Offshore wind energy presents a unique and integral opportunity to accomplish this mission if developed in a way that uplifts the middle class with high-road employment practices, equitable career pathways, maximum job creation, and creation of a domestic supply chain.

We appreciate the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)’s concerted effort to achieve the Biden-Harris administration’s national goal of deploying 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy by 2030 and set us on a pathway to continuously scale up the U.S. offshore wind industry in the coming decades, including in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Oregon.

Additionally, we acknowledge Oregon Governor Kotek’s request for a brief pause to better engage community stakeholders, labor unions, Tribes, and other stakeholders in the BOEM offshore wind lease-sale process.

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