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The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners approved an exemption from the Clean Truck Fund Rate for the cleanest natural-gas-powered trucks, according to an announcement Monday. The rate, which has been set at $10 per 20-foot equivalent unit for any non-zero-emissions truck at the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles, has not yet been implemented.
This new exemption applies to trucks picking up or dropping off loaded containers at the Port of Long Beach that use natural gas engines that meet the 0.02 grams of nitrogen oxides per brake horsepower-hour standard, according to the announcement. To be eligible for the lifetime exemption, trucks must be purchased and registered in the Port Drayage Truck Registry by Dec. 31, 2022.
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Energy service providers offering off-balance sheet efficiency products have seen rapid growth in the number of deals signed each year, panelists said Wednesday at the U.S. Department of Energy s Better Buildings summit.
Financing companies associated with DOE s Better Buildings program have collectively reported about a 2.5x increase in the amount of deals [done annually] since they joined the program, said Joe Indvik, head of clean energy finance and carbon solutions at RE Tech Advisors.
A 2017 market report by Navigant (now Guidehouse) estimated Energy Efficiency as a Service (EEaS) could become a $221 billion market by 2026, up from about $50 billion in 2017. Panelists said that growth is showing up in the market, but also warned it is fueled by financing and project complexities that companies want to avoid.