SouthCoast Wind - Time To Bet Another Horse Massachusetts

Massachusetts SouthCoast Wind - Time To Bet Another Horse 
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SouthCoast Wind agreed to pay over $60 million (specifically $60.4M) to Massachusetts utilities (Eversource, National Grid, Unitil) in August 2023 to terminate its original power purchase agreements (PPAs) for its large offshore wind project. SouthCoast backed out of signed contracts. 
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Since 2024, the Power Purchase Agreements have been extended over six times 
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New Truncated Letter Mass DPU 23-42 see link bottom
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"December 30, 2025"
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"Peter Ray, Secretary Department of Public Utilities One South Station, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02110"
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"Re: Long-Term Contracts for Offshore Wind Energy Generation Pursuant to Section 83C of Chapter 169 of the Acts of 2008, as Amended – D.P.U. 23-42"
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"Dear Secretary Ray:"
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"On August 23, 2023, the Department of Public Utilities (“Department”) issued a final Order approving the proposed timetable and method for the fourth solicitation contained in a request for proposals (“RFP”) for offshore wind energy generation pursuant to Section 83C of the Green Communities Act, St. 2008, c.169, as amended by the Energy Diversity Act, and the Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind (“Section 83C”), subject to the directives of the Department. The RFP was proposed jointly by Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (“DOER”), Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, d/b/a Unitil, Massachusetts Electric Company and Nantucket Electric Company d/b/a National Grid, and NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a/ Eversource Energy (collectively, the “Evaluation Team”)"
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"The current Section 83C RFP schedule, as amended, anticipates that contract execution with two counterparties will occur by December 31, 2025. Due to ongoing uncertainty caused by federal level activities, the counterparties have not yet completed their contract negotiations and are now targeting the completion of negotiations and execution of contracts on or before June 30, 2026. The Evaluation Team is now targeting the filing of contracts with the Department on or before August 31, 2026. "

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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