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SB 1349 Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure Development Compact; established.

Introduced by: Frank W. Wagner | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure Development Compact. Establishes the Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure Development Compact. Under the bill, the party states to the compact will be Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. The purposes of the compact are to (i) study, develop, and promote coordinated research and planning of the design, construction, utility interconnection, financing, and operation of offshore wind energy infrastructure and operations directly adjacent to the shores of the party states, (ii) coordinate federal, state, and local government efforts, and (iii) seek funding. The compact provides for a board with five representatives from each party state, three of whom are to be appointed by the Governor, one by the Speaker of the House, and one by the Senate. The measure takes effect upon enactment by Virginia and three of the other named states.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure Development Compact. Establishes the Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure Development Compact. Under the bill, the party states to the compact will be Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. The purposes of the compact are (i) to study, develop, and promote coordinated research and planning of the design, construction, utility interconnection, financing, and operation of offshore wind energy infrastructure and operations directly adjacent to the shores of the party states, (ii) to coordinate federal, state, and local government efforts, and (iii) seek funding. The compact provides for a board with five representatives from each party state and takes effect upon enactment by Virginia and three of the other named states.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

South Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure Development Compact. Establishes the South Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure Development Compact. Under the bill, the party states to the compact will be Virginia, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina and South Carolina. The purpose of the compact is to study, develop, and promote coordinated research and planning of the design, construction, utility interconnection, financing, and operation of offshore wind energy infrastructure and operations directly adjacent to the shores of the party states.