School Bus: Fleet Deployment RFP Grant

The School Bus Fleet Deployment Program by MassCEC provides essential funding and technical assistance to enhance electric school bus fleets. It aims to support school districts in electrifying their bus fleets, establishing charging infrastructure, and preparing for full fleet electrification. This initiative prioritizes districts that have received EPA’s CHDV Grant funding, ensuring a collaborative approach towards sustainable transportation solutions. By facilitating the transition to electric buses, the program promotes environmental sustainability and operational efficiency in school transportation.

The Fleet Deployment Program offers funding and optional technical assistance for ESB fleets serving their district. The School Bus Fleet Deployment Program funding is intended to amplify electric school bus deployment projects that demonstrate major steps toward full-fleet electrification.
The Fleet Deployment Program will offer flexible funding for projects and provide school districts and partnered private school bus contractors with specialized project management support and optional technical assistance relative to school bus fleet electrification technology, operation, and financial planning as needed.
MassCEC anticipates that projects awarded under the Fleet Deployment Program will:
Electrify a significant portion of their existing fleet;install associated charging infrastructure;potentially prepare sites for full-fleet electrification; anddemonstrate a viable plan for full-fleet electrification.
The School Bus Fleet Deployment Program will prioritize applications from school districts who have been awarded EPA’s CHDV Grant funding.