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February 23, 2024

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

In this February 23th 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

CARB's "Cal Fleet Advisor"

CARB has developed a personalized assistance service to help fleets in transitioning to medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). Participants will be paired with a dedicated advisor to provide specific insights, based on fleet needs, into ZEV options, charging infrastructure, incentives, and more.

Read more Here

Earth Day Events

SacEV and Sacramento Clean Cities invite Clean Cities Stakeholders to participate in Earth Day EV events:

Saturday, April 20 10am - 4pm at Fairytale Town (3901 Land Park Drive)
Sunday, April 21, 11am - 4pm at Southside Park (8th & U Streets)

Guardian Yard Introducing EV Charging Stations at Metro Air Park

Guardian Yards, an industrial outdoor storage and truck parking yard operator, has announced it is introducing electric vehicle charging stations for truck fleets at its 25-acre truck parking depot adjacent to Sacramento’s Metro Air Park. Guardian Yards welcomes potential EV Charging partners to contact them.

Read more Here

Contact Guardian Yards Here

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

Grants Accepting Applications

VW Zero-Emission Freight and Marine (ZEFM) Grant Fund Open

$20M Available
Stacking with CORE Allowed
Eligible equipment includes forklifts (>8,000#) Airport GSE, Terminal Tractors, Ferries/Tug Re-powers, Shore Power & More
First-come, First-served basis until funding is exhausted

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Sacramento Clean Cities Sponsors Make The News

Allison's 18,000 Unit Sale

Allison Transmissions has announced an 18,000 unit order by a major logistics and delivery company. The Allison 3414 Regional Haul Series (RHS) is “Fuel Agnostic” with efficiency levels that reduce CO2 and noise.

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Light-Duty Vehicles Reach Highest MPG

EPA data reports that new light-duty vehicles have reached an all-time high fuel economy levels.

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Alternative Fuel Insight

Honda Premiers Fuel Cell Plug-In Hybrid

Honda will introduce their Fuel Cell plus Plug-in Hybrid CR-V in 2025. The vehicle will also have some power export capabilities.

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PG&E $4K Used EV Rebates

PG&E has announced a new program for used EVs, with eligible PG&E customers qualifying for up to $4K in rebates. This can be added to the federal $4K tax incentive for used EVs.

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Caltrans Expands Hydrogen Train Purchases

Caltrans has a contract with Stadler Rail for the purchase of up to 25 hydrogen-powered trainsets. Under this contract, Caltrans had already ordered four and they have just increased the order with an additional six. These 10 trainsets are planned for the Merced to Sacramento corridor.

Read more Here

CEC Workshop on Decommissioning NG Pipelines

Wednesday, February 28 - Virtual

Energy and Environmental Economics Inc. (E3) to present their analysis results from the project “Strategic Pathways and Analytics for Tactical Decommissioning of Portions of Natural Gas Infrastructure in Northern California”

Read more Here

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

Lowest Renewable Electricity Carbon Intensities