Offshore Wind Discussion

State and federal officials will be on Island next week to discuss the leasing process of areas of federal waters south of Martha’s Vineyard for the development of offshore wind projects. The public information session will be on Thursday, June 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre, 54 Spring street in Vineyard Haven.

There will be presentations by officials of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), designed to provide information on the status and next steps in the leasing process. The presentations will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience.