Deadline: Rolling
Eligible Applicants: State Gov, Local Gov, Native American Tribes, Education, non-profit school transportation associations and recipients of FTA grants
Fuel Type: Electric, hydrogen fuel cell or battery electric
Agency: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Description: The Clean Bus Planning Awards program reduces barriers to zero-emission bus deployment by providing school and transit bus fleets with free technical assistance to develop comprehensive and customized fleet electrification transition plans. Fleets also have the option to receive free deployment assistance from NREL at the completion of their plan. CBPA is not an incentive program, and fleets do not receive direct funding. NREL will allocate selected applicants with technical assistance resources.
Eligible Projects: The goal of the transition plan is to demonstrate a clear, attainable path to electrification. The plan may include:
- Existing fleet baseline analysis
- Vehicle electrification (battery electric and/or hydrogen fuel cell) feasibility analysis
- Infrastructure assessment and optimization strategy
- Procurement and project staging
- Financial analysis
- Emissions modeling
- Stakeholder analysis
- Workforce considerations
- Recommendation for next steps
More Information: Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
