Hanford Joint Union High School District

Hanford Joint Union High School District (HJUSD) submitted an application to receive grant funding under the California Energy Commission (CEC) Solicitation GFO-17-607 to replace nine old diesel school buses. HJUSD was awarded funding for one vehicle-to-grid ready electric school buses and the supporting electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Hanford Joint Union High School District purchased one electric school buses and installed one charger through the CEC. The bus was placed into service on 11-15-23 and district was 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 0.084 short tons of NOx (oxides of nitrogen), 0.004 short tons of PM2.5. and 551 gallons of fuels and that the electric school buses had a cost savings during the reporting period of $2,702.22.