State Agency Petroleum Reduction Requirement

Using 2005 as a baseline, the state must achieve a 25% and 50% reduction in gasoline used to operate state agency owned on-road vehicles by 2010 and 2015, respectively. Additionally, the state must achieve a 10% and 25% reduction in the use of petroleum-based diesel fuel for state owned on-road vehicles by 2010 and 2015, respectively. To meet these goals, each state agency will, whenever legally, technically, and economically feasible, ensure that all new on-road vehicles purchased operate on alternative fuels, specifically biodiesel blends of 20% (B20) or greater, ethanol blends of 70% (E70) or greater, hydrogen, or electricity. Alternatively, each state agency must ensure that new on-road vehicles purchased have fuel economy ratings that exceed 30 miles per gallon (mpg) for city usage or 35 mpg for highway usage, including but not limited to hybrid electric and hydrogen vehicles. (Reference Executive Orders 04-08 and 04-10, 2004, and Minnesota Statutes 16C.137)