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AK Developers Virginia Offshore wind project is asking a federal judge to stop it trump The administration order halted construction of his project along with four other projects due to national security concerns.
Dominion Energy Virginia said in its lawsuit filed late Tuesday that the government order is “arbitrary and capricious” and unconstitutional. The Richmond-based company is developing Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, a project it says is essential to meeting dramatically increasing energy needs driven by dozens of new data centers.
Department of the Interior Details of the safety concerns in blocking the five projects were not provided Monday. In a letter to project developers, the Interior 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.”
Other projects under construction are the Vineyard Wind project 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 block offshore wind in its effort against renewable energy sources.
Dominion’s project has been under construction since early 2024 and was scheduled to come online early next year, providing enough energy to power about 660,000 homes. The company said the delays were resulting in losses of more than $5 million per day for the vessels used in the round-the-clock construction, and that customers or the company would ultimately have to bear the costs.
Dominion called this week’s order “the latest in a series of irrational agency actions attacking offshore wind and then doubling down on those actions if found unlawful.”
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
U.S. District Judge Jamar Walker scheduled a hearing for 2 p.m. Monday on Dominion’s request for a temporary restraining order.
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