The memorandum of understanding (MOU) follows similar agreements struck between the federal agency and the West Coast states of Oregon and Washington. The MOUs mark incremental steps toward creating a process for complicated in-ocean energy projects to gain approval from several state and federal agencies.
Maine is pushing forward on ocean energy and both the state and FERC recognise the need to put pilot projects in the water in order to gather more information for permitting commercial-scale projects.
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