The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) invites applications for the purchase or lease in Texas of an eligible new light-duty motor vehicle powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or propane).
Donor Name: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/07/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The Light-Duty Motor Vehicle Purchase or Lease Incentive Program (LDPLIP) is intended to encourage greater use of vehicles powered by electricity or an alternative fuel in order to stimulate the market for those vehicles and fuels in Texas. The increased use of electricity or alternative fuels for transportation may have positive impacts on air quality in the state.
Funding Information
The eligible rebate amounts for the purchase or lease of a new light-duty motor vehicle powered by CNG or LPG are below.
- Purchase or Lease (three-year or longer term): $5,000
- Lease (two-year to less than three-year term): $3,330 (66.6%)
- Lease (one-year to less than two-year term): $1,665 (33.3%)
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility requirements are listed below.
- Persons who purchase or lease an eligible new light-duty motor vehicle in
- Texas on or after September 1, 2021, are eligible to apply for a rebate.
- Eligible applicants include individuals, corporations, organizations, governments or governmental subdivisions or agencies, business trusts, partnerships, associations, or any other legal entity.
- The applicant must have purchased or leased the vehicle, taken possession of the vehicle, and applied for or acquired title and registration of the vehicle in Texas. Both the sale or lease of the vehicle and the installation of the eligible fuel system must physically occur in Texas. (See 43 Tex. Reg. 2435 (April 20, 2018)).
- If the vehicle has been purchased and then converted to operate on an eligible fuel, the conversion must occur before the vehicle reaches 500 miles of operation after first sale.
- The applicant must commit to operating and registering the vehicle in Texas for at least one calendar year (12 months) from the date of purchase or lease of the vehicle.
- If the vehicle is purchased for the purpose of leasing the vehicle to another person, the applicant must be the lessee and not the purchaser.
For more information, visit TCEQ.
