Virginia offshore wind developer sues over Trump administration order halting projects
Source: CNBC/AP
Published Fri, Dec 26 2025 11:33 AM EST
The developers of a Virginia offshore wind project are asking a federal judge to block a Trump administration order that halted construction of their project, along with four others, over national security concerns.
Dominion Energy Virginia said in its lawsuit filed late Tuesday that the government’s order is “arbitrary and capricious” and unconstitutional. The Richmond-based company is developing Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, a project it says is essential to meet dramatically growing energy needs driven by dozens of new data centers.
The Interior Department did not detail the security concerns in blocking the five projects on Monday. In a letter to project developers, Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management set a 90-day period — and possibly longer — “to determine whether the national security threats posed by this project can be adequately mitigated.”
The other projects are the Vineyard Wind project under construction in Massachusetts, Revolution Wind in Rhode Island and Connecticut and two projects in New York: Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind. Democratic governors in those states have vowed to fight the order, the latest action by the Trump administration to hobble offshore wind in its push against renewable energy sources.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/26/virginia-offshore-wind-developer-sues-over-trump-administration-order-halting-projects.html
Link to Dominion Energy Virginia PRESS RELEASE - Dominion Energy releases statement in response to U.S. Department of Interior action on Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind
Link to SUIT (PDF) - https://interactive.13newsnow.com/pdfs/Dominion_Complaint.pdf
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