Downey Unified School District School Bus Replacement

Downey Unified School District submitted an application to receive grant funding under the California Energy Commission (CEC) Solicitation GFO-17-607 to replace two old diesel school buses. Downey Unified School District was awarded funding for two vehicle-to-grid ready electric school buses and the supporting electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Downey Unified School District purchased two electric school buses and installed eight chargers through the CEC. The buses were placed into service January 05, 2022, and districts were 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 had an annual reduction of 12.4 short tons of carbon dioxide, .044 short tons of carbon monoxide, .018 short tons of hydrocarbons, .006 short tons of particulate matter 2.5, and .095 short tons of oxides of nitrogen and that the electric school buses had an annual cost savings of $5,304.