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- EPA run program
- Open to school districts and related organizations for replacement,
repower or retrofit of school buses
- Program must achieve an “appropriate balance” in spending for
replacement buses and retrofitting existing buses
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- Replacement buses eligible – Alt Fuel like Natural Gas and Propane and
Clean Diesel
- Any engine in MY 2005 or 2006 that achieves 1.8 in NOx plus NMHC
emissions and .01 PM are eligible for 50% of the cost of a new bus
- Diesel engines using a std. of 2.5 NOx + .01 PM are eligible for 25% of
the cost of new bus
- Same level of funding (50% & 25%) relates to MY 2007, 2008 &
2009 if any engine achieves a .2 NOx rating, with diesel engines
achieving only 1.8 NOx
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- Funding level for first 2 years is $55 million each year and no state
can receive more than 10% of these funds
- Following years funding provides such sums as are necessary
- It is presumed that pre 1987 buses will receive priority in the
application process when replacement buses are concern and the details
are released
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- Estimated number of buses that will be replaced here in Texas will
depend on how many are Alt fuel vs. diesel = 45 – 135
- Funds are combinable with the new state Clean School Bus program from
TERP
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- Competitive grant program handled thru Clean Cities to reduce emissions,
displace fossil fuels, promote advancement in technology and promote sustainable
transportation systems
- Limited to state and local government agencies and MPO
- No project can receive more than $15 million
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- Grants can pay for the following:
- AFVs
- Medium and Heavy Duty Hybrid Vehicles
- Fuel Cell Vehicles
- Ultra Low Sulfur Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicles
- Acquisition & installation of fueling infrastructure
- Operation & maintenance of vehicles, infrastructure and equipment
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- $200 Million per year to fund the reduction of emissions from diesel
engines in non-attainment areas specifically for state, local
governments and non profit organizations
- 50% must go to public fleets
- CARB/EPA certified or verified technologies only
- Assume grants will be awarded on a competitive cost effective basis
- School Districts eligible
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- Provides tax credit up to 30% of the cost of the station up to a maximum
of $30,000
- Provides tax credit of $1,000 for home refueling appliances like the new
Phill from FuelMaker
- Non-tax paying entities the seller can take the credit and pass it on
the equipment sale
- Credit runs from 1/1/06 to 12/31/09
- Credit available to all alternative fuels including Hydrogen, Propane,
CNG and LNG
- Repeals $100,000 deduction for fueling stations after 12/31/05
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- Automakers were given an extension of CAFE credits for selling AFVs
- Includes credits for dedicated, bi-fuel and flex fuel vehicles
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- Starting 10/1/06 for 3 years an excise tax credit called “VECTC” for CNG
& LNG fuels
- $.50 per gallon (gge) for light duty vehicles
- $.50 per liquid gallon for heavy duty vehicles using LNG or about $.64
per dge
- Credits offset by increase in federal excise tax
- CNG increases from $.043 cost per gge to $.183
- LNG increases from $.119 cost per liquid gallon to $.243 or $.435 per
dge
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- Net result: CNG = $.36 gge and LNG = $.55 dge
- Credits are for 3 years but excise tax increases are permanent
- Non tax paying entities will be able to claim credits by modifying IRS
forms 720 & 8849, probably on a quarterly basis with proof of fuel
use
- State excise tax may further offset some credits
- Hydrogen and Propane will also receive credits, amount yet to be
determined, but probably $.50 per gge as well.
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- Provides a tax credit to the buyer of new dedicated AFV of 50% of
incremental cost of vehicle
- Additional 30% if the vehicle meets certain tighter emission standards
- Credits range from $400 to $32,000 depending on the size of the vehicles
- For non-tax paying entities, the seller can take the credit and pass it
on at time of sale
- Credits available from 1/1/06 to 12/31/10
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- Also provides credit for light, medium and heavy duty fuel cell
vehicles, hybrids and dedicated propane, natural gas, hydrogen and M85
alt fuel vehicles and light burn lean burn diesel vehicles less than
8,500 lbs
- Natural Gas Civic to qualify for $3,600 credit
- Complex system to figure for hybrid vehicles
- Two credits apply
- Fuel efficiency over standard version from $400 to $2,400
- Conservation credit based upon lifetime fuel savings from $250 to
$1,000
- Credits then limited to the first 60,000 produced for each model
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- Authorized $500 million from FY 2007 to 2011
- Fund projects or installations that result in significant air quality
improvements in non-attainment areas or substantially reduces the
emission level of regulated pollutant and mercury air emissions
- Includes projects for pollution control that result in the mitigation or
collection of more than one pollutant or projects designed to allow the
use of the waste by-products or other by-products of the equipment
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- Company XYZ owns and operates a public CNG fueling station. For every gge they sell, they owe 18.3
cents of excise tax, but receive 50 cents worth of excise tax
credit. They periodically submit
a form to the IRS, submit no money and receive a check for 31.7 cents
per gge sold.
- Transit company ABC owns their LNG station. They are exempt from paying
the excise tax. They
periodically submit a form to the IRS and receive a check for 50 cents
per LNG gallon used.
- Company XYZ owns a CNG fueling station that sells fuel to a school
district. Since school districts
are exempt from the excise tax, XYZ owes no tax. They periodically submit a form to the
IRS and receive a check for 50 cents per gge of CNG sold.
- Harry Homeowner owns a PHILL. For
every gge he uses, he owes the IRS 18.3 cents of excise tax. He’s
eligible for the excise tax credit, but, since he isn’t using the fuel
in a trade or business, he can only receive a credit up to 18.3 cents a
gge. What forms, if any, he will
be required to submit to the IRS is unclear.
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- Clean Cities SEP Grants
- EPA Clean School Bus Program
- CMAQ Funding
- Adopt School Bus Program
- TERP NOx Reduction Program
- TERP School Bus Program (New)
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