SouthCoast Wind plans to connect to the New England regional electric grid at Brayton Point in Somerset, Massachusetts. The offshore route, in part, travels by land through the Town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
SouthCoast needs a license from the Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board for the cables.
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The Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board license mandates advisory opinions from a list of ten agencies in Rhode Island. SouthCoast has obtained nine of those ten advisory opinions.
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According to a source from the Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board, the Advisory Opinion from the Rhode Island Statewide Planning Program has not been submitted yet. The Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board granted a request for an extension until May 23, 2025.
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SouthCoast Wind Power Purchase Agreement PPA: The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources and various power companies have set a timetable for offshore wind energy generation. The date which has been postponed multiple times is now March 31, 2025. The final approval by the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities.
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On January 17, 2025, three days before President Trump took office, the Biden administration, in what was described as throwing gold bars off the Titanic, approved the SouthCoast Wind federal construction permit.
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Federal officials should review the EPA Air Pollution Permit. The SouthCoast project was considered alone, not in combination with other projects like Vineyard Wind.
Docket No. SB-2022-02 – SouthCoast Wind Energy, LLC Application for a License to Construct Major Energy Facilities, Portsmouth RI (formerly Mayflower Wind Energy, LLC)
SouthCoast Wind Rhode Island License On Hold
by Frank Haggerty
Mar 15
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The Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board license mandates advisory opinions from a list of ten agencies in Rhode Island. SouthCoast has obtained nine of those ten advisory opinions.
SB-2022-02
SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC
Application for a License to Construct Major Energy Facilities
Docket No. SB-2022-02 – SouthCoast Wind Energy, LLC Application for a License to Construct Major Energy Facilities, Portsmouth RI (formerly Mayflower Wind Energy, LLC)
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