In northwestern Minnesota, among expansive prairies and enumerable lakes, White Earth Public Transit provides a lifeline to members of the rural 1,093 square-mile White Earth Indian Reservation. The reservation, which is the largest of Minnesota’s 11 reservations and sits 225 miles from Minneapolis and 65 miles from Fargo, has a population of about 9,700.  Within the reservation, there are 150 miles ...

On October 30^th, VCC Clean Communities and Economic Development Director Graham Sheridan participated in the Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware Association of Electric Co-Ops Girl Power event.  This event is for high school students interested in working for their local power co-op when they graduate. 

Electrical work, especially line-worker work, is still a heavily male field.  However, these are good paying jobs that women are beginning to access.  The first female line worker in Virginia was at the event, teaching ...

We’re excited to share some big updates from the GUMBO project—our collaborative effort to strengthen electric vehicle (EV) education and workforce readiness across the country. See the new Curriculum outline here

Operation & Maintenance Curriculum Now Live

The Operation & Maintenance (O&M) Curriculum is officially ready to share! This foundational training resource ...

Highlighting Alt Fuel Podcasts for the Commonwealth

Virginia Clean Cities Podcast: VCC Talks

Podcast for everything clean transportation. Join host and creators as they explore a multitude of perspectives on clean fuels and sustainable transportation. This program is often led by our student leaders. ...

Over a decade ago, in 2012, Blue Bird and ROUSH CleanTech partnered on the original Blue Bird Vision bus equipped with a ROUSH CleanTech propane fuel system. Now, 15 years later, that same propane school bus has continually operated in the Boys and Girls Club of Martin County’s day-to-day activities since ...

Federal infrastructure programming has resumed and the NEVI program is moving forward for all 50 states, including Virginia.

The most recent Virginia Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan was acknowledged by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in October 2025. To learn more about VDOT NEVI please see the NEVI-Public Input Page.

“This station marks another step forward in expanding access to clean, affordable energy,” said Matthew Wade, deputy director of Virginia Clean Cities (VCC). “It’s about giving fleet operators the infrastructure they need to make the switch to renewable propane and reduce their environmental footprint.”

On October 9th, 2025, VCC staff joined Alliance AutoGas and ...

On October 8, 2025 Virginia Celebrated Hydrogen Day at Independence Hydrogen with a ribbon cutting at their production facility, and with an expo and workshop at Richard Bland College in Petersburg VA. This event showed the entire hydrogen ecosystem – from production to application – all in one spot and included comments from the Governor.

Independence Hydrogen presented a tour of the plant and hydrogen equipment. Also, several ...

Last month I (Graham from the VCC team) had the privilege of joining an A&N Electric Co Op staff trip to Tangiers and Smith Islands in the Chesapeake Bay.  You may remember the islands if you read Katherine Paterson’s Jacob, Have I Loved for school in your childhood, as I did.  These two islands are on the forefront of climate change – a recent documentary referred to the residents as “potentially America’s first climate refugees.”  ANEC and their partners ...

As public entities, transit agencies have a big job: connect people, jobs and communities via safe modes of transportation. With finite, government-funded budgets, these organizations must be judicious in how they maximize fixed operational dollars while also doing mission-critical work. For over 15 years, we’ve seen a growing and important ...