As we look at our larger vehicles like our snow plows, our fire trucks, our dump trucks, it's just much more expensive to add that electrification component. And so it was just cost prohibitive, but also there was a concern around service levels.

A fuel source that's basically a soybased blend that takes all the hydrocarbons out of the emissions. So if you have none of the oil base. It's all a soybean based. So there's no oil. That means cleaner air for everyone.

We switched over to a B50 blend just to try to clean everything up as far as the emission standpoint. So, it needs a completely separate fuel tank just to keep it separate. And then the fuel tank needs to be heated during the winter and insulated because the B100 will freeze up. And we tried that with a few vehicles at a time and it worked great.

The biggest one is the United States Department of Agriculture is funding this uh because this project not only supports our climate goals, but it also is really going to support the Minnesota's agricultural economy since all the soy will be largely grown in Minnesota and refined down in Albert Lee.

It's a win-win for Edina residents, Minnesota farmers, and a successful model for other cities to say this is an option. you can deploy it in a cold climate and you can maintain service levels and do it in a cost-effective manner.

I was really excited about it because it would allow us to keep our service levels and also then remove that emissions from our fleet inventory as we think about our greenhouse gas emissions and achieving our climate action plan goal.