SouthCoast Wind

The Healey administration signs a wind agreement with two other states, and Vineyard Wind inches closer to turbine No. 1.

Commonwealth parent company Avangrid sought to renegotiate the contracts last year, saying costs had risen too high. But the state refused.

The action by SouthCoast Wind follows Commonwealth Wind, which made the same decision late last year.

Unlike in the past, the draft RFP allows bidders to index their prices to inflation. Two offshore wind CEOs addressed the RFP at a business conference Tuesday at Mass Maritime.