"Investing in alternative energy infrastructure and promoting the use of ethanol is an important element of our effort to diversity Michigan's economy," Granholm said.  "This program will help deliver the 267 million gallons of ethanol per year Michigan already produces and will deliver advanced cellulosic ethanol as it comes on-line."

Service station owners receiving the incentives have agreed to complete their installation and begin dispensing E85 to the public by November 15, 2008.  The following stations are receiving incentives:     

·      Corrigan Oil Corporation, ( Brighton )

·      Coyne Oil Corporation, ( Mount Pleasant )

·      Downtown Wixom Development, (Wixom)

·      Haggerty Joy Mobil, ( Canton )

·      Jawad Marathon, ( Southfield )

·      Ten & Greenfield Sunoco, ( Oak Park )

·      274 Gratiot Corporation, ( New Haven )

·      Speedway SuperAmerica LLC, (Cheboygan)

·      Speedway SuperAmerica LLC, (Davison)

·      Speedway SuperAmerica LLC, ( Jack son )

·      Speedway SuperAmerica LLC, (3625 S. Cedar, Lansing)

·      Speedway SuperAmerica LLC, (6329 W. Saginaw , Lansing )

·      Speedway SuperAmerica LLC, ( Livonia )

·      Speedway SuperAmerica LLC, ( Ypsilanti )

Director Cooley announced today that the E85 Infrastructure Conversion Incentive Program still has funding available for public station owners and public fleets throughout Michigan.  The cash incentive can pay 50% of the cost for converting refueling equipment to E85 up to a maximum incentive of $5,000.  For more information or to apply for the incentives, servic e station and public fleet owners can contact Clean Energy Coalition in Ypsilanti.   

Funding for the E85 Infrastructure Conversion Incentive Program was made available through a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy ( www.energy.gov ).  The program is administered by the DLEG Energy Office, ( www.michigan.gov/energyoffice ).

Contacts:         Tim Shireman, Energy Office Project Manager (517) 241-6281, shiremant@michigan.gov  

Sean Reed, Clean Energy Coalition (888) 818-0987 , reed@cec-mi.org

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