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March 15, 2024

Sacramento Clean Cities' goal is to reduce fossil petroleum consumption in the transportation and energy sectors.

In this March 15th eNewsletter from Sacramento Clean Cities

Upcoming Grants - Funding for a wide range of transportation and energy programs and projects

Upcoming Workshops - Participate in the decision making process

New Updates, Regulations & Requirements - Regulations and requirements that may affect your operations

Alternative Fuel & Zero-Emission Insights - Learn what’s new and what’s coming soon

Conferences, Programs - Educational, networking and presentation opportunities

Presentations Slides and Videos from Previous Sacramento Clean Cities Webinars

Presentation Slides and Recordings posted Here

Special Announcements

Free Annual Fleet Organization Membership

If you are a Fleet Manager interested in getting immediate feedback on a range of problem areas from other fleet managers in the region, the Municipal Equipment Maintenance Association (MEMA) may be for you. MEMA and the Sacramento Clean Cities Coalition (SCCC) have teamed up to make your first year’s membership, normally $275, absolutely FREE if you are willing to help SCCC bring more federal and state grants, informational events and webinars and technician training opportunities to the Sacramento region.

Read Here for All The Details

CARB Delays Periodic Testing Start Date

The heavy-duty vehicle periodic emission testing program start date has been shifted from July 1, 2024 to January 1, 2025. Fleets are still required to pay the $30 fee by the vehicle's previous 2024 compliance deadline.

Read more Here

Grants Accepting Applications

EnergIIZE Hydrogen Funding Lane Opening

Highest incentive funding cap of all EnergIIZE funding lanes
Covers 50-75% of eligible equipment and software costs up to $3 million (standard) or $4 million (Jump Start equity criteria).
Covers a wide range of H2 Infrastructure Equipment & Software

Read more Here

Statewide VW Program Funds Now Available

Combustion Freight and Marine and Zero-Emission Class 8 Trucks
Freight Trucks, Dump Trucks, Waste Haulers, and Concrete Mixers up to $102,000
Freight Switcher Locomotives up to $1,620,000
First-Come, First-Served Solicitation

Read more Here

Innovative Small E-Fleet (ISEF) Funding

$83M set aside for ISEF within the HVIP Program
Incentives for small fleets that seek to deploy battery electric or hydrogen fuel cell trucks
Fleets with < 20 trucks and <$15M annual revenue (NGOs are exempt from the revenue cap)
Program runs until all funds are allocated

Read more Here

CEC Funding Announcement - Charging Infrastructure For Government Fleets

GFO-23-606 $30 million for EVSE for light-duty government fleets
Pre-application webinar January 10, 2024
Applications due April 5, 2024

Read more Here

CEC $16M Hydrogen Project Funding

The CEC’s $16M EnergIIZE Hydrogen funding lane will open on April 17.
Eligible items include, but are not limited to, compressors, chillers, liquid and gaseous hydrogen pumps and storage, electrolysis equipment, transformers, switch gear, hydrogen pumps, high-pressure storage, point-of-sale systems, piping and pipelines.

How to apply workshop Here

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EPA $4.6B for Climate Reduction Act Grants

EPA anticipates awarding up to 115 grants between $2M and $500M in the “General” Competition
Application deadline April 1
General Competition NOFO
EPA anticipates awarding up to 100 grants between $1M and $25M in the “Tribes” Competition
Application deadline May 1
Tribes and Territories Competition NOFO

Read more Here

CEC GFO-23-607 - Tribal Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, Planning, and Workforce Development

The purpose of this solicitation is to provide funding for Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Tribally-owned businesses for:
Project Activity 1 – EV Charging Infrastructure: installing charging infrastructure for passenger and medium- and heavy-duty (MDHD) EV charging equipment, supporting infrastructure, and associated resiliency technologies.
Project Activity 2 – EV Infrastructure Planning: activities to support tribal participation in future EV funding opportunities and to enable tribes to plan for EV adoption.
Project Activity 3 – EV Workforce Training and Development: activities that support careers in EVs, EV infrastructure, and EV-related technologies.
$400,000 - $3,000,000 per award ($10,000,000 total)
SUBMISSION DEADLINE April 24, 2024

Read more Here

EPA's $3B in Two Port Grants

$2.8B for ZE Port Equipment and Infrastructure
$150M for Climate and Air Quality Planning
Application Deadline May 28

Read more Here

NREL $5M Clean Bus Planning Program

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has announced planning grants to provide technical assistance to create customized bus electrification plans.

Applications for assistance are open on a rolling basis through Sept. 30, 2024

Read more Here

EPA $2B Environmental and Climate Justice

Support for community-driven projects
Environmental and Climate Justice grants
Grants targeting clean energy and resilience including low- and zero-emission technologies and workforce development supporting the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis for one year, closing on November 21, 2024

Read more Here

Sacramento Clean Cities Sponsors Make The News

SacEV's Ride-and-Drives & EV Display Events in April

SacEV’s Ride-and-Drives & EV Display Events in April

Learn about:
EV incentives on new and previously owned EVs
Fuel savings and charging infrastructure
Lower EV fuel and maintenance costs
Chat with EV owners

April 13 - EVs at Dia de la Tierra at the La Familia Counseling Center

April 13 - “Touch A [EV] Truck” at the Playzeum in Yuba City

April 15 - EVs at Sacramento High School Earth Day

April 20 - EVs at UC Davis Picnic Day

April 21 - EVs at Earth Day - Southside Park in Sacramento

April 21 - EVs at Day at the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce

Motiv's EVs Power Shasta Linen's Deliveries

Motiv Power Systems has delivered five step vans to Shasta Linen’s facilities in Sacramento and the Central Valley. SMUD awarded Shasta Linen their “Clean Power City: Carbon Free Transportation” award at their 16th Annual Sustainable Business Awards for their use of Motiv’s electric trucks.

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US Energy Outlines the Three Most Common EV Charging Mistakes

To achieving the expected savings when converting fleets to EVs, fleet managers need to avoid these three mistakes:

Overlooking charge management and paying more for electricity than planned;
Failing to take advantage of all the credits associated with using renewable energy; and
Failing to make a comprehensive plan.

Read more Here

Federal Clean Freight Corridor Strategy

The Joint office of Energy & Transportation announced the development of a strategy that sets an actionable vision and comprehensive approach to ramping up the deployment of a world-class, zero-emission freight network across the United States by 2040.

Read more Here

DOE Super Truck Program Funds GM Hydrogen Pickup Fleet

DOE‘s Super Truck Program has provided GM with $26M that GM will match with $65M to design, engineer, and develop a fleet of hydrogen fuel-cell pickup trucks based on the Silverado 5500. The fuel cell powertrains are being developed by GM’s Hydrotec division.

Read more Here

Alternative Fuel Insight

CHP In-Service Police Vehicle Evaluations Available to Police Agencies

In-service Police Vehicle Evaluations at the CHP Academy Grounds in West Sacramento
Evaluations include: 0-60, 50-100, 0-100, top speed, handling, braking, pursuit performance
Evaluation dates: November 2 and 3

Inquiries can be directed to Captain Matt Timmons at MTimmons@CHP.Ca.GOV

LCFS Renewable Fuels Pathways

California Average Grid Electricity Carbon Intensity: California average grid electricity used as a transportation fuel in California: 79.43 to 81.49gCO2e/MJ.
Check CARB Carton Intensity (CI)I Pathways Here