For Immediate Release: September 19, 2025
Media Contact: [email protected]
BALTIMORE – Late yesterday, the Department of Justice filed to voluntarily remand its approval of SouthCoast Wind’s Construction and Operations Plan. The 2.4 GW project was scheduled to deliver reliable, affordable power to more than 1 million Massachusetts and Rhode Island homes while creating 15,000 direct, full-time jobs. The project has made more than $670 million in U.S. investments to date, including port infrastructure, shipbuilding and maritime logistics, energy equipment, and construction services.
In response, Oceantic Network has issued the following statement from CEO Liz Burdock:
“Yesterday’s federal action remanding SouthCoast Wind’s Construction and Operations Plan undermines a critical source of American-made energy at a time when New England needs it most. Revoking approval at this late stage, after years of careful permitting, environmental review, and private investment, threatens to stall broader American energy deployment, increase electric bills for millions of businesses and families, jeopardize thousands of jobs, and damage our country’s credibility on the global stage.
“SouthCoast Wind represents billions of dollars in U.S. investments across supply chains, port infrastructure, and workforce development, with the capacity to deliver reliable, affordable electricity to more than 1 million homes. This project has been a catalyst for new economic activity throughout the Northeast – revitalizing Brayton Point; driving activity at the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal; and supporting training partnerships with local unions, technical schools, and community colleges. Halting this project does more than sabotage New England’s energy grid – it sets back a nationwide industrial strategy built to create jobs, lower energy costs, and deliver reliable domestic power to American homes and businesses.”
SouthCoast Wind expects to invest over $6 billion in the U.S. over the life of the project, including:
- $2 billion in U.S. maritime industry, with U.S. vessels providing transportation and logistics services.
- $500 million in U.S. shipbuilding, with U.S. shipbuilder Edison Chouest contracted to build a vessel at its Port Fourchon, LA shipyard, sourcing components from over 25 states including American steel from Nucor’s steel mills in Alabama and Kentucky.
- $300 million in U.S. port infrastructure, with U.S. firms contracted to upgrade existing ports.
- $600 million in U.S. energy equipment, with U.S. manufacturer GE Vernova contracted to supply high voltage electrical equipment.
- $200 million towards local American builders and engineers contracted for the onshore portion of the project.
SouthCoast Wind expects to create over 15,000 US jobs, most of them union jobs, and generate nearly $500 million in wages over the life of the project, the majority of which will be paid to union workers.
Governor Maura Healey has defended offshore wind projects in Massachusetts and New England, citing impacts on local jobs and the region’s electricity supplies. Healey said the federal government needs to “work with states, not against states in an effort tobring more power on board…It doesn’t make any sense to curb power supplies. Everyone in American is dealing with the high cost of energy.”
Additional Information:
- 2025 Offshore Wind Jobs Report
- Joint Labor Day Statement on Offshore Wind from Governor Kathy Hochul, Governor Maura Healey, Governor Ned Lamont, Governor Dan McKee, and Governor Phil Murphy
- Oceantic Network National & State-Level Supply Chain Fact Sheets
- SouthCoast Wind
For more information or to arrange an interview with an Oceantic spokesperson, contact [email protected].
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