• Pinnacle Propane is expanding into Oregon with a new propane-tank servicing facility in Goshen. The new Pinnacle location is expected to create 36 jobs.

• Should the Mississippi Department of Transportation raise the gasoline tax to pay for transportation infrastructure? New Jersey is also struggling to address how it will pay to maintain roads and bridges as more drivers switch to alternative-fuel vehicles.

• Meanwhile in Virginia, Governor Bob McDonnell’s transportation plan to replace the gasoline tax with increases in the sales tax and vehicle registration fees was passed by the House on Tuesday, but the Senate has sent the plan back to committee after voting down two alternatives.

• A California GM plant dedicated to alternative-fuel vehicle technology is being relocated to Michigan.

• There’s a new propane autogas fueling station opening in California from Arro Autogas. The first of 13 autogas stations Arro plans on opening this year, the site is a public-access propane refueling station at Camping World in Newhall, Calif.

• Triblive.com profiles companies that are turning to compressed natural gas to power their fleets.

• Heads up for West Virginia alternative fuel vehicle drivers: you may be eligible for state and federal tax rebates.

• And finally, a Nebraska school district is testing out a brand new 2013 Blue Bird Vision propane autogas-powered school bus.

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