Dept. of Public Utilities approves 20-year offshore wind contracts.
House Bills 7156 solicits 2 GW of offshore wind capacity.
Executive Order 8 and A-3723 support offshore wind development.
1.7 GW in offshore wind contracted, pursuant to master plan for 2.4 GW. Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act targets 9,000 MW of offshore wind energy by 2035.
Includes brief summaries of recent offshore efforts in ten states, analysis of the legal framework under state authority and the Jones Act, and the financial implications of various tax credits.
Summary of offshore wind resource potential.
The Solar Energy Industries Association has prepared a white paper, Getting More Granular, analyzing how time and location-specific values may change the economics for distributed energy projects.
The Regulatory Assistance Project develops knowledge and best practices pertaining to rate design, including specific resources on time of use rates.
LPDD Recommendation: “State PUCs should require utilities to file ‘distributed resource plans’ (DRPs) or locational value maps showing at which locations DG resources are most needed and best deployed without requiring new infrastructure.”