Posted on July 2, 2025
Move signals that even sector’s pioneering champions can’t fight President, with SouthCoast facing cancellation – again
Massachusetts and Rhode Island once again delayed signing power purchase agreements (PPAs) for two wind farms totalling nearly 2GW awarded last year, signaling further decline of the once burgeoning sector amid President Trump’s onslaught.
Last September, in the nation’s first three-state shared procurement round, Massachusetts awarded 1GW to Ocean Winds’ SouthCoast and 791MW to Iberdrola-owned Avangrid’s New England array.
Rhode Island took another 200MW of SouthCoast. Connecticut unexpectedly declined to procure any capacity..
