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Cape Cod legislators and residents urge study of onshore impacts from offshore wind transmission
Summary
A state representative and local residents urged lawmakers to create a commission to study risks from onshore transmission and substations for offshore wind, citing concerns about siting near sole‑source aquifers, beaches, and villages.
BOSTON — A Massachusetts lawmaker representing Cape Cod and local residents urged the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy on July 9 to approve legislation creating a special commission to study the onshore risks posed by transmission and substations needed to bring offshore wind to shore.
The representative who said they filed House Bill 3,585 described projects proposed in densely populated neighborhoods that would place high‑voltage infrastructure near drinking‑water protection zones. “The substations, one has already been built and others are proposed, are on top of our drinking water…
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