Pier 66 Shore Power Capacity and Connection
An early action of the Seattle Waterfront Clean Energy Strategic Plan
Item No: 8c_Supp
Date: December 10, 2019
Vision: Modernize the electricity grid to
provide clean energy for maritime industry
• Build partnerships between electric utility,
Port, industry
• Take a holistic approach to planning for an
electric future
• Co-develop resilient, reliable, clean,
affordable, maritime energy systems
• Enable and support the transition away
from fossil fuels
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Seattle Waterfront Clean Energy Strategic Plan
• 93 percent of electricity in Seattle
comes from low carbon, low cost
sources, like hydroelectricity
• All ships that use Seattle’s clean
electricity instead of fossil fuels at
berth reduce CO
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—which causes
climate change—and harmful air
pollutants like SOx, NOx and Diesel
Particulate Matter
The Impact of Shore Power
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Pier 66 Shore Power – Early Action
• Pier 66 is an early action of
the Seattle Waterfront Clean
Energy Strategic Plan
• Implement electrification
actions with high impact GHG
reduction results
• Future expansion of shore
power to other terminals as
well as other harbor activities
• Commissioned in 1999
• Single berth facility and home port to
Norwegian and Oceania vessels
• Recent upgrades to accommodate
newest NCL vessels
• Currently, shore power is not available:
challenging location in downtown grid
Pier 66 Bell Street Cruise Terminal
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PIER 66 BELL STREET
CRUISE TERMINAL
SUBMARINE CABLE
TERMINAL 46 / PIER 66
PIER 66 BELL STREET
CRUISE TERMINAL
EQUIPMENT &
DUCTBANK ON T46
TERMINAL 46
SUBMARINE CABLE FROM
TERMINAL 46 TO PIER 66
PIER 66 BELL STREET
CRUISE TERMINAL
TERMINAL 46
EQUIPMENT AND DUCT
BANK ON TERMINAL 46
OFFSITE 26kV SERVICE
FROM CITY LIGHT
Next Steps
• Design Funding Authorization (today)
• Design Development and Permitting: Early 2021
• Construction Funding Authorization Request: Early 2021
• Pier 66 Shore Power Ready for the 2022 Cruise Season
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