The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) E85 Program and 7 independent fuel distributors received an award for their collaboration in developing a postcard which provides motorists with a map of all E85 fuel stations in the Sacramento area.

The Business Environmental Resource Center bestowed a Sustainable Business of the Year Award on September 24 to the team members of this valuable project: SMAQMD, DMC Green, Scotties Gas Station, Interstate Oil Company, Flyers (Nella Oil), Pearson Fuels, Propel, and Green Wave Fuel (Tooley Oil).

E85 is an alcohol fuel mixture of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline, by volume. Ethanol is derived from crops (bioethanol) and is a biofuel. Ethanol is a renewable resource and the use of E85 results in reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and energy use for each gallon burned, compared to the emissions and energy use for the gasoline it replaces. E85 should only be used in vehicles designed to operate on this biofuel. A list of E85 ready vehicles is at FlexFuel Vehicles http://www.e85fuel.com/e85101/flexfuelvehicles.php

The 7 providers who installed systems in 27 retail and limited access card lock sites formed a consortium to jointly notify the public about the availability of E85 in our region. With the completion of this infrastructure, the Sacramento region now has the highest concentration of alternative fuel ethanol sites in California.

Gas stations with E85 are located in West Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, Davis, Woodland, Elk Grove, Fairfield, Galt, Sacramento, Vacaville, North Highlands, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Rocklin, and El Dorado Hills. To get a copy of the E85 locations map, cut and past this link into your browser http://sacberc.org/uploads/SSB/E85Postcard.pdf

The City of Sacramento, Department of General Services and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) also installed E85 at their fueling stations for their private fleets.

The Sacramento Sustainable Business Program is a free service provided by the Business Environmental Resource Center , 3331 Peacekeeper Way, McClellan, CA. You can call them at (916) 649-0225 or visit their website at http://Sacramento-Sustainable-Business.org