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Last month, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm traveled by boat to inspect the now Deepwater offshore windmills with members of the Congressional delegation to laud Rhode Island’s effort to build an offshore wind industry.
Rhode Island's largest utility argued the deal was too expensive for ratepayers and out of line with requirements under state law.
That's where legislative leaders negotiated a deal for the Revolution Wind project developers to pay $2 million for a transmission cable lease.
"We want to replicate this, even bigger, all up and down the Atlantic seaboard," said U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm during a Friday tour.
Visitors to the Southeast Light may spy a large lift boat off in the distance as maintenance gets underway at the Block Island Wind Farm. The boat was expected to