Advocates push deadlines and funding for public fleet and school bus electrification; charging companies offer depot solutions

Nonprofit advocates, charging providers and school‑bus researchers urged the Telecom, Utilities and Energy Committee to back H.3448, a bill that would set electrification timelines for public fleets and school buses and create programs to support fleet charging deployment.

Anna Vanderspeck, electric vehicle program director at Green Energy Consumers Alliance, told the committee that electrifying public fleets is the “main lever” Massachusetts can use to cut transportation emissions and that the bill recognizes different timelines for light‑duty and medium/heavy‑duty vehicles. She cited existing state programs that help fleets electrify, including…