Terp Update (TCEQ and Regional)

The TCEQ announced that the rebate round has exhausted its allocated funds and is no longer accepting applications. For those in the Dallas-Fort Worth area the North Central Texas Council of Governments has a Clean Construction Equipment regional round that ends June 3rd. If you have any interest in submitting an application, please contact terp@romco.com

North Texas Regional TERP just opened

The North Central Texas Council of Governments just announced that they will be administering a $700,000 regional TERP program for North Texas (Denton, Collin, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Rockwall, Kaufman, Johnson, Ellis Counties). The application deadline is February 25th, 2011. For replacement activities the grant is limited to 25% of the Incremental Cost of the Project. For more information check out www.nctcog.org/construction or terp@romco.com.

Be Looking for Correspondence from TCEQ

With the ERIG grant round closing on August 13th, those who applied for a ERIG grant should be checking the mail for a letter from the TCEQ. In the past, applicants could expect to see letters 30-45 days from the closing date of the round.

TCEQ's ERIG Round Opens

Minutes ago the TCEQ announced the opening of their latest Emissions Reduction Incentive Grant (ERIG) round. The deadline to file is 5:00pm on August 13, 2010.

As a reminder for those new to the ERIG program this is not the first come, first served format used for Rebate Grants. The state collects all applications and weighs them against each other after the deadline.

Because of that ERIG rounds take a little more time, but normally (if you operate the equipment a significant number of hours) pay out larger grants.

You can review the official announcement and download forms here.

A Different Kind of Grant Round Opens

The state is accepting TERP applications for the Texas Clean Fleet Program (TCFP). The email just came down. This is not the ERIG or Rebate Grant program, but something different.

Here are a couple of key quotes:

"The TCFP grants are available to owners of fleets of 100 or more vehicles operated in Texas, at least 25 of which are diesel-powered vehicles."

"Grant applicants must commit to replace at least 25 diesel-powered vehicles with hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles."

We'll keep an ear open about the ERIG round, but again, this isn't it.

ERIG Round Delayed Until June

The round originally expected to open in April/May is now officially slated for sometime in June. These get pushed sometimes for administrative reasons.

It's Official: HDVEGP Grant Round Extended

The North Central Texas Council of Governments just announced they still have $2 million in grant funding available and they will continue taking applications on a first-come, first-served basis until June 25 or when the money runs out.

Also, if you got approved on this round after February 26th of this year you can purchase anytime before the end of 2010.

Deadlines for the end of the round and implementation were starting to loom so this helps some folks.

Here's a link to their page if you want to read more.