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Small Business Incentives from NV Energy’s Business Energy Services (BES) Program 

New for 2025! Are you looking to reduce energy consumption and costs for your small business in Nevada? NV Energy’s Business Energy Services program is offering up to 50% higher rebates in 2025 for small business customers. Non-residential NV Energy customers with annual electricity usage below 400,000 kWh and who have been in operation for a minimum of twelve months are eligible. Rebates are offered for energy-efficient equipment such as interior and exterior lighting, kitchen equipment, and air-cooled HVAC units. Small …

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Call for Project Pitches from the NSF Southwest Sustainability Innovation Engine

$100,000–$250,000 in funding is available | Deadline: December 6th The NSF Engines: Southwest Sustainability Innovation Engine (SWSIE) leadership team has announced that the new Innovation Grant program is now open and accepting project pitches through Friday, December 6, 2024. This funding opportunity is designed to support innovative projects that address critical challenges in sustainability, focusing on solutions in the energy, water, and carbon sectors. The Innovation Grant is catalyzed by the NSF Innovation Engines program and provides non-dilutive funding ranging from $100,000 to $250,000 to …

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BEP is Awarded Pollution PreventioN Grant

Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law On October 30th, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced the selectees of the 2024-2025 Pollution Prevention Grants. The newly announced grant is part of a nationwide initiative to reduce pollution by limiting it at its sources. The Nevada Business Environmental Program is one of 48 agencies nationally that received a total of nearly $19 million for pollution-prevention projects, and the $350,000 grant to the Nevada program is among the largest.  The University of Nevada …

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Apply for EPA Recycling Grants

The US EPA has announced three new funding opportunities to improve recycling infrastructure and consumer education and outreach on wasted food prevention and composting: Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia and for Communities, and Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grants for coalitions. Read more information about these funding opportunities and how to apply by reading EPA’s Press Release.

The Public Fleet’s Journey to EV Implementation

First Hand Lessons in Making the Transition to Zero Emission Vehicles BEP is co-hosting an event as part of the Greater Nevada Clean Cities & Communities Coalition along with the Nevada Chapter of FleetPros and the Lake Tahoe Electric Transportation Forum. In this in-depth session, attendees will have the opportunity to learn from experts regarding their first-hand experience making the transition to zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) and learn best practices for initial planning and lessons learned for strategies for reducing …

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Second Annual Lake Tahoe Electric Transportation Forum 2024

August 22, 2024|8am – 5pm|Tahoe Blue Event Center The Lake Tahoe Electric Transportation Forum will bring together local, regional, and national leaders who share a vision of making the Lake Tahoe Basin a world-renowned model of clean transportation. Building on the success of past events, the forum will present rich and innovative content about federal and local grants, other funding opportunities, and successful clean energy programs. Participants will include top policy experts, government representatives, and private sector stakeholders will who wish to …

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Applications Open Now for NDEP Recycling Grant 

Applications Due July 12, 2024 The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) has opened the application process for the 2025 Recycling Grant. The overall goal of this funding opportunity is to divert materials away from Nevada landfills by increasing access to recycling or improving the quality of materials collected. The grant program has a total of $75,000 available in fiscal year 2025 (July 1, 2024- June 30, 2025).  More information about the grant program and applications is available here. Download the …

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Southern Nevada Clean Cities Coalition

Southern Nevada Clean Cities Coalition has recently reached apprenticeship status with the US Department of Energy’s Clean Cities and Communities network and is working toward reaching full coalition status by the end of this year. Clean Cities and Communities is a national network dedicated to the economic, environmental, and energy security of the country and works with coordinators at the local level to promote petroleum fuel reducing methods in their communities. Chris Lynch, BEP’s director, serves on the advisory board. Do you own …

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2023 Clean School Bus Rebates

OPEN NOW! EPA is accepting new applications for 2023 The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 authorizes EPA to offer rebates to replace existing school buses with clean and zero-emission (ZE) models. The 2023 Clean School Bus (CSB) Rebates process includes SAM.gov account registration, rebate application submission, review and selection by EPA. Selectees will then submit purchase orders to request payment and then receive payment, which is followed by new bus delivery, existing bus replacement, and project close out. Clean School Bus Rebate …

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NV Energy — Business Energy Services Program

PowerShift by NV Energy can help business customers reduce their monthly energy consumption. Saving energy means helping the environment and it means saving money. The business case is strong. Small business owners can tap into the program if they use less than 400,000 kWh of electricity per year. One small business in southern Nevada replaced exterior lighting with LED lighting and is saving over $10,500 per year with an estimated payback of just one year on the upfront investment! Similarly, a …

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