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Developers of Virginia offshore wind project ask federal judge to block an order from the Trump administration that halted construction of their project, with four others, for reasons of national security.
Dominion Energy Virginia said in its complaint filed Tuesday evening that the government’s order was “arbitrary and capricious” and unconstitutional. The Richmond-based company is developing Virginia’s coastal offshore wind, a project it says is critical to meeting the dramatically growing energy needs driven by dozens of new data centers.
The Interior Ministry did not detail security concerns related to the blocking of the five projects on Monday. In a letter to the project’s developers, Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management set a period of 90 days — 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 move by the Trump administration to hamper the rise of offshore wind energy. against renewable energies sources.
The Dominion project has been under construction since early 2024 and is expected to come online early next year, providing enough energy to power about 660,000 homes. The company said the delay was costing it more than $5 million a day in losses just for vessels used in around-the-clock construction, and that customers or the company would ultimately bear the cost.
Dominion called this week’s order “the latest in a series of irrational actions by agencies attacking offshore wind energy and then doubling down when those actions were taken.” actions are deemed illegal.”
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
U.S. District Judge Jamar Walker set a 2 p.m. hearing Monday on Dominion’s request for a temporary restraining order.
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