ARB Providing Loan Assistance for California Equipment (PLACE) Program

This page last reviewed December 6, 2011

Background

ARB is developing innovative financing programs to provide fleet owners, particularly small business owners, easier access to loan opportunities. The ARB's loan programs may offer several options to increase financing accessibility, including loans, loan guarantees, and other mechanisms to assist industries affected by ARB regulations.

Programs

• 2011 ARB Direct Loan Program to assist ARB in implementing a low-interest direct loan program for small trucking fleets.
• The PLACE Program for Off-Road Vehicles is loan guarantee program available for off-road vehicle owners needing assistance for financing retrofits, repowers and replacements.
• The PLACE Program for On-Road Vehicles (formerly On-Road Heavy-Duty Vehicle Air Quality Loan Program) offers financial assistance to fleet owners subject to two regulations approved by the Board in December, 2008.
• The Goods Movement Emissions Reduction Program may potentially offer loan assistance to upgrade equipment used in freight movement along California's trade corridors.

• Notice of Intent to Award posted -- ARB has posted the Intent to Award for RFP #10-622.

• Request for Proposal (RE-BID) Addendum No. 1 -- ARB is issuing this Addendum No. 1 to post Questions and Answers to the Request for Proposal (RFP) and to replace the prior version of the RFP. 

  > NOTICE: Prior solicitation is being replaced with a revised version. Please disregard the prior version of this solicitation. It is the proposers’ responsibility to completely review the attached revised version of the RFP.

June 03, 2011

• Re-Bid--Request for proposals for the 2011 ARB Direct Loan Program to assist ARB in implementing a low interest direct loan program for small trucking fleets has been re-posted.

Please check this page regularly, or join the “loan” email list serve to receive updates as these loan programs develop!