The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is accepting applications for its All-Electric Grants for repowering or replacing eligible vehicles and equipment with all-electric models, along with supporting infrastructure.
Donor Name: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/31/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This grant program implements a portion of the Texas Volkswagen (VW) Environmental Mitigation Program (TxVEMP) established and administered by TCEQ.
Grants under this program are subject to:
- Texas Water Code Section 5.124 (TCEQ’s authority to award grants);
- The Texas Grant Management Standards (TxGMS);
- TCEQ rules and policies (pertaining to TCEQ contracts and grants);
- The Environmental Mitigation Trust Agreement for State Beneficiaries (Trust Agreement) and the Beneficiary Mitigation Plan for Texas (RG-537) (Mitigation Plan);
- Other applicable Federal and State rules and statutes.
Funding Information
TCEQ projects that approximately $87 million.
Eligible Project Categories
To be eligible for a grant, an applicant must be replacing or repowering a vehicle or a piece of equipment from one of the categories listed below, and may request additional funding for refueling infrastructure.
- Class 8 Local Freight and Port Drayage Trucks Must be powered by a diesel engine of a model year 1992 through 2009, used to transport freight, cargo, or refuse, and have a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 33,001 pounds.
- Class 4-8 School Bus, Shuttle Bus, & Transit Buses
- Gross vehicle weight rating must be 14,001 pounds or greater.
- School buses must have an engine year of 2009 or earlier and be intended to carry students to and from school and related events.
- Shuttle and transit buses must carry passengers on routes within a city or defined regional area.
- Class 4-7 Local Freight Trucks Must be powered by a diesel engine of a model year 1992 through 2009, be used to transport freight, cargo, or refuse, and have a gross vehicle weight rating between 14,001 to 33,000 pounds.
- Airport Ground Support Equipment
- Tier 0, Tier 1, or Tier 2 diesel-powered airport ground support equipment that is uncertified or certified to 3 g/bhp-hr (grams per brake horsepower-hour) or higher emissions.
- Must be used at an airport to service aircraft between flights, such as aircraft tugs, baggage tugs, stair trucks, pushbacks, forklifts, man lifts, and belt loaders. Also includes those powered by spark ignition engines .
- Forklift and Port Cargo Handling Equipment
- Tier 0, Tier 1, or Tier 2 diesel-powered forklifts and port cargo handling equipment that is uncertified or certified to 3 g/bhp-hr or higher emissions with greater than 8,000 pounds lift capacity.
- Also includes those powered by spark ignition engines.
- Refueling Infrastructure Applicants purchasing on-road vehicles or non-road equipment may request additional funding for refueling infrastructure. Allowable alternative fuels are as follows:
- electricity
- hydrogen
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are individuals, state and local governments, corporations, or any other legal entity. This may include a corporation headquartered outside of the state of Texas, but which operates vehicles or equipment primarily in an eligible priority area 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 of this RFGA. 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 on the nature of the interest.
- This RFGA does not apply to entities intending to serve as a third party for the funding, whereby the grant funding and/or cost savings resulting from the funding will be passed through to the owners or operators of the vehicles.
For mor information, visit TCEQ.
