The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has approved the issuance of a Request for Quotation (RFQ) that will facilitate the creation of a strategic plan to enable the BPU to implement Governor Murphy’s Offshore Wind Executive Order No. 8.
The RFQ will solicit quotes to provide strategic planning and analyses to help New Jersey meet its offshore wind goals, BPU said.
The winning bidder is being asked to assist in defining the standards for offshore wind development that the state needs to achieve its initial goal of 1,100 megawatts of offshore wind energy capacity and its subsequent buildout to the proposed 3,500 megawatts.
“Today the Board is taking the next, extremely important step towards achieving our Offshore Wind goals,” said Joseph L. Fiordaliso , President of the BPU.
“We are aggressively moving forward to enact the Murphy administration’s clean energy agenda and today’s action will pave the way toward a cleaner energy future for our children and grandchildren.”
The RFQ has a response date of 23 May at 2:00 p.m. local time, and requests all questions be submitted by 9 May at 2:00 p.m local time.