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68th Annual Institute 2022: Building the Plane While We’re Flying It – Should We Reform the Offshore Wind Leasing and Permitting Process During Liftoff for a New Industry?
Matthew Brotmann, Joshua Kaplowitz, Laura Smith Morton
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Offshore wind is a critical part of a rapid transition to a carbon-free electrical grid. While the U.S. currently has only 42 megawatts of offshore wind, President Biden has announced a goal of generating 30 gigawatts of power through offshore wind by 2030. The administration already has made significant steps toward that goal with its approval of the first two commercial-scale projects in the past year, environmental review of another 15 projects under way, and an ambitious leasing agenda between now and 2025—including an unprecedented sale this past February in the New York Bight. The industry still faces significant barriers, however, in the planning, leasing, and permitting process. Some of the most serious impediments are driven by questions of tradeoffs among current and proposed uses of ocean space and resources and a variety of legal, regulatory, and procedural obstacles. This panel examines potential legal and policy reforms that could provide more certainty for offshore wind projects. Should BOEM move toward the oil and gas model for lease sales and NEPA review? Should it approach NEPA review through a programmatic rather than project-by-project lens? And would a change in leasing and environmental analysis reduce or increase a project’s litigation risk?
1 CLE CO-813661
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