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MORNING ROUNDUP: RI Approves Deepwater Pricing Agreement
Rhode Island regulators yesterday gave National Grid approval to buy electricity from Deepwater Wind’s planned eight-turbine offshore wind project near Block Island. According to the Providence Journal, Gov. Donald Carcieri praised the decision as “a critical step in our bid to develop the nation’s first offshore wind project,” but state Attorney General Patrick Lynch said he [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Final Push for RI Wind Price Approval
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Rhode Island political leaders pushed Monday for the state’s Public Utilities Commission to approve a power purchase agreement between Deepwater Wind and National Grid, the Providence Journal reported. The pressure came as the commission enters its final week of hearing evidence on the pricing deal for an eight-turbine farm off Block Island — a decision is [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Maine Will Seek Bids For Floating Wind Farm
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The Maine Public Utilities Commission is planning a Sept. 1 solicitation for an offshore wind developer to build a 25 megawatt floating wind farm, Working Waterfront reported yesterday. The project must be in water that is at least 300-feet-deep and at least 10 miles from the mainland or any inhabited island, according to Working Waterfront. The winning [...]
Continue reading...RI Lawmakers Drop Effort To Bypass PPA Review
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
By Peter Brennan In the latest turn of events surrounding the controversial Block Island wind project in Rhode Island, the state legislature has dropped a plan to bypass the state Public Utilities Commission’s review process for power purchase agreements. The idea had come under widespread criticism and lawmakers this week removed language from a new piece [...]
Continue reading...Rhode Island Commission Rejects Power Purchase Agreement
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
By William Morgan The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission yesterday rejected a proposed offshore wind power purchase agreement between Deepwater Wind and National Grid as being too expensive and not “commercially reasonable.” Last December, National Grid agreed to buy power from Deepwater’s planned eight-turbine offshore wind project near Block Island for 24.4 cents per kilowatt/hour. That price [...]
Continue reading...Offshore Wind Summit To Feature Cape Wind, Deepwater Updates
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
By David McGlinchey The North American Offshore Wind Development Summit, scheduled for Thursday and Friday in Washington, D.C., will feature updates on the Cape Wind development in Massachusetts and the Deepwater projects in Rhode Island. Deepwater Wind is also one of the sponsors of the summit, which is being put on by conference organizer Infocast. Cape Wind is [...]
Continue reading...Rhode Island Political Leaders Back Offshore Wind Pricing
Friday, March 12, 2010
By William Morgan The leaders of the Rhode Island House and Senate wrote to the state Public Utilities Commission Wednesday to support an offshore wind pricing agreement between Deepwater Wind and National Grid. One day earlier, however, the director of the Energy Council of Rhode Island sharply criticized the deal and said it would harm large energy [...]
Continue reading...Proposed Rhode Island Offshore Wind Port Gets Stimulus Boost
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
By William Morgan The Department of Transportation awarded more than $22 million today to a proposed offshore wind manufacturing and port facility in Rhode Island. The Quonset Development Corporation has been touted by Rhode Island officials — including Gov. Don Carcieri — as a crucial building block for offshore wind development in New England. The facility has [...]
Continue reading...Expert Says High Returns Inflate Rhode Island PPA
Friday, February 12, 2010
By Peter Brennan An energy-pricing expert, hired by the state of Rhode Island, testified last week that the Power Purchase Agreement between Deepwater Wind and National Grid was too high because of excessive profits for the developer. Rhode Island’s Public Utilities Commission must approve the agreement to buy power from the proposed eight-turbine wind farm near Block [...]
Continue reading...Expert Says Rhode Island Power Purchase Agreement Too Expensive
Monday, January 25, 2010
By Peter Brennan A power pricing expert testified last week that a proposed offshore wind power purchase agreement between Deepwater Wind and National Grid is too expensive and should not be approved. Deepwater Wind is planning an eight-turbine project in Rhode Island state waters, near Block Island. The company reached a power purchase agreement last month with National Grid — the utility agreed [...]
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