Clean Truck Incentive Information

The California Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) announces the availability of up to $22,257,799 in grant funds for projects that will support infrastructure deployment for Advanced Freight Vehicles.

The 2018 On-Road Voucher Incentive Program (VIP) Funding Tables are now available. Mail-Out #MSC 17-21 includes the updated tables, and was effective Monday, January 1, 2018. Most fleets with ten heavy-duty vehicles or less that are compliant with the Truck and Bus Regulation and have at least one year of surplus are eligible for VIP funding to replace 2009 and older engines.

Filtered vehicles that are equipped with 2006 and older engines and following the Engine Model Year Schedule of the Truck and Bus Regulation are eligible. However, vehicles with filters verified to reduce oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions must undergo a separate evaluation to account for the reductions already achieved from the baseline engine. Those filtered vehicles may require higher minimum mileage requirements relative to non-filtered vehicles or vehicles with filters only verified to reduce particulate matter to receive a certain voucher amount. Separate funding tables for vehicles opted-in to the Agricultural Vehicle Extension have also been added. Please see Mail-Out #MSC 17-21.

Since 1998, the Carl Moyer Program has filled a critical niche in California’s strategy to achieve clean air. The Carl Moyer Program provides grant funding for the incremental cost of cleaner-than-required engines, equipment, and emission reduction technologies. The Carl Moyer Program complements California’s regulatory program by funding emission reductions that are surplus, i.e., early and/or in excess of what is required by regulation. State law (Health & Safety Code Section 44287) authorizes the Air Resources Board to revise the Guidelines when necessary to improve the ability of the program to achieve its goals. VIP Guidelines require that Funding Tables in Appendix O be updated annually.

In September 2017, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) received an appropriation of $135 million from Assembly Bill (AB) 134 and AB 109 to reduce agricultural sector emissions. The bills provide funding for agricultural harvesting equipment, heavy-duty trucks, agricultural pump engines, tractors, and other equipment used in agricultural operations. CARB staff will conduct a public workshop on the development of the Funding Agricultural Replacement Measures for Emission Reductions (FARMER) Program Guidelines, which will outline CARB’s recommendations for expending these funds. The workshop will provide an opportunity for the public to participate with CARB staff and other stakeholders in the development of the program guidelines.

DATE: Tuesday, January 30, 2018

TIME: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (PST)

LOCATION: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

Central Valley Regional Office

1990 E. Gettysburg Avenue

Fresno, California 93726

The public can attend this Central Valley workshop by video conference at the air district’s Modesto and Bakersfield offices:

Modesto Office

4800 Enterprise Way

Modesto, CA 95356

Bakersfield Office

34946 Flyover Court

Bakersfield, CA 93308

A discussion document will be posted on the FARMER Program website during the week prior to the first workshop date. The staff presentation will be available the morning of the first workshop date.