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Virginia Electric and Power Company submitted to Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) its 2019 update to the 2018 Integrated Research Plan. The update consists of three plans, one of which (Plan C) includes additional offshore wind, in what is referred to as “the first tranche (852 MW) of utility-scale offshore…

Old Dominion University hosted a roundtable regarding offshore wind plans, projects, and research proposals. Learn more.

Five East Coast Governors, including Virginia, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, and New Hampshire sent a letter to Department of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross expressing their support for offshore wind power. Learn more.

Governor Northam signed Executive Order Forty-Three, which established goals for clean energy development, including up to 2,500 MW of offshore wind to be fully developed by 2026. Learn more.

Dominion announced intent build up to 220 wind turbines 27 miles off the coast to generate 2,600 megawatts of electricity — enough to power 650,000 homes by 2026. Learn more.

Governor Northam’s proposed budget creates Virginia’s first Office of Offshore Wind. It also invests up to $40 million to upgrade the Portsmouth Marine Terminal, to secure new investments in the offshore wind supply chain. Learn more.

Dominion Energy agreed to negotiate a Project Labor Agreement regarding the onshore electrical interconnection work for the first stage of their Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind commercial project with three of the nation’s leading building and construction trade unions: Virginia State Building and Construction Trades Council, the International Brotherhood of Electrical…

Virginia passed the Clean Economy Act (CEA), which includes requirements for the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to approve a minimum of 5200 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind by the end of 2034. Learn more.

Geophysical survey work is underway at Dominion Energy’s offshore wind site where they plan to build a 2,600 megawatt turbine array with Ørsted, beginning in 2024. Learn more.

Dominion Energy and Ørsted announced the turbine components and monopiles for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot projects have started their journey to North America. Construction is expected to begin later this spring. Learn more.