Commonwealth Wind

Parent company Avangrid has filed papers asking the state to dismiss the approval proceedings for its offshore wind contracts with Eversource, National Grid, and Unitil. But the company plans to bid again next year.

The laying of cable is a slow process and requires two vessels: one to unroll miles of cable, and another to bury the cable below the seabed 5 to 8 feet.

Barnstable Town Manager Mark Ells said negotiating a host-community agreement early in the permitting process would be better for the town.