March 5, 2024

The RFP Drafting Parties are extending the submission deadline for Public Comment to 5:00pm on March 14, 2025.

Additionally, the RFP Drafting Parties have included an additional prompt for comment below.

Please comment on your current interconnection status or plan. What interconnection status, level and maturity should be required by the RFP?

Please see the updated 83E Round 1 Request for Public Comments document.

As a reminder, please submit all comments via email to Thomas.Ferguson@mass.gov and include “83E Round 1 Comments” and the name of the individual or organization submitting comments in the subject line.

The 83C Round 4 Evaluation Team is notifying stakeholders that the Electric Distribution Companies have filed a letter with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities regarding a change in the anticipated that contract execution date. The contracting parties have not yet completed their contract
negotiations and are now targeting the completion of negotiations and execution of contracts
with all three counterparties on or before March 31, 2025. Accordingly, the Evaluation Team is
now targeting the filing of contracts with the Department on or before May 9, 2025.

The 83C Round 4 Evaluation Team is notifying stakeholders that the Electric Distribution Companies have filed a letter with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities regarding a change in the anticipated that contract execution date. The contracting parties have not yet completed their contract
negotiations and are now targeting the completion of negotiations and execution of contracts
with all three counterparties on or before January 15, 2025. Accordingly, the Evaluation Team is
now targeting the filing of contracts with the Department on or before February 25, 2025.

The Evaluation Team is providing the following notice of a revised Appendix C. The revised Appendix has been posted to https://macleanenergy.com/83c-iv/83c-iv-documents/.

DOER and the Distribution Companies have made a joint Informational Filing at the DPU to notify the Department that they are extending the Bid Submission Date and subsequent solicitation schedule dates for the 83C Round IV solicitation. Bids are now due on March 27, 2024 at 12:00pm. Pursuant to an memorandum of agreement between Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island and consistent with similar schedule extensions in each respective offshore wind RFP schedule, the schedule for the receipt of Multi-State Bids is extended as well. This extension is intended to allow for the possibility of further guidance from the IRS regarding key tax credits that are available to offshore wind projects, including the Energy Communities 10 percent bonus.

Please see the Informational Filing at: https://macleanenergy.com/83c-iv/83c-iv-documents/

Please see the updated timeline at: https://macleanenergy.com/83c-iv/83c-iv-timeline/