MCPS Electric Bus Deal: County Exec. Marc Elrich Introduced Company to MCPS. Delegate Fraser-Hidalgo Introduced Elrich to Company.

-February 27, 2021

...Montgomery County Executive Marc B. Elrich (D) said he brought school system transportation and Highland Electric officials together after meeting the company’s CEO, Duncan McIntyre, in Annapolis.

The two had been introduced by Del. David Fraser-Hidalgo (D-Montgomery), a longtime proponent of electric buses.

In talking with McIntyre, Elrich became convinced that tax credits and depreciation allowances were starting to shift the economics... surrounding electric buses in a significant way...

https://www.marylandmatters.org/2021/02/27/montgomery-school-system-deal-to-lease-electric-buses-called-historic/