New CNG stations in Georgia available for retail fuel

New CNG stations in Georgia available for retail fuel

• Dec 10, 2012
• John Keller
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In Dekalb County Georgia, east of Atlanta, there are now seven compressed natural gas (CNG) stations providing retail fuel to consumers. Two new stations opened in October, including one with eight fueling bays, making it one of the largest in Georgia. The other new station is the first in the nation to simultaneously produce CNG from landfill gas, dispense it to consumers on site and pipe any excess back into the natural gas pipeline. The renewable natural gas not used as CNG at the fueling station is injected into the natural gas pipeline and transported to other CNG fueling stations throughout the Atlanta metro area. DeKalb County Sanitation Department has converted 40 vehicles from diesel fuel to CNG. The county’s goal is to replace or adapt its entire fleet of 306 sanitation vehicles with natural gas vehicles over the next six years.

Gas South provides CNG fuel for six of metro Atlanta’s seven public CNG stations.

These two new stations are owned by DeKalb County, so the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners is setting the gasoline gallon equivalent price for private users. From a fuel price management perspective, there are times when the price set by the Board is less than the market price.