Rebates to reduce road emissions

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is accepting additional applications for the Rebate Grants program to help reduce NOx emissions from onroad, heavy-duty diesel vehicles and select diesel non-road equipment in nonattainment areas and affected counties in Texas that include Hardin, Jefferson and Orange counties, as well as Liberty, Chambers and Galveston.

Projects eligible for the Rebate Grants program include the replacement or repower of on-road heavy-duty diesel vehicles and select diesel non-road equipment with newer, cleaner models; as well as the purchase and installation of equipment that supplies electric power to on-road heavy-duty diesel vehicles or diesel equipment to replace power normally supplied by a diesel propulsion engine or another onboard internal combustion engine. Applicants eligible for replacement, repower and new purchase projects may also be eligible to request additional funding for the installation of refueling infrastructure to support the alternatively fueled vehicles or pieces of equipment in their application, including vehicles or equipment powered by natural gas, propane, hydrogen or electricity.

Apply now at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/terp/rebate.html. Information about this and other vehicle grant programs at TCEQ can be found at www.terpgrants.org, by calling 800-919-TERP (8377), or by email to TERP@ tceq.texas.gov.