The Connecticut Port Authority has for the second time missed a deadline to obtain a federal permit needed for a portion of the $235.5 million State Pier construction project. But while the Aug. 31 and now Oct. 15 deadlines have come and gone, both the CPA and its partners – the team of Danish wind company Ørsted and utility company Eversource – continue to express optimism the project will move forward as planned. Ørsted/Eversource can not dredge the Thames River without the federal permit. Ørsted and Eversource have pledged $70 million toward the project with the state contributing the rest. In exchange for releasing their funding up front, Ørsted and Eversource secured the ability to pull back their funding if the Port Authority does not meet certain milestones such as obtaining the federal permit. Ørsted and Eversource have plans to transform State Pier into a offshore wind hub to support its planned offshore wind farms.
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