EPA Awards $735 Million To Support Local Purchases Of Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Including $2.8 Million To Penn Hills School District In Allegheny County

On December 11, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that 70 applicants across 27 states, three Tribal Nations, and one territory have been tentatively selected to receive over $735 million to assist in the purchase of over 2,400 zero-emission vehicles through its first-ever Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program. 

The awards include a $2.8 million grant to the Penn Hills School District in Allegheny County to purchase 10 zero emission electric school buses to replace 10 diesel school busses.

Ten Level 3 DC Fast Charging station units will also be installed to support these electric school buses, and the necessary charging infrastructure work will be completed to accommodate the Level 3 DC Fast Charging stations. 

EPA’s Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program, created by the federal Inflation Reduction Act, will replace existing internal combustion engine heavy-duty vehicles with zero-emission vehicles, while also supporting the build out of clean vehicle infrastructure, as well as the training of workers to deploy these new zero-emission technologies. 

Together, the selected projects announced today will reduce harmful emissions from heavy-duty vehicles, support good-paying jobs, and improve air quality in communities across the country, particularly in those that have been overburdened by air pollution.

“Thanks to President Biden, we are accelerating American leadership in developing clean technologies that address the impacts of climate change,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “Together, the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant projects announced today will slash air pollution and enhance the country’s infrastructure for cleaner transportation solutions, creating good-paying jobs along the way.”

Click Here for the complete announcement.

Visit EPA’s Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program webpage to learn more about this program.

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[Posted: December 11, 2024]  PA Environment Digest