The states of Connecticut and Rhode Island have asked a federal District Court for an injunction against President Donald Trump’s suspension of work on Orsted’s 704MW Revolution Wind.
Both states are set to acquire power from the project, which Orsted said was 87% complete at the time of the 22 December shutdown.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said: “Donald Trump is escalating his lawless and erratic attack on Connecticut ratepayers and workers.
“Every day this project is stalled costs us hundreds of thousands of dollars in inflated energy bills when families are in dire need of relief.”
The move joins a flurry of other legal challenges from developers to Trump’s suspension of work on all five offshore wind projects currently under construction.
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has estimated that a 90-day delay in the construction and operation of Revolution Wind as stipulated by Trump’s work suspension will cost ratepayers in Connecticut and the broader New England region approximately $350,000 per day, for a total of $31 million in higher electricity costs.