Offshore Wind Wire

MORNING ROUNDUP: RI Tries Again for Offshore Wind

Several months after getting rejected by the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission, National Grid filed a new power purchase agreement last week to buy electricity from the proposed Deepwater Wind project near Block Island. The new agreement, however, is essentially the same as the deal rejected earlier this year by the PUC for being too expensive, [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: RI Tries Block Island Project Again

Three months after the Rhode Island regulators decided a power purchase agreement for the Block Island offshore wind project was too expensive, state lawmakers have restarted the process. The Providence Journal reported yesterday that Gov. Don Carcieri signed legislation “that establishes an abbreviated process for the PUC to consider the merits of a long-term agreement for National Grid [...]

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