- Title: Clean Bus Planning Awards
- Eligible applicants: State and local governmental entities providing bus service, including public school districts and charter schools. Private school bus fleets with an active contractual agreement to serve a public school district. Nonprofit school transportation associations. Tribes, Tribal organizations, or Tribally controlled schools responsible for the purchase of school buses or providing school bus service for a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)-funded school. Direct or designated recipients of FTA grants, including state and local governmental authorities, and Tribes.
The Clean Bus Planning Awards (CBPA) 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 and deployment assistance. CBPA is managed by NREL and funded by the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (Joint Office).
CBPA applications are reviewed by NREL on a rolling basis. All applicants will receive confirmation of application receipt. Before submitting an application, NREL strongly encourages applicants to first review the CBPA webpage (driveelectric.gov/clean-bus-planning-awards), which provides information on eligibility, participant benefits, and participant expectations.
If you have any additional questions, please reach out to CBPA@nrel.gov.