The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) invites applications for the Texas Natural Gas Vehicle Grant Program (TNGVGP).
Donor Name: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
State: Texas
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000
Details:
The TNGVGP provides grants to encourage an entity that owns and operates a heavy-duty or medium-duty motor vehicle to repower the vehicle with a natural gas engine or replace the vehicle with a natural gas vehicle.
Funding Information
Grantees will receive the lesser amount of either:
- The standardized grant amounts set by TCEQ in the Maximum Grant Amount Tables; or Ninety percent (90%) of the incremental cost (the eligible costs associated with the qualifying vehicle or engine minus scrappage value).
- TCEQ will use a scrappage value of $1,000 for replacement projects and $250 for repower projects to calculate grant awards.
Eligible Project Categories
TCEQ will provide grants to offset the incremental cost for the replacement or repower of an eligible medium-duty or heavy-duty motor vehicle with a vehicle or engine powered by natural gas. Under the TNGVGP, eligible natural gas fuels include compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Replacement Projects
- An applicant may apply for a grant if the vehicle being replaced is an on-road heavy-duty or medium-duty vehicle that runs on gasoline or diesel.
Repower Projects
- A repower project may include the replacement of the engine in an existing vehicle with a qualifying engine. A repower project may also include conversion of the existing vehicle or engine with an eligible conversion system. Refer to Section 2.0 of the RFGA for specific repower project requirements.
Criteria
- Eligible applicants are individuals and entities with an on-road heavy-duty or medium-duty vehicle registered to operate in Texas.
- All business entities such as corporations or partnerships must have an active registration with the Texas Secretary of State by no later than the program opening date listed on the cover page. If awarded a contract, businesses must maintain an active registration during the contract period.
- Applicants must disclose any 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 Counties are Anderson, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Calhoun, Chambers, Collin, Colorado, Comal, Dallas, Denton, DeWitt, Duval, El Paso, Ellis, Falls, Fayette, Fort Bend, Freestone, Frio, Galveston, Goliad, Gonzales, Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Hays, Henderson, Hill, Hood, Howard, Hunt, Hutchinson, Jackson, Jefferson, Jim Wells, Johnson, Karnes, Kaufman, La Salle, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Live Oak, Madison, Matagorda, Medina, McLennan, McMullen Milam, Montgomery, Navarro, Nueces, Orange, Panola, Parker, Refugio, Robertson, Rockwall, Rusk, San Patricio, Smith, Tarrant, Titus, Travis, Upshur, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Williamson, Wilson, Wise
For more information, visit Vehicle Grant Program.
