PEV DAC Call for Projects
The Plug-in Electric Vehicle Collaborative’s Disadvantaged Communities Committee (PEV DAC) has published a grant application template and called for regional projects to be submitted. The template contains:
Grant Application Preparedness Plan Here
Toolkit Here
Eligibility Map Here
Using this template is an excellent way to organize your resources and partners for any transportation grant that may come along.
- The 7 criteria that must be met, information about the applicant and project site
- Additional information is also available to assist applicants
Grant Application Preparedness Plan Here
Toolkit Here
Eligibility Map Here
Using this template is an excellent way to organize your resources and partners for any transportation grant that may come along.
Grants accepting applications
EPA DERA Tribal and Insular Area Grants
CEC EnergIIZE Grant
EPA Funding Opportunity Notice - Technical Assistance for Underserved Communities
School Healthy Air & Plumbing Funding
The California Schools Healthy Air, Plumbing, and Efficiency (CalSHAPE) program is open with applications due by October 31, 2022.
Read more Here
CARB CORE $125M Voucher Program
DOE $96M to Advance Clean Vehicle Technologies
Volkswagen $9M Class 8 ZEV Truck Funds
Class 8 1992 - 2012 Freight, Drayage, Waste, Dump and Concrete trucks are eligible to receive up to $200K each in grant funds from the Volkswagen Mitigation Fund when replaced with ZEV trucks. Applications will be accepted online beginning August 9, 2022, and will remain open until all $9M of eligible funds have been committed.
Read more Here
Clean Energy Fuels $50K/Truck Grants:
$50K/NG Truck Purchase Incentive from Clean Energy FuelsHere
SACOG “Mode Shift” Program
US EPA Hydrogen Hub $7B
- Grants up to $800K
- No cost share requirement
- Off-road, Ag & Mining Vehicles, School buses EVs, Locomotives
- Electrified parking spaces
- Application Deadline-10/26/2022
CEC EnergIIZE Grant
- Energy Infrastructure Incentives for Zero-Emission (EnergIIZE) Commercial Vehicles
- Grant applications accepted from 9/1/22 through 9/30/22
- Total funding available - $13.95M for Commercial Vehicle Infrastructure
EPA Funding Opportunity Notice - Technical Assistance for Underserved Communities
- $11M available now, up to $50M available in the future
- Funding to establish Environmental Justice (EJ) Thriving Community Technical Assistance Centers across the nation
- Centers to provide technical assistance, training, and capacity-building and assist with navigating federal systems such as Grants.gov and SAM.gov
- Applications due by October 4
School Healthy Air & Plumbing Funding
The California Schools Healthy Air, Plumbing, and Efficiency (CalSHAPE) program is open with applications due by October 31, 2022.
Read more Here
CARB CORE $125M Voucher Program
- Projects include Terminal tractors, TRUs (both truck- and trailer-mounted), Large forklifts and cargo handling equipment, Airport GSE, Railcar movers and switcher locomotives, Construction equipment, Agricultural equipment, Commercial harbor craft
DOE $96M to Advance Clean Vehicle Technologies
- Concept Papers due 8/25, Full Applications due 11/10, Awards Announced March 2023
- 13 Proposal Topics in 7 Major Categories
- Community Partnerships and Justice 40 Requirements are Included
Volkswagen $9M Class 8 ZEV Truck Funds
Class 8 1992 - 2012 Freight, Drayage, Waste, Dump and Concrete trucks are eligible to receive up to $200K each in grant funds from the Volkswagen Mitigation Fund when replaced with ZEV trucks. Applications will be accepted online beginning August 9, 2022, and will remain open until all $9M of eligible funds have been committed.
Read more Here
Clean Energy Fuels $50K/Truck Grants:
- Clean Energy Fuels provides grants up to $50K/truck
- NG trucks - Clean, Quiet, Environmentally Friendly
- Using Renewable NG can have NEGATIVE GHG emissions
$50K/NG Truck Purchase Incentive from Clean Energy FuelsHere
SACOG “Mode Shift” Program
- $1.5M available, $25K - $250K per grant
- Test and expand programs that reduce car trips, provide new mobility solutions, and make options like biking, walking, taking transit, and sharing rides the easy choice for all types of trips.
US EPA Hydrogen Hub $7B
- Six to ten hubs will be selected for funding totaling up to $7B
- Pre-applications are due by November 7; Full applications due by April 7, 2023
- This “H2Hubs” program is part of the DOE’s “National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap”
Workshops for upcoming grants
October 5, EPA Clean School Bus Program: Grants Information & Listening Session - Virtual Meeting
October 6, CEC Clean Transportation Program’s Advisory Committee Workshop/Meeting
October 6, Hydrogen as a Transportation Fuel - Webinar
October 4,5,6 - Decarbonizing the Built Environment, PG&E
October 12 - CARB Emission Factor Model (EMFAC) Workshop, Virtual
November 17 - Proposed In-Use Locomotive Regulation, Virtual
- EPA is soliciting input on how to build its Clean School Bus Grants Program.
- What type of support do you need to plan for, apply for, and implement a Clean School Bus grant?
- How can the CSB Grant Program address gaps in the 2022 CSB Rebate Program?
October 6, CEC Clean Transportation Program’s Advisory Committee Workshop/Meeting
- Proposed funding allocations
- Revised 2022/23 Investment Plan
- Stated & Federal funding updates
October 6, Hydrogen as a Transportation Fuel - Webinar
- Billions of dollars are being invested by states, the federal government and the private sector
- Infrastructure, vehicle availability and fuel cost challenges need to be overcome
October 4,5,6 - Decarbonizing the Built Environment, PG&E
- Part 1 of 3 - October 4, 2022 (9am - 11:30am)
- Part 2 of 3 - October 5, 2022 (9am - 11:30am)
- Part 3 of 3 - October 6, 2022 (9am - 11:30am)
October 12 - CARB Emission Factor Model (EMFAC) Workshop, Virtual
- Potential updates to methodologies and data sources
- Capacity of EMFAC e expanded in response to ZEV transition
- The next version of the model will be EMFAC202Y
November 17 - Proposed In-Use Locomotive Regulation, Virtual
- The Governor's Executive Order N-79-20 calls for 100 percent of off-road vehicles and equipment operations to be zero-emission by 2035.
- The goal of this proposed regulation is to accelerate immediate adoption of advanced cleaner technologies for all locomotive operations.