TRC used its expertise in ocean energy development to find sites with exceptional tidal power that were located close to transmission lines and electrical load centers. In addition, TRC evaluated the environmental and human use constraints at these sites to help narrow down the site selection process. TRC identified eleven sites as potentially meeting the needs of Oceana Energy Company for tidal development and successfully applied for and secured FERC preliminary permits for all of these sites. TRC then filed the first FERC pilot license applications for TISEC devices for the two most promising sites: San Francisco Bay in California, and the East River in New York City.