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MDA’s Energy Division assists in the development of the Clean Cities Program in Mississippi in accordance with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Vehicle Technologies Program. The Clean Cities Program is a voluntary community-based coalition of public and private partnerships that works to support clean cities technologies that include:
Over 66 percent of the petroleum consumed in the U.S. is imported from other countries, making the U.S. dependent upon foreign countries for much of our energy supply. In order to reduce this dependence on foreign oil, the State of Mississippi is aggressively promoting oil conservation and the use of alternative, domestic fuels for everyday fuel consumption.
The Clean Cities Program encourages the use of the following alternative fuels, which are recognized by the Energy Policy Act:
The Clean Cities Program advocates a four-part strategy to increase the number of local government fleets choosing to adopt alternative fuel vehicles: advancing alternative fuel vehicles as a viable choice for fleet operators, developing public interest in and acceptance of alternative fuels, strengthening local coalitions and providing grants and funding assistance to communities.
