U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has announced the proposed lease sale for 81,130 acres offshore New York for commercial wind energy leasing. The proposed lease area, approximately 11 miles south of Long Island, is identical to the New York Wind Energy Area, which Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) identified earlier this year.
A Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) for Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore New York will be published in the Federal Register on June 6, 2016, and will include a 60-day public comment period. This document provides detailed information concerning the area available for leasing, the proposed lease provisions and conditions, auction details (e.g., criteria for evaluating competing bids and award procedures) and lease execution. The end of the PSN comment period also serves as the deadline for any companies wishing to participate in the lease sale to submit their qualification package.
BOEM proposes New York offshore wind lease sale
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell hascannounced the proposed lease sale for 81,130 acres offshore New York for commercial wind energy leasing. The proposed lease area, approximately 11 miles south of Long Island, is identical to the New York Wind Energy Area, which Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) identified earlier this year. A Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) for Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore New York will be published in the Federal Register on June 6, 2016, and will include a 60-day public comment period. This document provides detailed information concerning the area available for leasing, the proposed lease provisions and conditions, auction details (e.g., criteria for evaluating competing bids and award procedures) and lease execution. The end of the PSN comment period also serves as the deadline for any companies wishing to participate in the lease sale to submit their qualification package.