The Arcadia Unified School District upgraded an existing ten-year-old FuelMaker time-fill fueling station with a 75 standard cubic feet per minute compressor as well as the equipment to provide time-fill and fast-fill capacities. The project was funded by grants from the California Energy Commission, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, and District funds. The project went to bid on January 10, 2013. On February 12, 2013, Allsup Corporation was awarded the compressed natural gas fueling station contract, and Integrity Electric was awarded the electric power upgrade contract. The purpose of the project was to replace aging compressed natural gas fueling station equipment located at 35 Saint Joseph Street in Arcadia, California with equipment that is more reliable, easier to maintain, efficient, and able to meet the school district's future interest in increasing its capacity to replace more diesel buses with natural gas buses. Arcadia Unified School District is committed to continue to use compressed natural gas and improving local and regional air quality. Because of this project, the infrastructure is in place to add a second 75 standard cubic feet per minute rated compressor (thereby totaling 150 standard cubic feet per minute) and two more storage vessels as soon as funds become available. This would provide redundancy for reliability and capacity to offer more agencies a location to refuel.
