information from the City of SeaTac

On Friday, September 20, I along with Port Commissioner Courtney Gregoire unveiled the brand new fast charging Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations at the Sea-Tac Airport cell phone lot. The charging stations join the two charging stations we installed in 2011 here at SeaTac City Hall. These EV charging stations will help reduce carbon emissions not only in SeaTac but throughout the region.

The four car chargers joins the West Coast Electric Highway which is an extensive network of electric vehicle fast charging stations located every 25 to 50 miles along the Interstate 5 corridor in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California. The Sea-Tac station is an addition to Washington State chargers in Bellingham, Chehalis, DuPont and Tacoma.

The City of SeaTac installed EV charging stations at City Hall in September of 2011 and then upgraded them in August of 2017. So far in 2019, the City has had 222 charging sessions. Over the life of our program, the City has avoided 15,467 kilograms of greenhouse gas emissions which is the equivalent of planting 547 trees and allowing them to grow for 10 years.

These airport charging stations will get even greater use and have a much larger positive impact on the environment.