Law360, New York (May 14, 2012, 4:42 PM ET) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior determined Monday that a massive Google Inc.-backed transmission project to connect planned East Coast wind farms to the electrical grid faced no land use competition, removing a regulatory hurdle for the developers.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management found that Atlantic Grid Holdings LLC faced no competitive interest for Outer Continental Shelf lands in the mid-Atlantic, where the company has proposed building a transmission line stretching from Virginia to New York.
The project, called the Atlantic Wind Connection, would serve...
Google-Backed Wind Power Line Clears Competition Review
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