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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong on Thursday night formally notified the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts of the "unlawful wind executive order" halting the Revolution Wind project and the "severe harm to Connecticut ratepayers, grid reliability and jobs" allegedly caused by stopping the project.
On September 4th, the court will hear a motion for summary judgment where Tong and 18 other attorneys general have sought to block Trump’s effort to stop one of the biggest "scams of the century."
“We’ve got billions of dollars in investment and a project on the finish line to deliver affordable, American-made, renewable energy right off the coast of Connecticut. There are more than 1,000 jobs on the line. We’re notifying the court now that Trump’s irrational stop to Revolution Wind will jack up energy bills, hurt workers, and weaken our grid,” said Tong.
“At a time when we’re working to lower utility costs in our state and strengthen our economy, this decision by the federal government will increase electricity costs and risk countless jobs. Connecticut has made critical investments in renewable energy in an effort to diversify our energy supply and lower prices for families and businesses. Even more frustrating, this project was 80% compete and set to be finished next year. We will do everything we can to save this project because it represents exactly the kind of investment that reduces energy costs, strengthens regional production, and builds a more secure energy future,” complained Governor Ned Lamont.
President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum on his first day in office that, among other things, indefinitely halted all federal approvals necessary for the development of offshore and onshore wind energy projects pending federal review. Pursuant to this directive, federal agencies stopped all permitting and approval activities, and issued a Stop Work Order to the fully permitted Empire Wind project that was already under construction in New York. That project has since resumed.
Tong and the attorneys general of New York, Massachusetts, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Washington sued on May 5. The complaint asked the court to declare the President’s wind directive illegal and to prevent the administration from taking any action pursuant to it to delay or prevent wind energy development.
The complaint alleges that the President’s directive and federal agencies’ subsequent implementation of it "violate the Administrative Procedure Act" and other federal laws because they, among other things, "provide no reasoned explanation for categorically and indefinitely halting all wind energy development—a sudden change that reverses longstanding federal policy."
On August 22, on the same day a briefing period closed in that pending litigation, the Trump Administration issued a new indefinite stop work order for Revolution Wind, which is 80 percent constructed, citing undefined environmental and national security concerns.
Connecticut’s declaration from Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes, states that Revolution Wind contracts are estimated to save Connecticut ratepayers "hundreds of millions of dollars over 20 years due to fixed contract prices lower than the average projected cost of energy and renewable energy certificates."
Click here to view the full declaration, which is hardly a surprise considering the press conference democrats orchestrated earlier in the week.
Meanwhile, Sen. Richard "Danang Dick" Blumenthal demanded that the Department of the Interior provide him more information detailing the exact nature of the security threats posed by windmills as alleged by the Trump Administration, the specific environmental concerns and a list of all projects that have received stop work orders.
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Someone is stockpiling blades and components in N MO along Highway 63, was just through there last week and had to stop as deliveries were coming in. They're also trying to expand the Solar project south of Kirksville. I grew up in that area. Driving the backside of it where it's not so visible, I couldn't believe residents allowed it to happen.