The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will auction three commercial wind energy leases comprising nearly 390,000 acres offshore Massachusetts on Dec. 13, according to the agency’s Oct. 19 notice. The auction is expected to support about 4.1 gigawatts of power. Massachusetts has set a goal to procure 1.6 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2027 and recently selected Avangrid Renewables’ 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind project. The agency issued a notice for commercial wind leasing proposals offshore California seeking to identify companies interested in leases within three call areas of about 687,823 acres. Comments on the notice are due by Jan. 27, 2019. The bureau also announced a 30-day comment period on a notice of intent to prepare an environmental review for the Deepwater Wind LLC’s South Fork Wind Project offshore Rhode Island. While the 30-megawatt Block Island wind farm off Rhode Island is the only offshore wind project currently operational in the U.S., the industry is picking up pace as states are pushing aggressive wind energy procurement goals. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut recently contracted for offshore wind capacity totaling 1.4 gigawatts. Avangrid is owned by Iberdrola SA.