The Beaumont Unified School District Compressed Natural Gas Refueling Station Project installed new infrastructure at an existing and outdated compressed natural gas refueling station located at the school district’s transportation and vehicle maintenance facility at 1001 Cougar Way in Beaumont, California (Riverside County). The grant from the California Energy Commission enabled Beaumont Unified School District to renovate the existing compressed natural gas fueling station. The new facility serves the needs of the District as their fleet of student transportation vehicles continues to be converted from diesel fuel to compressed natural gas. The new facility increased compressed natural gas filling capacity to accommodate these needs and included a new equipment pad and enclosure for security and to reduce noise.
Construction was completed in August 2016 through an energy services contract with AECOM Technical Services and engineered by Allsup Corporation. The project provided an upgraded electrical service, new 125 hp compressor, three (3) dual-nozzle time-fill stations as well as new underground piping for the new hoses and fill nozzles. The new refueling station has a design capacity of 1447 gasoline gallon equivalents per 10 hours of production time.
The refueling station serves the Beaumont Unified School District, the local municipal transportation provider, Pass Transit, and a commercial waste hauler, Waste Management.
