New York sues over the Trump administration's deal to end an offshore wind project
Seven states say the deal illegally paid TotalEnergies $928 million and bypassed required review before canceling a wind lease that could power more than 1 million homes.
- On Tuesday, seven U.S. states led by New York sued the administration of President Donald Trump, challenging a March decision to cancel an offshore wind lease. The lawsuit alleges the Interior Department violated administrative processes.
- To terminate the lease, the Interior Department agreed to "reimburse" $795 million to a subsidiary of France's TotalEnergies, extracting a pledge from the company to invest in fossil fuel projects instead.
- The canceled project, Attentive Energy, would have powered 1.3 million homes and potentially saved ratepayers $10 billion. New York Governor Kathy Hochul called it an "outrageous abuse of taxpayer dollars."
- Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the deal as returning money for an unviable project, while New York Attorney General Letitia James accused the administration of orchestrating a "sham deal."
- This settlement reflects a broader administration strategy to stop offshore wind development, which Trump has said he finds expensive. Democrats in Congress are investigating this agreement and the cancellation of the Golden State Wind project.
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Seven states from New Jersey to Maine are suing the Trump administration to reverse a deal that rescinded a major offshore wind lease. It’s the latest example of a growing trend: Blue states have routinely taken the Trump administration to court over energy projects. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday for Attorneys General in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont, argues that the U.S. Department of the Interi…
Northeast states challenge offshore wind lease settlement
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States Take Trump to Court Over Offshore Wind Cancelations
The Trump administration’s war on wind is heading back to court. New York’s attorney general sued the administration Tuesday over one of its deals to end an offshore wind project. Under the deal announced in March, French company TotalEnergies is receiving nearly $1 billion to walk away from two US offshore wind leases off the coasts of New York and North Carolina. Associated Press reports: State attorneys general from Maine, Massachusetts, New …
Vermont joins its 51st suit against the Trump administration. But does Vermont have a stake?
Attorney General Charity Clark has joined six other states in challenging the federal cancellation of an offshore wind lease off New York. The electricity at issue belongs to New York and was never bound for Vermont, so the outcome changes little for Vermont's grid either way. Joining still commits some of Vermont's legal resources.
NY AG Letitia James Sues Trump Admin Over TotalEnergies Deal - TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE)
New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Tuesday that New York State would be suing the Donald Trump administration over the latter’s deal with French energy company TotalEnergies SE (NYSE:TTE). Trump’s ‘Sham Deal’ In a post on X, James delivered sharp criticism of Trump, saying that the administration had “struck a sham deal with TotalEnergies,” adding that the deal was coming at the expense of a New York offshore wind project that would…
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