519 (enacted 2023): requires the Efficiency Maine Trust to design and operate a 2-year vehicle-to-grid pilot project to use electric school buses to store energy from the electric grid during times of low demand and low usage rates and discharge the stored energy to the grid during times of high demand and high usage rates. [...] 2118 (enacted 2021): establishes the Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program for the purpose of awarding grants to public school divisions for replacing diesel school buses with electric school buses, implementing recharging infrastructure, and providing training to support the operation of electric school buses. [...] B.262 (enacted 2023): Requires every employee and department of the State to give preference to automobiles that minimize: (1) emissions and (2) the total cost of the automobile over the service life of the automobile; sets a state policy goal to transition all publicly-owned vehicles to vehicles which emit zero tailpipe emissions by 2050. [...] 575 (enacted 2022): beginning 2023, requires all agencies of the Commonwealth to utilize the total cost of ownership calculator prior to purchasing or leasing light-duty vehicles and to purchase electric vehicles unless the calculator clearly indicates that purchasing or leasing an internal combustion-engine vehicle has a lower cost of ownership. [...] Vermont H.433 (enacted 2021): creates a high fuel efficiency vehicle incentive program to provide point-of-sale vouchers through the State’s network of community action agencies and set income eligibility for the voucher at 80 percent of the State median income.
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