For Immediate Release: September 22, 2026
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NEW YORK – Today, states on both coasts filed new legal challenges to the Trump Administration’s offshore wind lease buyouts. California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission (CEC) filed a lawsuit against the administration’s agreement to buy back Invenergy’s offshore wind energy lease in the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area. Separately, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James announced New York is leading another coalition of eight attorneys general in suing the administration over its unlawful cancellation of Invenergy’s offshore wind lease in the New York Bight and Gulf of Maine and Bluepoint Wind off Massachusetts.
In response, Oceantic Network has released the following statement from Liz Burdock, President & CEO:
“When a 1-gigawatt offshore wind project is cancelled, we don’t just lose a project, we lose an estimated $8.5 to $9.5 billion in U.S. economic output. That means roughly 3,350 construction jobs disappear across the country, along with hundreds of millions of dollars in wages that would have gone to American workers and their families. And the impact doesn’t stop at the project site. It reaches businesses, workers, and communities throughout a nationwide supply chain. These are real economic losses, being felt by American workers when the cost of living is soaring. Oceantic commends California, New York and other East Coast states for standing up once again to challenge actions that threaten jobs, investment, and the nation’s ability to meet growing electricity demand with a proven, affordable, and reliable energy source.”
Oceantic is cohosting a timely discussion today at New York Climate Week, bringing both California and New York Offices of the Attorney General and State Energy Office executives together to recognize state-led leadership in defense of the U.S. offshore wind industry.
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