The Department of Environmental Protection, along with Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities, invites fleet managers, school districts, municipalities, nonprofit entities, and for-profit businesses to attend one of two Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant workshops being held in Greene and Cambria counties.   

DEP is hosting these workshops to assist potential applicants in learning more about AFIG grant program requirements, and how they can join others in making the switch to alternative fuel vehicles.

The Greene County workshop, which is co-hosted by Greene County Commissioners and the Department of Economic Development, is scheduled for April 22 in the upper level of Building 10, Greene County Fairgrounds, 107 Fairground Road, Waynesburg.

The Cambria County workshop, which is co-hosted by Sen. Wozniak (D-Cambria), Johnstown Area Regional Industries, and Peoples Gas, will be held on April 29 at JARI, 160 Market Street, Suite 200, Johnstown.

Both workshops have the same content and will be held from 10 a.m. until noon.

The workshops are free and open to eligible applicants only, as seating is limited.  Please provide attendee’s name and organization when registering by contacting Southwest Energy Manager Margaret Hall by sending email to: mahall@pa.gov  or by calling 412-442-4137. 

An estimated $8 million is available under the AFIG program to help pay up to 50 percent of the incremental purchase or conversion costs of natural gas vehicles with gross vehicle weight ratings of 26,000 pounds or less. There is no weight restriction for the conversion or purchase of all other types of alternative fuel vehicles.

The deadline for applications is May 30.

The AFIG fund was established under Act 166, and is administered by DEP through its Office of Pollution Prevention and Energy Assistance.

For more information, visit DEP’s Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant webpage.

4/14/2014