"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."
Dominion Energy Virginia filed a lawsuit seeking to block a federal order that halted construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project over national security concerns. The company called the government's order "arbitrary and capricious" and unconstitutional and said the project is essential to meet growing energy demand from new data centers. Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management set a 90-day review period to assess whether security threats can be mitigated. Dominion said construction delays are costing more than $5 million per day for construction ships and that customers or the company will ultimately bear the cost. Construction began in early 2024 and the project was expected to power about 660,000 homes when online.
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