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The following letter of comment is attached as a pdf:


Via electronic submittal to:


Clerk of the Board							July 22, 2013
Air Resources Board
1001 I Street
Sacramento, California 95814

Re:  Proposed AB 118 Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) Funding
Plan for Fiscal Year 2013-14

Dear Sir or Madam:

I am writing on behalf of eNow to comment on the above referenced
AQIP funding plan.

eNow is a clean transportation technology company that designs,
develops and manufactures solar based auxiliary power systems for
vocational vehicles and light, medium and heavy duty trucks.  ARB
has approved of eNow’s solar powered auxiliary power system (APS)
on any heavy duty diesel-fueled vehicle with a gross vehicle weight
rating over 10,000 pounds as meeting the requirements set forth in
title 13, CCR section 2484 (Reference 13-643-004).

The proposed AQIP includes $3 million for Advanced Technology
Demonstration Projects (ATDP). Of these funds, the staff proposal
is to focus $2 million on Tier 4 emissions levels for locomotives
and hybridization of marine vessels.  In addition, staff has
identified additional project categories that could be prioritized
for funding if additional funds beyond the $3 million become
available.

eNow believes that the purposes of the ATDP of accelerating the
introduction emission reductions technologies into the California
market place would be served by including technologies that
eliminate diesel powered refrigeration on the list of priorities if
additional funds are available. eNow is working with national truck
manufacturers to adapt solar power for cold plate and evaporation
compressor refrigeration.  This technology, which is in development
and not yet commercialized, would be suitable for a pilot or
demonstration project. This technology could assist a number of
public entities involved in moving food products, such as large
school districts in the state, which have their own food
distribution system.  For example, eNow is working with a company
that supplies trucks to the LA Unified School District. The
district has a central commissary that prepares and distributes
food for the various schools.  Currently trucks serving the
district use refrigeration powered by diesel auxiliary power units
(APUs), which emit greenhouse gases.
 
The school district would benefit from a solution that combines
energy from solar technology with excess power generated by the
alternator to eliminate the diesel APUs. Use of solar technology in
lieu of diesel power for refrigeration could significantly reduce
diesel fuel consumption and resulting pollutants associated with
necessary refrigeration.  If successful as a demonstration project,
the technology would have broad application by public and private
carriers that require refrigeration.

Thank you for your consideration of these comments.

Sincerely,


Jeffrey C. Flath
President and CEO