That joint venture now is set to change, as the firms confirmed on May 25 that Eversource will exit the offshore wind generation business, announcing sale to Orsted of its 175,000-acre ocean lease area in a $625 million deal set to close in the third quarter. Also being negotiated, reports say, is the expected sale of the Eversource 50% stake in ths South Fork project and in land-based port acreage in New York and Rhode island and other assets. The firms have also been developing the 920M Sunrise Wind project in New York and the 704-MW Revolution Wind project set to supply power to Rhode Island and Connecticut.