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The Future Green Energy Consortium expands ways it can save school districts money on energy costs—teaming up with Blue Bird Corporation, Cummins PowerDrive EV system and Nuvve Holding Corp., in an initiative to equip school districts with electric school buses that can supply energy back to the grid. Hollis CSD #328 and Pekin received the first two buses during a recent press conference. FUTURE GREEN VEHICLE TO GRID

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Volume 9, Issue 4 April 2021 LeadershipMatters 21044 Jason Nevel Director of Social Media and Publications jnevel@iasaedu.org

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