Port of Anacortes Announces Upgrades at Cap Sante Marina

The Port of Anacortes will strengthen shore power capacity and make electric vessel operations possible through an investment in clean energy and infrastructure upgrades at Cap Sante Marina’s A-Dock. Substantially funded by state and federal grants, the move is one of several strategic investments that will help modernize the port’s working waterfront and advance economic development and environmental goals.

At its July 16 meeting, the port commission authorized staff to procure long-lead construction materials needed to keep the A-Dock electrification project on schedule. This work is included in the port’s adopted capital improvement plan.

Design for the clean energy and infrastructure upgrades is nearing 90% completion and permitting is complete. The port expects to bid construction elements in late summer or early fall 2026, with the project anticipated to be substantially complete by spring 2027.

Most of the $840,000 of funds authorized for material procurement are refundable from the port’s federal and state grant partners, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Together, the agencies are enabling this essential infrastructure development with more than $1.7 million in grant dollars. The EPA funding for A-Dock is part of a larger Clean Ports grant package supporting zero-emission equipment, clean air planning, infrastructure investment, community engagement and workforce opportunities across the Anacortes maritime sector.