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This bill restructures the state's energy-related offices and commissions by removing the Office of Offshore Wind Industry Development from the Office of Energy Innovation, repealing the offshore wind industry workforce training center committee and the offshore and port development commission, and moving the grid modernization advisory council and hydrogen advisory council under the Office of Energy Innovation. Specifically, the bill eliminates several previous responsibilities related to offshore wind development, such as supporting the offshore wind commission, developing offshore wind strategies, and coordinating economic development policies for the offshore wind industry. Instead, the Office of Energy Innovation will now focus more broadly on advising the governor, state agencies, and legislature on clean energy resources in the Gulf of Maine, including potential assessments of port facilities, economic impacts, supply chain analysis, and workforce development if deemed necessary. The bill also makes consequential changes to various state statutes to reflect these organizational shifts, removing specific references to offshore wind industry development and consolidating energy-related advisory functions under the Office of Energy Innovation. The changes will take effect 60 days after the bill's passage, streamlining the state's approach to energy innovation and development.

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