Baldwin Park Unified School District submitted an application to receive grant funding under the California Energy Commission (CEC) Solicitation GFO-17-607 to replace five old diesel school buses. Baldwin Park Unified School District was awarded funding for five vehicle-to-grid ready electric school buses and the supporting electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Baldwin Park Unified School District purchased five electric school buses and deployed a total of eight charging stations, including five single port grid connected charging stations and three dual port solar-powered grid independent charging stations. Three Type C school buses were placed into service on 01/13/2020 and two Type A school buses were placed into service on 12/13/2023. Baldwin Park USD was also offered workforce training to help support the successful deployment of the new electric fleet. The old, diesel-powered buses were also dismantled and removed from service. This project found that the electric school buses reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 0.356 NOx short tons and 0.11 CO2 short tons, reduced 3276 gallons of diesel, and had a fuel and maintenance cost savings of $24,407.55 during the project’s 12-month reporting period.
