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Dominion Energy
Dominion Wins Injunction, Can Restart Offshore Wind Construction
A federal judge has granted Dominion Energy a preliminary injunction against the stop-work order the Trump administration slapped on the nation’s largest offshore wind project.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
DOE Official Faces Questions on PJM Resource Adequacy at House Hearing
Democrats pressed a senior DOE official on recent decisions affecting PJM, including the agency's orders to keep coal plants running, while another agency shut down offshore wind projects nearing completion.
Dominion Energy
Judge Again Lifts Revolution Wind Stop-work Order
A judge has lifted the stop-work order against Revolution Wind, one of the five offshore wind projects shut down by the Trump administration in December.
Shutterstock
Clean Energy Groups Sue Feds Over Solar, Wind Restrictions
The renewable energy industry and its advocates have initiated two more lawsuits against the Trump administration over its continuing campaign against wind and solar energy development.
Ørsted
All U.S. Offshore Wind Construction Halted
An announcement by the U.S. Department of Interior said the Department of Defense had identified wind farms as national security risks and is pausing offshore wind leases.
BLM
Interior Throws Curveball at Esmeralda Solar Projects, but Denies Cancellation
The fate of a 6.2-GW cluster of solar energy projects in western Nevada is uncertain following the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to break the group into individual projects for review.
BOEM
BOEM Seeks to Vacate Maryland Offshore Wind Approval
BOEM is formally seeking to vacate approval of the US Wind project off the Maryland coast, saying it made errors in granting the approval.
Dominion Energy
Dept. of Interior Launches Overhaul of OSW Regs
The Department of the Interior has launched an overhaul of all regulations pertaining to wind generation in U.S. waters.
BLM
Interior Reverses Approval of Lava Ridge Wind Project
The Department of the Interior is moving to cancel the Lava Ridge Wind Project, a gigawatt-scale wind farm proposed on thousands of acres of federal land in Idaho.
Revolution Wind
Feds Pile on More Barriers to Wind and Solar
The Trump administration has taken further steps to thwart renewable energy development, adding new directives limiting wind and solar development on federal land and at sea.

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