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Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, and Connecticut Sign First-Time Agreement
for Multi-State Offshore Wind Procurement
This
agreement creates a pathway for a
potential multistate procurement for offshore wind – the first
of its kind in the United States
BOSTON
蘇格蘭的攤位。
– Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Connecticut today announced New
England’s first offshore wind multi-state
coordination memorandum of understanding (MOU), which
creates a pathway for a potential coordinated selection of
offshore wind as each state solicits offshore wind energy generation
through their
respective state procurements. This MOU is the first
of its kind in the United States.
Governor Maura Healey announced
the MOU at the American Clean Power Association’s Offshore WINDPOWER
Conference in Boston.
Through this MOU, the
three states will together seek multi-state offshore wind proposals
that would expand benefits for the region, capture
cost reductions by developing projects at scale, and develop
into viable projects. In coordinating, the states will amplify
efforts to foster regional economic
development, create high-paying, in-demand
jobs, and promote environmental justice and equity.
The three states request that
offshore wind developers submit multi-state offshore wind project proposals for
consideration by the soliciting parties through their respective offshore wind
procurements for selection in 2024. Combined, the
states’ solicitations are for up to 6,000 MW of offshore
wind.
Actual project selections will
depend on states’ individual assessments of proposals’
costs and benefits to ratepayers and
other evaluation criteria specified in states’ requests
for proposals. Any two or three states may agree to select
a multi-state proposal(s) up to each states’ procurement
authority and split the anticipated megawatts and renewable
energy certificates from a single project.
“The climate crisis requires us
to act in new and innovative ways. Massachusetts is proud to join with our
neighboring states to continue to grow New England’s offshore wind industry,”
said Governor Maura Healey. “By working together,
we can amplify the many benefits of offshore wind for
all three states, including regional economic
development opportunities, healthier communities, lower energy
bills, and advantages to environmental justice populations and
low-income ratepayers.”
“Offshore wind
is an important resource in meeting our Act on Climate and renewable energy
goals,” said Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee. “Regional
collaboration through this three states MOU will not only help in advancing
offshore wind projects of large scale by securing cost-effective energy prices
for ratepayers – but it also provides a significant opportunity for long-term
economic development that the offshore wind industry will bring to the three
states.”
“We can go further when we work
together, and I’m excited to be collaborating with our neighbors in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island on this MOU, which opens up the potential
for us to procure clean energy from offshore wind together at more competitive
and affordable rates, for the benefit of the residents and businesses in our
respective states,” said Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont.
The multi-state
coordination MOU is an agreement between the Massachusetts Department
of Energy Resources (DOER), the Connecticut Department of Energy &
Environmental Protection (DEEP), and the Rhode Island Office of
Energy Resources (OER). The MOU can be found at the following
respective State Energy Office websites: Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
