The $500 million Clean Bus Planning Awards (CBPA) program, managed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), seeks to reduce barriers to zero-emission bus deployment by providing school and transit bus fleets with free technical assistance to develop comprehensive and customized fleet electrification transition plans. The program connects transit and school bus fleets with technical experts to support planning for bus electrification. Fleets also have the option to receive free deployment assistance from NREL at the completion of their plan. Applications will be accepted on rolling basis until September 30.