The utility sent the document, $1.6m lease payment and a surety bond to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), an agency in the US Interior Department that oversees most renewable energy activities in federal waters.

The deadline was Monday – 10 business days after receiving the lease paperwork from BOEM.

Dominion, the largest electric utility in Virginia, won a competitive bidding process for the right to develop the “Wind Energy Area” in a 4 September federal lease auction.

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