A right-of-way grant occupies a corridor 200 feet wide (60.9 metres) and is anticipated to extend about 790 statute miles (1,271km) to accommodate parallel, redundant circuits. Full construction of all phases of the multi-stage project would take about 10 years.

DOI’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) found there is no competing interest from other wind transmission developers for the right-of-way sought by Atlantic Grid for its Atlantic Wind Connection.

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