New York, 6 States Sue Over $795 Million Wind Lease Cancellation Deal
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Updated · Gothamist · Jun 2
New York, 6 States Sue Over $795 Million Wind Lease Cancellation Deal
3 articles · Updated · Gothamist · Jun 2
Summary
$795 million is at the center of a new lawsuit by New York and six other Northeast states seeking to void the Interior Department’s March deal with TotalEnergies and restore the canceled offshore wind lease.
The states say the administration unlawfully reimbursed TotalEnergies in full for surrendering the lease after the company agreed to invest about $1 billion in U.S. oil and gas and forgo other offshore wind projects.
Attentive Energy bought the lease in 2022 for an area about 50 miles off New York and New Jersey; regulators said the project could power roughly 700,000 New York homes and create more than 1,700 jobs.
The case extends a broader clash over Trump’s anti-wind agenda after a judge struck down his nationwide approvals halt in December and another court blocked efforts to stop two New York offshore wind projects.