Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009216

This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) provides $7,510,650 in funding to the Coalition for Sustainable Initiatives to administer a rebate program that will replace 35 eligible diesel-powered terminal tractors and delivery trucks operated by United Parcel Service (UPS) in Colorado and Utah with new battery electric vehicles. This project is expected to save over 200,445...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) provides $9,291,270 to Drive Clean Colorado, a woman-owned non-profit organization. The funding will be used to replace six diesel Class 6 box trucks with new battery electric vehicles and fifteen on-road heavy-duty diesel tractors with zero-emission heavy-duty battery electric tractors. The project also includes the installation of...

This $1,071,100 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 on January 17, 2025 under the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049) will support the Colorado Department of Corrections in replacing 3 eligible Class 7 internal combustion engine vehicles with 3 battery electric vehicle trucks. The grant will also fund the installation of 1 Level 3 DC fast charger and provide workforce development training to department staff on the maintenance,...

This $4,139,618 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (CFDA 66.039) will fund the replacement of two 2006 diesel transit buses operated by the University of Colorado Boulder with battery-electric buses. The grant will also cover the purchase and installation of two direct current chargers. The diesel buses will be scrapped to reduce diesel particulate matter emissions in the city of Boulder. The anticipated outcomes...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049), will fund the replacement of approximately 60 Class 6 and 7 internal combustion engine delivery trucks operated by United Parcel Service (UPS) with new zero-emission battery electric delivery trucks. The $10,499,274 award will also support the installation of charging infrastructure at three UPS logistics centers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Additionally,...

This $8,500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) will enable the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) to replace 10 diesel bucket trucks with 10 battery-electric bucket trucks and install the necessary charging infrastructure. The goal of this project is to reduce diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides (NOx), and exposure to diesel air toxics in the city of Chicago. The...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039), is funding the replacement of 8 pieces of diesel equipment at the Everett Port Facilities in Middlesex, Massachusetts. The $6,279,999 award will enable the Columbia-Willamette Clean Cities Coalition (CWCC) to replace 3 excavators and 5 dump trucks/tenders owned and operated by the sub-awardee, Schnitzer Steel Industries,...

This $7,500,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy under the "Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance" (CFDA 81.117) program, supports the City and County of Denver's efforts to achieve zero operational emissions for new buildings by 2030 and zero emissions for all buildings by 2040. The grant will fund a five-phase implementation plan to supplement Denver's ongoing initiatives to...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) provides $6,890,545 in funding to the Metropolitan Energy Center, Inc. to reduce diesel emissions in Kansas and Missouri. The key activities include replacing 3 diesel school buses with propane buses, 4 terminal trucks and 8 delivery vans with electric vehicles, and providing a rebate program to replace 10-18 additional diesel vehicles...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1, under the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049), provides $48,471,034.00 to the City of Boston, Boston Public Schools to replace 125 in-use, non-zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles with new zero-emission vehicles. The activities include replacing eligible internal combustion engine Class 7 vehicles with eligible zero-emission vehicles, purchasing and installing 125 Level 3 vehicle chargers, and...