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Updated 2/20/2025

Incentive funding is offered to assist businesses and public agencies in reducing their emissions through vehicle and equipment upgrades and the installation of supporting zero-emission infrastructure.

Updated 2/18/2025

Over $35 million in incentive funding is being offered for the funding of electric charging infrastructure to support electric school and transit buses. The solicitation period will be from February 18 until April 2, 2025, at noon.

How to Apply

The equipment categories that are currently eligible for funding are listed below. Before applying, check the project category web pages for additional requirements and eligibility criteria. Then click the Apply Now link to apply through our online application portal. For instructions on using the online system, please reference our user guide.

To apply, visit this online application portal:
Apply Now 

This solicitation is open until 12:00 PM on April 2, 2025. Only complete applications will be evaluated.

Eligible Project Types Open for Applications

  • Electric charging stations and associated infrastructure that supports
    • Electric school buses for public schools
    • Electric transit buses for public agencies

80 percent of funding is reserved for Air District priority communities, including West Oakland, East Oakland, Richmond-San Pablo, Bayview-Hunters Point/Southeast San Francisco, and other designated disadvantaged communities and low-income communities located within the Air District’s jurisdiction. 

For more information on the current open solicitation, visit the Infrastructure web page.

To access or update an existing application that was submitted prior to February 6, 2025, visit the online application portal:
Access Applications 

To stay up to date on future solicitations, please sign up for the Air District email list at the bottom of this page.

Resources from Previous Solicitation

2024-2025 Geographic Eligibility Form - Submit this form along with your application to confirm geographic eligibility based on the location of your proposed project. Not required for agricultural equipment applications.

Regulatory Compliance Statement - Submit this form along with your application to confirm regulatory compliance. Required for all applications.

Disadvantaged and low-income community designations: For the purposes of this program the Air District considers the disadvantaged communities and low-income communities as defined for California Climate Investments (CCI). View a map of these designated areas, and then type into the search box the location address of your project to see if it falls within a disadvantaged community (yellow), low-income community (blue), or both (green).

To stay up to date on future solicitations, please sign up for the Air District email list at the bottom of this page.

 

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Last Updated: 2/20/2025