Electrify Your Fleet
Who Is Eligible?
All Member Agencies in good standing may apply. Only one applicant may represent any Member Agency. The applicant is the authorized person submitting the application. Single or multiple departments may apply together under one application with only one applicant submitting the application(s).
Project Eligibility
Vehicle(s) must be pure electric, not hybrid, new and registered with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to an address enrolled in 3CE service. Multiple vehicles may be applied for together or independently in any order within the limits of the program.
3CE recognizes vehicles by weight classes according to the Federal Highway Administration table below:
Electric vehicles must be domiciled in 3CE service territory and vehicle charging equipment meters must take electric service from 3CE.
Overview
The Electrify Your Fleet Program provides Central Coast Community Energy Member Agencies with direct rebates for the completed purchases/leases for eligible light duty, medium duty, and heavy-duty battery electric vehicles.
Member Agencies are the cities and counties that have joined the Central Coast Community Energy Joint Powers Authority and have been approved by the Policy Board of Directors.
Rebates will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
| Please Note: Sept. 30, 2024, is the deadline to submit rebate applications for electric vehicles purchased between Aug. 1, 2023, and July 31, 2024. As of Oct. 1, 2024, eligibility dates will change to Aug. 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2025. |
Why Electrify?
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Improve air quality
- Increase EV use in the Central Coast Community Energy service area
- Accelerate EV adoption for municipal fleets by incentivizing purchase and installation of EVs
- Improve driver/occupant comfort
“Central Coast Community Energy’s Member Agency Services team provided Santa Barbara County with $242,000 for electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging infrastructure helping us to accelerate our electrification efforts. These dollars are well spent and significantly help us to reduce both GHG and other vehicle exhaust emissions while at the same time increasing our overall operating efficiency and driver comfort. Truly, this has been a win-win engagement.”
-Skip Grey, Assistant Director of the General Services Department of the County of Santa Barbara
Rebates
Rebates are available post-purchase and will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. A Member Agency is eligible for up to $150,000.
| Class | GVWR Weight in lbs. | Per Measure Incentive |
|---|---|---|
| Electric Motorcycles | <6,000 | $1,000 |
| Class 1 | <6,000 | $5,000 |
| Class 2 | 6,001 – 10,000 | $7,000 |
| Class 3 | 10,001 – 14,000 | $12,000 |
| Class 4 and Class 5 | 14,001 – 19,500 | $25,000 |
| Class 6 and Class 7 | 19,500 – 33,000 | $50,000 |
| Class 8 | >33,000 | $100,000 |
Steps
- Submit online application with supporting documentation (see below)
- 3CE performs verification check for eligibility and completeness
- 3CE staff meets with applicant to walk through application and discuss deficiencies (optional)
- Customer receives “Application Complete” email with details of rebate
- Project is sent to the 3CE Finance Department to issue payment
- Customer receives payment check
Document Checklist
Please collect the following information/documentation before submitting your application:
| Submittal Checklist Items |
|---|
| A full, complete, and legible digital copy or scan of the purchase/lease contract or paid invoice with all pages included. and Proof of temporary or permanent California Department of Motor Vehicles registration. Registration must be current at the time of submittal. and Photograph of the vehicle/equipment on the customer property. |
Resources
The Climate Mayors EV Purchasing Collaborative was launched in Fall 2018 with the help of the Electrification Coalition to leverage the buying power of fleets to make electrification simple, affordable, and accessible. The Collaborative works with over 210 fleets around the nation to highlight those who are transitioning their fleets to electric.
The goal of the Collaborative is to support fleet electrification efforts by providing free and customized technical support and procurement help, as well as helping fleets identify funding for vehicles and charging stations.
The Electrification Coalition develops and implements a broad set of strategies to facilitate widespread adoption of electric vehicles. These strategies include policy development, advocacy campaigns, consumer education, fleet electrification, cultivation of bipartisan support, community electrification planning, EV supply chain development, and coalition building.
The Local Government Playbook contains recommendations for how counties, cities, and towns can leverage federal investments in electric vehicle infrastructure. It provides a “checklist” of actions and strategies that local governments can enact now and in the future, including best practices, innovative policy approaches, and lessons from previous charging deployments.
Funding Navigation for California Communities
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