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August 4, 2023

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

In this August 4th 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 Announcement

Mayor Steinberg's Office Youth Summit for STEM Employers and Educators

August 9 - Sac State

Employers, Educators, and Practitioners 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Youth Ages 16-24 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Sacramento State, 6000 J St.

CARB Truck Regulation Advisory Committee

August 22 - In-person & Virtual

Develop strategies for the successful implementation of the ACF regulation
Identify ways to fine tune outreach, training, and implementation

Read more Here

Grants Accepting Applications

CEC "EnergIIZE" Drayage Fleet and the Transit Set-Aside Funding

Funding Pairs HVIP Incentives with infrastructure (EnergIIZE) project incentives
Drayage Funding $22.275M
Transit Funding $11.4M
Funding Open 7/27/23 to 8/25/23

Read more Here

Consumer Electronics Battery Recycling, Reprocessing, and Battery Collection DE-FOA-0002897

$125 million;
Funding projects focusing on recycling of electronics batteries and battery-containing devices;
Increasing consumer participation in the recycling of batteries and battery-containing devices;
Concept Papers Due 8/17, Full applications due 11/29

Read more Here

EV Jump Start Funding Lane is OPEN!

EV commercial fleet users in tribes, schools in DACs & nonprofits are eligible
$183 million for infrastructure incentives for ZEV technology
Funding closes on August 18, 2023

Read more Here

EPA 2023 Clean School Bus (CSB) Grant Program

$400 million in competitive grant funding for zero-emission school buses, clean school buses, and EVSE.
Two grant categories: school district and Tribal applicants; and third-party applicants.
Priority given to replace buses serving high-need local education agencies, rural areas, Tribal school districts and public school districts receiving basic support payments for students living on Tribal land, and rural areas.
At least 40% of the funding will go to disadvantaged communities.
Grant deadline: Tuesday, August 22.

Webinar Info Here

Grant Info Here

Read more Here

ZEV Transit & Drayage EnergIIZE Infrastructure Funding Available

Transit Funding
Eligible Applicants: Transit Agencies, Native American Tribes, NGOs Serving Tribes
$11.4M Available
Drayage Funding
Eligible Applicants: Fleets currently requesting HVIP Drayage Truck Set-Aside Vouchers
Fleets currently on the HVIP Drayage Set-Aside list of eligible entities
$22.275M Available
Applications due by August 25

Read more Here

CARB Clean Transportation and Planning Funding Grants

$32.65 million available to fund planning, clean transportation, and supporting projects
Community-based organizations, local governments, public schools and tribes are eligible
Concept Phase applications due September 8, 2023.
Full Phase applications due November 3, 202

Read more Here

2023 DERA Announced

Diesel Emission Reduction Act for 2023
$115M to reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines
Applications due by December 1, 2023

Read more Here

New Updates, Regulations, and Requirements

CARB Community Evening Meetings on Clean Transportation

August 15 - Virtual

2023-2024 Clean Transportation Funding Plan

Read more Here

Lake Tahoe Electric Transportation Forum

Sept 29 - Lake Tahoe Community College

The benefits of electrifying transportation in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Lake Tahoe leaders’ perspectives on challenges & opportunities in electrifying transportation
Grants, tax credits, and other financial incentives available to electrify transportation
The “Transportation as a Service” model for government agencies
Model examples of electric transportation in other areas
Electric watercraft and other “e” recreational products such as snowmobiles and ATVs

Sacramento Clean Cities Sponsors Make The News

GM Continuing the Bolt

GM has announced that they have changed course and will continue production of the very successful Bolt EV.

Read more Here

NGVi Tech Training

NGVi is offering HD NGV Maintenance and Diagnosis Training, available at a 30% discount for on-line registrations by August 31 using promo code SUMMER30.

Read more Here

Alternative Fuel Insight

New PG&E Rebates

PG&E has announced two new rate-payer-funded programs designed to improve access to electric vehicle charging infrastructure for customers in underserved communities.

Read more Here

Tesla's Range Complaint Suppression Team

Tesla is reported to have staff in a Las Vegas office that is specifically charged with canceling range-complaint service appointments made by drivers who are not getting anywhere close to the claimed range of their cars.

Read more Here

Dawn Project Criticizes Tesla Self Drive Mode

The Dawn Project is lobbying to have the Tesla Self Driving mode made illegal. They claim to have identified several flaws in the driver awareness monitoring system.

Read more Here

LCFS Renewable Fuel Pathways

California Average Grid Electricity Carbon Intensity: California average grid electricity used as a transportation fuel in California: 79.43 to 81.49gCO2e/MJ.

CARB Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Credits-$75.00

Check CARB Carton Intensity (CI) Pathways Here

Conferences and Programs

Electric Truck DEPOT Bootcamp

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) is offering a free ten-session series of one hour webinars covering the requirements for electrifying a truck depot. The webinars will run from 10am - 11am every other Tuesday from April 25 through September 5.

Please register Here