Public Workshop on the FY24-25 Draft Funding Plan for Clean Transportation Incentives (8/29/2024)

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) invites you to participate in the second public workshop on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Funding Plan for Clean Transportation Incentives (Funding Plan). The Draft FY 2024-25 Funding Plan will describe CARB’s proposed investments from the Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) funds. At this workshop, CARB staff will present information on the program level appropriations included in the State budget. A total of $34.94 million has been appropriated to the FY 2024-25 Funding Plan for Clean Transportation Incentives.

Date: Thursday, August 29, 2024
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (PT)
Location: Zoom Webinar

Please register for the virtual Clean Transportation Incentives Funding Plan Workshop webinar. After you register, you will receive a confirmation email with information about how to join the webinar either through a computer, a digital device, or via a telephone conference line.

This meeting will be recorded. A link to the recording and attendee list will be available on the Low Carbon Transportation Incentives and AQIP Meetings and Workshops page as well as the CARB Events Calendar webpage approximately two weeks after the meeting date.

CARB staff will continue to hold regular virtual Evening Community Meetings on the third Tuesday of each month through October 2024 to discuss Funding Plan development. Information on these and all other upcoming meetings can be found on the Low Carbon Transportation Incentives and AQIP Meetings and Workshops webpage.

Purpose of the Workshop

CARB staff anticipates releasing the Proposed FY 2024-25 Funding Plan in October of 2024 for a 30-day public comment period prior to Board consideration.
The workshop agenda is now available online. The Draft Funding Plan will be posted approximately 10 days prior to the August 29 workshop. Staff’s presentation will be posted prior to the workshop on the Low Carbon Transportation Incentives and AQIP Meetings and Workshops webpage.

This is the second in a series of public workshops and workgroup meetings that CARB staff will hold about the development of the FY 2024-25 Funding Plan for Clean Transportation Incentives. CARB staff will discuss and seek input on the options for expending $34.94 million for AQIP from the Air Quality Improvement Fund in addition to holding discussions on potential refinements and policy recommendations for ongoing projects. CARB staff anticipates releasing the Proposed FY 2024-25 Funding Plan in October 2024 for a 30 day public comment period prior to Board consideration.

The workshop agenda is now available online. CARB staff’s presentation will be posted online prior to the workshop on the Low Carbon Transportation Incentives and AQIP Meetings and Workshops webpage.

All interested parties are invited to attend the virtual workshop webinar online.

More information can be found on the Funding Plan for Clean Transportation Incentives webpage.

Background

Annual Funding Plan for Clean Transportation Incentives

The annual funding plan is each fiscal year’s blueprint for spending funds from the Low Carbon Transportation Program, AQIP, and related funds appropriated to CARB in the current fiscal year’s California State budget. The funding plan describes CARB’s policy drivers and vision for advanced technology mobile source investments, eligible project categories and criteria, project funding allocations, project implementation details, and the justification for these investments. Projects supported under the Funding Plan have included projects such as, but not limited to, financial assistance for lower-income Californians to purchase zero-emission vehicles (ZEV); community-directed mobility projects to improve transportation options while reducing air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and vehicle miles travelled; specialized small fleet support, and demonstrations of pre commercial heavy-duty equipment to accelerate market availability of zero-emissions options.

Low Carbon Transportation Funding

The Low Carbon Transportation program is part of the California Climate Investments. It is a statewide program that puts billions of Cap and Trade dollars to work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, strengthen the economy and create jobs, and improve public health and the environment, particularly in overburdened communities. These investments accelerate the transition to low carbon freight and passenger transportation and prioritize health and economic benefits to California’s communities that are most in need. As of November 2023, 85% of CARB’s Low Carbon Transportation funding has benefitted low-income and disadvantaged communities, including low-income households.

In 2013, the Legislature appropriated Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds to CARB, which created the Low Carbon Transportation Investments Program. These investments support the continued reductions of emissions from freight and passenger transportation, with an emphasis on supporting priority populations. In 2021, the Governor and Legislature agreed upon a multi-year, multi-agency, 10-billion-dollar investment to reduce transportation emissions through zero-emission technology deployment. The ZEV package would culminate in $9.1 billion dollars of investments through FY 2027 28. CARB implements the ZEV package funding in close coordination with the California Energy Commission, California State Transportation Agency, and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.

Air Quality Improvement Program

AQIP is a voluntary, mobile source incentive program. The focus of the program is to reduce criteria pollutant and diesel particulate emissions with concurrent reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The Budget Act of 2024 includes funding for AQIP, which has recently provided funding for the Small Innovative E-Fleet Pilot and Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Projects.

Contact

If you have questions about the workshop, please email [email protected] and copy Stephanie Parent, Funding Plan Lead, at [email protected] and Lisa Macumber, Branch Chief, at [email protected].

If you require a special accommodation or need this document in an alternate format (i.e., Braille, large print) or another language, please email Clean Transportation Incentives, as soon as possible. TTY/TDD/Speech to Speech users may dial 711 for the California Relay Service.