Electric Island
| Electric Island | |
|---|---|
 Electric Island | |
| Team Organizations | Daimler Portland General Electric Black and Veatch |
| Team Leaders | Isaac Barrow Fred Ligouri Paul Stith |
| Participating Municipalities | Portland OR |
| Sectors | Transportation Utility |
| Status | Launched |
| Last Updated | April 24, 2024 |
Summary
Electric Island is located across the street from DTNA headquarters, less than one mile from I-5, and represents the first location specifically designed for medium- and heavy-duty trucks aligned to the blueprint of the West Coast Clean Transit Corridor Initiative (WCCTCI). WCCTCI’s collaboration between nine electric utilities and two government agencies yielded a strategic plan in 2020 to electrify 1,300 miles of I-5 across the three West Coast states to provide publicly available charging for freight and delivery trucks.
The site is designed to keep Electric Island future-proof, allowing the chargers of today to be replaced with new charger technologies of the future, including the planned 1+ megawatt chargers, when they are released. Additional plans for future on-site energy storage, solar power generation, and a product and technology showcase building remain under development.
