The
Bureau
of
Ocean
Energy
Management
(BOEM)
describes
its
finding
as
an
important
step
in
evaluating
Deepwater’s
request
for
a
right-of-way
grant
for
an
8
nautical
mile
(14.8km)
long,
200-foot
wide
(60.9
meters)
corridor
in
federal
waters
on
the
Outer
Continental
Shelf
(OCS)
to
lay
cable
under
the
seabed.
The
wind
farm
will
be
located
in
state
waters
2.5
nautical
miles
southeast
of
Block
Island,
which
is
situated
about
14.9
nautical
miles
from
Rhode
Island.
Block
Island’s
roughly
1,100
residents
pay
among
the
highest
electric
rates
in
the
US
as…
