ACP Statement on Offshore Wind Stop Work Orders

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ACP Statement on Offshore Wind Stop Work Orders

WASHINGTON D.C., December 22, 2025 - The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released the following statement from ACP CEO Jason Grumet after the Department of the Interior announced today it is indefinitely pausing five offshore wind construction projects:

"The Trump Administration's decision to stop construction of five major energy projects demonstrates that they either don't understand the affordability crises facing millions of Americans or simply don't care.

"On the first day of this Administration, the President announced an energy emergency. Over the last year, they worked to create one with electricity prices rising faster under President Trump than any President in recent history. Now the Administration is taking more electricity off the grid while telling thousands of American workers to leave the job site.

"All the projects suspended today underwent rigorous national security reviews during the first Trump and Biden Administrations. Today's decision creates needless uncertainty for any company that seeks to build an energy project in the United States. In America today, the greatest threat to a reliable energy system is an unreliable political system.

"The offshore wind industry creates thousands of high-quality, good-paying jobs, and is revitalizing American manufacturing supply chains and U.S. shipyards. It is a critical component of our energy security and provides stable, domestic power that helps meet demand and keep costs low.

"The President's relentless attacks on offshore wind undermine his own economic agenda and needlessly harm American workers and consumers. Today's action demonstrates the urgency for federal legislation to prevent Administrations from picking winners and losers and placing political ideology above the Nation's interest."

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) is the leading voice of today's multi-tech clean energy industry, representing energy storage, wind, utility-scale solar, clean hydrogen, and transmission companies. ACP is committed to meeting America's energy and national security goals and building our economy with fast-growing, low-cost, and reliable domestic power.

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