Sound Transit has executed an innovative 10-year agreement with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) that will allow Link light rail trains to run on 100 percent clean energy starting in 2019.<\/p>\n
The agreement, the first of its kind in Washington state, will enable Sound Transit to purchase wind energy directly from PSE’s Green Direct program.<\/p>\n
“Sound Transit continues to demonstrate that being a sustainability leader can be done both with minimal expense and maximum positive impact on our economy,” said Dave Somers, Sound Transit board chair and Snohomish County executive in a Sound Transit media release. “This agreement allows us to make Link light rail service carbon neutral while improving regional air quality and investing in local clean energy projects.”<\/p>\n
“This innovative agreement with Puget Sound Energy sets Sound Transit as a leader in providing clean energy services,” said Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff. “By operating Link light rail on green power starting in 2019, Sound Transit will offer transit users a carbon-neutral option for leaving their cars behind and help reduce the region’s greenhouse gas emissions.”<\/p>\n
Sound Transit’s 2015 sustainability plan and the voter-approved Sound Transit 3 ballot measure commit the agency to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, expand the use of renewable energy and make all facilities and electricity carbon-neutral by 2030. The agreement will also help the agency lower its exposure to future utility price increases, potentially reduce long-term operating costs, and stabilize 42 percent of its electricity production charges over the duration of the contract. There is no capital cost for entering into this agreement.<\/p>\n
A collaboration between Puget Sound Energy, PSE customers, the World Resources Institute and World Wildlife Fund, Green Direct is a new program that allows customers to partner with PSE to achieve their environmental goals. The program paves the way for constructing wind-power facilities and offer users another energy-efficient option for purchasing safe and reliable electric service. Green Direct was approved by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission on Sept. 29, 2016.<\/p>\n
More information on Sound Transit’s sustainability program is available on soundtransit.org\/sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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