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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute an agreement with Electrical Transportation Engineering Corporation (ETEC), in an estimated amount of $275,000, for installation of five airline ground service equipment electric charging stations on the Long Beach Airport airline aircraft parking ramp. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
The Long. Beach Airport (Airport) is committed to pursuing and implementing environmentally friendly technologies, practices and policies wherever possible. The Airport has the opportunity to make airline electric ground service equipment (GSE) a reality by installing electric charging infrastructure.
Enabling the conversion of airline GSE to clean energy is a primary component in meeting the intent of the January 2003 MOU between the region's airlines, the Air Resource Board and the Environmental Protection Agency. The City agreed to support the MOU by signing a "Statement of Principles" (see attached July 22, 2003 Council letter). Clean energy airline GSE is also a mitigation measure (MM3.2-12) in the City's Terminal Improvements Project EIR No. 37-03, and is consistent with the Long Beach Airport's Green Airport Program policy to "reduce emissions from airline ground support equipment."
Fast charging effectively reduces the normal charge time of battery-powered equipment by approximately 20-25% without damaging the equipment's battery. This reduction results in more energy efficient GSE, achieving the same operational effectiveness as internal combustion equipment in the same capacity. In addition, these new chargers also collect and retain data on the equipment and battery's performance. The data can be used by the Airport and the airlines to monitor the performance of the electric equipment as well as calculate emission reductions for SCAQMD reporting purposes.
Typically, electric GSE is owned and supplied by the airlines. City ownership of the charging infrastructure is essential, however, to preserve the ramps as common...
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