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Gov. Tomblin Looks at Switching State Vehicles to Natural Gas

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -

A panel studying the feasibility of switching state vehicles to natural gas is holding its first meeting.
    
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says the Natural Gas Vehicle Task Force is set to meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Capitol.
    
Tomblin signed an executive order creating the task force in June. He wants the group to determine whether the state can save money and reduce its reliance on oil by converting at least some government vehicles.
    
The task force also will study ways to build the necessary service stations. West Virginia had several compressed natural gas filling centers in the 1990s. But they failed to catch on with consumers.