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Newport discusses renewable backup power, consultant help and grant pursuit
Summary
City staff briefed council on backup power capacity, fuel limits and a Department of Energy planning grant opportunity; council gave informal approval to pursue consultant assistance and grant work subject to later procurement rules.
Del Lockwood, Newport emergency management coordinator, told the City Council the city has expanded backup-power capacity but remains vulnerable during prolonged outages and disasters.
Lockwood said the city has “over 30” backup-mounted generators, including a 45-kilowatt portable unit acquired last summer, and roughly 12,000 gallons of combined fuel storage across facilities. He said that, at current consumption rates, the water treatment plant’s stored fuel would “last them about a week.”
The brief described a Department of Energy planning grant that has already funded projects in Coos Bay, Yachats and Depoe Bay. Lockwood said those projects combine solar, wind and hydrogen storage and that APTIM, a consulting and engineering firm, assisted those coastal communities with grant applications and…
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