October 29, 2023. Ten organizations and individuals were honored at Natural Gas Vehicles for America’s (NGVAmerica) 2023 Industry Summit and Annual Meeting for their contributions toward the advancement of natural gas as a transportation fuel.
These annual awards are presented to nominees from all stakeholder segments, including but not limited to: NGV industry equipment and service suppliers, policymakers, customers and clean air/clean transportation advocates. Nominees’ disciplines include education, government relations/policy development, public relations/communications, marketing, technology and operations/applications, among others.
“We are genuinely proud to award these hardworking individuals and organizations for the work that they do and the communities they serve,” said NGVAmerica President Dan Gage. “Because of their contributions, we are moving to make communities healthier with fewer emissions through the increased use of readily available, carbon-negative renewable natural gas as a transportation fuel.”
The 2023 NGV Achievement Award Recipients are:
- ACE Recycling & Disposal – Natural Gas Fleet Program
- Detmar Logistics – Natural Gas Fleet Program
- Wegmans Food Markets – Natural Gas Fleet Program
- City of Long Beach, CA – Natural Gas Public Fleet Program
- Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts – Natural Gas Public Fleet Program
- Mitchell Pratt – Lifetime Achievement Award
- John Jordan – Lifetime Achievement Award
- Nuray Elci – NGV Horizon Award
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality – NGV Public Policy Champion
- State Rep. Randy Frye (IN) – NGV Public Policy Champion
NGV23 “Better Than Zero” – NGVAmerica’s 2023 Annual Meeting and Industry Summit – took place at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego, CA.