Puget Sound Energy Creates LNG Bunkering, Supply Facility Jeff Griffin | Senior Editor Construction of the first liquified natural gas (LNG) marine bunkering facility on the West Coast is progressing steadily and on track to open in the first quarter of 2021. The Puget Sound Energy (PSE) facility at the Port of Tacoma will provide an LNG fuel option for cargo ships converted from bunker oil fueled vessels, and additional gas for peak-load needs. The facility is jointly owned by Puget LNG (PLNG) and Puget Sound Energy Inc. (PSE), subsidiaries of Puget Energy. TOTE Maritime Alaska is a pioneer in LNG conversion in the United States, retrofitting its Orca Class vessels to run on LNG. These ships will bunker their fuel at the Puget LNG facility. PLNG will own the portion of the facility serving maritime UCONonline.com | SEPTEMBER 2020 27http://www.UCONonline.com