Trump’s war on offshore wind faces another lawsuit

Dominion Energy, a utility serving Virginia's data center hub, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued an unlawful stop work order halting five offshore wind farms, including Dominion's Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. Dominion argues the order is arbitrary and capricious, infringing on constitutional limits, and seeks a federal court injunction to stop its enforcement. The company stresses that Virginia needs the power from these projects to meet doubling electricity demand, largely driven by AI data centers. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum cited recently identified national security risks and radar interference concerns for the 90-day pause, but experts question what has changed in the threat environment. This action mirrors previous halts on projects like Revolution Wind and Empire Wind, which were previously overturned. Dominion has already invested $8.9 billion into its $11.2 billion project, which was slated to begin generating carbon-free electricity next year.

(Source：The Verge)