Who owns the electric school buses?

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Anonymous wrote:Did the County ever figure out if the electrical grid could handle the additional load recharging all of these buses? I'm not talking about installing more charging stations, but about having sufficient electrical capacity to prevent brownouts and power outages?

And did MCPS figure out how all these buses will be charged without leaving them unmonitored or left on chargers at night (which is a safety hazard - it's poured buckets last night, so electricity and water don't mix well)? Or what they'll do if it gets too hot to safely recharge? (ex. similar to leaving your iPhone on your dashboard in summer and trying to charge it when it's overheated)

When you post link to tabloids like that it's hard to take your claims seriously Sources matter.

Does anyone know if MCPS is going to build massive solar bus shelters with rechargers instead of everything being exposed to the elements?

Trying to figure out whether this is a really well done plan, or just another MCPS boondoggle the taxpayer will need to pay for somewhere down the line?

All great questions and I hope MCPS has answers or has thought about it in any RFP. However, if the electric school-bus contract is really a "service"-type contract as shown by other PPs before, we can expect MCPS to simply point finger or direct these questions to the contractor

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/maryland-county-electric-school-buses

The same person who was canned for embezzlement from MCPS set up this deal. Go find him and ask him your questions. LOL

OMG OMG so crazy but shouldn't we call these coal-powered busses or nuclear-powered busses since they rely on nuclear and coal? Is MCPS is trying to pull a fast one by mislableing these as electric?

A lot more natural gas than coal in MD.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the County ever figure out if the electrical grid could handle the additional load recharging all of these buses? I'm not talking about installing more charging stations, but about having sufficient electrical capacity to prevent brownouts and power outages?

And did MCPS figure out how all these buses will be charged without leaving them unmonitored or left on chargers at night (which is a safety hazard - it's poured buckets last night, so electricity and water don't mix well)? Or what they'll do if it gets too hot to safely recharge? (ex. similar to leaving your iPhone on your dashboard in summer and trying to charge it when it's overheated)

When you post link to tabloids like that it's hard to take your claims seriously Sources matter.

Does anyone know if MCPS is going to build massive solar bus shelters with rechargers instead of everything being exposed to the elements?

Trying to figure out whether this is a really well done plan, or just another MCPS boondoggle the taxpayer will need to pay for somewhere down the line?

All great questions and I hope MCPS has answers or has thought about it in any RFP. However, if the electric school-bus contract is really a "service"-type contract as shown by other PPs before, we can expect MCPS to simply point finger or direct these questions to the contractor

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/maryland-county-electric-school-buses

The same person who was canned for embezzlement from MCPS set up this deal. Go find him and ask him your questions. LOL

OMG OMG so crazy but shouldn't we call these coal-powered busses or nuclear-powered busses since they rely on nuclear and coal? Is MCPS is trying to pull a fast one by mislableing these as electric?

A lot more natural gas than coal in MD.

"natural" gas

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the County ever figure out if the electrical grid could handle the additional load recharging all of these buses? I'm not talking about installing more charging stations, but about having sufficient electrical capacity to prevent brownouts and power outages?

And did MCPS figure out how all these buses will be charged without leaving them unmonitored or left on chargers at night (which is a safety hazard - it's poured buckets last night, so electricity and water don't mix well)? Or what they'll do if it gets too hot to safely recharge? (ex. similar to leaving your iPhone on your dashboard in summer and trying to charge it when it's overheated)

When you post link to tabloids like that it's hard to take your claims seriously Sources matter.

Does anyone know if MCPS is going to build massive solar bus shelters with rechargers instead of everything being exposed to the elements?

Trying to figure out whether this is a really well done plan, or just another MCPS boondoggle the taxpayer will need to pay for somewhere down the line?

All great questions and I hope MCPS has answers or has thought about it in any RFP. However, if the electric school-bus contract is really a "service"-type contract as shown by other PPs before, we can expect MCPS to simply point finger or direct these questions to the contractor

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/maryland-county-electric-school-buses

The same person who was canned for embezzlement from MCPS set up this deal. Go find him and ask him your questions. LOL

OMG OMG so crazy but shouldn't we call these coal-powered busses or nuclear-powered busses since they rely on nuclear and coal? Is MCPS is trying to pull a fast one by mislableing these as electric?

A lot more natural gas than coal in MD.

"natural" gas

I'm so lost as to why people are worried about natural gas and not petroleum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the County ever figure out if the electrical grid could handle the additional load recharging all of these buses? I'm not talking about installing more charging stations, but about having sufficient electrical capacity to prevent brownouts and power outages?

And did MCPS figure out how all these buses will be charged without leaving them unmonitored or left on chargers at night (which is a safety hazard - it's poured buckets last night, so electricity and water don't mix well)? Or what they'll do if it gets too hot to safely recharge? (ex. similar to leaving your iPhone on your dashboard in summer and trying to charge it when it's overheated)

Does anyone know if MCPS is going to build massive solar bus shelters with rechargers instead of everything being exposed to the elements?

Trying to figure out whether this is a really well done plan, or just another MCPS boondoggle the taxpayer will need to pay for somewhere down the line?

All great questions and I hope MCPS has answers or has thought about it in any RFP. However, if the electric school-bus contract is really a "service"-type contract as shown by other PPs before, we can expect MCPS to simply point finger or direct these questions to the contractor

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/maryland-county-electric-school-buses

Here is the approved contract

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/BYDNVD5E2144/$file/Cont%20Apprv%20RFP%209462.1%20Electrification%20Sch%20Buses.pdf

Specifically, "MCPS will acquire electric and diesel replacement school buses for the next two school years. Subsequently, all replacement school buses will be electric. The contract calls for 25 electric buses for fall 2021, 61 additional electric buses in fall 2022, and approximately 120 electric buses (one-twelfth of the fleet), each year thereafter."

I wonder where are those 80+ electric buses are and how they are doing in real life. I hope our new BOE members will ask about it.

That's not the contract and that memo is false. The Board of Education just bought 64 more diesel school buses in August.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the County ever figure out if the electrical grid could handle the additional load recharging all of these buses? I'm not talking about installing more charging stations, but about having sufficient electrical capacity to prevent brownouts and power outages?

And did MCPS figure out how all these buses will be charged without leaving them unmonitored or left on chargers at night (which is a safety hazard - it's poured buckets last night, so electricity and water don't mix well)? Or what they'll do if it gets too hot to safely recharge? (ex. similar to leaving your iPhone on your dashboard in summer and trying to charge it when it's overheated)

When you post link to tabloids like that it's hard to take your claims seriously Sources matter.

Does anyone know if MCPS is going to build massive solar bus shelters with rechargers instead of everything being exposed to the elements?

Trying to figure out whether this is a really well done plan, or just another MCPS boondoggle the taxpayer will need to pay for somewhere down the line?

All great questions and I hope MCPS has answers or has thought about it in any RFP. However, if the electric school-bus contract is really a "service"-type contract as shown by other PPs before, we can expect MCPS to simply point finger or direct these questions to the contractor

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/maryland-county-electric-school-buses

The same person who was canned for embezzlement from MCPS set up this deal. Go find him and ask him your questions. LOL

OMG OMG so crazy but shouldn't we call these coal-powered busses or nuclear-powered busses since they rely on nuclear and coal? Is MCPS is trying to pull a fast one by mislableing these as electric?

A lot more natural gas than coal in MD.

"natural" gas

I'm so lost as to why people are worried about natural gas and not petroleum.

Why are we investing in fossil fuels?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do DCUMers dream of electric buses?

MCPS already has them. For whatever reasons, they have not been used.

At least one of them is being used - it drives past my house every day.