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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has posted for comment a draft of the Technology Pathways and Technology Status Updates section of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 Heavy-Duty Three-Year Investment Strategy. The draft section provides information on how CARB tracks the commercialization of key pathway technologies and provides updates on progress made over previous years. The draft is provided at the request of the Heavy-Duty Investment Strategy working group and feedback is requested by August 12, 2019. The draft section will be finalized with the rest of the Heavy-Duty Investment Strategy and will be incorporated into the upcoming FY 2019-20 Funding Plan for Clean Transportation Incentives, which includes funding for the Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) and Low Carbon Transportation Investments.
Background
California Climate Investments Low Carbon Transportation Funding
The Low Carbon Transportation program is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy and improving public health and the environment, particularly in disadvantaged communities. CARB’s Low Carbon Transportation Program is designed to accelerate the transition to low carbon freight and passenger transportation with a priority on providing health and economic benefits to California’s most disadvantaged communities. These investments support the Governor’s climate change strategy pillars of a 50 percent reduction in petroleum use in vehicles by 2030 and reducing short‑lived climate pollutants and the Governor’s goal to deploy 5 million ZEVs by 2030. These investments also reduce ozone precursor emissions and toxic diesel particulate emissions, supporting the State’s goals in these areas.
The Legislature has appropriated nearly $1.2 billion to CARB for Low Carbon Transportation projects over the past five budget cycles with an additional $485 million appropriated for FY 2019-20. These funds are being used to fund zero‑emission and plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles through CVRP; light-duty vehicle equity projects to increase access to clean transportation in disadvantaged communities and for lower‑income Californians; deployment incentives for clean trucks and buses using zero-emission, hybrid, and low nitrogen oxides (NOx) technologies; and advanced technology demonstration projects for freight trucks and equipment.
For more information about Low Carbon Transportation Investments and the Air Quality Improvement Program, visit the program website.
Annual Funding Plan
The annual funding plan is each year’s blueprint for expending Low Carbon Transportation and AQIP funds appropriated to CARB in the State budget. The plan describes CARB’s policy drivers and vision for advanced technology mobile source investments, eligible project categories and criteria, project funding allocations, program implementation details, and provides the justification for these investments. The Funding Plan will also address the requirements of AB 1550 (Gomez, Chapter 369, Statutes of 2016) related to disadvantaged and low-income community investments.
For more information about the development of the FY 2019-20 Funding Plan, please visit the Funding Plan website.
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