The California Energy Commission’s (CEC’s) Clean Transportation Program announces the availability of up to $10,796,266 in grant funds for projects that will support the advancement of hydrogen refueling station operations and maintenance (O&M) to improve the customer experience.
Donor Name: California Energy Commission (CEC)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/19/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The intention of this solicitation is to enable station owners and/or operators to invest in O&M activities that will result in long-lasting improvements to station reliability and the customer experience. While this support will be in the form of one-time O&M grants, the objective is to enable station owners and/or operators to implement technical, organizational, or other changes that will have measurable long-term benefits. Where appropriate, station owners and/or operators may also make station investments to address immediate problems facing customers, including but not limited to bringing stations temporarily out of service back into service.
The Clean Transportation Program has an annual budget of approximately $100 million and has provided financial support for projects that:
- Reduce California’s use and dependence on petroleum transportation fuels and increase the use of alternative and renewable fuels and advanced vehicle technologies.
- Produce sustainable alternative and renewable low-carbon fuels in California.
- Expand alternative fueling infrastructure and fueling stations.
- Improve the efficiency, performance, and market viability of alternative light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicle technologies.
- Retrofit medium- and heavy-duty on-road and non-road vehicle fleets to alternative technologies or fuel use.
- Expand the alternative fueling infrastructure available to existing fleets, public transit, and transportation corridors.
- Establish workforce training programs and conduct public outreach on the benefits of alternative transportation fuels and vehicle technologies.
Funding Information
- A total of $10,796,266 is available for awards under this solicitation. CEC, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to increase or decrease the amount of funds available under this solicitation.
- Projects are eligible for up to 75% of the total project costs. Projects may include one or more eligible hydrogen refueling stations. The maximum award per eligible hydrogen refueling station included in the project is $350,000, and the maximum project award is capped at $7,000,000, meaning if a project contains 20 or more stations, the maximum award is $7,000,000 or 75% of total project costs, whichever is less. If awarded; projects do not need to spend grant funds evenly across all stations included in the project, given that some stations may have greater needs than others.
Eligibility Criteria
- This solicitation is open to all public and private entities that own or operate one or more eligible hydrogen refueling stations.
- Ineligible applicants include any entity that does not own or operate any eligible hydrogen refueling stations.
- The Applicant does not need to have its company headquarters in California, but it must have at least one existing physical office within the State of California.
For more information, visit CEC.
