SESSION 3: Leasing and Policy Activities in US Floating Offshore Wind

What is the status of leasing for floating projects in US water? BOEM and States updates.

Moderator: James Bennett, Chief, BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs

Panelists:

Overview of floating work at BOEM – James Bennett, Chief, BOEM Office of Renewable Energy
Programs

California – State update Eli Harland, California CEC

Pacific Region – BOEM, CA and OR Douglas Boren West Coast, BOEM

Celina Cunnighnam, Deputy Director, Governor’s Energy Office, Maine.

Gulf of Maine – Massachusetts  Bruce Carlisle, Managing Director, Offshore Wind, Mass CEC

Gulf of Maine BOEM Task Force – Luke Feinberg, Project Coordinator, BOEM GOM