BOEM to Discuss Rhode Island, Massachusetts Offshore Wind Plans

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a Rhode Island and Massachusetts Joint Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting on 16 May in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

The purpose of the meeting is to exchange information regarding BOEM’s renewable energy leasing efforts on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Agenda topics will likely include updates on the existing commercial wind energy leases offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts from BOEM and the respective leaseholders; discussion of BOEM initiatives relating to the future of offshore renewable energy leasing in the Atlantic; and updates on existing state activities related to offshore wind.

The meeting will be held from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM local time at Holiday Inn Cape Cod.

The BOEM Joint Rhode Island and Massachusetts Renewable Energy Task Force is an intergovernmental group. Task force members include Federal officials and elected state, local, and tribal officials, or designated member representatives.