Wrangell students could soon be riding around on the island’s first electric school bus.
A school bus outside Stikine Middle School in Wrangell, seen in October 2022.
“Since we have hydroelectric power, the cost would be less to run an electric bus than it would be for fuel,” Burr explains, “And the EPA is looking at clean emissions, that’s their main goal is to get as many polluted buses off the streets, connected to schools specifically.”both on the waitlist for EPA Clean Bus fundingBurr says Wrangell is more of an ideal location than some districts up north for an electric bus.
The electric bus is projected to cost $375,000. The rebate will also include up to $20,000 to install proper charging infrastructure. And part of the deal is that Taylor Transportation Seattle-based EPA spokesperson Suzanne Skadowski says clean bus rebates aren’t new – the EPA has had a program under the 2005 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act.
“What’s happening now is we’ve just got this big infusion of infrastructure dollars that are really going to help kind of supercharge this effort,” Skadowski says, “Because a lot of schools want the newer electric school buses, and they are very expensive, more so than the typical things in the past – People have just done retrofits, which are great, too, but I think most schools now are moving to try to get all-electric buses, which takes a bigger investment, which is part of the reason why we...
Skadowski echoes the hope for further bus replacements, saying the EPA wants more applications as well: “We really just want schools to apply. I think this infusion of funds is going to really help schools to feel like they can actually get those buses because, under the previous grant program, the grants really weren’t big enough to cover the full cost of an electric school bus. And now they will.
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