Funding Wizard

The Tehama County Air Pollution Control District (Air District) is currently accepting application packets for Year 22 of the Carl Moyer Program and Year 3 of the FARMER Program. 

In Tehama County the Carl Moyer Program and FARMER Program provide grant funding for qualifying projects. Applicants must obtain approval and have a signed, executed contract from the Air District prior to purchase and installation of any qualifying equipment. Any equipment purchased or installed prior to contract execution is ineligible. Please note that the Carl Moyer Program and FARMER Program are NOT rebate programs.

Created by the U.S. Federal Government in 2000 as part of the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act, the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program encourages investment in low-income communities. Through the NMTC Program, real estate projects or businesses in a low-income community are able to generate capital by providing investors- typically a bank or financial institution- a tax credit as an additional incentive for capital investment.

Truckee Donner PUD offers a variety of residential and business programs and services to help our customers save money while conserving resources.  Click below to learn more information about our programs and how they can help your home or business.

The Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program (Carl Moyer Program) provides incentive grants for cleaner-than-required engines, equipment, and other sources of pollution providing early or extra emission reductions. Eligible projects include cleaner on-road, marine, and agricultural sources. Projects may include engine re-powers, the purchase of new vehicles using alternative fuels, and engine retrofit devices approved by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The District implements the program from funding received from CARB.

The cheapest energy is the energy you don’t use. So while we keep our rates competitive, we also want to help you reduce your energy usage. Reducing your energy use will save you money and helps our environment. It’s a win-win!

Replace, repower or retrofit qualifying diesel engine-powered equipment or vehicles with newer, cleaner, diesel engines.  The District is currently providing assistance for:  marine vessel repower, some stationary agricultural pumps, and off-road diesel equipment, including tractors.  Applicants may receive up to 80% replacement cost, depending on their project scoring.  

The Clean Truck and Bus Vouchers program provides vouchers for the purchase of advanced technology heavy-duty trucks and buses to support the long-term transition to zero-emission vehicles in the heavy-duty market, as well as supporting investments in other emerging technology to help meet health-based ambient air quality standards, and achieve substantial greenhouse gas reductions.

Electric vehicles (EVs) cost significantly less to run, have lower maintenance costs and emit 25 times less emissions than gasoline-powered cars!

We have provided information below to teach you about electric vehicles and make your transition from gas-powered to an electric vehicle seamless!

For more information on electric vehicles and their savings compared to gasoline-powered vehicles, visit www.ev.pge.com

Our EV Programs

We want to help make your transition to electric vehicles easy. We currently offer the following EV programs:

The San Diego County Air Pollution Control District launched the Clean Air for All Grant Campaign to help businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies swap their polluting heavy machinery and equipment for electric and low carbon emission alternatives.

Business Bucks is an energy-saving program that offers up to $5,000 Energy Efficiency Retrofits to small and mid-sized businesses.

Burbank Water and Power (BWP) has hired Richard Heath and Associates (RHA) to run the Business Bucks Program on our behalf. For more information on Business Bucks—including finding out if your business is eligible to participate—please contact RHA at (877) 290-2590.