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Previous DERA Awards

Starting in October of 2017, the Iowa Department of Transportation took over the administration of the DERA Grant Program from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Air Quality Bureau. You can find information regarding past DERA grant awards on the DNR’s webpage.

Iowa’s 2023 DERA Program Awards

Crandic Rail – Purchase and install engine upgrade and EPA-certified remanufactured systems in three locomotives– up to $372,387
Windstar Lines – Replace one diesel-powered transit bus with one new low-NOx propane transit bus – up to $133,750
Clear Lake CSD - Replace one diesel-powered school bus with one new diesel-powered school bus – up to $37,500
Keokuk County Highway Department - Replace two class 8 diesel-powered dump trucks with two new class 8 Low-NOx dump trucks – up to $191,100
Mahaska County – Replace one class 8 diesel-powered truck with one new class 8 Low-NOx truck – up to $109,462
Iowa Steel & Wire - Replace one diesel-powered forklift with one new all-electric forklift – up to $77,031
West Fork CSD – Replace one diesel-powered school bus with one new diesel-powered school bus – up to $37,500
Lime Rick Springs DBA/Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Dubuque - Replace one diesel-powered truck with one diesel-powered truck – up to $33,750

Iowa’s 2022 DERA Program Awards

Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway – Replace one diesel-powered tamper machine engine with one new diesel-powered engine – up to $34,822
Hy-Vee (Cherokee) - Replace one diesel-powered terminal truck with one new all-electric terminal truck – up to $155,578
Iowa Steel & Wire Company - Replace one bio-diesel-powered forklift with one new all-electric - $42,471
Keokuk County Highway Department - Replace one class 8 diesel-powered truck with one new class 8 Low NOx truck – up to $25,678
Lee County Secondary Roads - Replace two class 8 diesel-powered dump trucks with two new class 8 Low-NOx dump trucks – up to $130,778
Lime Rock Springs DBA/Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Dubuque - Replace one diesel-powered truck with one new diesel-powered truck – up to $33,208
Mahaska County Secondary Roads Department – Replace two class 8 diesel-powered dump trucks with two new class 8 Low NOx dump truck – up to $204,031
Ruan Transport Corporation - Replace one diesel-powered terminal truck with one new all-electric terminal truck – up to $159,164
Washington County Secondary Roads – Replace one class 8 diesel-powered dump truck with one new class 8 Low NOx dump truck – up to $99,050

Iowa’s 2021 DERA Program Awards

Perishable Distributors of Iowa – Replace one diesel-powered terminal truck with one new all-electric terminal truck - $169,683
Wernimont Enterprises – Purchase and install idle-reduction technology on one long haul truck - $3,737
Mahaska County Secondary Roads – Replace one diesel-powered motor grader with one new diesel-powered motor grader and replace one class 8 diesel-powered dump truck with one new class 8 diesel-powered dump truck - $141,250
STA of Iowa – Replace six diesel-powered school buses with six new diesel-powered school buses - $133,428
Hy-Vee – Replace one diesel-powered terminal truck with one new all-electric terminal truck - $149,858
Iowa Steel & Wire Company – Replace one diesel-powered forklift with one new all-electric forklift - $40,500
Riverside CSD – Replace one diesel-powered school bus with one new diesel-powered school bus - $26,375
Washington County Secondary Roads – Replace one class 8 diesel-powered dump truck with one new class 8 low-NOx diesel-powered dump truck - $77,000
Keokuk County Highway Department – Replace two class 8 diesel-powered dump trucks with two new class 8 low-NOx diesel-powered dump trucks - $115,457

Iowa’s 2020 DERA Program Awards

Sunflower Enterprises – Replace two 1980 engine model year, Tier 0, propulsion engines with two 2019 engine model year, Tier 3, propulsion engines and replace two 1978 engine model year Tier 0, 99 auxiliary engines with two 2019 engine model year, Tier 3, 99 auxiliary engines on the M/v Belgian – up to $311,899.
Sunflower Enterprises – Replace two 1974 engine model year, Tier 0, auxiliary engines with two 2019 engine model year, Tier 3, auxiliary engines on the Captain Newt – up to $125,027.
Iowa Steel & Wire Company – Replace four diesel-powered forklifts with four new all-electric forklifts – up to $110,440.
Keokuk County Highway Department – Replace one class 8 diesel-powered dump truck with one new class 8 low-NOx diesel-powered dump truck – up to $70,000
Hy-Vee – Replace one diesel-powered terminal truck with one new all-electric truck – up to $150,488.
Mahaska County Secondary Roads Department – Replace one class 8 diesel-powered single-axle dump truck with one new class 8 diesel-powered single-axle dump truck – up to $43,750
Lime Rock Springs DBA/Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co of Dubuque – Replace one class 7 diesel-powered truck with one new class 7 diesel-powered trucks – up to $26,236.

Iowa’s 2019 DERA Program Awards

Allamakee CSD — Replace two diesel-powered school buses with two new low-NOx propane-powered school buses – up to $74,900
Bellevue CSD — Replace one diesel-powered school bus with one new diesel-powered school bus – up to $25,000
Cardinal CSD — Replace one diesel-powered school bus with one new diesel-powered school bus – up to $22,500
Center Point-Urban CSD — Replace one diesel-powered school bus with one new gasoline-powered school bus – up to $24,250
Henry County — Replace one class 8 diesel-powered single-axle dump truck with one new class 8 diesel-powered single-axle dump truck – up to $33,750
Hy-Vee — Replace one diesel-powered terminal truck with one new all-electric terminal truck - $148,274
Independence CSD — Replace one diesel-powered school bus with one new low-NOx propane-powered school bus – up to $38,586
Interstate 35 CSD — Replace two diesel-powered school buses with two new low-NOx propane-powered school buses – up to $87,500
Iowa Steel & Wire Company — Replace one diesel-powered forklift with one new all-electric forklift and charging infrastructure – up to $36,225
Lee County — Replace two class 8 diesel-powered dump truck with two new class 8 low-NOx diesel-powered dump truck – up to $119,000
Lime Rock Springs — Replace one class 8 diesel-powered truck and one class 6-7 diesel-powered truck with one new class 8 and class 6-7 diesel-powered trucks – up to $56,250
North Iowa CSD — Replace one diesel-powered school bus with one new low-NOx propane-powered school bus – up to $38,500
Northwood-Kensett CSD — Replace one diesel-powered school bus with one new low-NOx propane-powered school bus – up to $40,250
Western Dubuque Schools — Replace two diesel-powered school buses with two new diesel-powered school buses – up to $47,500

Iowa’s 2017-2018 DERA Program Awards

Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) — Diesel transit bus replacement with electric transit bus - up to $378,000
Anderson Erickson Dairy Company — Purchase and install idle-reduction technology on 85 trucks - up to $38,500
Brown Nationalease — Replace five (5) food service, refrigerated, straight trucks - up to $137,500
Burke Marketing Corporation — Purchase and install five (5) electrified parking spaces - up to $15,000
Iowa Northern Railway Company — Purchase and install idle-reduction technology for 20 locomotives - up to $140,000
Sunflower Enterprises, Inc. — Replace two 1999 model year, Tier 0, propulsion engines with two 2018 model year, Tier 3 propulsion engines and replace two 1999 model year, Tier 0, auxiliary engines with two 2018 model year, Tier 3 auxiliary engines on the Katie Ann – up to $243,380
Sunflower Enterprises, Inc. — Replace two 2000 model year, Tier 0, propulsion engines with two 2019 model year, Tier 3 propulsion engines and replace two 2000 model year, Tier 0, auxiliary engines with two 2019 model year, Tier 3 auxiliary engines on the Randy Kanipe – up to $170,381
Sunflower Enterprises, Inc. — Replace two 1985 model year, Tier 0, propulsion engines with two 2018 model year, Tier 3 propulsion engines and replace two 1985 model year, Tier 0, auxiliary engines with two 2018 model year, Tier 3 auxiliary engines on the Tigre – up to $240,180