Alternative Fuel Provider Fleets

An alternative fuel provider is covered and must meet the requirements of the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) if all of the following conditions are present:

It owns, operates, leases, or otherwise controls 50 or more light-duty vehicles within the United States that are not on the list of excluded vehicles.
At least 20 of those vehicles are used primarily within a single Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)/Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA).
Those same 20 vehicles are centrally fueled or "capable" of being centrally fueled." Vehicles are centrally fueled if they are capable of being refueled at least 75% of the time at a location that is owned, operated, or controlled by any fleet or under contract with that fleet for refueling purposes.

An alternative fuel provider is covered under EPAct if its principal business involves any one of the following activities:

Producing
Storing
Refining
Processing
Transporting
Distributing
Importing
Selling any alternative fuel (other than electricity) at wholesale or retail

Generating
Transmitting
Importing
Selling electricity at wholesale or retail

Or it:

Produces
Imports
Produces and imports an average of 50,000 barrels per day or more of petroleum, and 30% or more of its gross annual revenues are derived from producing alternative fuels

An alternative fuel provider is NOT covered if its principal business is that of:

Transforming alternative fuels into products that are not alternative fuels
Using alternative fuel as a feedstock, or fuel, in the manufacturing of products that are not alternative fuels

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