We surprisingly resolved a mystery about the lack of Vineyard Wind generation data on the EIA website. We have been seeking an answer since August. We relate other issues offshore wind has created.
Thanks, Doug, for the comment. The EIA has the following in the instructions for the Form-860, which is the annual survey of the electricity generation with the Form-860M the monthly one.
"Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6.75 hours per
response for respondents without environmental information and 12.5 hours per response for
respondents with environmental information, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing
and reviewing the collection of information. The weighted average burden per form is 9.40
hours."
It would seem that this burden shouldn't be a problem, but maybe the office staffing is so limited it is.
Great post, Allen. As we were reading it, we couldn't help but wonder if the financial problems of offshore wind projects like Vineyard are dealing with means staffing levels at developers have been cut to the point where there's just too few people to properly keep up with the reporting requirements of these projects. The project would not be the first to "underreport" because of "overwork."
Thanks, Doug, for the comment. The EIA has the following in the instructions for the Form-860, which is the annual survey of the electricity generation with the Form-860M the monthly one.
"Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6.75 hours per
response for respondents without environmental information and 12.5 hours per response for
respondents with environmental information, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing
and reviewing the collection of information. The weighted average burden per form is 9.40
hours."
It would seem that this burden shouldn't be a problem, but maybe the office staffing is so limited it is.
Great post, Allen. As we were reading it, we couldn't help but wonder if the financial problems of offshore wind projects like Vineyard are dealing with means staffing levels at developers have been cut to the point where there's just too few people to properly keep up with the reporting requirements of these projects. The project would not be the first to "underreport" because of "overwork."