by GNHCCC | Sep 20, 2016 | Laws & Incentives, Question of the Month, Vehicles
What are the current and future medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards? According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), greenhouse gas (GHG)...
by GNHCCC | Sep 12, 2016 | Laws & Incentives
Attention Connecticut Clean Diesel Stakeholders! The deadline for receiving proposals for this year’s Connecticut State DERA Program has been extended to September 20, 2016. Proposals submitted by the September 7, 2016 original deadline will receive a bonus criteria...
by GNHCCC | Aug 21, 2016 | Clean Cities, Laws & Incentives, News, Vehicles
Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition and other Clean Cities Coalitions nationwide are working with CALSTART to explore ways to integrate electric vehicles (EVs) and charging into a fleet procurement. Deployment of EVs in fleets offer many long-term...
by GNHCCC | Aug 20, 2016 | Fuel Efficiency, Laws & Incentives, Question of the Month, Vehicles
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA), light-duty vehicles (LDVs) emit nearly 60% of transportation-related GHG emissions and use more than half of all petroleum transportation fuel in the United States. In 1975, Congress enacted the Energy...
by GNHCCC | Aug 5, 2016 | Fuel Efficiency, Laws & Incentives
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) anticipates the availability of approximately $189,000 in new federal funds for the reduction of diesel emissions in our state. This money is authorized under the Federal Diesel Emissions...
by GNHCCC | Aug 1, 2016 | Fuels, Laws & Incentives
Last week DOE’s Loan Program Office released the attached supplement clarifying that the deployment and installation of EV charging infrastructure and associated hardware and software may be financed under the Title XVII Renewable Energy and Efficient Energy...