Alternative Fuel Vehicles

The Department of State Fleet Management Office has developed a comprehensive strategy to comply with the requirements of Executive Order (E.O.) 13149.  The strategy includes the use of biodiesel (B-20) instead of conventional diesel fuel, continued acquisition of alternative-fuel vehicles (AFVs) and use of alternative fuels in AFVs, acquisition of light-duty vehicles with higher fuel economy, and improvements in the efficiency with which DOS vehicles are operated.

Section 13218 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 42 U.S.C. 13218(b), requires each Federal agency to place its annual Federal fleet Alternative Fuels Vehicle compliance report on a publicly available website.  Many agencies, including State, inadvertently failed to comply with this requirement.  Last year, a Federal judge issued an order in Center for Biological Diversity et al. v. Spencer Abraham, et al., Civil Action C-02-0027 (MEJ)(U.S. Dist. Ct. M.D. Cal.) requiring agencies to post their reports to a website not later than January  31, 2003.

For more information about the State Department Alternative Fuel Program, the most recent reports are reproduced here:

Department of State Preliminary Fleet AFV Program Report for Fiscal Year 2004 - Released October 27, 2004 [Report]
2004 Release: Fleet AFV Program Report for Fiscal Year 2003 ( May 19, 2004)

Department of State Preliminary Fleet AFV Program Report for Fiscal Year 2003 - Released October 20, 2003 [Report]
2003 Release: Fleet AFV Program Report for Fiscal Year 2002 ( April 30, 2003)