Incentive Program for Alternative Fuels

This page last reviewed on July 3, 2008

Pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 1811, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) is to develop a joint plan with the California Energy Commission to spend $25 million for the purposes of incentivizing the use and production of alternative fuels. AB 1811 requires the funds to be encumbered by June 30, 2007.
There are a number of recent state policy directives that call for substantial expansion of the use and production of alternative fuels made from biomass and to reduce dependence on petroleum-based fuels. These include the
Climate Action Plan, Executive Order S-06-06, and the Bioenergy Action Plan for California. To support these policy directives, AB 1811 provided $25 million to incentivize and fund:

  • Market-based incentives for high efficiency, high mileage, alternative fuel light, medium, and heavy duty vehicles, both individual and public fleets, in California.
  • Production incentives for alternative fuel production in California;
  • Market-based incentives for the construction of both publicly accessible alternative fuel retail refueling stations and fleet fueling facilities; including E-85.
  • Funding for research, development, and testing of alternative fuels and vehicle technology.
  • Incentives to replace the current state vehicle fleet with clean, high mileage alternative fuel vehicles.


What's New - May 24, 2007, San Diego, CA: Public Meeting to Consider Recommendations for the Allocation of $25 Million for Alternative Fuel Incentives. For more information...

Meetings and Activities

- May 24, 2007, San Diego, CA: ARB Public Meeting to Consider Recommendations for the Allocation of $25 Million for Alternative Fuel Incentives:

  • Meeting Notice
  • Staff Report: Staff Report on the Proposed Allocations of $25 Million For the Alternative Fuel Incentive Program (PDF-228k)


- The date to submit the complete package of AFIP project proposals is extended to March 19, 2007 at 5:00 P.M.

- The Alternatives Fuels Incentives Program (AFIP) ($25 million) solicitations for project proposals are presented as following:

  • The complete package of "Alternative Fuel Incentive Program (AFIP) Request for Grant Proposal" (PDF-647k) - (DOC-1,870k). This package will be due by March 12, 2007 at 5:00 P.M.
  • Or individual solicitation for project proposal category:
    • Request for Grant Proposal Application and Instructions - Fiscal Year 2006-2007 (PDF-39k)
    • Attachment A: E85 and Other Alternative Fuels: Fuel Infrastructure Projects and Price Parity Incentives (PDF-83k) - (DO-411k) - New version updated February 26, 2007 (PDF-86k) - (DOC-415k)
    • Attachment B: Bio-fuels-Startup of Small Production Facilities in California (PDF-42k) - (DO-115k)
    • Attachment C: Plug-in Hybrid and Alternative Fuel Vehicles: Vehicle Demonstration and Research
      (PDF-100k) - (DO-244k)
    • Attachment D: Transit Bus Projects (PDF-89k) - (DO-283k) - Addendum 1 for Attachment D (PDF-20k)
    • Attachment E: Alternative Fuel Vehicle Incentive Program (PDF-473k) - (DO-435k)
    • Attachment F: Consumer Education and Outreach (PDF-76k) - (DO-274k)
    • Appendix: Grant Summary and Authorization Form (PDF-436k)

- Q&A about AFIP (PDF-32k) (March 15, 2007)


- Joint workshop between California Energy Commission and ARB concerning the State Plan of Increase the Use of Alternative Transportation Fuels on October 16, 2006 in Sacramento, California.


- ARB Public Meeting to Update the Board on Allocation of $25 Million for Alternative Fuel Incentives on October 19, 2006 in Sacramento, CA. For more information...


- Alternative Fuels Incentives ($25 million) Public Workshop on September 21, 2006 in Sacramento, California

Hydrogen Highway Information on California Hydrogen Highway.

Staff Contact: Gerhard Achtelik - Phone: (916) 322-1731 - Email: gachteli@arb.ca.gov

E85 Fuels Information on E85 fuels.

Staff Contact: Jim Peterson - Phone: (916) 327-1502 - Email: apeterso@arb.ca.gov

Bio-fuels Information on Bio-fuels.

Staff Contact: - Hardip Judge - Phone: (916) 324-9512 - Email:hjudge@arb.ca.gov

- Bob Rogen - Phone: (916) 322-2778 - Email: rrogen@arb.ca.gov

Alternative Fueled Vehicles Information on the Incentives for Zero Emission, Hybrid and Natural Gas Transit Vehicles.

Staff Contact: Kathy Leuterio - Phone: (916) 322-1731 - Email: STTB@arb.ca.gov

Testing Research and Development of Clean and Zero Emission Fuels and Vehicles.

Staff Contact:

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E85: Jim Peterson: (916) 327-1502 - Email: apeterso@arb.ca.gov

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Biodiesel: Bob Okamoto: (916) 327-2953 - Email: bokamoto@arb.ca.gov

- Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle: Tony Andreoni: (916) 322-1731 - Email: tandreon@arb.ca.gov

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For more information about the ARB's Incentive Program for Alternative Fuels activities, please contact Harold Holmes at (916) 324-8029 or via email at 
hholmes@arb.ca.gov. If you have comments about this webpage, please refer them to Chan Pham at (916) 323-1069 or via email at cpham@arb.ca.gov.

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