Docket No. SB-2022-02 – SouthCoast Wind Energy, LLC Application for a License to Construct Major Energy Facilities, Portsmouth RI (formerly Mayflower Wind Energy, LLC)

EFSB Notices and Orders 

• Docketing Letter
• Notice of Preliminary Hearing
  • Mayflower Wind presentation at Preliminary Hearing
• Show Cause Order No. 160
  • Mayflower Wind's Notice of Waiver of Show Cause Order Deadline and Request for Extension of Time
  • Mayflower Wind's Notice of November 18, 2022 Filing to the MA EFSB
  • Mayflower Wind's Notice of December 16, 2022 Filing to the MA DPU (Answer to Commonwealth Wind, LLC’s Motion to Dismiss)
  • Mayflower Wind's Pre-filed Testimony of Daniel Hubbard (response to Show Cause Order)
• Notice of Show Cause Hearing - POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Mayflower Wind's Request for Continuance of Show Cause Hearing - Granted on 12/09/22
• Notice of Show Cause Hearing (February 27, 2023) - POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• SouthCoast Wind's Request for Continuance of Show Cause Hearing - Granted on 2/21/23
• Notice of Show Cause Hearing (June 12, 2023)
• Prefiled Direct Testimony of Francis Slingsby, CEO SouthCoast Wind and Motion for Protective Treatment (June 2, 2023)
• SouthCoast Wind Legal Memorandum on the Need Standard and Project Viability (6/21/23)
• Town of Middletown and Little Compton's Post-Hearing Memorandum
• Letter from EFSB to CRMC regarding CRMC staff communication (7/3/23)
  • Attachment 1 - Gantt chart
  • Attachment 2 - CRMC staff email
• Letter from CRMC to EFSB (7/7/23)
• SouthCoast Wind's response to EFSB letter (7/7/23)
• Letter from Fishermen's Advisory Board attorney to EFSB (7/10/23)
• Approved Motions from July 13, 2023 Open Meeting of the RI EFSB
• Order No. 163 (Decision on Show Cause Order)
• Supreme Court Order Denying Writ of Certiorari (1/19/24)
• Notice of Open Meeting - September 23, 2024, at 9:30 a.m.
• Preliminary Decision and Order (10/8/24)
• Procedural Schedule (6/10/25)
• Notice of Public Comment Hearing on July 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM at Portsmouth Middle School, 125 Jepson Lane, Portsmouth, RI 02871
• NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING - September 8, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. at PUC, 89 Jefferson Blvd., Warwick, RI 

Advisory Opinions per EFSB Order No. 168 Issued October 8, 2024

• RI Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (11/8/24)
• RI Public Utilities Commission (12/19/24)
• Town of Portsmouth Planning Board (12/26/24)
• Town of Portsmouth Zoning Board of Review (12/30/24)
• Town Council for the Town of Portsmouth (1/7/25)
• RI Department of Health (1/14/25)
• Town of Portsmouth Department of Public Works (2/3/25)
• Town of Portsmouth Building Department (2/3/25)
• RI Department of Environmental Management (2/7/25)
• Town of Portsmouth Building Department (3/6/25)
• RI Office of Statewide Planning (5/23/25)

Mayflower Wind Energy Application:

• Application
• Notice of Project Name Change 

SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC Application:

• Updated Application of SouthCoast Wind - Volume 1 (9/11/24)
• Updated Application of SouthCoast Wind - Volume 2 - redlined (9/11/24)
• Updated Application of SouthCoast Wind - Volume 2 - compiled redacted (9/11/24)

Testimony

• SouthCoast Wind Pre-filed Testimony and Addenda (6/20/25)

Discovery

• SouthCoast Wind Energy's responses to RI EFSB's first set of data requests (June 9, 2023)

Intervention

• Town of Portsmouth Notice of Intervention
• Town of Middletown Motion to Intervene
  • Mayflower Wind's Objection to the Town of Middletown's Motion to Intervene
• Town of Little Compton Motion to Intervene
  • Mayflower Wind's Objection to the Town of Little Compton's Motion to Intervene
• RI ESFB Procedural Directive Regarding Briefing of Issues Relating to Motions to Intervene
• Objection and Supplemental Memorandum of Town of Middletown in Support of its Motion to Intervene
• Objection and Supplemental Memorandum of Town of Little Compton in Support of its Motion to Intervene
• Mayflower Wind Reply to Supplemental Memoranda of Middletown and Little Compton
• Mayflower Wind Post-Hearing Memorandum on Motions to Intervene
• Town of Middletown's Memorandum in Response to EFSB's August 18 meeting
• Town of Little Compton Memorandum in Response to EFSB's August 18 meeting
• Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council's Motion for Intervention 

Intervenor Testimony

• Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council - Testimony of Michael F. Sabitoni (7/10/25)

Public Comment

• Frank Haggerty (8/19/22)
• Frank Haggerty (8/19/22)
• William Horan (8/11/22)
• Frank Haggerty (9/20/22)
• New England for Offshore Wind (11/23/22)
• Letter from Rhode Island Saltwater Angler's Association to BOEM (1/09/23)
• Frank Haggerty (1/30/23)
• Jamie French (3/1/23)
• Joe Forgione (5/19/2023)
• Frank Haggerty (6/7/2023)
• Nancy Howard (6/14/2023)
• Joe Forgione (6/15/2023)
• Jeanne Smith (6/17/2023)
• Gary Mataronas (6/27/23)
• Letter from the Rhode Island Salt Water Anglers Association (10/25/24)
• Robert Dupre' (7/11/25)
• Chelsea Angilas (7/14/25)
• Ryan Fichman (7/14/25)
• David Pineault (7/15/25)
• Frank Haggerty (7/15/25)
• Dominique Alfandre (7/15/25)
• Dinusha Dietrich (7/15/25)
• Theresa Krebs (7/15/25)
• Barbara Watts (7/15/25)
• Sydney Healey (7/15/25)
• Deborah Kopech (7/15/25)
• Janet Isserlis (7/15/25)
• Laura Stark (7/15/25)
• Steven Schimmel (7/15/25)
• Dominique Coulombe (7/15/25)
• Jamie Matthews (7/15/25)
• Emily Totten (7/15/25)
• Steven Kloeblen (7/15/25)
• Rachel Holbert (7/15/25)
• Rick McBride (7/15/25)
• Sarah Windsor (7/15/25)
• Susan Mcmahon (7/15/25)
• Marianna Richardson (7/15/25)
• Carole Marshall (7/15/25)
• Hannah Tremblay (7/15/25)
• Alexander Zygmunt (7/15/25)
• Sally Bozzuto (7/15/25)
• Philip Trask (7/15/25)
• Kim Newton (7/15/25)
• Richard Usher (7/15/25)
• Jim Kingston (7/15/25)
• Marisa Mazzotta (7/15/25)
• Quilcia Moronta (7/15/25)
• Therese Iacono (7/15/25)
• Karen Berg (7/15/25)
• Chris Campanile (7/15/25)
• Lee Clasper-Torch (7/15/25)
• Susan Pavlow (7/15/25)
• Jonathan Stettin (7/15/25)
• Leigh Medeiros (7/15/25)
• Olivia Krommes (7/15/25)
• Angelica Hicks (7/15/25)
• Paul Morrissey (7/15/25)
• Craig OConnor (7/15/25)
• John Danehy (7/15/25)
• Kathleen Rourke (7/15/25)
• Vicky Lemont (7/15/25)
• Mark Donahue (7/15/25)
• Leah Bamberger (7/16/25)
• Gregg Mastoras (7/16/25)
• Jessie Kingston (7/16/25)
• Christine Gadbois (7/16/25)
• Kate Roarr (7/16/25)
• Gretchen Sotomayor (7/16/25)
• Nicole DiPaolo (7/16/25)
• Doug Shepard (7/16/25)
• Anna Van Iynden (7/16/25)
• Camille Nixon (7/16/25)
• Camille Nixon (7/23/25)
• Judy Jones (7/16/25)
• Dana Ciolfi (7/17/25)
• Alma Gottlieb (7/17/25)
• Andrew Shapiro-Zysk (7/19/25)
• Hans Scholl (7/21/25)
• Sheila Dobbyn (7/21/25)
• Deborah Vine-Smith (7/22/25)
• Priscilla Wong, Michael Armenia, Miles Bidwell, Debra Cardoza, Ralph Craft, Sandra Craig, Katrina Gerwirz, Karen Gleason, Lynn Goodwin, Donna Gricus, Peter Hewett, Elizabeth Ann Kahane, William Keogh, Kathleen Kits van Heyingen, Martin Kits van Heyingen, Nancy Howard, Donna Lafleur, Gary Mataronas, Sr., Ben Riggs, Jocelyn Sherman, Meg Steiner, Bill Thompson, Margaret Young (7/22/25)
• Patrick Donlan of SMART (7/22/25)
• Aislinn Hanley of Climate Jobs Rhode Island (7/22/25)
• Gary Mataronas (7/23/25)
• Jamie Matthews (7/23/25)
• W. Bart Lloyd (7/23/25)
• Members of the Rhode Island General Assembly (7/23/25)
• Corinna-Barbara Francis (7/23/25)
• Priscilla Wong (7/23/25)
• Amanda Barker - Green Energy Consumers Alliance (7/23/25)
• Thomas Palmer (7/23/25)
• Karen Gleason (7/23/25)
• Sandra Craig (7/23/25)
• Victoria Leytin (7/23/25)
• Frank Haggerty (7/23/25)
• Craig Gaspard (7/23/25)
• Christian Roselund -Yes To Wind-Climate Action Rhode Island (7/28/25)
• Maureen T. Koetz, Esq. - Planet A* Strategies (8/8/25)
• Priscilla Wong (8/8/25)
• Sandra Craig (8/12/25)
• BlueGreen Alliance (BGA) (8/14/25)