{"id":23140,"date":"2024-03-07T11:18:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=23140"},"modified":"2024-03-07T11:22:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:22:18","slug":"new-edf-report-details-how-texas-clean-air-program-can-more-effectively-speed-the-transition-to-zev-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2024\/03\/07\/new-edf-report-details-how-texas-clean-air-program-can-more-effectively-speed-the-transition-to-zev-trucks\/","title":{"rendered":"New EDF report details how Texas\u2019 clean air program can more effectively speed the transition to ZEV trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A new report released today by EDF<\/a> details how Texas\u2019 $342 million clean air program can be improved to help companies that want to secure state funding for zero-emission trucks. Recommendations include how to improve program design of the grants offered, including how to modernize the calculation of nitrogen oxides reductions to ensure the full benefit of switching from diesel to zero-emission vehicles is captured, and how to improve the administrative management of the program so it is easier for companies to secure funds to deploy zero-emission vehicles in Texas.<\/p>\n

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The report takes a close look at the Texas Emissions Reduction Program, a grant program administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that offers incentives to companies to help reduce air pollution in the state. The program, first created in 2001, consists of 11 different grant programs offered over the course of Texas\u2019 two-year budget cycle.<\/p>\nNew EDF report details how Texas\u2019 clean air program can more effectively speed the transition to ZEV trucks <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n

To complete the report, EDF partnered with GNA, a TRC company, which works with fleet owners to secure federal and state incentives. GNA conducted interviews with 16 major stakeholders that have interacted directly with TERP, including Clean Cities partners, trucking companies and state agency staff. GNA also developed its own analysis of similar state-based incentive programs from across the country and compared them to the programs offered in Texas to create a first-of-its-kind \u201cFleet Friendliness\u201d score that provided unique, detailed recommendations for how best to improve the program\u2019s management.<\/p>\n

Key findings from the report include:<\/p>\n