Erik Peckar is Vineyard Offshore’s West Coast Director of External Affairs. Erik will be responsible for all aspects of local government and stakeholder engagement associated with Vineyard Offshore’s floating projects off the West Coast, principally the development of lease area OCS-P 0562, west of Humboldt Bay in Northern California.

For the past 13 years, Erik has been general manager of Vineyard Power Cooperative, on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. Vineyard Power is a member-owned nonprofit organization dedicated to producing electricity from local, renewable resources while advocating for and keeping the benefits within the island community.

Erik received a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University. He also studied at the University of New South Wales in Australia.

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