The purpose of this report is to provide information on the County of Santa Clara’s experience developing, constructing and operating its compressed natural gas fueling station, which was partially funded by the California Energy Commission. It includes the County’s reasons for building the station, a description of project development, station technical information and station usage data during the first six months of operation. The information that comprises this report reflects the authors’ experience developing the project; station technical and usage data was obtained through the project vendor as well as the compressed natural gas station’s online business portal available to the County. Overall, the data supports the County’s expectation for the station, which is that usage will start off gradually and increase over time, as more users become aware of it and the County increases the amount of compressed natural gas vehicles in its annual vehicle purchases. The County’s main goal – which was to have a reliable and fully functioning compressed natural gas station under its control – was achieved, and the County now plans to leverage the environmental and fuel cost-savings benefits compressed natural gas vehicles have to offer.
