OIG: Green school buses

The Biden admin has dropped nearly $1B on its green school bus program that the office of inspector general warned was unfeasible. 

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in a joint announcement with the White House, said it had selected 67 applicants to receive about $965M to purchase electric and low-emission school buses. 

The funding means the agency has now awarded nearly $2B for thousands of new buses across hundreds of school districts under its Clean School Bus Program, which was created in late 2021.

[Multiple Mississippi school districts have recently touted the new EV school buses will be in use in 2024.] EPA awards $1B to school districts for electric, zero-emission buses (wapt.com)

However, the EPA Office of Inspector General in late December published the findings of an audit which determined that the Clean School Bus Program was largely dependent on utility companies' ability to increase power supplies. 

Further, the program may also face significant delays, according to the inspector general, without construction of additional charging stations. (Fox News 01/08/24) Biden admin drops nearly $1 billion on green bus program inspector general warned was unfeasible (msn.com)