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Under a grant from the Federal Transit Authority (FTA), Georgetown University has contracted with Ballard Power Corporation to develop a 100 kW (net) Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) power plant. The program's objective is to design and to build a liquid fueled PEMFC power plant for a 12.2 m (40 foot), hybrid transit bus. The Fuel Cell Power System (FCPS) is defined as a complete fuel cell system including controls, fuel reforming, air delivery, cooling sub-system, thermal integration, water recovery, and water treatment sub-system. Georgetown University has also contracted Booz-Allen and Hamilton as the system integrator who is teamed with Nova Bus and Kaman to provide the coach, traction motor with power electronics and vehicle system controller. A fully integrated hybrid transit bus is scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of 1998.