Burke Hales, chief scientist for the PacWave wave energy test site overseen by Oregon State University, shows the electric cables that are buried under the seabed in Newport, Ore., Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

Burke Hales, chief scientist for the PacWave wave energy test site overseen by Oregon State University, stands in front of the electric cables that are buried under the seabed in Newport, Ore., Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

Fishermen fish in the Pacific Ocean near the wave energy test site in Newport, Ore., Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, where private developers will be able to test devices that they've designed to harness energy from waves. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

Burke Hales, chief scientist for the PacWave wave energy test site overseen by Oregon State University, points to the area along the beach where electric cables buried under the seabed come to the shore near Newport, Ore., Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

Fishermen fish in the Pacific Ocean near the wave energy test site near Newport, Ore., Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. Private developers will be able to use the site to test devices that they've designed to harness energy from waves. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

Workers on the vessel Nautilus that helped bury the subsea cables that run 10-12 miles along the ocean floor to connect the wave energy test site to facilities on land near Newport, Ore., Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

Burke Hales, chief scientist for the PacWave wave energy test site overseen by Oregon State University, looks on at the vessel Nautilus that helped bury the subsea cables that run along the ocean floor to connect the wave energy test site to facilities on land, near Newport, Ore., Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

The city of Newport is seen from the Pacific Ocean near the wave energy test site in Newport, Ore., Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. The coastal waters of Oregon are shaping up to be key for advances in two forms of renewable energy: wave power and wind turbines that float. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)