Block Island Times: Last week Deepwater Wind publicly released the report that helped sway the offshore wind farm company into planning on a much longer route for the undersea transmission cable that will link its five-turbine project to the mainland power grid.

The cable, which will be owned by National Grid, is expected to cost $40 million to $50 million.

A direct north-south route from the Block Island-based substation to mainland Rhode Island would have taken the cable into Charlestown. But Deepwater is planning on running the cable to the east and up Narragansett Bay.

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