Cleaner, Quieter Rides to School Coming to 30 School Districts in Northern and Central California
August 25 2021 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Clovis, Red Bluff Among Districts Adopting
Electric Buses through PG&E’s EV Fleet Program
The wheels on the bus still go ’round and ’round, but in several
communities in Northern and Central California, they’ll soon be
powered by clean electricity. Pacific Gas and Electric Company
(PG&E) is helping school districts in its service area as they
transition to electric buses, supporting cleaner air, lower
maintenance costs and quieter rides. Through its EV Fleet program,
PG&E is working with over 30 school districts adopting about
350 electric buses.
Clovis, Red Bluff on the Road to Electric
For Clovis Unified School District in the Central Valley and Red
Bluff Joint Union High School District in the North Valley,
PG&E helped build the electrical infrastructure necessary to
power electric buses and provided rebates for the school districts
to purchase the EV chargers. Over the next few years, the school
districts are installing the EV chargers and incorporating electric
school buses into their fleets—11 in Clovis and 10 in Red
Bluff.
“Clovis Unified School District is excited to partner with
PG&E through the EV Fleet program that assists our efforts to
reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in our district,” said Sheryl Boe,
Transportation Director with Clovis Unified School District.
“We were able to put our inaugural fleet of electric buses into
service just recently, transporting students to and from summer
school,” Boe said. “We are excited to see them on the streets,
knowing that they are helping the environment. We are committed to
doing our part in California and look forward to providing cleaner
air for our students and community.”
“One of the challenges associated with fleet electrification is
infrastructure planning and installation. In the early stages of
this project, EV Fleet assisted with site evaluation and provided
valuable information with respect to infrastructure funding, rate
plans, and future expansion of electrification. Partnering with
PG&E to install the electric bus charging infrastructure
alleviated much of the initial concern associated with the
project,” said Zach Pierce, Director of Transportation with Red
Bluff Joint Union High School District.
Pierce added, “The Red Bluff High School District Transportation
Department is thankful for PG&E’s assistance with the planning
and installation of EV charging infrastructure.”
Helping Organizations Transition to Clean, Electric
Fleets
Increasing EV adoption is a critical component to making
California’s clean air future a reality as transportation is the
single largest source of greenhouse-gas emissions in California,
contributing 41%. The electricity fueling EVs in California comes
from one of the cleanest energy mixes in the country – more than 85
percent of the electricity PG&E delivers to customers is from
greenhouse gas-free resources.
“Expanding the use of electric vehicles is essential for
California to achieve its bold climate and clean-air goals.
PG&E is thrilled to support the critical task of electrifying
fleet vehicles, and we will continue to be an active partner in
helping make EVs an option for our customers, including school
districts. Reducing vehicle emissions is good for our students, the
state and the environment,” said Laurie Giammona, PG&E Senior
Vice President of Customer Care.
PG&E’s EV Fleet program helps customers with medium-duty,
heavy-duty and off-road fleets begin to transition their fleet
vehicles to clean electricity to save money, eliminate tailpipe
emissions and simplify maintenance.
Through the EV Fleet program, PG&E is currently working on
over 65 customer projects supporting approximately 1,100 electric
fleet vehicles. The program aims to install electrical
infrastructure at 700 sites by 2024 to support the adoption of
6,500 medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles, including school
buses.
Through the EV Fleet program, PG&E helps build the
electrical infrastructure for customers’ medium- to heavy-duty EVs.
PG&E comprehensively assists customers across all facets of EV
charging including available incentives and rebates, site design
and permitting, construction and activation, and infrastructure
maintenance and upgrades.
In addition to the EV Fleet program, PG&E supports EV
adoption for fleet vehicles through special rates and tools,
including the Business EV Rate and EV Fleet Savings Calculator. For
customers with fleets that are making the transition to electric,
an essential step in the process is understanding the costs and
potential cost savings when deploying EVs.
PG&E encourages customers to reach out early in their
process of considering fleet electrification. Customers can submit
an interest form and speak to an EV Fleet specialist by visiting
pge.com/evfleet.
About PG&E
PG&E, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is a
combined natural gas and electric utility serving more than 16
million people across 70,000 square miles in Northern and Central
California. For more information, visit pge.com and
pge.com/news.
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