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January 4, 2006

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Washington, D.C. -"A Wiki is a type of website that allows users to add and edit content that is suited for collaborative authoring," and the Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition (OREC) has found a way to put this new technology to work. In their attempts to bring together the views of an entire industry on dry, but critically important, new regulations from the Department of Interior's Minerals Management Service, OREC has set-up a website that allows its members to contribute their thoughts all in one place.

"It's a cumbersome process so we looked to save lots of time, while being inclusive and comprehensive in compiling the various views on these new regulations. Using a Wiki was clearly the most efficient way to capture the many opinions our members have."

Carolyn Elefant, CEO
OREC

As OREC's CEO, Carolyn Elefant, sees it, "The process of collecting and combining the highly technical comments on government regulations like this has always taken countless hours. It's a cumbersome process so we looked to save lots of time, while being inclusive and comprehensive in compiling the various views on these new regulations. Using a Wiki was clearly the most efficient way to capture the many opinions our members have. We will also make the site available to government agencies upon request."

As part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Department of Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) was directed by the President and Congress to establish rules and regulations for development of ocean renewable technologies on the Outer Continental Shelf. The agency recently issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) which provides the industry and other interested stakeholders input as to how the Agency might proceed in developing such regulations.

For more information:

Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition
http://www.oceanrenewable.com

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