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Each quarter, Clean Fuels Ohio aims to identify several members and stakeholders to partner with on a quarterly webinar series. This quarter we are partnering with the following companies to bring our networks content spanning various fuel types and vehicle technologies: - Allison Transmission - Power Connect - FreeWire Technologies - Tesla We will be releasing more information about webinar content, dates, and how to register in the coming weeks. Please keep your eyes on your inbox! Platinum and Gold level members are entitled to webinar partnerships with our staff. If you would like to take advantage of this membership benefit, please reach out to Events and Communications C

American Electric Power (AEP) hopes to broaden its support of electric vehicles in its Ohio service area with a new set of programs included in a June 2020 base rate filing with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. If approved, the company would devote $4 million per year in incentives and outreach related to transportation electrification. In 2018, AEP Ohio began a charging incentive program which led to $9.5 million in incentives over 17 months. The filing, if approved, would provide up to $950,000 a year in incentives at residential sites. This would not only include single unit homes, but multi-unit dwellings such as apartment buildings and condominiums, as well. To qualify, AEP resi

Clean Fuels Ohio’s annual conference, the Midwest Green Transportation Forum and Expo, is going digital in 2020. Everything will be accessible without traveling to Columbus. Download Whova, our conference app, on your phone, computer and/or tablet to gain full access to MWGT content as the event runs from September 14-25. As in previous years, our audience will include fleets, government and business leaders, planners, clean transportation industry, advocates, and interested citizens. Sessions on clean transportation technologies, policy, and best practices, as well as virtual networking, will be live for attendees. After the two-week event, the app will remain live so you can explore an arc

Testimony on a bill that would create tax incentives for plug in electric vehicles and infrastructure was heard in the Ohio Senate yesterday. The Senate Ways and Means Committee heard testimony from both proponents and opponents of the bill. SB 257 would authorize incentives for purchases of electric vehicles: a $500 sales tax credit for the purchase of one electric vehicle for personal use; a $1,000 sales tax credit per unit for up to 10 electric vehicles to be used for commercial use; and a $1,500 sales tax credit for construction of charging stations for personal and commercial use. The incentives would expire after five years. Clean Fuels Ohio testified in favor of the legislation in

The pandemic has thrown a unexpected wrench into not only our daily lives, but also into the industry we work in. Budgets are suffering, production has slowed or halted all together in some cases, and new standards and practices have been implemented. Everyone seems puzzled by the same set of questions: What’s coming next? How do we prepare for the future? Now more than ever people are hunting for answers; we’re hoping to find answers to these questions and more at the 2020 Midwest Green Transportation Forum & Expo. For the first time, Clean Fuels Ohio has decided to bring the Midwest Green Transportation Forum & Expo to the digital space. Instead of being forced to choose between participat

This year, Clean Fuels Ohio is partnering with event management app developer, Whova, to bring attendees an unmatched virtual experience. Join us remotely for two weeks of content from September 14-25. Hosting the conference digitally has numerous benefits. Not only do attendees not have to worry about spending the time and money on travel, they also don’t have to worry about COVID-19 and risk jeopardizing the health and safety of those around them. Registration for general attendance is 100% free and attendee participation is completely customizable. Attendees will not have to choose between overlapping sessions as this year’s event will have no instances of presentations occurring simultan