The Pennsylvania Governor's office announced Thursday that US Steel Corp. is one of 33 recipients of the administration's Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants. The company will receive $52,618 from the state Department of Environmental Protection to convert eight vehicles to run on compressed natural gas available at a fueling station at the Mon Valley Works Irvin Plant in West Mifflin.
A joint effort between US Steel and Chesapeake Energy Corp. opened the $1 million compressed natural gas fueling station in September 2011. Then-Chesapeake CEO Aubrey McClendon said a natural gas vehicle could be filled up for 75 cents per gallon, while U.S. Steel's then-CEO John Surma said vehicles converted to run on natural gas showed a savings of 60 cents per mile over vehicles that use gasoline or diesel fuel.