Amendment ID: S2372-43

Amendment 43

Definition of Offshore Wind

Messrs. deMacedo and OConnor move to amend the amendment in Section 12, in line 93, by inserting after the words “generation project” the following words:- “ that is located on the Outer Continental Shelf and for which no turbine is located within 10 miles of any inhabited area”; and further in said Section 12, by striking lines 96 through 97, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “ chapter 25A of the General Laws; (ii) have a commercial operations date on or after January 1, 2018 that has been verified by the department of energy resources; and (iii) operate in a designated wind energy area for which an initial federal lease was issued on a competitive basis after January 1, 2012.”.