Wind Power Groups Urge Increased Capitol Hill Aid for Offshore Expansion

Wind power groups are detailing the support from Congress and federal agencies they say they need to reach the Biden administration’s goal to significantly boost deployment of offshore wind, even as Republicans are arguing a redoubled push for offshore wind is misguided given already high energy prices. During an Oct. 21 House Energy and Commerce subcommittee meeting on growing offshore wind, industry officials and Democrats touted the technology’s economic benefits. They called for legislation to shore up “regulatory certainty” for...