Connecticut and Rhode Island say the Revolution Wind offshore project has reached commercial operation at 704 megawatts. Governor Ned Lamont and DEEP acting commissioner Emma Cimino applauded the announcement on 5 November 2026. The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources issued a matching statement the same day.
Both states split the capacity as 304 MW for Connecticut and 400 MW for Rhode Island. Construction, they say, began in 2023. The releases treat commercial operation as achieved; they cite the developer’s announcement rather than reprinting an Ørsted filing TSN fetched for this draft.
Capacity split and the estimate layer
The hard engineering number both governments repeat is 704 MW at commercial operation, with the CT/RI split above. Softer figures sit on top as estimates. The states say the project can power about 350,000 homes and supply roughly 2.5% of New England’s electricity. Connecticut puts its share at about 5% of state demand. Rhode Island’s OER assessment cites about $374 million in savings over a 20-year power purchase agreement plus about $139 million in lower wholesale prices.
Those homes, demand-share and dollar lines are attributed assessments, not metered guarantees in the press releases. Weather, demand growth and wholesale-market moves can change realised savings. TSN keeps them labelled as the states’ and OER’s estimates.
How this sits next to other TSN energy builds
TSN’s recent energy file has tracked storage and nuclear pathways more than Atlantic offshore wind. Victoria’s SEC signed a 10-year offtake for a planned Glenrowan battery that still awaits financial close before construction. Amazon, X-energy and AEP’s Indiana Xe-100 exploration remains a study stage. NuScale’s Doosan upper-RCS fabrication deal is SMR supply-chain progress without a New England COD claim.
Revolution Wind is further along than those: two state governments say commercial operation is here. It is still a regional clean-power story, not a data-centre offtake announcement, and the savings rhetoric should stay tied to OER’s assessment language.
Commercial operation is not a rate freeze
For ratepayers and compliance desks, COD means the project can deliver contracted power under the states’ described PPAs — not that every estimated dollar of savings has already hit bills. Connecticut’s “about 5% of state demand” and the shared “about 350,000 homes” framing are planning-scale illustrations. OER’s $374 million / $139 million pair is an assessment over two decades, which is a model horizon, not a one-year rebate.
The dual-state chorus also matters procedurally. When both CT and RI publish on the same day with matching megawatts — 304 MW and 400 MW adding to the same 704 MW total — the COD claim is stronger than a single developer social post. Lamont and Cimino’s Connecticut note and Rhode Island OER’s statement are separate official channels agreeing on capacity and commercial-operation status, even without an Ørsted page quoted in those releases.
What remains open is operational colour the press releases omit: turbine-level performance, outage rates, and the exact first-energy timestamps ISO New England or the developer may publish later. Those reports sit beyond these state pages. The 2023 construction start both governments mention only dates the build phase; it does not by itself prove every turbine was online on 5 November.
UK readers have no UK CfD or Contracts for Difference angle in these sources. This is a US Northeast offshore wind COD notice from two state governments.
What to watch next
Three public breadcrumbs would tighten the file: ISO New England or utility confirmations of Revolution Wind injections at the stated capacities; an Ørsted or partner operating report that restates 704 MW COD in its own voice; and updated OER or DEEP figures that convert the 20-year savings assessment into realised bill or wholesale outcomes. Until then, the dual primary record is 704 MW commercial operation — 304 MW CT / 400 MW RI — with homes and savings kept as estimates.
Sources
Primary:
- Connecticut Governor Lamont and Acting Commissioner Cimino on Revolution Wind (5 Nov 2026)
- Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources statement on Revolution Wind full operational status (5 Nov 2026)
Related TSN:
- Victoria’s SEC Signs 10-Year Deal for Planned Glenrowan Battery
- Amazon, X-energy and AEP Will Explore 12 Xe-100 SMRs in Indiana
- NuScale Signs Doosan Deal for Upper RCS Fabrication
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- Victoria’s SEC Signs 10-Year Deal for Planned Glenrowan Battery
- Amazon, X-energy and AEP Will Explore 12 Xe-100 SMRs in Indiana
- NuScale Signs Doosan Deal for Upper RCS Fabrication
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