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Committee approves Jetport battery storage appropriation; project cited for resiliency and grid benefits
Summary
The Sustainability and Transportation Committee approved moving to council an appropriation to support a battery energy storage system at the Portland International Jetport. Director Paul Bradbury said the system will provide terminal resiliency and help reduce peak regional demand; committee vote was 3–0 in favor.
The Portland Sustainability and Transportation Committee voted to advance an appropriation to support a battery energy storage system (BESS) at the Portland International Jetport, recommending the item for full council consideration.
Paul Bradbury, airport director, told the committee the proposed BESS is a large, utility‑scale unit (about 1.9 megawatts of continuous power and approximately 5 megawatt‑hours of energy storage) that will back up the terminal building’s critical functions and enable load‑shedding during regional peak demand periods. “It is large — about the size of two tractor‑trailer trucks,” Bradbury said, describing planned use of a Tesla‑manufactured battery system in the current proposal.
Bradbury said the estimated project cost is approximately $4,209,000…
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