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settlement stemming from a clean air lawsuit involving the Edwards Coal Power Plant. Hollis Cons SD #328 and the city of Pekin School Bus Transportation Department received the first two buses. The coal power plant is located just two miles from Hollis Consolidated School District #328 and is slated to close by the end of 2022 as part of the settlement. Chad Jones is superintendent of Hollis Cons SD #328 in rural Peoria County. “It cleans the air that the children breathe. It immediately reduces our contribution to climate change,” Jones said.

“Replacing our diesel bus with the electric bus will benefit our kids with respiratory issues, like asthma, and also reduce school absences.” The idea to use the funds from the settlement for electric school buses was the brainchild of Tim Farquer, Superintendent of Williamsfield Schools, located northwest of Peoria. Farquer is a former teacher/coach at Limestone Community High School, just four miles north of the Edwards plant. Farquer helped launch the Bus-2-Grid Initiative, which has become a membership service of the Future Green Energy Consortium, which helps school districts leverage V2G revenue opportunities and secure grant funding to electrify their fleets. Future Green Energy Consortium is a not-for-profit initiative of the Illinois Association of School Administrators, the Illinois Association of School Boards, and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials. The associations joined together

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