Trump Administration Asks Court to Let It Re-Evaluate Revolution Wind's COP
The filing seeks to revisit a 2023 approval as the 704-megawatt project nears completion and begins supplying power to New England.
- On Friday, the U.S. Department of the Interior asked a federal court to remand its 2023 approval of the $6.2 billion Revolution Wind project, citing a need to reevaluate compliance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
- The filing stems from a 2024 lawsuit by Green Oceans, which alleged the government 'shortcut' regulatory procedures and failed to 'adequately explain' how project impacts fit within the agency's mission.
- Revolution Wind's 65th and final turbine was installed in September, and the 704-megawatt farm currently generates electricity for over 350,000 homes across the Northeast.
- Hillary Bright, executive director of the advocacy group Turn Forward, said the filing 'injects uncertainty into a nearly completed offshore wind project' that regional electricity planners are counting on.
- Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia oversees the case and has previously ruled against Trump administration efforts to halt offshore wind construction.
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