ITEM NO.   6b _supp . 
DATE OF 
MEETING September 12, 2011

Electrified Ground Support
Equipment (EGSE) Project 
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Parts of EGSE Project 
Rolling Stock                            $ 30 M 
Electric Chargers                         $ 8 M 
Infrastructure                              $ 7 M 
Load Centers                         $ 5 M 
Subtotal  $ 50 M 
Rolling Stock Grant Max    $ 5 M 
Chargers/Infra Grant Max   $ 7-9 M 
Total  $ 36-38 M 


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Rolling Stock 



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Electric Chargers 



Dallas, TX 
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Infrastructure & Load Centers 



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Schedule 



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Agreement with Airline Consortium 
Airport leases vehicles and chargers to airline
consortium 
Airline consortium in turn, lease vehicles and
charger to airlines for two successive 10 year
periods 
Airline arranges for all necessary maintenance,
electrical billing, and payments to the Port 
Airlines operate the vehicles and make
necessary payments to the Airline consortium. 
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Operating Benefits 
Wholesale electrical rates 
Grants reduce costs 
Airlines reduce fleet maintenance costs 
Projected annual Airline savings of $ 2.8 million 

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Environmental Benefits 
Project will reduce petroleum use by 1 million
gallons/year if full participation 
Equivalent of removing 1,700 cars from the roads 
CO  reduction of 10,000 tons per year if full
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participation 
Reduces criteria air pollutants 
Protects air quality; may benefit future
airport/airline growth 
Potential eligibility for emission reduction credits 
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Next Steps 
Late 2011- Commission authorizes Port lease
with airline consortium, full design funding,
charger procurement funding, and vehicle
procurement funding 
April 2012  Commission authorizes
construction advertising and construction
funding 

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