Minnesota Approves Clean Transportation Standard Working Group In Budget Deal

May 23, 2023 in Transportation & Fuels Author: Darren Goode

Adds momentum toward finalizing nation’s strongest standard next year

May 23, 2023, MINNEAPOLIS—Taking decisive action to move Minnesota to the forefront of national transportation policy, the Minnesota State Legislature has approved funding for consideration of a statewide clean transportation standard, following a concerted push by a diverse coalition of automakers, electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and charging providers, biofuel producers, and clean energy and conservation advocates. Continue reading »

Michigan Introduces Clean Fuel Standard Legislation

May 2, 2023 in Transportation & Fuels Author: Mariem Zaghdoudi

CLoseup of a man holding a gas pump

On April 19, Michigan Senate Majority Floor Leader Sam Singh (D-East Lansing) introduced Senate Bill 275, which seeks to establish a clean fuel standard in Michigan. The clean fuel standard bill is part of a package, the Clean Energy Future Plan, which a group of Senate Democrats introduced in an effort to make Michigan “a more environmentally sustainable state as climate patterns continue to change.” Continue reading »

Illinois and Minnesota Lead the Midwest in Introducing Clean Transportation Standard Legislation

April 13, 2023 in Transportation & Fuels Author: Mariem Zaghdoudi

With the federal government paving the way for climate action through the passage of historic legislation, states are following suit and introducing major transportation decarbonization bills. Illinois and Minnesota are taking the lead in the Midwest. Both states have introduced clean transportation standard legislation, also known as clean fuel standards. Continue reading »

Broad Coalition Advocates For Minnesota Clean Transportation Standard Funding in Budget Deal

March 30, 2023 in News & Press, Transportation & Fuels Author: Darren Goode

Push comes after funding proposed by Governor Walz and Minnesota Senate Transportation panel

March 30, 2023, MINNEAPOLIS—The Minnesota Future Fuels Coalition, a diverse effort representing automakers, electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and charging providers, biofuel producers, and clean energy and conservation advocates, is pushing the Minnesota State Legislature to include funding to develop a legislative recommendation on a clean transportation standard for the 2024 legislative session.   Continue reading »

Minnesota Clean Transportation Standard Passes Initial Senate Committee

March 10, 2023 in News & Press, Transportation & Fuels Author: Darren Goode

If enacted, legislation would be strongest statewide clean transportation standard in the nation and first in the Midwest

March 10, 2023, MINNEAPOLIS—The bicameral Clean Transportation Standard Act received initial approval in the Minnesota Legislature with passage March 9 out of the Senate State and Local Government and Veterans Committee.

The bill from Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Scott Dibble (DFL) and Representative Jeff Brand (DFL) is now referred to the Minnesota Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy Committee. Continue reading »

Diverse Coalition Announces Support for Statewide Minnesota Clean Transportation Standard That Would Be Strongest in the Nation

March 9, 2023 in News & Press, Transportation & Fuels Author: Darren Goode

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Automakers, EV, biofuel, and environmental advocates back bicameral legislation with mandatory carbon reduction targets for all Minnesota-supplied fuels

March 9, 2023, MINNEAPOLIS—A diverse coalition representing automakers, electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and charging providers, biofuel producers, and clean energy and conservation advocates is endorsing new bicameral legislation that would implement a clean transportation standard statewide in Minnesota. If enacted, the legislation would establish the strongest such state standard in the nation. Continue reading »

Updates on the Clean Vehicle Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act

February 27, 2023 in Transportation & Fuels Author: M. Moaz Uddin

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the US Department of the Treasury released additional information on the clean vehicle provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act on March 31, 2023. The information provides further clarity to consumers and businesses on the New Clean Vehicle Credit, the Previously-Owned Clean Vehicle Credit, and the Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicles Credit. Continue reading »

Road Map: 1,104 New Fast-Charging EV Stations Needed for US Network

February 1, 2023 in News & Press, Transportation & Fuels Author: Darren Goode

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Only 10 percent of existing fast-charging stations meet federal funding requirements 

FEBRUARY 1, 2023, MINNEAPOLIS—The US needs at least 1,104 additional new fast-charging electric vehicle (EV) stations as part of a nationwide network able to support seamless long-distance EV travel. That’s more than double the charging stations that currently meet minimum federal funding requirements, according to a new road map and analysis from Carbon Solutions and the Great Plains Institute (GPI). Continue reading »

NextGen Highways to Develop Coalitions on Transmission Infrastructure

January 15, 2023 in Energy Systems, Transportation & Fuels Author: Rolf Nordstrom

 

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On January 9, 2022 NextGen Highways issued a press release announcing continued funding from Breakthrough Energy to develop national and state-level coalitions in 2023. The primary focus of these coalitions will be to advocate for the use of existing public rights of way (ROWs) to enable the transmission development needed to meet the nation’s aggressive decarbonization and electrification goals. Continue reading »