Clean cities and communities coalition outreach, engagement, and market tracking program clean cities and communities (CC & C) coalitions work cooperatively with the U.S. Department of energy's…

The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Louisiana Clean Fuels, Inc. a $130,000 cooperative agreement on April 1, 2026, under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086).

Louisiana Clean Fuels delivers coalition outreach, stakeholder engagement, technical assistance, and performance metric tracking through the Clean Cities and Communities Coalitions network to advance transportation energy choices and alternative fuels adoption. The award funds coalition outreach and engagement activities centered in Monticello, Arkansas, with a period of performance from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027.

Louisiana Clean Fuels, a non-profit organization headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, operates as a Clean Cities and Communities partner working across regional territory in Louisiana and Arkansas. The Conservation Research and Development program supports balanced, long-term research in energy efficiency technologies; this award funds locally driven transportation energy initiatives that leverage domestic energy resources and innovative mobility technologies through collaborative partnerships with public and private stakeholders to enhance energy security, support economic prosperity, and improve air quality.

Clean cities and communities coalition outreach, engagement, and market tracking program clean cities and communities (CC & C) coalitions work cooperatively with the U.S. Department of energy's (DOE) transportation technologies office (TTO) to enhance the nation's energy security, support economic prosperity, and improve air quality by fostering locally driven transportation energy choices that leverage domestic energy resources and innovative mobility technologies through collaborative partnerships with public and private stakeholders. The objective of this project is for CC & C coalitions to engage key stakeholders, provide technical assistance and outreach within the coalition's territory, and to track and report critical program and performance metrics.