{"id":4877,"date":"2013-07-24T12:39:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T16:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=4877"},"modified":"2013-07-24T12:41:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T16:41:35","slug":"langdale-co-and-atlanta-gas-light-first-public-cng-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/langdale-co-and-atlanta-gas-light-first-public-cng-station.html","title":{"rendered":"Langdale Co. and Atlanta Gas Light: first public CNG station"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nTalked about for a while, now it’s happened: a compressed natural gas (CNG)\r\nfueling station; first one in Georgia, apparently.\r\nI’m used to natural gas pipelines (the AGL pipeline pictured runs through\r\nmy property).\r\nUnfortunately, natural gas increasingly comes from fracking.\r\nHow about an electric car charging station? -jsq\r\n

\r\nPR from AGL yesterday,\r\n\r\nAtlanta Gas Light teams up with The Langdale Company to open first public CNG station under the AGL CNG Program<\/a>,\r\n

\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"Warning<\/a>\r\nATLANTA—July 23, 2013—The first compressed natural gas\r\n(CNG) fueling station developed under the Atlanta Gas Light (AGL)\r\nCNG Program is now open in Valdosta, GA. Approved by the Georgia\r\nPublic Service Commission (PSC) in 2012, the program is designed to\r\nexpand public access to the CNG fueling infrastructure throughout\r\nthe state and enhance Georgia’s role in the emerging CNG market in\r\nthe southeastern U.S.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nBuilt and maintained by Langdale Fuel, an affiliate of The Langdale\r\nCompany, the new station is the first of five CNG stations awarded\r\ncontracts to go into service under the AGL CNG Program. The station\r\nwill offer public access to CNG fuel for transportation vehicles,\r\nadding two fueling islands to the company’s existing service station\r\nlocated at 1628 James P. Rogers Drive.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n“Our goal in creating the AGL CNG Program was to incentivize station\r\nowners, fleet owners and vehicle manufacturers to invest in Georgia\r\nand bring the benefits of clean natural gas transportation to the\r\nstate,” said Scott B. Carter, senior vice president of commercial\r\noperations for AGL Resources.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nLangdale Fuel is the first of three commercial operators awarded\r\nfunding under the special program to open a station. AGL’s\r\ninvestment in the Langdale Fuel station was approximately $1.2\r\nmillion. AGL also has a contract with the City of Atlanta to develop\r\ntwo CNG stations in the city.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n“Valdosta’s proximity to I-75 and its strategic location between\r\nAtlanta and Orlando make it a key fueling location for fleets and\r\ninterstate trucks,” said Trey Bordelon, Langdale Fuel General\r\nManager. “Having access to capital from the AGL CNG Program made our\r\nentry into this emerging market an easier decision and allows us to\r\nmeet our customers’ total fueling needs.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThe AGL CNG Program allows AGL to contract with private companies\r\nand invest proceeds from the PSC’s Universal Service Fund (USF) to\r\nsupport installation of fueling equipment at CNG stations and recoup\r\nthe investment through PSC-approved rates.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nAGL has access to approximately $11.6 million from the USF to\r\ninstall CNG equipment at public and limited access stations over the\r\nnext four years.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nStation owners must demonstrate the ability to meet minimum annual\r\nsales of CNG over a five-year period and sign a contract with AGL to\r\nparticipate in the program. Station owners pay a pre-negotiated rate\r\nto AGL for use and maintenance of the equipment and sell the CNG to\r\nthe public at market-based prices.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nAnother component of the AGL CNG Program is a lease program for\r\nhomeowners and small business owners to install a home refueling\r\nappliance (HRA) to conveniently fuel CNG vehicles when commercial\r\nstations are not convenient. Leases are available for $60 per month.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nMore information on the CNG Program can be found at\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\nwww.atlantagaslight.com\/cngplan<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nAbout Atlanta Gas Light\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nAtlanta Gas Light, a wholly owned subsidiary of AGL Resources GAS","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Talked about for a while, now it’s happened: a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station; first one in Georgia, apparently. I’m used to natural gas pipelines (the AGL pipeline pictured runs through my property). Unfortunately, natural gas increasingly comes from fracking. How about an electric car charging station? -jsq PR from AGL yesterday, Atlanta Gas […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6124,6687],"tags":[6707,6709,8701,8702,6708,12,7,562,6076,6],"class_list":["post-4877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natural-gas-2","category-pipeline-2","tag-atlanta-gas-light","tag-cng","tag-georgia","tag-lake","tag-langdale-company","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-natural-gas","tag-pipeline","tag-valdosta"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p585fK-1gF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4877"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4880,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4877\/revisions\/4880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}