Governor Cuomo Announces Plan Directing the Procurement of Approximately 800 Megawatts of Offshore Wind to Jumpstart Industry
(WorldNews Environment)

First Phase of Offshore Wind Procurement Will Support State`s Overall Goal of 2,400 Megawatts of Offshore Wind by 2030 July 12, 2018 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the New York State Public Service Commission has set a course for the state`s first procurements of offshore wind to support New York`s goal of 2,400 megawatts of new offshore wind generation by 2030, enough to power 1.2 million New York households. This first phase of the state`s procurements includes obtaining approximately 800 megawatts of offshore wind by 2019. With the issuance of this seminal , New York has taken another major step toward the development of offshore wind off its Atlantic Coast, which will...