CY 2005 Membership & Participation in
California Fuel Cell Partnership

In April 1999, the California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) was formed with eight members; AQMD joined and has participated since 2000. The CaFCP and its members are demonstrating fuel cell passenger cars and transit buses with associated fueling infrastructure in California. The goals of the CaFCP for 2005 include the following:

1. to facilitate members placement of fuel cell vehicles and fueling stations into fleets in California, including fuel cell buses;

2. to facilitate a member forum to promote information sharing and support regarding member demonstration programs;

3. to support the implementation of the California Hydrogen Highway network;

4. to promote hydrogen fueling station and vehicle interoperability and accessibility;

5. to promote and help provide coordinated First Responder training in vehicle and fueling demonstration communities in CA;

6. to engage in focused community and stakeholder outreach to disseminate CaFCP learnings and distribute CaFCP Resource documents;

7. to coordinate with other fuel cell vehicle programs worldwide; and

8. to maintain and expand CaFCP’s position as a leading information source for hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles in CA.

Since the CaFCP is a voluntary collaboration, each participant contracts with Bevilacqua-Knight, Inc. (BKI) for their portion of CaFCP administration. AQMD contributes $83,800 for membership, plus up to $50,000 and an office at AQMD to provide 50% support for the CaFCP Regional Coordinator. The AQMD will continue its participation through 2007 under this contract.