The NYISO Board of Directors has rejected two appeals of Management Committee votes on capacity zones and locational capacity requirements.

The Long Island Power Authority approved a contract for a 90-MW offshore wind farm to be developed by Deepwater Wind.

LIPA has selected Deepwater Wind, which is already building a 30-MW project off Block Island, R.I., to develop the project.

BOEM has already issued 11 offshore wind energy leases off the Atlantic coast, but development of them has been slowed by high costs and local opposition.

FERC denied a rehearing request from LIPA in a dispute with a power plant developer over interconnection requirements.