The Long Beach board of harbor commissioners has approved a natural gas-powered truck exemption from the Clean Truck Fund Rate as a transitional step to a
Low-emissions natural gas-powered trucks will be exempt from a per-container fee thanks to a 4-1 vote by the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners Monday.
Port of Long Beach exempts natural gas vehicles from Clean Truck Fund Rate
The Port of Long Beach will exempt the cleanest natural gas-powered trucks from the Clean Truck Fund Rate, as a transitional step to a future when zero-emissions cargo trucks are widely available, according to the company s release.
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday voted 4-1 to approve an exemption from the Clean Truck Fund Rate for the cleanest natural gas-powered trucks, as a transitional step to a future when zero-emissions cargo trucks are widely available.
Natural gas trucks are lower emitters of nitrogen oxides, a building block of smog, and provide a step toward cleaner air as the Port strives for the goals of the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan.
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In addition to providing funding for Adopt-a-Port, Chevron supplies RNG to Clean Energy stations near the ports. Chevron’s funding will allow truck operators to subsidize the cost of buying new or converting to RNG-powered trucks. Clean Energy, meanwhile, will manage the program, including offering fueling services for qualified truck operators.
Truck operators participating in the program, which supports the ports’ Clean Trucks Program and Clean Air Action Plan, agree to fuel up at the Clean Energy stations supplied with Chevron RNG. Truck operators and their import and export customers are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard program while also reducing smog-forming NOx emissions by up to 98 percent compared to diesel trucks, helping local communities.