Mark Rodgers Offshore Quotations

Opponents have long complained that Congress had not authorized commercial development of offshore wind energy. Now it has.

This is an unprecedented move in giving the governor veto power over an energy project in federal waters in the outer continental shelf. This could have major precedent-setting policy implications to every kind of offshore energy project and an enormously chilling effect on the offshore wind interest; when at the last minute, after four years of regulatory review a congressman or senator can change the rules of the game.