Tulane University’s Eric Smith, associate director of the Tulane Energy Institute at the A.B. Freeman School of Business and expert on energy markets, including the oil and gas industry and renewable segments, is available to comment on the benefits to Louisiana and Texas from the Department of Interior’s first-ever offshore wind sale in the Gulf of Mexico. Smith can speak on the following: • The importance and benefits of the offshore wind sale to the State of Louisiana, as well as the entire Gulf Coast.