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Sustainable Membership

 Platinum Members Duquesne Light Giant Eagle Peoples Gas Pitt Ohio UPS  Bronze Members Adam Solar Rides Baum Boulevard Automotive Gulf Trading and Transport, LLC National Fuel ROUSH CleanTech Tesla Owners Club of Pennsylvania Zoresco Equipment Company  Nonprofit Members Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Pittsburgh Airport Area Chamber of Commerce Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission Upper St. Clair Township  Gold Members Bollinger Motors Community College of Allegheny County IRT Range Resources The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas UPMC  Individual Members Adam Solar Resources 3 Rivers Clean Energy Charles Cross Cummins Bridgeway Dernar & Associates Lias Contracting LLC North Star Chevrolet Rel-Tek Corporation  Silver Members Beemac Trucking Bruce and Merrilles Blue Bird of Pittsburgh, Inc. City of Pittsburgh Columbia Gas Classy Cab Greater Pittsburgh Automobile Dealers Association Ingevity Lego V ORing Fuel Systems PIOGA ProGas Advantage Autogas REV LNG Seneca Resources US Gain/Gain Clean Fuel Stakeholders  Business #1 Cochran 1st Out Specialty A-1 Transit, Inc. Adams Solar Resources A.J. Meyers & Sons AK Transit Alliance AutoGas Allis-Chalmers Energy, Inc. All Star Transportation & Limousines, Inc. Alta Resources, LLC ARL Network Bergstrom, Inc. Cellone Bakery Checkeye LPG Carburetion, Inc. CNG Conversions & Stations, LLC CNG One Source Export Fuel Company Ferrell Gas Fossil Free Fuels Fourth Economy Glassmere Fuel Service Global MRV, Inc. God’s Country Paradise Park Graybar GSP Consulting Idea Foundry Ivy Consulting Jeff’s Performance Plus Keen Transport Keystone Biofuels Keystone Renewable Energy Lake Erie Biofuels Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. McCutcheon Enterprises, Inc. Monark Student Transportation Company Moon Township Nissan MV Sales and Leasing PA Coach PA Independent Oil and Gas Association Paragon Monteverde P.C. McKenzie PennLine Penn...

NEVI Funding

PennDOT will begin accepting applications for Round 1 of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Grant Program on February 24, 2023. The application period is open until 5:00 PM EST on April 6, 2023. Funds for the PA NEVI grant program are to be awarded on a competitive basis to plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain EV Station Infrastructure sites across Pennsylvania. The PA NEVI grant program includes multiple rounds of funding. During Round 1, the focus will be on building out the  Alternative Fuels Corridor (AFC) network along the interstates to meet the NEVI requirements. PennDOT has created an interactive map identifying existing AFC-qualifying stations and has grouped interchanges based on priority through a gap analysis. An outline of the scoring criteria is also included listed in order of priority. In addition, PennDOT’s Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) includes instructions and information on the grant program, eligibility, scoring criteria, submission process and instructions. All applications must be submitted electronically through PA Department of Community and Economic Development’s eGrant’s system at https://www.esa.dced.state.pa.us/Login.aspx by 5:00 PM EST on April 6, 2023. Submit questions about the NOFO or how to apply to RA-PDEVCorridors@pa.gov. In addition, frequently asked questions and answers will be posted publicly online. For more information on NEVI funds in Pennsylvania and to review PennDOT’s pre-announcement resources, visit the PennDOT...

Board of Directors

David Dernar, C.P.A, is the operating manager of Dernar & Associates, LLC, a public accounting firm located in Murrysville, Pa. Licensed in both Pennsylvania and Georgia, Mr. Dernar has been practicing public accounting, with a concentration in auditing, since 1968. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ state education committee and is also a past chairperson. Mr. Dernar sits on the executive board of the Regional Development Funding Corporation and the Murrysville Economic Community Development Corporation. He is also the president of EMS Southwest, Inc., an ambulance service located in Waynesburg, Pa., as well as the operating manager of Dependable Ambulance Billing, LLC, located in Murrysville, Pa. David Derner Donald started in the propane industry in the family’s business working during his summer breaks in high school. He learned the basics of the propane industry as a teenager and also watched his older sister help convert vehicles to propane gas in the late 70’s & early 80’s. In 1990, after years in the family propane business, Donald went to work for one of the largest retailers of propane in the USA, AmeriGas, where he started as a Service Technician building and installing propane pump stations, then was promoted to the Operations Manager. He then relocated to the retail welding supply store side of AmeriGas’ business as a Store Manager. In June of 2004 Donald started at ProGas, Inc. delivering propane gas, installing propane tanks and selling propane gas to new customers. In 2012 along side Ron Schramm, he became the design specialist for building propane AutoGas infrastructures. Donald remains the Propane AutoGas Specialist at...