Overview

• In a new court filing, the Interior Department said Revolution Wind failed to secure a Defense Department agreement on mitigating electromagnetic emissions and fiber‑optic sensor impacts, with Secretary Doug Burgum also citing concern over potential undersea drone swarm threats.
• Ørsted and the states of Rhode Island and Connecticut are suing to vacate the Aug. 22 stop‑work order on the roughly $6.2 billion project, which was about 80% complete when construction was frozen.
• ISO New England warned that delaying the wind farm, designed to power roughly 350,000 homes starting next year, will raise reliability risks and consumer costs, with Connecticut officials projecting higher energy market costs if it does not proceed.
• Project workers report being sidelined with little to do or stuck between assignments, with labor groups and contractors saying more than 1,000 jobs are now in limbo.
• The administration separately moved to remand and potentially vacate US Wind’s federal approval off Maryland and plans similar actions for SouthCoast Wind and New England Wind, while the Transportation Department canceled $679 million in offshore wind port grants.