For immediate release: July 2, 2001
Media Contact: Precy Della - 916-654-4989
School Districts to Get Clean-Powered Buses
SACRAMENTO -- The California Energy Commission announced today that at least 52 school districts across California soon will get brand new low emission school buses to replace the old vehicles in their fleets.
The Energy Commission has approved agreements it had signed earlier with these districts that took part in the Low Emission School Bus Program. The agreements will allocate money from the program to the school districts, which in turn will buy the school buses fueled by either low-sulfur diesel or natural gas. In some cases, the Energy Commission will also assist in setting up natural gas fueling stations for the buses.
A total of 66 clean powered buses -- 37 powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) three by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and 26 by clean diesel -- will be procured by districts from Shasta County to Imperial County. (A complete list of districts and the buses each will get is attached).
"Amid the energy crisis, California is doing everything it can to reduce a school's power bills, whether for electricity or for bus fuel, "said Energy Commission Chairman William A. Keese. " The great thing about these school buses is that they are also safer for children and cleaner for the environment."
In the 2000-2001 State budget, Governor Gray Davis provided $50 million to the low emission program to continue the replacement or retrofit of school buses to improve the health and safety of school children.
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is running the $12.5 million retrofit program. The California Energy Commission will spend $7.5 million for the 66 clean powered buses and some fueling stations for the school districts within the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District, and the remaining air districts not specifically identified by the ARB to receive or administer their own school bus replacement funds.
The remainder of the program money, about $30 million, will be managed by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the Monterey Bay Air Pollution Control District, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Pollution Control District, the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, and the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District.
The idea is either to phase out or retrofit all aging buses throughout the State. More than 44 percent of school buses in California are older than 13 years, while 12 percent of the vehicles are more than 23 years old.
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Listing of Districts Receiving New Buses
SCHOOL DISTRICT
CITY
TOTAL Diesel
TOTAL CNG
TOTAL LPG
%
Dollars Awarded
Dollars Infrastructure
Dollars Total Awarded
Modoc Joint USD
Alturas
1
$86,032
$86,032
Armona Union Elem SD
Armona
1
$86,032
$86,032
Lucia Mar USD
Arroyo Grande
2
$172,064
$172,064
Mid Placer Public School T
Auburn
1
15
$96,032
$96,032
Beardsley Elem SD
Bakersfield
1
$86,032
$86,032
Fairfax School District
Bakersfield
1
$117,452
$117,452
Fruitvale SD
Bakersfield
1
$117,452
$117,452
Kern High SD
Bakersfield
1
$117,452
$117,452
Lakeside Union SD
Bakersfield
1
$117,452
$13,000
$130,452
Panama BuenaVista SD
Bakersfield
1
$117,452
$117,452
Calexico USD
Calexico
2
$234,904
$234,904
Chowchilla Elem SD
Chowchilla
1
$86,032
$86,032
El Nido Elem SD
El Nido
1
15
$96,032
$96,032
Eureka City School Yard
Eureka
1
15
$127,452
$127,452
Forest Hill USD
Forest Hill
1
$86,032
$86,032
Central USD
Fresno
1
$86,032
$86,032
Sierra USD
Fresno
1
$127,452
$127,452
Manzanita Elem SD
Gridley
1
$117,452
$117,452
Kings River Hardwick USD
Hanford
1
15
$96,032
$96,032
Lakeside Union Elementary SD
Hanford
1
$86,032
$86,032
Hesperia USD
Hesperia
1
$117,452
$13,000
$130,452
Antelope Valley STA
Lancaster
1
3
$438,388
$438,388
Laytonville USD
Laytonville
1
$86,032
$86,032
McSwain Jt Union SD
Merced
1
$117,452
$117,452
Hart -Ransom U Elem SD
Modesto
1
$117,452
$13,000
$130,452
Modesto City Schools
Modesto
1
$86,032
$86,032
Paradise USD
Paradise
2
$234,904
$234,904
Paso Robles Public School
Paso Robles
1
$86,032
$86,032
Gateway USD
Redding
1
15
$96,032
$96,032
Shasta Union SD
Redding
2
15
$254,904
$26,000
$280,904
Kings Canyon
Reedly
1
1
$203,484
$203,484
Sierra Sand USD
Ridgecrest
1
15
$127,452
$13,000
$140,452
Southwest Tr Agency
Riverdale
2
$234,904
$234,904
Rocklin USD
Rocklin
1
$117,452
$117,452
Salida USD
Salida
2
$172,064
$172,064
Sanger USD
Sanger
2
15
$254,904
$254,904
Goleta USD
Santa Barbara
1
1
$203,484
$13,000
$216,484
Blockan Union SD
Santa Maria
1
$86,032
$86,032
Maple SD
Shafter
1
$117,452
$13,000
$130,452
Merced River SD
Snelling
1
$117,452
$117,452
Lincoln USD
Stockton
1
$117,452
$117,452
Strathmore Union SD
Strathmore
1
$86,032
$86,032
Sunnyside U Elem SD
Strathmore
1
$86,032
$86,032
Tehachapi USD
Tehachapi
1
$117,452
$117,452
Lindsay USD
Tulare
1
15
$96,032
$96,032
Tulare JUHSD
Tulare
1
$117,452
$13,000
$130,452
Vacaville USD
Vacaville
1
15
$96,032
$96,032
Visalia USD
Visalia
2
$234,904
$26,000
$260,904
Washington USD
West Sacramento
1
$86,032
$86,032
Westwood Unified SD
Westwood
1
$86,032
$86,032
Woodland USD
Woodland
1
$86,032
$86,032
Yuba City USD
Yuba City
2
15
$254,904
$26,000
$280,904
Total Number of
School Districts
52
26
37
3
11
$6,990,652
$169,000
$7,159,652
Total Number of Buses
66
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