renewable diesel

The award will be presented at the AEE World Energy Conference & Expo in Orlando, FL on 9/15/26. On 6/25/26, Lindsay zoomed with 3 Columbia Univ. grad students regarding Croton’s experience with renewable diesel (RD). They are doing a market analys…

The goal is installation by Labor Day. Jon Katz raised a question about locking in a 30% federal tax credit under IRA Section 48E. Audin explained that securing it through mid-2030 requires proving a 5% expenditure — roughly $16,000 — by July 4. Mis…

## Renewable Diesel Recognition At an April 23 ceremony in Yonkers, Pugh accepted a 2026 EcoAward from the Westchester County Dept. of Environ. Facilities, along with Certificates of Achievement from the County Board of Legislators, recognizing Crot…

- performing a Clean Energy Innovation Demonstration that could involve use of an “alternative low carbon fuel”, e.g., our renewable diesel pilot test We have likely already performed 6 (maybe 7) of those HIAs but neither their individual points,…

Okay. Great. And, for our feature presentation, would the members of the board, join me in the vicinity of that, shrouded rectangle as well as the members of, Croton one hundred who have joined us here today? Okay. Members, I I think it's better if y…

- EV/EVSE/RD EV charger project at the train station: Filings continue with Con Ed toward installing the necessary new transformer and electric service to power the 18 charge ports. Completion of the installation is expected during the coming summ…

Jon updated us on his ongoing experience with the Grid Rewards demand response program. Despite his early efforts to minimize his electric usage when asked, he received $0 for his effort, due to his use of solar panels. However, upon doing nothing …

All of the Village’s diesel-powered heavy-duty vehicles (e.g., garbage trucks and snow plows) now run on Renewable Diesel (RD). Unlike traditional biodiesel, RD is a distinct fuel made from fats and oils (such as soybean or canola oil). These byprodu…

The possible locations for red light cameras, if we should go forward with that. And then some partnership activities that the committee is considering with Croton-Harmon Schools. Similarly, our sustainability committee met on the eighteenth. Mayor a…

4 Accomplishments & activities of the Sustainability Committee during 2025 - promoted use of Renewable Diesel in all municipal diesel trucks - developed and sought a contract for a ~60 kW DPW solar canopy - secured contractor for installation of EV …

Renewable Diesel (RD): Len reported that the 3-month pilot test was successfully completed this month. RD will now fuel our 18 diesel vehicles, cutting the Village’s municipal carbon footprint by ~12.5%. He said DPW Supt. Frank Balbi was “upbeat” o…

On a brighter note, the committee celebrated the successful completion of a renewable diesel (RD) pilot program. The village will now fuel all 18 of its diesel vehicles with RD, a move Simon said will slash the municipality's carbon footprint by roug…

Balbi did acknowledge the department's renewable diesel program — which has cut the village's carbon footprint by an estimated 12% — has exceeded his own skeptical expectations. "I was going skeptical. I think anybody would, and I think anybody shoul…

There. And there he is. Superintendent, thank you very much, for the tour. We really, really appreciate it. It's always good to be back there and to see, you know, how things have evolved since since the last visit. So I wanted to just mention that, …

Yeah. Keeping Yeah. Up with the the keeping up renewable diesel is a great example. Right? Like, all this new stuff always comes up. Right? And and you see you see New York City do it. You see Yonkers do it. And and and and I'll say, in my experience…

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This Ed Riely from Treesdale Drive. That was quick. On six a, paragraph three, memo from the village manager, Bryan Healy, regarding newer renewable diesel initiatives. Hopefully, that we give her the opportunity that village manager will go into mor…

Thank you, mayor. To start with the question that was raised during the public comment period, as I detailed a little bit in my memo, we are switching over all of our diesel vehicles to the renewable diesel, fuel that, we have been piloting for the p…

Len reported that the Project MOVER e-Bike program has been very successful so far: 1,088 rides initiated in Croton between July 9 and October 31. The program goes into hibernation on December 19 and restarts in early April with 2 new hubs, bringing …

Well, thank you, trustee Nicholson. A few things here. On November 6, our heart committee met following up on the first four Croton luminaries that were honored, Pete Sakerakis, Ed Ron Thaler, Cornelia Cotton, and of course, the collection of great d…

Other issues related to erroneous enrollments and/or failure to promptly de-enroll customers that wanted to quit CCA.] - EV/EVSE/RD The contract with PISO (a/k/a Plug-In Stations Online) to install 18 EV charge ports at the train station is expected …

There was positive news regarding transportation: a contract to install 18 EV charging ports at the train station is expected to be signed this month, with a goal of completion by spring. Additionally, a Renewable Diesel pilot test is showing promise…

one is the renewable diesel pilot program. So at the September September 23, we had renewable diesel delivered to our fuel station. We had initially four vehicles fill up with the renewable diesel. They've been driving around. We haven't had any issu…

Well, and we saw I think you you saw this as well. The the airport is now using the the renewable diesel for all of its operational equipment. Yeah. They they had a planes yet. Yeah. They had a pilot program similar to ours Yeah. Yeah. Which I was I …

Our sustainability committee met on October 5, got some great briefings and had some wonderful discussion on things like our train station solar array, our renewable diesel pilot, and also what solar solarize west Solarize Westchester campaign, which…

Alright. Well, as my other as some of my colleagues have pointed out, you know, the attempt to basically demonize a small minority, I think, is very unfortunate to come up with these tenuous conspiracy theories about, you know, even someone having so…

So in addition to limiting global warming impact means less local air pollution. And manager, correct me if I'm wrong, but the renewable diesel is being paid for out of our sustainability fund. Okay, that has been fed into for many years now at this …

Construction should start next month, with a goal of completing the facility by year’s end. Total cost will be ~$300K, fully funded by grants and other non-taxpayer sources. Mayor Pugh said the Renewable Diesel (RD) pilot test (begun 9/29/25) is “so …

Meanwhile, a separate $300,000 solar canopy project at the DPW is facing paperwork delays. Prior to a roughly $90,000 IRA rebate and other grants, the 59.4 kW project will cost the village nothing. On the operational side, Mayor Brian Pugh reported …

for hosting the BBQ at Senasqua on August 21st, this past Sunday he attended the Sustainability Committee meeting where they talked about expansion of our composting program, a renewable diesel program, the possibility of inst…

Thank you. Important comments from all my colleagues. Really appreciate it. Hope everyone's listening. Just a just a few notes. And first of all, we we came from from Spencer Field here. We were all there, and it was it's beautiful. I hope people get…

Commuters that start charging by 8 AM are thus unlikely to notice a 4-8 PM power drop. An 8-hour charge (until 4 PM) would yield ~170 miles per workday if a charger is used by one EV or ~90 miles on a shared charger. For details, go to https://www.co…

To ensure that many MWBE and veteran-owned 2 contractors would get to bid (as per NY DEC rules), the RFP was distributed to 43 firms, 26 of which were MWBE. Two proposals were received and are being reviewed. On 5/21/25, Lindsay again asked Bryan…

Work would run through the summer with completion by Labor Day. On 4/9/25, Lindsay asked Bryan Healy and Frank Balbi what technical information or references they would need (other than was sent to them on 3/21/25) to consider renewable diesel (RD)…

We await response to our 3/7/25 email on the issue. If NRG fails, we’ll enroll the charger account with GridRewards, which shares a lower % of the incentive than NRG. Village staff are in process for approving the draft RFP and bidder list for the …

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals: The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act has set ambitious climate protection goals aimed at limiting “statewide greenhouse gas emissions to 60% of 1990 levels by 2030 and 15% of 1990 levels by 2050.” Ci…

Fuel is noted in that list, which would include Renewable Diesel as a cleaner alternative. --- Editorial note (croton.news): name spelling(s) in this copy were corrected against official records: ‘Dan Colombini’ corrected to ‘Dan Colombini’. The ori…

This issue will be added to the draft RFP re: proposed vendor pricing. Due to problems getting a local electrical contractor to review the firehouse’s existing electric service, Jon will ask an electrical engineer at OLA (his employer) to do so. DP…

He reviewed various projects, the grants secured last year to pay for them, and the status of the train station canopies. A PDF copy of his slides was sent to committee members. On 2/10/25, we got pricing for Renewable diesel (RD) on the State fue…

If OK, we can then propose RD use for Village diesel vehicles and DPW oil-fired boilers. Regarding RD, the NY League of Conservation Voters’ 2025 Policy Agenda includes these goals: “For diesel trucks and equipment in public fleets, adopt a state p…

Full electrification would allow decommissioning of the 45+ year old underground oil tank. During a 12/8/24 chat with Bronxville’s sustainability coordinator, Lindsay learned that both of that village’s municipal oil tanks (40-50 years old) were fo…

payment to $325K. - Other Reports 4 Re: the draft renewable diesel (RD) memo attached to Nov.’s meeting minutes. Jon made valuable adjustments to its math and content. Dan found the memo acceptable. We await RD pricing on the State fuel contract, e…

On a brighter note, the committee celebrated the successful completion of a renewable diesel (RD) pilot program. The village will now fuel all 18 of its diesel vehicles with RD, a move Simon said will slash the municipality's carbon footprint by roug…

## E-Bikes Expand Simon provided an update on the village's e-bike program, which re-launched April 6. Two new hubs are being added at Senasqua Park's entrance and near the North Riverside Drive pedestrian overpass on NYS DOT property, still under n…

## Renewable Diesel Recognition At an April 23 ceremony in Yonkers, Pugh accepted a 2026 EcoAward from the Westchester County Dept. of Environ. Facilities, along with Certificates of Achievement from the County Board of Legislators, recognizing Crot…

There was positive news regarding transportation: a contract to install 18 EV charging ports at the train station is expected to be signed this month, with a goal of completion by spring. Additionally, a Renewable Diesel pilot test is showing promise…

Meanwhile, a separate $300,000 solar canopy project at the DPW is facing paperwork delays. Prior to a roughly $90,000 IRA rebate and other grants, the 59.4 kW project will cost the village nothing. On the operational side, Mayor Brian Pugh reported …