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 an Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant workshop being held in Allegheny County.    

DEP is hosting this workshop as part of PRCC’s stakeholder meeting, to assist potential applicants in learning more about AFIG grant program requirements.   

This free workshop is scheduled for April 23 from 10 a.m. until noon at the Community College of Allegheny County – West Hills Center, 1000 McKee Road, Oakdale.

To register, contact PRCC Coordinator Rick Price by sending email to: rprice5705@aol.com and provide attendee name and organization.

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 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