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Charge Your Yard Incentive Program for Residents
The Charge Your Yard program offers incentives for residents in Davis, Salt Lake, Tooele, and Weber counties to switch from gas-powered to electric yard equipment. Looking for the incentive program for businesses? Charge Your Yard for Businesses Applications are closed Sign up to get notified about future incentive programs Vendors: join future programs! Contact ChargeYourYard@utah.gov…
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Uinta Basin Grants & Special Projects
The Utah Division of Air Quality offers grants to oil and gas producers in the Uinta Basin to voluntarily reduce emissions to address winter ozone pollution caused by oil and gas operations. The Division also uses funds from oil and gas settlements to support special projects that improve air quality in the Uinta Basin. Sign…
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Marginal Conventional Well Closure Grant
A subset of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program under the Inflation Reduction Act The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the Utah Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Division of Air Quality (DAQ) $2.7 million to reduce methane emissions from marginal (low-producing) oil and gas wells in the Uinta Basin. Grant funds…
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Charge Your Yard Incentive Program for Businesses
The Charge Your Yard program offers incentives for yard care businesses that primarily operate in Davis, Salt Lake, Tooele, and Weber counties to switch from gas-powered to electric yard equipment. Looking for the incentive program for residents? Charge Your Yard for Residents Yard care businesses:Get $3,000 to exchange your gas-powered equipment for electric! String trimmers…
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Charge Your Yard Incentive Programs
The Charge Your Yard program offers incentives for residents and yard care businesses to switch from gas-powered to electric yard equipment. While applications are currently closed for both programs, you can sign up for our mailing list to receive updates on future opportunities! Past incentive programs CLOSED: Resident program CLOSED: Lawn care business program RELATED:…
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Uinta Basin Oil and Gas Engine Electrification Grant
A Targeted Air Shed Grant Program In 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency identified the Uinta Basin as one of the top five most polluted areas for ozone, resulting in an award of $5 million to the Utah Division of Air Quality (DAQ) to reduce emissions from oil and gas operations. DAQ offers incentives for oil…
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Workplace Electric Vehicle Charging Funding Assistance Program
During the 2019 General Legislative Session, the State Legislature appropriated $4.9 million to be used as an incentive for the installation of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) throughout the State. The EVSE Incentive Program allows businesses, non-profit organizations, and other governmental entities (excluding State Executive Branch agencies) to apply for a grant for reimbursement of…
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Eligibility: Volkswagen Settlement
Entities: Government entities as defined in Utah Code § 63G-7-102(4) and federal government agencies. Eligible Equipment (Application forms listed in next section) *Note: Engine model years 1992-2006 vehicles/engines must be operable with a minimum of three years remaining in their useful life.
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Green Vehicle Guide: Clean Fuels Program
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed the Green Vehicle Guide to help you find information on vehicles that are more efficient and less polluting. Reducing vehicle emissions and increasing fuel economy helps the environment and cuts fuel costs. Consider a SmartWay Vehicle EPA rates each new car, truck, and SUV for greenhouse gas and smog-forming…
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Air Quality Incentive Programs
The Utah Division of Air Quality administers several incentive programs created to encourage individuals and businesses to reduce emissions.
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Alternative Fuel Heavy-Duty Vehicle Tax Credit Program
The state provides an income tax credit for the qualified purchase of a natural gas heavy duty vehicle which is defined in 59-7-618 and 59-10-1033 UCA as a commercial category 7 or 8 vehicle that has never been titled or registered. The credit is limited to an aggregate annual amount of $500,000.
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Vehicle Repair and Replacement Assistance Program (VRRAP) for Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Salt Lake, Tooele, and Weber Counties
The Cache County Vehicle Repair and Replacement Assistance Program (VRRAP) provides funding assistance to individuals whose vehicle is failing vehicle emission standards to either replace their failing vehicle with a newer, cleaner one or to repair it.
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Utah Clean Fleet Program
The Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality, has created voluntary measures for fleets to reduce emissions from heavy-duty diesel engines through the Utah Clean Diesel Program. There are multiple funding opportunities available for certain eligible vehicles/ equipment detailed below. Government and private fleets are encouraged to apply.
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Stakeholder & Public Input Process: Volkswagen Settlement
Volkswagen Advisory Committee DEQ established an advisory committee to develop recommendations for Utah. The agency asked the committee to identify and evaluate eligible mitigation actions, suggest funding options, and develop recommendations for public review and comment. See their recommendations. The advisory committee recommendations, the public comments received during the November 2017 public comment period, and…
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DEQ’s Cost-Per-Ton Analysis of Eligible Vehicles/Equipment Replacement Projects: Volkswagen Settlement
The following chart shows the cost-per-ton of NOx emissions reduced by replacing eligible vehicles and equipment. For a comparison, the green line represents the cost-per-ton of excess NOx emissions from the affected Volkswagen (VW) vehicles that VW will pay in penalties through the settlement to the State. Note: Costs for new forklifts, airport ground support…
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Volkswagen Settlement
The Utah Department of Environmental Quality has selected 18 government entities to receive funding for electric vehicle charging projects through the State’s $35 million share of the Volkswagen Clean Diesel Settlement.
