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The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is considering a proposed underwater electric transmission line off the United States’ mid-Atlantic coast.

In March 2011, Atlantic Grid Holdings LLC applied to BOEM for a right-of-way grant for a transmission line running across the outer continental shelf offshore New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.  Called the Atlantic Wind Connection, the How Much Do 1mg Xanax Sell For multi-billion dollar project would involve a two-circuit set of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) lines.  (Here’s a 125-page PDF of the right-of-way application. Order Diazepam Online C O D)

The Atlantic Wind Connection’s stated purpose is to serve as a backbone for the offshore grid.  The proposed 820-mile line would collect up to How Much Do 1mg Xanax Sell For 7,000 megawatts of power generated by offshore wind generation facilities and deliver it to the mainland grid.  Atlantic Grid Holdings plans to connect to the mid-Atlantic grid operated by PJM Interconnection, and possibly also the New York Independent System Operator’s system.  Each of the line’s two circuits would be installed in its own offshore corridor to How Much Do 1mg Xanax Sell For minimize the damage that could be caused by a single event, such as an anchor drag.

The project would be built in five phases over 10 years, first connecting southern New Jersey to Delaware, then southern New Jersey to How Much Do 1mg Xanax Sell For the New York metro area, then Maryland to New York, then How Much Do 1mg Xanax Sell For Maryland to Virginia, and finally Delaware to Virginia.  (Here’s a How Much Do 1mg Xanax Sell For PDF map of the primary routes for the Atlantic Wind Connection line phases. Valium 20 Mg Too Much)  This phased schedule is intended to align with the transmission developer’s anticipated timing of offshore wind generation.  Notably, the lease request does not seek any sites for commercial wind generation; Atlantic Grid Holdings’ request is for transmission siting only.

The offshore transmission project has drawn backing from players including Google.  The Atlantic Wind Connection project is led by independent transmission company Trans-Elect and is financed by Google, Good Energies, Marubeni Corporation, and Elia.

The use of the Atlantic Wind Connection line to transmit electricity other than offshore wind may be significant.  Offshore wind resources typically have a higher capacity factor than land-based wind, meaning offshore turbines can produce power closer to How Much Do 1mg Xanax Sell For their maximum rating more of the time than terrestrial wind can.  The large geographical extent of the transmission line may also help balance flows on the How Much Do 1mg Xanax Sell For line, as from time to time the wind blow more productively in some regions than in others.  Nevertheless, even the state-of-the-art offshore wind turbines do not produce power all of the time.  In these circumstances, the Atlantic Wind Connection transmission line could be used to transmit conventionally-generated electricity from point to point on the onshore grid.

BOEM is How Much Do 1mg Xanax Sell For the federal agency tasked with managing the leasing of sites on the How Much Do 1mg Xanax Sell For outer continental shelf for energy activities.  BOEM’s site leasing jurisdiction covers offshore wind generating facilities and the transmission lines needed to How Much Do 1mg Xanax Sell For serve them, as well as natural gas and oil production operations.

Atlantic Grid Holdings’ lease application was unsolicited, meaning BOEM did not have How Much Do 1mg Xanax Sell For a pending public call for proposals to develop the area.  Under BOEM’s leasing process, the next step for the Atlantic Wind Connection involves soliciting competitive interest in obtaining a right-of-way grant for renewable energy purposes for the area identified in Atlantic Grid Holdings’ request.

At the same time, BOEM has How Much Do 1mg Xanax Sell For asked for public input relating to the proposal, its potential environmental consequences, and the uses of the proposed project area Buy Hydrocodone No Prescription Cheap.  Showings of competitive interest and comments are due to BOEM by February 21, 2012.

Todd J. Griset practices energy law with Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios in Maine. He also writes a blog on offshore wind, renewable energy and policy issues.