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Nantucket says staying in Good Neighbor (CBA) gives legal leverage; town outlines enforcement options
Summary
Town and its counsel said at a public briefing that remaining a party to the Community Benefit Agreement (CBA) provides Nantucket legal leverage to enforce communications and other obligations, and that the town retains options including regulatory requests and litigation.
Nantucket officials said they will remain a party to the Community Benefit Agreement — sometimes called the good neighbor agreement — because withdrawing would forfeit contractual leverage the town now uses to press Vineyard Wind on communications, emergency planning and other commitments.
“Our legal leverage is the contract,” said Greg Werkheiser, special counsel for the town. He told reporters the proper response to a counterparty’s failure to meet obligations is to enforce the contract, not exit it. Brooke Moore and other…
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