December 7, 2021

Society of American Military Engineers

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Avangrid Renewables Offshore Wind: Part of IBERDROLA Group’s Global Offshore Wind Portfolio

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Offshore Wind – Avangrid Renewables

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AVANGRID: $39 Billion in Assets with a Presence in 24 States

• Third largest wind operator in the US 
• Approx. 8 GW wind and solar in operation
• Total offshore wind lease capacity approx. 5 GW

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Offshore Wind – Avangrid Renewables

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Vineyard Wind Restructuring Agreement

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Offshore Wind – Avangrid Renewables

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534 Lease Area = New England Wind

Project Description

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Park City Wind

Commonwealth Wind

534 Lease Area

Vineyard Wind 1

( 501 Lease Area)

• Project capacity: 804 MW (51 to 54 WTGs)
• Distance to shore: 19 mi from the SW corner of Martha’s Vineyard and 23 mi from Nantucket
• Landing location: Barnstable, MA
• POI: West Barnstable, MA - 345 kV� Transmission: Two (2) Circuits - 275 kV HVAC
• Permitting status: Construction and Operations Plan (COP) submitted in July 2020, State permits (EFSB and MEPA) filed.
• PPA: Eversource, United Illuminated Company Offtake/Term: 804 MW PPA/20 years

Commonwealth Wind (CWW) Parameters

• Project capacity: 825 MW – 1,232 MW (52 to 77 WTGs)
• Distance to shore: 22 mi from the SW corner of Martha’s Vineyard and 33 mi from Nantucket
• Landing location: Barnstable, MA

New Bedford / Fairhaven, MA (alternate)

• POI: West Barnstable, MA - 345 kV

Acushnet, MA - 115 kV

Transmission: Two (2) / Three (3) Circuits - 275 kV HVAC

• Permitting status: Construction and Operations Plan (COP) submitted in July 2020 (together with PCW). State permits to be filed in 2022.
• PPA: MA-III Solicitation Potential Award

Park City Wind (PCW) Parameters

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Park City Wind Status

• Reviewing geotechnical data collected for the cable landing, offshore route and substation – local fishing vessels used for offshore support
• Launching tenders for all major packages of the project (WTGs, Main Electrical Equipment, Offshore Substation)
• Federal permitting public comment period active

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Offshore Wind – Avangrid Renewables

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2021 main G&G surveys complete. Efforts on CWW to keep permitting timeline

Key Highlights: G&G Surveys

2021 Offshore & Onshore surveys for PCW and CWW

• 2021 PCW Onshore and HDD Geotech
• 2021 PCW & partial CWW Deep Geotech with Fugro:
• Two vessels worked in the campaign
• 76 locations surveyed, including the location for CWW OSS

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• 2021 PCW & CWW Geophysical with Fugro:
• 200 kms of lines to cover gaps from VW1 alternates
• 1800 kms of lines to cover the CWW alternate OECC corridor in federal waters

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Ongoing and future 2022 Offshore and Onshore surveys

• Ongoing benthic and shallow Geotech for CWW alternate corridor in federal waters with Fugro

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• Tendering process for the remaining Deep Geotech for CWW, CWW onshore and HDD Geotech and G&G for state waters

CWW Alternate OECC

PCW & CWW

Base Case OECC

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OECC – Offshore Export Cable Corridor

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WTG Foundations Package Update – Supply & Manufacturing

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• Scenarios Defined

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• Park City Wind

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• MP Foundations (bolted MP/TP)

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• Commonwealth Wind

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• Possible Foundation Concepts assumed

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• MPs (bolted MP/TP) –BASE CASE
• Jackets – Suction Bucket
• Jackets – Pin piled

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Park City Wind

Key Activities & Next Steps

Rest of Zone

Max Wt = 2400t

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Max L = 95m

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Max Dia = 12m

Max Wt = 2700t

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Max L = 95m

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Max Dia = 13m

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New England Wind WTG staging port in Salem being developed

Key Highlights: Salem Port

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AGR/VW partnership with Crowley

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• Crowley to purchase the site, perform due diligence and site improvements
• AGR/VW to be anchor tenant for up to 10 years

Investment:

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• Prospective Acquisition & Buildout Cost: $180 million.
• Significant direct investment from Crowley of up to $70 million for site acquisition and redevelopment.
• Balance of the investment potentially from public sources

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Site attributes:

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• Property was previously a coal-fired power plant replaced with Salem natural gas plant
• 42 acres for upland storage
• Deep water berth
• No height restrictions for jack-up vessels

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Project Description

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Lease awarded and executed

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Kitty Hawk given exclusive rights to develop lease area for offshore wind development

Site Assessment Plan approved

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Construction and Operations

Plan submitted for first project

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BOEM anticipated to start their Environmental Review under NEPA

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Initiate state approval process

All necessary permits, authorizations and approvals received for construction and operation

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Construction anticipated to start mid-2020s with first power mid-late 2020s

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Operation period is anticipated to be 25+ years

PROJECT TIMELINE

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Milestones

July 2021

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Notice of Intent �Issued by BOEM

April 2021

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FAST41 Dashboard

December 2020

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Construction and Operations Plan Submitted

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$2 Billion

impact in Virginia and

North Carolina’s future

over the next decade.

$1.5 Billion in Construction Activities and Sales

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~800 Jobs Annually

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$390 Million in Net Household Earnings

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$100 Million in Tax Revenue

ECONOMIC IMPACT

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• Engineering services
• Geotechnical and geophysical services
• Wind turbines
• Foundation design and construction

• Substation design and construction (onshore and offshore)
• Cable and transmission line design and construction (onshore and offshore)

• SCADA design and construction
• Port and vessel services
• Operations and maintenance
• Other services (i.e. FAA lighting, drones, avian detection, marine mammal detection, etc.)

Through the project life cycle (development, construction and operations) jobs are anticipated to fall under the following categories:

JOBS

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Website and Resources

KITTYHAWKOFFSHORE.COM

Community Information

Fishing Community

kittyhawkoffshore.com/fishing

• Close coordination with commercial and recreational fishing communities
• Meteorological buoy (access to real-time data)

Military Community

kittyhawkoffshore.com/military

Workforce Development

Mid-Atlantic Wind Training Alliance

Economic Development

kittyhawkoffshore.com/vendors

• Market engagement initiative to qualify vendors for future procurements

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• Project Updates • Fact Sheets
• Videos • Resources

LinkedIn & Facebook

Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind

Twitter

@kittyhawkwind

Instagram

@kittyhawkoffshore

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