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July 18, 2022
California Offshore Wind: Post-Lease Activities Technical Briefing
Watch the video playback of the July 18, 2022 Offshore Wind Technical Briefing for California and other West Coast regulatory agency staff — organized by Offshore Wind California and American Clean Power–California — in anticipation of the California offshore wind lease auction scheduled for later this fall. The Technical Briefing webinar was conducted to give agency staff an overview of activities that offshore wind lessees will undertake as part of the development of a technically sufficient Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Construction and Operation Plan (COP). Briefings were presented by the following offshore wind experts: Whitney Fiore, Offshore Wind Lead, SWCA; Elizabeth Dewing Andrews, PhD, Lead Geophysicist, Avangrid Renewables; Michael Francis, PE, Lead Geotechnical Engineer, Avangrid Renewables; Chris Morris, Director of Engineering, Avangrid Renewables; Ruth Perry, PhD, Regulatory Affairs, Offshore Wind Americas, Shell Renewables; Noelle Mathies, Marine Biologist, WSP; Steven MacLeod, Lead Environmental Scientist, WSP; Holly Goyert, PhD, Senior Wildlife Biologist (Avian), Offshore Wind, AECOM; Rachel Pachter, Chief Development Officer, Vineyard Offshore; Geri Edens, DIrector of Permitting, Vineyard Offshore.
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November 19, 2021 
Webinar Panel, "Offshore wind energy on California’s Central Coast. What you need to know," SLO Tribune (video) 
Watch the video playback of the Webinar panel, "Offshore wind energy on California’s Central Coast. What you need to know," hosted by the SLO Tribune and examining the impact to Californians of federal and state government plans to open 376 square miles off California’s Central Coast to floating offshore wind turbine development. The proposed wind farm at the newly designated Morro Bay wind energy area is expected to generate up to three gigawatts of clean electricity, enough to power a million homes.  The panel includes moderator, Mackenzie Shuman, reporter, SLO Tribune; Salud Carbajal, Central Coast Congressman; Doug Boren, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Pacific regional director; Karen Douglas, California Energy Commissioner; Melissa James, REACH CEO; and Ben Ruttenberg, Cal Poly associate professor and director of the Center for Coastal Marine Sciences. 

August 18, 2021
California's Offshore Wind Electricity Opportunity Report Legislative Briefing, USC Schwarzenegger Institute (video)
The USC Schwarzenegger Institute hosted a Webinar on its new report, "California’s Offshore Wind Electric Opportunity," examining the economic and environmental impact of developing 10 GW of offshore wind power for the Golden State. The online briefing highlighted the bipartisan backing, broad support and significant benefits of offshore wind power, with speakers including former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former California Senator Fran Pavley, California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild, California Assemblymembers David Chiu and Laura Friedman (authors of legislation to jumpstart the state’s offshore wind industry), Aker Offshore Wind Senior Vice President Jonah Margulis, Brightline Defense Executive Director Eddie Ahn, Operating Engineers Local #3 District Representative Jeff Hunerlach, and report authors Research Professor Adam Rose and Research Associate Professor Dan Wei of the USC Price School of Public Policy.

December 3, 2020
What Does Biden’s Win Mean for Offshore Wind in California? (recording, 1 hr.)
Panelists: Dan Reicher, Clean Energy for Biden; Dennis McGinn, Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.); Kelly Boyd, Arc Strategies and Offshore Wind California; Tom Soto, Diverse Communities Impact Fund. Moderated by Adam Stern of Offshore Wind California.

August 5, 2020 
How Offshore Wind Supports California’s Clean Energy and Greenhouse Gas Initiatives (recording, 1hr. 24 min.) 
Panelists: Walt Musial of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Molly Sterkel of the California Public Utilities Commission, Chris Busch of Energy Innovation LLC, and Eddie Ahn of Brightline Defense. Moderated by Adam Stern of Offshore Wind California.

July 16, 2020
Advancing Offshore Wind in California during Covid (recording, 1 hr. 29 min.)
Panelists: Jim Bennett of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Karen Douglas of the California Energy Commission, Dan Jacobson of Environment California, and Chris Potter of the Ocean Protection Council. Moderated by Adam Stern of Offshore Wind California