Massachusetts Offshore Wind: 4th Procurement June 30, 2026

Picture: A major GE Vernova blade failure occurred at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm, located southwest of Nantucket, on July 13, 2024

June 30, 2026, is the revised target deadline for Massachusetts and developers to finalize power offtake contracts for the state’s fourth major offshore wind procurement. These ongoing contract negotiations—which involve major projects like SouthCoast Wind—have faced repeated delays.

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The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and project developers are targeting June 30, 2026, for contract execution, with formal filing with the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) expected to follow by late August.

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In June 2023, SouthCoast Wind (then known as Mayflower Wind) filed to terminate all nine of its existing power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Massachusetts utilities. SouthCoast walked away from its 2019 (800 MW) and 2021 (400 MW) contract wins.

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After winning the 2024 bid, final execution of the power contracts with utilities has faced a series of rolling delays:

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  • Delay #1 (March 2025)

  • Delay #2 (June 2025)

  • Delay #3 (December 2025)

  • Delay #4 (Current Status):  Unknown 

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In late 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) requested a revocation and remand of SouthCoast Wind's Construction and Operations Plan (COP). 

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Massachusetts residents face some of the highest electricity prices in the country. 

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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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