• Summary of the CARB Control Measure for Ocean-Going Vessels At Berth Webinar

    On January 30, the California Air Resources Board held a webinar on a control measure for ocean-going vessels at berth. CARB staff discussed suggested changes to the proposed At Berth Regulation based on Board direction during the December 5, 2019 Board Hearing and public comments received. A second Board hearing regarding this issue will be

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  • Summary of CARB Work Group Meeting for the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Heavy-Duty Investment Strategy

    On January 30, the California Air Resources Board held a work group meeting for the fiscal year 2020-21 heavy-duty investment strategy. The strategy, built upon previous years’ work, will be incorporated into the upcoming FY 2020-21 Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) and Low Carbon Transportation Investments Funding Plan. CARB and CEC are coordinating activities to

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  • Summary of Pre-Application Workshop #3 – GFO-19-602 Hydrogen Refueling Infrastructure

    On January 24, the California Energy Commission held the third workshop for GFO-19-602 Hydrogen Refueling Infrastructure at South Coast Air Quality Management District. The GFO will further support hydrogen refueling infrastructure projects, encouraging projects with fueling agreements with fleets of commercial vehicles and transit buses to increase station throughput and to aid in the transition

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  • Summary of the CARB Work Group Meeting for Heavy-Duty Demonstrations, Pilots, and HVIP from the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Funding Plan

    On January 22, the California Air Resources Board held a work group meeting on Heavy-Duty Demonstrations, Pilots, and Clean Truck and Bus Vouchers from the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Funding Plan, which addressed the implementation of the 2019-2020 Funding Plan and specific demonstration and pilot projects. Read the full summary here >>

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  • 200 People Gathered to Celebrate Henry (Hank) Wedaa’s Life

    Former CHBC President Mark Abramowitz had been chosen to be the Emcee of the Memorial Service with 18 speakers selected by Hank to speak. Hank founded the CHBC as its first Chair and was a true environmentalist, serving on the South Coast Air Quality Management’s Board. Executive Director Jeff Serfass was one of the invited

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  • Summary of the CAAP Stakeholder Advisory Workshop

    On January 15, the San Pedro Bay Ports of Los Angeles (POLA) and Long Beach (POLB) held the first Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Stakeholder Advisory Meeting of 2020. The workshop provided an update on the Technology Advancement Program (TAP) projects of the CAAP and solicited feedback on the implementation of the 2017 CAAP update,

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  • Summary of GFO-19-305 Developing non-Lithium Ion Energy Storage Technologies Pre-application Workshop

    On January 7, the CEC hosted its pre-application workshop for the non-lithium ion energy storage technologies grant opportunity. The workshop covered two groups of funding covered under the GFO: Group 1 – Develop and validate non-Lithium energy storage technologies for customer side of the meter applications. ($9M) Group 2 – Develop and validate green electrolytic

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