In this week's eNewsletter from Sacramento Clean Cities
Upcoming Grants - Funding for a wide range of transportation and energy programs and projects

Upcoming Workshops - Participate in the decision making process

New Updates, Regulations & Requirements - Regulations and requirements that may affect your operations
Special Note: October 27, CARB Advanced Clean Fleet Rule (ACF) Adoption Hearing
Special Note: November 17 - CARB Off-Road Diesel Regulation Hearing Adoption Hearing

Alternative Fuel & Zero-Emission Insights - Learn what’s new and what’s coming soon

Conferences, Programs - Educational, networking and presentation opportunities

Presentations Slides and Videos from Previous Sacramento Clean Cities Webinars
  • Presentation Slides and Recordings posted Here
Grants Accepting Applications
PEV DAC Call For Projects
The Plug-in Electric Vehicle Collaborative’s Disadvantaged Communities Committee (PEV DAC) has published a grant application template and called for regional projects to be submitted. The template contains:
  • The 7 criteria that must be met, information about the applicant and project site
  • Additional information is also available to assist applicants:
Read more Here
Hydrogen Fueling Solutions
CEC GFO 22-502 - Due November 18
  • Purpose of this solicitation is to develop and demonstrate innovative hydrogen refueling solutions
  • Reduce hydrogen delivery and refueling costs
  • Improve reliability, enable higher fill rates, and minimize energy losses
Read more Here
CARB Soliciting Administrator for the Advanced Technology Demonstration and Projects
  • Applications due by December 16
  • Intended to move technologies from demonstration to commercial 
Read more Here
Upcoming Workshops
CARB Regulatory Webinar Training
  • October 26 - Transport Refrigeration Units
  • November 3 - CARB Smog Check for Heavy Trucks (repeated on December 15)
  • December 1 -  Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Operation & Maintenance
  • December 8 - Air Regulatory Overview for Public Schools in California
  • November 16 - In-Use Off-Road Diesel Vehicle Regulation
  • December  14 - Compliance Overview: Truck & Bus, Portable Equipment Rules
  • December 15 - CARB Smog Check for Heavy Trucks
Read more Here
CARB 2022 Scoping Plan Update Workshop
October 28
  • Assess progress towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2045
  • Evaluate the total potential costs and economic and non-economic benefits of the plan for reducing GHGs to California’s economy, environment, and health
Read more Here
Advanced Clean Fleet Rule Webinar
November 2 - Virtual
  • Status of the ACF rule,
  • How it will impact California fleet operators
  • Lessons learned and how to stay in compliance
Read more Here
GREET 2022 Training Workshop
November 7 & 8 - Argonne National Lab
  • Workshop will introduce recent expansions, updates, and new modeling capabilities
  • energy and environmental impacts of transportation fuels, transportation subsectors, chemicals, materials, agricultural decarbonization
Download updated GREET 2022 Model Here
Register for GREET 2022 Workshop Here
Proposed In-Use Locomotive Regulation
November 17 - Virtual
  • The Governor’s Executive Order N-79-20 calls for 100 percent of off-road vehicles and equipment operations to be zero-emission by 2035.
  • The goal of this proposed regulation is to accelerate immediate adoption of advanced cleaner technologies for all locomotive operations.
Read more Here
New Updates, Regulations, and Requirements
GO-Biz Forms Hydrogen Public-Private Partnership
The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) has created the Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES), a shared not-for-profit LLC public-private partnership designed to accelerate hydrogen’s contribution to decarbonizing the economy in California and beyond.
Read more Here
CARB Off-Road Diesel Regulation Adoption Hearing
November 17 - Virtual & In-Person
  • Current regulations require fleet average emissions to be reduced
  • This regulation will mandate elimination of the older off-road vehicles 
Sacramento Clean Cities Sponsors Make The News
City of Fairfield Off-Road ZEV
David Renschler, City of Fairfield Fleet Manager, expands his off-road ZEV fleet with a SelecTrac 25HP electric tractor with front loader, 3pt hitch, PTO and aux. hydraulic outlet on the rear.
FreeWire "Boost" Greenlighted by Chevron & Texaco
FreeWire’s “Boost” chargers will be used by Chevron and Texaco at their retail stations. The Boost charger can provide 100kW DCFC using a 240v connection because an internal battery continuously stores energy.
Read more Here
GM Hydrotec Fuel Cells Power MotorTrend's 2023 SUV Competition
MotorTrend’s annual competition testing of SUVs was able to include EVs in their remote desert site with the aid of GM’s Hydrotec Fuel Cell generator powering two DCFC.
Read more about MotorTrend’s Remote EV Charging Using Hydrogen Fuel Cells  Here
Read more about GM’s Hydrotech Fuel Cell Technology Here
Nikola's Hydrogen Station Plans
Nikola has announced that they plan to build 60 hydrogen fueling stations by 2026, thanks to the growing tax incentives and funding opportunities.
Read more Here
Toyota Reassessing EV Strategy
Toyota had announced 30 EV models by 2030 but may have decided to pause on that plan pending an internal assessment. 
Read more Here
Chevy Blazer Police Pursuit EV
Chevy has designed a police pursuit equipped version of the 2024 Blazer EV to meet or exceed the requirements of the Michigan State Police pursuit vehicle requirements. The Blazer will be added to the Chevy Tahoe and Chevy Silverado ICE police pursuit vehicles. 
Read more Here
Alternative Fuel Insight
Green Hydrogen's Decarbonizing Role
The Rocky Mountain Institute has reported that green hydrogen will play a major role in decarbonizing transportation emissions by 2030, especially in larger vehicles, heavy equipment and ocean going vessels. 
Read more Here
Valley Vision Has Been Awarded a $5M CERF Grant
Valley Vision has been awarded $5M under the Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF) program to advance regional economic recovery and resilience strategies that prioritize the creation of accessible, high-quality jobs in sustainable industries in the Sacramento Region.
Read more Here
Metrolink in SoCal Goes 100% Renewable Diesel
Metrolink, the SoCal regional commuter rail system has gone to 100% renewable diesel to power their locomotives, reducing GHG by up to 80%. 
Read more Here
LCFS Renewable Fuel Pathways
California Average Grid Electricity Carbon Intensity: California average grid electricity used as a transportation fuel in California: 76.73gCO2e/MJ.
Read more Here
Low Carbon Fuel Credits-$65.50
Recent Carbon Intensity (CI) Fuels Certified by CARB
Conferences and Programs
Fleet Forward Conference
November 9 - 11
Santa Clara
  • Fleet solutions on electrification, Connected vehicles, Autonomous technology, Last-mile mobility, Shared mobility, Next-generation telematics
  • Expanded Ride and Drive
Read more Here
Clean Buses in the US
November 9 & 10
San Francisco
  • Transitioning to zero-emission buses: Strategies, policies, case studies, and best practices
  • Infrastructure: EV and Hydrogen
  • Transit agency and utility partnerships
  • Financing zero-emission buses
  • Much, much more
Read more Here
FORTH Roadmap Conference
May 15 - 17, 2023
Portland
  • Leading developments, best practices, and the future of electric, shared, and smart mobility. 
  • Four conference tracks, Vehicles, Charging, Impact and Cutting Edge. 
EVS36 "Driving the Transition to E-Mobility"
June 11 - 14, 2023 - Sacramento Convention Center
  • Annual international gathering of the world’s EV experts
  • Cutting-edge research 
  • Innovative technologies
  • EV Market developments
Read more about EVS36 Here
  • EVS36 Call for papers covering:
  • Research
  • Market and government programs
  • Activities across all fields related to hybrid, battery & fuel cell technologies
  • EV infrastructure and services.
Read more about submitting papers Here
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