Item: 6b_Attach
Date: June 25, 2013


1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 1440, Seattle, WA 98101
Sustainably Reliable    T. 206.623.6366 F. 206.467..6394
Port of Seattle
PO Box 1209
Seattle, WA 98111
Attn: Seaport Maintenance
Dear Port Representative:
On behalf of Seattle Steam Company I write this letter with the deepest regret. But, we must notify you
that effective September 2, 2013 Seattle Steam will be forced to cease service to the Port's properties at
Pier 66, at least until the completion of the Elliott Bay Seawall Replacement Project.
As you may know, Seattle Steam's steam line that serves your property on Alaskan Way is suspended
under the sidewalk on the west side of Alaskan Way. The City of Seattle's seawall replacement project
will remove that sidewalk, and our steam line with it. We have worked long & hard with the seawall
team to come up with a solution to continue to provide thermal energy to your facility. No mutually
agreeable solution was identified.
We have received notice from the City requiring us to remove the line from the seawall and relocate it.
Although they have told us to "relocate" the steam line, in fact the City offered nowhere that we can
relocate the line to, at least until the seawall replacement project is completed in the spring of 2016.
Therefore we have no choice but to provide you with notice, under paragraph 9 of our Thermal Energy
Agreement with you, the Company is not responsible for failure to maintain uninterrupted service if
such interruption is due to force majeure, which this we believe this is, of our intention to terminate
service effective September 2"d, 2013,
That said, we have valued the Port's business over a long period of time, and want to offer our
assistance in any way possible to ease the effects ofthis transition.
Please call me at 206-658-2024 if you would like to discuss this. Again, thank you for your business over
these many years.


Seattle Steam Company
cc: Port of Seattle, PO Box 1209, Attn. Manager, Seaport Properties
Joe Pelonio Manager, Lease Administration & Utility Management