Electric school buses tapped to shore up fragile US power grids during summer heat

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https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/electric-school-buses-tapped-shore-up-fragile-us-power-grids-during-summer-heat-2026-07-03/

Electric school buses have large batteries, some exceeding 200 kilowatt-hours. They can charge when demand is low and send power back ​to the utility. They are often idle in the summer, when electricity demand surges.

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I bet it still comes out of the school budget and the private corps get to charge double.

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