PortMiami Shore Power Program

About the Program

Category: Community and Economic Development (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

PortMiami Shore Power Program PortMiami is a Department of Miami-Dade County government (MDC) and operates as an ‘enterprise fund’ of the County. PortMiami is an island port consisting of approximately 520 acres of land and is homeport for five major cruise companies—Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean Group, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, MSC Cruises, and Virgin Voyages. The County, PortMiami and cruise partners are working to reduce environmental impacts associated with their respective operations. PortMiami seeks to be the first commercial port in Florida and the southeastern U.S. to offer innovative shore power to cruise vessels berthed at the port. On February 17, 2021, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Florida Power & Light (FPL), and the Port’s major cruise line customers voluntarily signed a joint statement to work together on the “most effective way to bring shore power to…"PortMiami” (Joint Statement Regarding Shore Power at PortMiami, 2021). This program has been successfully planned on time with a Phase 1 implementation project completion date by the end of 2023, thanks, in part, to a federal 2021 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grant for $2 million and $16 million in grant funds from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). Cleaner air benefits our surrounding community by reducing health risks and reducing air pollution.