{"id":3413,"date":"2019-11-21T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/?p=3413"},"modified":"2019-11-21T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:30:00","slug":"md-alternative-fuel-infrastructure-program-deadline-approaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2019\/11\/21\/md-alternative-fuel-infrastructure-program-deadline-approaching\/","title":{"rendered":"MD Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Program Deadline Approaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/11\/grant-deadline-12-31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3417\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/11\/grant-deadline-12-31.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1075\" height=\"730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/11\/grant-deadline-12-31.png 1075w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/11\/grant-deadline-12-31-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/11\/grant-deadline-12-31-768x522.png 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/11\/grant-deadline-12-31-1024x695.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1075px) 100vw, 1075px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"mailto:michael.jones1@maryland.gov\">Mike Jones<\/a>, Energy Program Manager<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"im\"><span class=\"im\">Remember, the <strong> December 31, 2019 <\/strong>deadline for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/energy.maryland.gov\/transportation\/Pages\/afip.aspx\">FY20 Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Program (AFIP)<\/a> applications is fast approaching. The FY20 AFIP is intended to aid in the development of alternative fuel refilling\/charging infrastructure in the state of Maryland. As such, MEA anticipates issuing one or more grants to applicants for the installation of alternative fuel refilling\/charging stations in <\/span><\/span><span class=\"im\"><span class=\"im\">Maryland. <\/span><\/span>Awards will be issued on a competitive basis.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the program, including the guidelines and application form, please visit the program website <a href=\"http:\/\/energy.maryland.gov\/transportation\/Pages\/afip.aspx\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. Contact Mike Jones, MEA Transportation Energy Program Manager via email <a href=\"mailto:michael.jones1@maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">michael.jones1@maryland.gov<\/a> if you have questions.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know,\u00a0 AFIP has helped to install more than 130 new electric charging and alternative fueling outlets throughout the state over the past three years? Establishing enough refilling or charging options is critical to consumer confidence.\u00a0 Range anxiety is the fear that a vehicle has insufficient range to reach its destination and would thus strand the vehicle\u2019s occupants. In Maryland, AFIP is addressing range anxiety for local drivers and as well as travelers passing along the coast.\u00a0 You can track the progress of this tremendous program here <a href=\"https:\/\/energy.maryland.gov\/transportation\/Pages\/afipResults.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2016 results<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/energy.maryland.gov\/transportation\/Pages\/afipResults17.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017 results<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/energy.maryland.gov\/transportation\/Pages\/FY18-AFIP-Results.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2018 results<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mike Jones, Energy Program Manager Remember, the December 31, 2019 deadline for\u00a0FY20 Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Program (AFIP) applications is fast approaching. The FY20 AFIP is intended to aid in the development of alternative fuel refilling\/charging infrastructure in the state of Maryland. As such, MEA anticipates issuing one or more<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2019\/11\/21\/md-alternative-fuel-infrastructure-program-deadline-approaching\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42,25,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-main","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3413"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3432,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413\/revisions\/3432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}