http://www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/]

The main focus of the ETCFC is to get alternative fuels in use in that region to do two things:
# reduce regional and national oil dependence, and
# improve air quality.

The ETCFC directly engages regional fleets to help them move to using alternative fuels, holds public workshop and other events that works to do the same, and works on the education front for alternative fuels at many levels including mainly fleets and in K-12 schools.

The main alternative fuels used in East Tennessee and other parts of the U.S. include biodiesel, electricity, ethanol, natural gas and propane (or LPG). The most prominent alternative fuels used in East Tennessee currently (2007) are biodiesel and ethanol.

Much of the ETCFC's efforts are focused on putting in public and private alt-fuel refueling stations so that fleets and individuals alike can use these fuels. One such effort is the Biodiesel Brigade, [http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/users/stories/brigade.shtm] a group of individuals encouraged by the ETCFC to prominently display their use of biodiesel through vehicle magnets and decals.

The ETCFC maintains a website that holds much information about their meetings and activities. [http://www.ETCleanFuels.org] The organization holds open, monthly meetings in Knoxville and every-other-month meetings in Chattanooga and Kingsport in attempts to provide the regional community plenty of opportunities to get involved and find out how they can begin using these fuels.

ETCFC partner organizations

*UTK
*ORNL
*Great Smoky Mountains National Park
*Eastman Chemical Company
*East Tennessee cities: Maryville, Sevierville, Alcoa, Gatlinburg, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Athens, Oak Ridge, Kingsport, Johnson City
* East Tennessee counties: Sevier County, Blount County, Knox County,Hamilton County, Anderson County, McMinn County, Sullivan County, Loudon County, Hawkins County, Cumberland County
*Alcoa
*Pilot Travel Centers
*Y-12 National Security Complex
*BB&T
*BAE Systems
*Tate & Lyle

External links

* [http://www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/ The U.S. DOE Clean Cities Program]
* [http://www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/locations.html A map showing the locations of all the Clean Cities programs nationwide]
* [http://www.tennesseecleanfuels.org Clean Cities of Middle Tennessee]
* [http://wwww.wtccc.com West Tennessee Clean Cities Coalition]
* [http://www.biotenn.org BioTENN - Tennessee's resource for biofuels information]
* [http://www.nbb.org The National Biodiesel Board] , National Biodiesel Board
* [http://www.drivingethanol.org The Ethanol Promotion & Information Council]