Trump administration seeks to revisit approval of Revolution Wind, an offshore wind farm already producing power

The Trump administration has asked a federal court to let the Interior Department reconsider a key approval for Revolution Wind, a $6.2 billion offshore wind farm that is already sending power to Connecticut and Rhode Island.

The Oct. 9 filing seeks to remand the department's 2023 approval of the 704-megawatt project's construction and operations plan. Experts said the move does not immediately affect the wind farm, which began generating electricity in March, but it opens a legal process that could stretch into early next year. Developer Ørsted installed the last of its 65 turbines in September. At full output, the farm is expected to power more than 350,000 homes.

The request stems from a January 2024 lawsuit by Green Oceans, a Rhode Island-based anti-wind group that argues federal regulators cut corners and broke environmental laws in approving Revolution Wind and Ørsted's South Fork Wind. In its filing, Interior said it agrees the key permits should be sent back for review and asked the court to close the case against the agency. Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will rule on the request.

The filing "injects uncertainty into a nearly completed offshore wind project that electricity planners and consumers in the Northeast are counting on," said Hillary Bright, executive director of the advocacy group Turn Forward.

Pasha Feinberg, an offshore wind strategist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), said the project is helping keep electricity bills in check as demand rises. "Why the administration would even consider revoking its permit makes no sense," Feinberg said.

This brief is based on reporting by Maria Gallucci, published Oct. 13, 2026, in Canary Media. Read the original: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/trump-reevaluate-permit-revolution-wind-orsted