The program to reimburse Wisconsin carriers 50 percent of the cost of an idling reduction unit is approaching it’s deadline for applications. The Department of Commerce began accepting applications on July 1st and will close the acceptance period on August 1st. Of the $2 million dollars set aside for the program, $500,000 will be reserved for small trucking companies.
The program was created by the Governor’s budget bill, 2005 Wisconsin Act 25. Under the program, Commerce provides grants to freight motor carriers (common, contract and private motor carriers) headquartered in Wisconsin to purchase and install idling reduction units for newer truck tractors. Idling reduction units provide an alternative source of power used to heat, cool, or provide electricity to the cab or other parts of a truck in lieu of operating the truck’s main drive engine to power these services. The use of idling reduction units on heavy-duty diesel trucks saves fuel and lowers air pollution emissions. The program will award grants through June 2011.
You can check out the program at the Wisconsin idling-reduction grant site.
is their a chance i could still get any money for installing an APU on my truck