PEAK PERFORMANCE Pacific Energy Concepts Delivers EV Charging at Mt. Hood Meadows By Parker Allen
When guests pull into Mt. Hood Meadows for a day on the slopes, the first thing many EV drivers see is a bank of Level 2 charging stations quietly humming away while skiers and riders head for the lifts. It’s a small visual cue that the resort’s long-standing commitment to sustainability now extends all the way out to the parking lot. For Pacific Energy Concepts (PEC), a NALMCO member with deep roots in lighting and energy projects, the installation was more than another EV job. It was a chance to prove that welldesigned charging infrastructure can thrive in one of the harshest operating environments a site host can throw at it. Located about an hour east of Portland, Mt. Hood Meadows operates on a special use permit in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Its terrain sprawls across the “sunny side” of Mt. Hood and offers terrain that “welcomes and challenges all levels of skiers and snowboarders,” as the resort describes on its website.1 The resort has long framed sustainability as core to its operation, from how it builds trails to how it powers facilities. Adding EV charging on-site was a natural next step in that journey.
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