Municipal rebates for clean vehicles available from DEC

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Rebates for Zero Emission Vehicles Available to
Municipalities in New York State

Is your town, village, city, or county government looking to add electric or hydrogen vehicles to its fleet?

The Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Clean Vehicle Municipal Rebate program is currently open! DEC is accepting applications through 3:00 pm on July 26, 2019 or until funding is exhausted, whichever occurs first. charging electric vehicle

In the first two rounds of the program, municipalities purchased 104 clean vehicles, eliminating an estimated 866 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

A total of $225,000 remains in this round on a first-come, first-served basis. Rebates are available to municipalities that purchase (or lease for a minimum of 36 months) a new, eligible clean vehicle from a dealership in New York State on or after May 1, 2018 and place it into municipal service before July 26, 2019. 

Plug-in hybrid electric, all-electric, or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles with an electric range greater than 50-miles are eligible for rebates of $5,000. Those with 10- to 50-mile electric range are eligible for rebates of $2,500.

Applications are available only on the New York State Grants Gateway under the opportunity name “2018 Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Clean Vehicle (Purchase or Lease).” Information regarding registration in the Grants Gateway can be found on the Grants Management website, https://grantsmanagement.ny.gov/register-your-organization.

Please note that rebates for ZEV infrastructure (i.e., electric vehicle charging stations and hydrogen fueling stations) will be announced separately at a later date.

For questions about municipal clean vehicle and ZEV infrastructure rebates, email ZEVrebate@dec.ny.gov, call DEC's Office of Climate Change (OCC) at 518-402-8448, or see the OCC funding page at http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/109181.html .