Funding Opportunities

Please check this page often as available funding opportunities are constantly changing! If you have a question about an opportunity listed here, or you notice anything that needs to be added or corrected, please let us know! We are happy to work with you on projects and proposals.

If you don't see an opportunity that works for you right now, no problem - we hear about new opportunities all the time! Just let us know what you're looking for by completing our Special Funding Opportunity Collaboration Request Questionnaire, and submitting it to cleancities@h-gac.com.

Open Grant & Loan Programs

• H-GAC's Clean Vehicles Program - Ongoing; No deadline
• H-GAC's Drayage Loan Program - Ongoing; No Deadline
• TCEQ's TERP Program
  • Texas Natural Gas Vehicle Program - Vendor Partner Solicitation Recommended Deadline March 30, 2012; Expected to open to fleets during Summer 2012
    Alternative Fueling Facilities Program - Deadline July 31, 20
• U.S. Maritime Administration Vessel Emission Reduction Grants - Deadline July 9, 2012
• EPA's National Clean Diesel Campaign DERA Program
  • National Competitive Program - Deadline June 4, 2012
• U.S. DOE Implementation Initiatives to Advance Alternative Fuel Markets - Deadline June 18, 2012
• Railroad Commission of Texas's TERP Program (Propane focus) - Ongoing; No deadline
• Propane Council of Texas Lawn Mower Rebate Program - Ongoing; No deadline
• Cascade Sierra Solutions Small Business Express Loan Program - Ongoing; No deadline
• NAPT's CNG School Bus Financing Program - Ongoing; No deadline
• Texas Emerging Technology Funds for Research Superiority - Ongoing; No deadline

Closed Grant & Loan Programs

• H-GAC's Regional TERP Program - Expected to reopen in Fall 2012
• TCEQ's TERP Program
  • Emission Reduction Incentive Grants - Expected to reopen in 2012
  • Rebate Grants - Expected to reopen in 2012
  • Texas Clean Fleet Program - Expected to reopen in 2012
    
• Texas Emerging Technology Fund for Commercialization - Opending date TBD
• TCEQ's Clean School Bus Program - Opening date TBD
• EPA's National Clean Diesel Campaign DERA Program
  • Emerging Technologies Program - Opening date TBD
  • Innovative Financing Program - Opening date TBD
• DOE's Vehicle Technologies Program - Opening date TBD
• Federal Transit Agency's TIGGER Program - Opending date TBD
• SECO's Alternative Fuels Initiatives Grant Program - Opending date TBD
• FAA's Voluntary Airport Low Emissions Program - Opending date TBD

Current Tax Credits & Incentives
Please note this list is not exhaustive; rather, this list highlights the credits and incentives most often of benefit to our stakeholders.

• Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Tax Credit - Expires December 31, 2014
• Alternative Fuel Tax Exemption
• Fuel Cell Motor Vehicle Tax Credit - Expires December 31, 2014
• Hydrogen Fuel Excise Tax Credit - Expires September 30, 2014
• Idle Reduction Equipment Excise Tax Exemption
• Qualified Plug-In Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Tax Credit

Expired Tax Credits & Incentives
Please note this list is not exhaustive; rather, this list highlights the credits and incentives most often of benefit to our stakeholders.

• Alternative Fuel Excise Tax Credit - Expired December 31, 2011
• Biodiesel Income Tax Credit - Expired December 31, 2011
• Light-Duty Hybrid Electric Vehicle and Advanced Lean Burn Vehicle Tax Credit
  - Expired December 31, 2010
• Qualified Alternative Fuel Motor Vehicle Tax Credit - Expired December 31, 2010
  

Previous Proposal Writing & Submissions

Air Quality Grants Awarded

2011 - EPA Clean Vessels for Texas Waters Part 1: $991,041 awarded for upgrade of specific marine vessels.

2011 - State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) Outreach Grant: $2,000 awarded for alternative fuels outreach. Award not received because funds rebudgeted by SECO.

2009 - EPA Award of $9 million to establish a revolving loan fund for heavy-duty truck replacement.

2008 - EPA Grant Award of $200,000 to retrofit/replace specific school buses.

Air Quality Grants Applied For

2011 - EPA Clean Vessels for Texas Waters Part 2: $897,329.50 proposed for upgrade of specific marine vessels.

2011 - EPA BlueMax 200 to the Max in Houston: $351,500 proposed for retrofit of short-haul trucks with BlueMax 200 selective catalytic reduction technology.

2011 - DOT Tools in Your Hands: Interactive Alt-Fuel Station Mapping & Development: $6,080,000 proposed for mapping of alternative fuel station demand mapping and implementation.

2011 - DOE Triangulating the Houston-Galveston EV Network: Integrated Planning for Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure: $312,000 proposed for planning electric charge station demands along highways of the Texas Triangle, the area between Austin-San Antonio, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Houston-Galveston.

2009 - DOE ARRA Proposal Submission for $14.5 million to fund 148 alternative fuel vehicles and 62 refueling stations

 

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