Ethanol E15 Expanded Summer Use

Reposted from Reuters –  Alexandra Alper

Brings fuel cost savings without significant air quality impact expected. Higher blends of ethanol all summer long.

WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will unveil plans on Tuesday to extend the availability of higher biofuels-blended gasoline during the summer to curb soaring fuel costs and to cut reliance on foreign energy sources, senior administration officials said.

The move represents the administration’s latest attempt to tamp down inflation, which hit a ...

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Dominion Energy Smart Charging Infrastructure Pilot Program

Are your employees returning back to the workplace? You can offer them the added benefit of charging stations while saving your company money!

The Smart Charging Infrastructure Pilot (or “SCIP”) Program supports electric vehicle (EV) adoption in Virginia and will inform the design of managed charging programs and other EV customer offerings in the future.
Become an EV charging station site host in ...

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Community Solar Co-ops for Home Solar and EV Home Chargers Succeed in Virginia

One method to expand access to clean energy and clean transportation energy is through solar co-op programs, which have worked in many regions successfully. The costs for solar and costs for electric vehicle (EV) chargers each include “soft costs” of system design, information, permitting and contracting that are similar. By pairing education and purchase activities for both technologies, partners can reach more people and help more communities become confident and informed as well as save money!

Sometimes labeled as ‘solarize’ programs, ...

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Technology Happy Hour: EVNoire and Guidehouse

On March 17th, 2022, EVNoire and Guidehouse joined Virginia Clean Cities for the Technology Happy Hour to highlight the Dominion Smart Charging Infrastructure Pilot Program.

Speakers included:

  • Dr. Shelley Francis, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, EVNoire
  • Mariah Stanley, Manager Mid-Atlantic/NE Region, EVNoire
  • Shaun Caldwell, Associate Director, Guidehouse

During the session, Shaun gave an overview of the SCIP program. If you are a Dominion Energy customer in Virginia interested in workplace or transit charging, the SCIP program can help you make an easy transition ...

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DOT Releases Information on Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program

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Watch Secretary Buttigieg announce the release of the Multimodal Projects Discretionary Grant with White House Senior Advisor & Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator Mitch Landrieu

Earlier today transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced $2.9 billion of funding is now available for major infrastructure projects through a combined Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Combining three major discretionary grant programs into one  Continue Reading →

Free Organic Waste-to-Energy Technical Assistance – Due March 28th

As a service to our Partners and other stakeholders, EPA’s Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) is sharing information about an opportunity named Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Technical Assistance for Local Governments from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Please note that EPA is not affiliated in any way with the review and selection process.

On behalf of DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office, ...

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EPA DERA Program continues to Drive Down Diesel in Virginia

The EPA’s Diesel Emissions and Reduction Act awarded over $15 million in school bus replacement funding throughout the United States in 2021. The most recent round of rebates awarded $1.53 million across multiple school districts in Virginia to support the transition to propane and battery-electric school buses. Of those funds, $900,000 has been awarded to Petersburg City Public Schools for Electric School Buses. Here are the awarded districts ...

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