Climate Changed
Offshore Wind Firm Seeks to Disrupt New England Power Auction
- Vineyard wants to delay or halt annual power-capacity event
- Wants to participate in auction but can’t without FERC waiver
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If Vineyard Wind LLC can’t participate in New England’s annual power-capacity auction, it wants to stop the event until it can.
The developer of the first large-scale U.S. offshore wind project has asked the federal government to step in to halt the auction which started Monday or else nullify the results. That’s because the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission -- the same agency it wants to intervene -- has failed to rule on a December petition that would enable the company’s participation.