Emergency Road Service Inc. (ERS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based iFLEET Inc., has created a fuel surcharge program to support its national network of professional service providers. ERS is a Web-centric, roadside-assistance emergency dispatching service. The program, intended as an incentive to help ERS reinforce its partnership with service providers and help them offset rising fuel prices, pays $1 per dispatch to service providers who qualify. To qualify, ERS service providers must complete a minimum of 20 calls per month and accept 90 percent of the requests they receive from ERS. Qualified ERS service providers will receive notification and additional details on the program administration upon meeting these criteria. The surcharge is tied to the national average price of diesel fuel as reported by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The incentive program takes effect immediately and will remain in effect as long as the price of diesel fuel remains higher than $1.54 per gallon. The national average for diesel fuel recently reached $1.67 per gallon. Fuel represents an operating cost category that can reach as much as 30 percent of a vehicle-based business operation.