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 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) provides $747,000 in funding to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP). The goal is to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and exposure to diesel air toxics in Clark County and across Southern Nevada. The award will fund the replacement of several diesel-powered, freight delivery Class 8 trucks...
This $2.1 million project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 under the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA #66.039) will fund the University of Colorado Boulder's efforts to replace two diesel transit buses with battery electric transit buses in Boulder, Colorado. The replacement of diesel buses with electric buses is expected to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter and other pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide...
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 $2,305,555.00 in funding to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. The award will support the replacement of 7 diesel-powered yard trucks with all-electric yard trucks in disadvantaged communities in King and Pierce Counties, Washington, including the Duwamish Valley, Allentown, and Fife areas. The anticipated outcomes include...
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...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $10,443,000 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grant to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Division of Air Quality. The funding will support the Utah Clean Fleet Program, which provides incentives for the replacement of 25 Class 5-8 heavy-duty diesel vehicles, including refuse trucks and school buses, in the Northern and Southern Wasatch Front ozone nonattainment areas. The goal is to reduce emissions of...
This $1,542,404 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) will fund the San Diego Air Pollution Control District's project to replace 10 medium-duty diesel trucks with 10 medium-duty electric trucks. The subrecipient, Goodwill Industries, will implement the project, procure the electric trucks, and scrap the equivalent diesel trucks. The key anticipated outcomes...
This $13,173,750 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 funding to the Coalition for Sustainable Initiatives Inc. (CFSI) to administer a rebate program and deliver clean diesel projects. The project involves the early retirement and replacement of 57 eligible Class 8 combination and single unit short-haul freight trucks operating in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas...
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) under the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049) provides $54,463,500 in funding to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ) to replace 131 non-zero-emission school buses with zero-emission vehicles and install 75 Level 2 and 56 DC fast charging units. The award also supports workforce development, safety planning, operational planning, and community engagement activities. The goal is to reduce...