Seattle Waterfront Clean Energy Strategic Plan
SWCESP

Roadmap For Clean Energy Delivery System

Item No. 6k_supp
Meeting Date: June 11, 2019

Vision

By 2050, modernize the harbor electricity grid to provide clean
energy to Seattle's working waterfront to increase regional
competitiveness, create jobs, improve community health, and
confront climate change.

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Goals
• Substitute clean energy for fossil
fuels at facilities
• Define smartest investments for
port-wide energy system
- Low emission
- Cost Effective
- Reliable
- Resilient

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Planning Objectives
• Roadmap of infrastructure investments
• Regional technology policy
• 30 year time frame
• Shared funding sources to implement plan
• Collaborative with business, tenants, community, labor, local
and state agencies

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Internal and External Teams
Core Team
• Port of Seattle
• NWSA
• City of Seattle
- Seattle City Light
- Office of Waterfront
- Office of Sustainability

Proposed External Partners
• Washington State Ferries
• Container, Cruise Tenants
• Maritime Blue
• Maritime Industry
• Harbor intensive energy users
• Labor

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Scope of Work Ideas
• Understand and analyze demand
needs
• Explore smart and resilient grid
systems
• Centralize energy distribution
substation

• Upgrade power management systems
• Create innovative supply and storage
solutions

• Consider Renewable on-site and offsite solutions

Visualization purpose only - graphic does not reflect actual plans. Courtesy of Georgia
Tech Climate and Energy Policy Laboratory:
http://www.cepl.gatech.edu/drupal/node/43

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Schedule
Project Step

Estimated completion

Internal Plan Development and Consultant Scope
Definition

7/1/2019

Project planning development with external groups

8/15/2019

Data Gathering

11/15/2019

Strategy Development

3/15/2020

Develop Final Report: Blueprint for Modernized Grid

8/15/2020

Adopt Technology Policy

9/1/2020

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Funds
• Total Estimated project cost = $250,000
- $50,000 from Maritime Environmental Air planning
- $200,000 from Energy and Sustainability Committee funds
- NWSA contribution pending

• Consultant support with expertise in energy planning,
engineering and project facilitation.

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