For Immediate Release: September 12, 2025
Media Contact: [email protected]
BALTIMORE – Today, the Department of Justice filed to voluntarily remand and vacate its approval of the Construction and Operations Plan for US Wind’s Maryland Offshore Wind Project
In response, Oceantic Network has issued the following statement from CEO Liz Burdock:
“Today’s news is yet another targeted action against American energy. The unlawful actions by the Trump administration against fully permitted offshore wind projects up and down the East Coast represent one of the largest, economically devastating assaults on U.S. workers, businesses, and energy in decades. Revoking a permit on an approved project after years of thorough agency review will raise electricity prices for families, jeopardize private investment, delay economic growth, and weaken our power grid.
“Offshore wind is already delivering for Maryland—creating skilled jobs, revitalizing local steel manufacturing and port redevelopment, and attracting billions in supply chain investment—while building national steel capacities that enhance our national security. This American energy resource is a generational opportunity that nearly 70% of Marylanders support. Families can’t afford to pick and choose which types of domestic energy come online to meet rising demand and costs—we need it all. Let’s make sure every community benefits by advancing a shovel-ready project set to power 600,000 Maryland homes with reliable, affordable energy.”
Governor Wes Moore spoke out about the agency’s intentions following the August 22, 2025, filing:
“Canceling a project set to bring in $1 billion in investment, create thousands of good-paying jobs in manufacturing, and generate more Maryland-made electrical supply is utterly shortsighted. The President’s actions will directly lead to utility-rate hikes by taking off most promising ways for Maryland to meet its looming energy generation challenges.”
For more information or to arrange an interview with an Oceantic spokesperson, contact [email protected].
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