The Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) was created by the Texas Legislature in 2001 in response to Texas’ air quality problems. TERP includes an incentive grant program to support reducing emissions from heavy-duty trucks, nonroad equipment, onroad trucks, locomotives and marine vessels in nonattainment and near nonattainment areas. TERP grants fund the installation of emissions reduction retrofit devices and the upgrading of emissions controls on engines, and mitigate the costs of replacing trucks, machines and locomotives with lower-emitting models.
Emisstar staff members Kathi Harris and Chris Wolfe have guided numerous clients through the complex rules associated with the TERP grant program and the preparation of winning grant applications. Throughout the eastern half of Texas and the major metropolitan areas, activity has included working with heavy duty equipment dealers, contractors, fleet owners, marine, stevedoring and rail companies to assess fleets, identify emission reductions and fuel savings opportunities and to assist them with emissions reduction projects. Successful applications require detailed assessment of the existing and potential new equipment as well as quantifying existing emissions, emission levels of new equipment and emission reductions to be achieved over the life of the project.
Our experience includes the successful submission of TERP applications for the replacement, repower or retrofit of nonroad heavy duty equipment, material handling equipment, nonroad and onroad vehicles, marine vessels and locomotives. Today, Kathi Harris serves as the TERP lead for Emisstar. Emisstar works extensively with engine and equipment manufacturers and dealers, contractors, fleet owners, freight handling companies, marine operators, railroads and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to overcome the challenges to achieving emissions reductions in Texas.
If you are interested in learning more about the TERP program and how you can participate, contact
Kathi Harris or
Chris Wolfe, or visit the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s website
here.
