Offshore Wind Wire

MORNING ROUNDUP: MA Attorney General Calls For Cape Wind Approval

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley urged the state’s Public Utilities Commission to approve the power purchase agreement between Cape Wind and National Grid, the Boston Globe reported yesterday. Last month Coakley helped negotiate a reduction in the proposed rate from 20.7 cents per kilowatt/hour to 18.7 cents per kilowatt/hour. The Globe also reported that Coakley withdrew her [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: Cape Wind Reduces Power Price

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley brokered a deal late last week to reduce the cost of electricity from the Cape Wind offshore wind project, the Boston Herald reported on Friday. In May, National Grid agreed to buy half of the electricity produced by the proposed 130-turbine wind farm.  The price in the first year of operations [...]

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