                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 DIVISION OF OFFSHORE WIND ESTABLISHED (§ 45.2-1802)

A. The Director shall establish the Division of Offshore Wind in the Department
and shall appoint persons to direct, support, and execute the powers and duties
of the Division.

B. The powers and duties of the Division include:

   1. Identifying specific measures that will facilitate the establishment of the
   Hampton Roads region as a wind industry hub for offshore wind generation
   projects in state and federal waters off the United States coast;

   2. Coordinating state agencies&#8217; activities related to offshore wind,
   including development of programs that prepare the Commonwealth&#8217;s
   workforce to work in the offshore wind industry, create employment
   opportunities for Virginians within such industry, create opportunities for
   Commonwealth-based businesses to participate in the offshore wind industry
   supply chain, and attract out-of-state offshore wind-related businesses to
   locate within the Commonwealth;

   3. Developing and implementing a stakeholder engagement strategy that
   identifies key groups, sets forth outreach objectives, and outlines a timeline
   for outreach and engagement;

   4. Identifying regulatory and other barriers to the deployment of offshore
   wind and attraction of offshore wind supply chain businesses; and

   5. Providing staff support for the Authority and facilitating fulfillment of
   the Authority&#8217;s purpose and duties set forth in Article 2 (&#xA7;
   45.2-1803 et seq.).

C. On or before October 15 of each year, the Division shall submit an annual
summary of its activities, the ways in which those activities have furthered the
functions and programs of the Division, and the benefits of the efforts of the
Division to the Commonwealth and its economy to the Governor and the Chairmen of
the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Finance and
Appropriations, the House Committee on Labor and Commerce, and the Senate
Committee on Commerce and Labor. The Division may include its submission with
the report of the Authority required by &#xA7; 45.2-1808.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 794, § 45.1-161.5:1; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.