The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is seeking applications for the Texas Clean Fleet Program (TCFP). The Texas Clean Fleet Program (TCFP) was established to encourage a person that has a fleet of diesel-powered vehicles to replace them with alternative fuel or hybrid vehicles.
Donor Name: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
State: Texas
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/16/2022
Details:
Eligibility Criteria
- An eligible applicant is an individual or entity with a fleet of 75 or more vehicles that are registered in Texas.
- An applicant must submit a minimum of 10 vehicles for replacement in an application. An applicant will still be eligible to receive funding if TCEQ determines that one or more of the vehicles included in the application are not eligible.
- All business entities such as corporations or partnerships must have an active registration with the Texas Secretary of State by no later than July 18, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. CST. If awarded a contract, businesses must maintain an active registration during the contract period.
- Applicants must disclose known apparent, potential, or actual conflicts of interest to TCEQ in writing at the time the application is submitted. Businesses or other entities in which a TCEQ employee, spouse, or family member of a TCEQ employee has a direct or indirect interest, financial or otherwise, may be prohibited from receiving a grant, depending upon the nature of the interest.
Eligible Vehicle
- Each vehicle being replaced must:
- be an on-road heavy duty or light duty diesel-powered vehicle;
- A heavy-duty vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 8,500 pounds (lbs.) and is certified to the United States (US) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) heavy-duty engine emissions standards.
- A light-duty vehicle has a GVWR less than 10,000 lbs. and is certified to the US EPA light-duty vehicle emissions standards.
- have been owned, leased, or otherwise commercially financed and registered and operated (at least 75% of the vehicle’s total annual miles) by the applicant in Texas for at least the two years immediately preceding the application signature date; and
- be in operating condition with at least two years of useful life remaining.
- be an on-road heavy duty or light duty diesel-powered vehicle;
- If selected for a grant, the vehicle and engine being replaced must be destroyed and rendered permanently inoperable within 90 days of the reimbursement payment being issued by TCEQ by:
- completely crushing the vehicle and engine; or
- cutting a 3-inch or larger hole on both sides of the engine block and cutting both frame rails in half.
- Vehicles purchased with a grant must be:
- a new motor vehicle that has not been the subject of a retail sale regardless of the mileage of the vehicle (not previously sold or leased prior to purchase);
- of the same weight classification and used in the same application or vocation as the vehicle being replaced; a hybrid vehicle or fueled by an alternative fuel including electricity, compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen, propane, or methanol (85% by volume);
- certified to the current federal emissions standards applicable to that vehicle and/or engine; and
- certified to emit at least 25% less nitrogen oxides (NOx) than the certified federal emissions standard applicable to the vehicle being replaced, or a baseline emissions level set by the TCEQ.
- Each qualifying vehicle must be operated at least 25% of its total annual milage in the eligible counties of the Clean Transportation Zone and at least 75% of its total annual milage in Texas for the earlier of five years or the date the vehicle reaches 400,000 miles.
For more information, visit TCEQ.