SPECIAL REPORT “The real benefit to school districts
will become apparent in the next year as we see districts ramp up operations,” noted Eleanor Johnstone, technical program director for GNA. As institutions like The Mobility
House help simplify participation in LCFS markets, and as other funding sources and incentives help schools electrify their bus fleets, more districts are likely to tap carbon credits with help from professionals in the field, experts say. “This is all brand-new stuff for
directors of transportation,” Davar noted “For a school to go out and claim these credits and sell them on the market themselves is kind of a ridiculous concept. It would be a lot of work (for a relatively modest pay-off).” Clean energy commodity firm
SRECTrade is another entity that helps districts tap carbon credits under the LCFS program, as explained during a webinar hosted by School Transporta-
“If you don’t participate in this program and you don’t monetize your credits, you’re essentially leaving money on the table that could go into
your budget.” - Iman Nordin, SRECTrade
tion News in February. Matthew Belasco, director of maintenance, operations and transportation at Pittsburg Unified School District near San Francisco, noted that his district has earned about $5,000 in revenue under the clean energy program, despite relatively little use of its electric buses during the pandemic. In 2018, his district purchased its first
two Lion Electric buses, and it wasn’t until after purchasing two additional Blue Bird electric buses that the district connected with SRECTrade. Belasco noted that districts need to
install smart chargers for electric buses in order to collect the data needed for LCFS participation, and work with a partner like SRECTrade. “You’re going to need someone who’s
very knowledgeable and makes it very simple,” he explained during the webi- nar. “We don’t need to do any reports anymore. The only thing we see is the check every quarter.” There is little risk to participating, he
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