State of Connecticut Office of the Attorney General
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Attorney General Tong Statement on Latest Trump Attempt to Stop Revolution Wind
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12/22/2025
Attorney General Tong Statement on Latest Trump Attempt to Stop Revolution Wind
(Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the new order issued this morning by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management once again suspending work on the Revolution Wind offshore wind project."This appears to be a second, even more lawless and erratic stop work order, reviving the Trump Administration's prior failed attempt to halt construction of Revolution Wind. We went to court over this before. There is a court order blocking their prior stop work order and this appears to be a new brazen attempt to circumvent that order. The project has been vetted and approved through every layer of federal and state regulatory process, including a careful review of the issues raised in this announcement. Every day this project is stalled is another day of lost work, another day of unaffordable energy costs, and other day burning fossil fuels when American-made clean energy is within reach. We are evaluating all legal options, and this will be stopped just like last time," said Attorney General Tong.
Located fifteen nautical miles off the coast of Rhode Island, Revolution Wind is a wind energy facility expected to deliver enough electricity to the New England grid to power 350,000 homes, or 2.5 percent of the region's electricity supply beginning in 2026. Revolution Wind is projected to save Connecticut and Rhode Island ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars over 20 years. The Revolution Wind project supports over 2,500 jobs nationwide in the construction, operations, shipbuilding and manufacturing sectors, including over 1,000 union construction jobs. The project has been vetted and approved through every layer of the federal and state regulatory process and is supported by binding contracts and legal mandates. Construction is nearly complete.
The Trump Administration first issued a stop work order on August 22. Connecticut and Rhode Island sued. Developer Ørsted sued separately. The federal district court in the Ørsted challenge issued an injunction, allowing work on Revolution Wind to proceed. Twitter: @AGWilliamTong Facebook: CT Attorney General
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