Feredal Agencies Divide Oversight of Offshore Wind. By Juliet Eilperin, WashPost, March 18, 2009. "The Interior Department and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will divide responsibility for regulating offshore alternative energy sources such as wind and wave power, ending an interagency turf battle. In a joint statement, the agencies said they will draw up 'a short Memorandum of Understanding' that gives Interior the right to decide on wind power proposals in federal waters, while FERC will oversee wave, tidal and ocean-current projects. Officials had quarreled for a year and a half over whether Interior's Minerals Management Service would add jurisdiction over water-powered projects to its supervision of offshore windmill development."
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