California’s Offshore Wind Electricity Opportunity Report Legislative Briefing

The comprehensive, economic assessment report, “California’s Offshore Wind Electricity Opportunity,” comes in the wake of several key policy developments that will accelerate offshore wind development in California - including a landmark agreement between the Biden administration and the state of California to open up state coastal waters to offshore wind development for the first time.

Speakers:

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

David Hochschild, Chair, California Energy Commission

Senator Fran Pavley, Environmental Policy Director, USC
Schwarzenegger Institute (Moderator)

Professor Adam Rose, USC Price School of Public Policy

Professor Dan Wei, USC Price School of Public Policy

Assemblymember David Chiu, California’s 17th Assembly
District

Assemblymember Laura Friedman, California’s 43rd Assembly District

Eddie Ahn, Executive Director, Brightline Defense

Jeff Hunerlach, District Representative, Operating Engineers Local #3

Jonah Margulis, Vice Chair, Offshore Wind California; Senior Vice President, U.S. Country Manager, Aker Offshore Wind