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Funding Opportunity
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Reliable Electric Charging for Eligible School-bus Sites (RECESS)
Organization Name
California Energy Commission
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The California Energy Commission’s (CEC’s) Clean Transportation Program announces the availability of up to $22,000,000 in grant funds for projects that will install electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure for electric school buses. This is a
Program Name
Clean Transportation Program
Agency or Grant #
GFO-25-605
Equity Categories
Disadvantaged Community
Native American Tribes
Eligible Applicant
Institution
Organization
Business
Description

The Clean Transportation Program announces the availability of up to $22,000,000 in grant funds for projects that will install electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure for electric school buses.  This is a multi-funding lane grant solicitation (first come, first served and competitive) with minimum requirements and certain conditions as further described in the manual.

  • Funding Lane 1 (First come, first serve)
    $4 million in funding available for electric school bus charging infrastructure projects at local educational agencies that received Clean Truck and Bus Incentive Project (HVIP) Public School Bus Set Aside Year 1 and Year 2 funded electric school buses, but who did not receive the CEC’s Energy Infrastructure Incentives for Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles Project (EnergIIZE) Public School Bus Set Aside Year 1 or Year 2 infrastructure funding. This funding lane is awarded on a first come, first serve basis.

    Table 4 in Section II.A.1 of the solicitation manual shows eligible Funding Lane 1 Applicants and the maximum number of charging ports that can be requested.
     
  • Funding Lane 2 (Competitive)
    $9 million in funding available for electric school bus charging infrastructure projects that will support existing and future electric school bus deployments by local educational agencies, as defined in Section II.A.1 of the solicitation manual. This funding lane is competitive.
     
  • Funding Lane 3 (Competitive)
    $9 million in funding available for electric school bus charging infrastructure projects that will support existing and future electric school bus deployments by third-party transportation providers who serve local educational agencies, as defined in Section II.A.1 of the solicitation manual. This funding lane is competitive.
Available Funding
$22,000,000.00
Maximum Award Amount
$9,000,000.00
Application Deadline
6/5/2026
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Transportation
Business Operations & Management
Emerging Technology
Research
Charging/Fueling Infrastructure
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