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The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) wrapped up 2022 by issuing several new orders, among them also an order approving the power purchase agreements (PPAs) for Mayflower Wind and Commonwealth Wind projects, although Avangrid filed a motion to dismiss the proceedings for the latter in mid-December, with plans to re-apply at the upcoming state offshore wind solicitation.

Mayflower Wind, a joint venture between Shell and Ocean Winds which is developing an up to 2.4 GW wind lease area offshore Massachusetts, has requested from the Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) of the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to reschedule the Show Cause Hearing which was set for 19 December.  

Mayflower Wind, a joint venture between Shell and Ocean Winds which is developing an up to 2.4 GW wind lease area offshore Massachusetts, is scheduled to appear before the Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) of the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on Monday, 19 December, for a hearing related to its application for an offshore wind transmission route filed in the state.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has granted Commonwealth Wind's request to extend the response period to the DPU's order.

Commonwealth Wind has filed a motion with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities to extend the response period to the DPU's order.

Mayflower Wind has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with North America's Building Trades Unions and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, known as the Building Trades, for the onshore and offshore construction of its 1,200 MW SouthCoast offshore wind project.

Mayflower Wind has merged the two projects that were selected in Massachusetts's latest offshore wind solicitations into one development now known as the SouthCoast Project. The first Mayflower Wind offshore wind farm has now been decided to also connect to the grid at Brayton Point in Somerset, instead in Falmouth on Cape Cod as initially planned.

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