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Holland & Knight LLP

Interior Department Holds Largest Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Years

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After months of delay, the U.S. Department of the Interior auctioned off 1.7 million acres for offshore oil and gas leases during Lease Sale 261 on Dec. 20, 2023. (See Holland & Knight's previous alert, "Interior Department...more

Bracewell LLP

Offshore Wind Litigation: Court Dismisses Challenge to BOEM’s Process to Identify the New York Bight Lease Areas

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The federal government’s offshore wind program notched another important victory on March 9, 2023, when the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the New York Bight...more

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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Proposes Amendments to Modernize Offshore Wind Regulations

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The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a proposed rule to update regulations for the development of offshore wind energy resources, found at 30 C.F.R. Part 585.1 The...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California’s First Offshore Wind Auction Finalized – Key Takeaways

The dust has settled on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) first west coast auction for federal offshore wind lease areas. The California auction for the Morro Bay and Humboldt Call Areas brought an aggregate...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Momentum Builds Towards California Offshore Wind Reality

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California’s first upcoming offshore wind lease sale, scheduled for December 6, 2022, is the next major step forward for clean energy in the Golden State. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the State of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Offshore Wind Lease Sale Announced by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

On October 21, 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) published a Final Sale Notice (“FSN”) for commercial leasing for wind power on California’s Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”). Specifically, the FSN...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Bid Credits Intended to Stimulate Local Coordination and Development in Upcoming California Lease Auction Add New Wrinkle to Bid...

One of the most noteworthy features of the October 18th Final Sale Notice (FSN) for the PACW-1 offshore lease auction – which will be the first west coast auction held by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) – is the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Offshore Wind Auction

On October 18, 2022, the Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) will hold an auction to sell five offshore wind energy leases in federal waters off the California coast, with...more

Perkins Coie

BOEM Releases Final Sale Notice for California Offshore Wind Lease Sale

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued its Final Sale Notice (FSN) on October 18, 2022, for the first offshore wind energy leases on the west coast of the United States. With the lease sale scheduled for December...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Three Things to Watch in Development of U.S. Offshore Wind

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Offshore wind developers have poured billions of dollars into securing leases in state and federal waters in recent months, with many more billions to be spent developing wind assets to support ambitious state and federal...more

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Biden Administration Continues Offshore Wind Momentum With Ninth Lease Sale

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released its final sale notice (FSN) for two lease areas totaling 110,091 acres in the Carolina Long Bay Area on March 25, 2022. The auction for these lease areas will be held...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

BOEM Presses Forward with Offshore Wind Development in the Carolina Bay

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced this morning that it will offer 110,091 acres of the Outer Continental Shelf (ICS) in the Carolina Bay Area for lease this coming May. The Carolina Bay Area lease sale...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

SheppardMullin Six: Groundbreaking BOEM Lease Sale in New York Bight Further Accelerates Offshore Wind Development in the Atlantic

On January 12, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) issued its Final Sale Notice for the auction of six offshore wind lease areas in federal waters off the coasts of New York and New Jersey (the “NY Bight...more

White & Case LLP

Offshore wind projects: Assessing the environmental impact: United Kindgdom

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A global leader in offshore wind power capacity, the UK has seen rapid expansion in the sector. Government policy and strong investor interest have resulted in robust growth in the development of offshore wind farms in the...more

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First-Ever Legal Challenge Filed Against Proposed Federal Offshore Wind Lease Auction

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A coalition of fishing advocates, local towns, and municipalities from New Jersey to Rhode Island has sued the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and sought a temporary restraining...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Department of the Interior Conducts Second Offshore Wind Auction

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On September 4, 2013, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) held its public auction of the first federal lease for an offshore wind energy site off the Mid-Atlantic coast....more

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ML Strategies Client, Deepwater Wind, Wins First Federal Auction for Commercial Offshore Wind Development

In the United States’ first competitive lease auction for commercial offshore wind development, Deepwater Wind, a ML Strategies client, won the provisional rights to develop two lease blocks about 17 miles south of Rhode...more

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