Gov. Maura Healey announced Wednesday that leaders in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut struck an agreement to solicit offshore wind power together, giving more flexibility to states and wind developers.
Amid a bruising stretch ofand minimal competition, Massachusetts will try to reinvigorate the offshore wind industry by partnering with a pair of its neighbors.
Healey, who unveiled the agreement in her keynote address to an offshore wind conference in Boston on Wednesday, said the collaboration will help both states and energy developers. Each of the states is still selecting its own projects based on its own laws, but the multistate approach opens the door for a developer to propose a project larger than the amount of megawatts any one state is seeking, according to an administration official.
All three states are already preparing to or are actively soliciting bids for wind developments. The Healey administration opened the fourth round of offshore wind procurement in Massachusetts on Aug. 30, seeking up to 3,600 megawatts of capacity with bids due in January. Healey on Wednesday signaled that her administration wants to be a"partner" that will help wind developers navigate a"rapidly changing environment."
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