To assess and demonstrate the viability of implementing vehicle-to-grid technology with electric school buses (ESBs) and showcase the technology’s potential to leverage electric school buses (ESB) as viable energy storage sources while achieving balance on the grid.
Three school districts (River Trails, Troy, and Waconda) participated in this pilot between June 2025 – October 2025. Each school district had a single bidirectional charging station for their ESB.
The pilot has concluded, and an Executive Summary is available here.
The pilot successfully demonstrated that ESBs can reliably provide V2G grid services without disrupting transportation operations, particularly during periods when buses are idle (e.g., summer). However, scaling V2G will require addressing operational constraints, infrastructure readiness, financial uncertainty and equity gaps.
| BE Pilot | Lead Vendor | Partners | Award Date | Pilot In-Field Start Date | Pilot In-Field End Date |
| School Bus Vehicle-to-Grid Operator | Resource Innovations | Nuvve | September 2024 | May 2025 | November 2025 |
| School Bus Vehicle-to-Grid Evaluator | DNV Energy Insights | Verdant | August 2024 | May 2025 | November 2025 |
