Oceanside Unified School District originally installed a compressed natural gas time-fill fueling facility for its fleet use in 2002 located at 2070 Mission Avenue, Oceanside, California 92054. During the early part of 2012, the performance of both compressors started to substantially deteriorate, and by March 2012, the compressors were no longer functional. The school district fleet had to travel to the nearest fueling station located in Carlsbad. In August 2013, the school district had no choice to but to replace the compressors in order to keep their fleet of 29 natural gas buses running.
Grants from the California Energy Commission and District funding allowed the school district to purchase a new dryer to compliment the new compressors, and to replacing the aging natural gas infrastructure in order to have a more efficient and safer fueling system. In April of 2015, AMTEK Construction was awarded the installation contract. The installation of the equipment was completed in October 2015. Since the completion of the fueling station upgrade, the school district has purchased three additional natural gas vehicles.
