Revolution Wind Powers New England and Trump Attacks It Again

Revolution Wind is already sending electricity to New England and all 65 turbines are installed. Now the Trump administration is challenging the federal approval that allowed construction of the offshore wind farm. Again. Yes, really.

The Interior Department on Oct. 9 asked a federal court to send approval of the project’s construction and operating plan back to the agency for reconsideration. The demand creates another obstacle for a 704 megawatt (MW) wind farm that has already survived two attempts by the Trump administration to halt construction.

But the DOI filing did not shut down the wind turbines or revoke the offshore wind farm’s permit. The DOI request must go to court and Revolution Wind is expected to reach full commercial operation later this year.

A third attack on an approved project

The latest move is part of an ongoing lawsuit filed in 2024 by the anti-wind group Green Oceans, which challenged federal approvals for Revolution Wind and the neighboring South Fork Wind project.

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Trump’s Interior now wants to reconsider whether approving Revolution Wind complies with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. His filing argues that the initial decision did not adequately explain how the project’s impacts fit with protections for other ocean uses, including fishing and recreation, according to CT mirror.

This is a completely different argument than the national security concerns previously used by the administration to try to stop the construction of offshore wind turbines.

Interior ordered work to stop at Revolution Wind in August 2025, then targeted it again in December alongside four other offshore wind projects. Court injunctions allowed construction to resume.

In a statement reported by CT mirrorInterior said it was “adhering to a briefing schedule and not announcing a change in policy”. (Yeah, I don’t know what that word clutter means either.)

Connecticut fights back

Connecticut officials responded Oct. 14, warning that reopening permits undermine the certainty needed to build new electricity supplies.

Gov. Ned Lamont (D-CT) said this action completely contradicts the Trump administration’s stated support for permitting reform aimed at speeding up energy projects and reducing costs. He said Connecticut is reviewing its options with Ørsted and the state attorney general’s office.

“It makes no sense,” Attorney General William Tong said, adding that the state was prepared to return to court to defend the project.

There are also electricity bills at play. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection estimates that, by 2028, Revolution Wind will reduce wholesale electricity market costs for New England ratepayers by approximately $500 million per year.

The $6.2 billion project began providing electricity on March 13, 2026. Its developers say it will produce enough electricity for more than 350,000 homes and businesses, with the power sold to utilities in Connecticut and Rhode Island under 20-year fixed-price agreements.

For now, the next decision rests with U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth — the same judge who twice allowed Revolution Wind developers to return to work after the administration tried to halt the offshore wind farm’s progress.

Electrek’s point of view

In September 2025, the first time Reagan-appointed Judge Lamberth paved the way for Revolution Wind to resume construction, he called the Trump administration’s conduct “the height of arbitrary and capricious government conduct.”

In January 2026, Judge Lamberth used the same words again, calling Interior’s order suspending Revolution Wind “arbitrary and capricious,” and said it violated federal law.

This time, that wind farm is already powering the grid, and no less during an energy crisis caused by Trump’s actions in the Middle East. Lamberth’s decision will have an impact.

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