(Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday proposed to auction five areas in federal waters off the coast of California for offshore wind development.
The sale notice includes three lease areas off central California near Morro Bay and two areas off the northern coast near Humboldt County.
The areas total about 373,000 acres that could one day generate more than 4.5 gigawatts of energy and power 1.5 million homes, the Interior Department said in a statement.
Interior will seek public comment on the proposal for 60 days. At that time it will decide whether to issue a final sale notice that would include a date for the auction.
(Reporting by Nichola Groom; editing by Diane Craft and Mark Porter)
