HARRISBURG, Pa (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - Businesses in several Western Pennsylvania counties will receive grant money from the Wolf administration to put towards cleaner fuel vehicle projects as part of the Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIGs).
“We’re committed to helping Pennsylvanians breathe cleaner air at school, in their neighborhoods, and at their workplaces and to reducing climate change by putting more cleaner fuel vehicles in use around the state,” said Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Patrick McDonnell.
Recipients and their planned projects include:
Alleghney County
- Duquesne Light Company: $20,000 to retrofit four pick-up trucks with a plug-in hybrid electric drive system.
- Noble Environmental, Inc.: $300,000 to purchase eight CNG garbage trucks.
Butler County
- ProGas, Inc.: $6,500 to replace a gasoline vehicle with a propane vehicle and train six new technicians to do propane conversions.
Crawford County
- Crawford Area Transportation Authority: $290,000 for eight propane and three CNG vehicles.
- Northwestern Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Inc.: $7,500 for an electric vehicle.
Jefferson County
- 3M Transport, LLC: $14,500 for a bi-fuel CNG vehicle.
McKean County
- Bradford Area School District: $19,000 for two propane school buses.
Mercer County
- Tri-County Industries, Inc.: $300,000 for eight CNG waste collection vehicles
Westmoreland County
- Noble Environmental, Inc.: $300,000 for eight CNG garbage trucks.
- United Parcel Service: $300,000 to purchase 12 CNG tractors for use at their New Stanton facility.
The goal of the projects is to help improve air quality and public health as well as drop the amount of greenhouse gases emissions in an effort to address climate change.
