New England desperately needs new power generation to meet the region’s rising demand, stabilize its power grid, and lower electricity costs. When a project like Revolution Wind is 80% complete, you don’t hit pause—you finish. Turbines are already in the water. Union crews are already at work. And yet, a stop-work order has put the brakes on one of America’s most necessary clean energy projects.
Offshore Wind Will Lower New England Electricity Bills
Renewable energy’s marginal cost is near zero—no fuel needed. This drives down wholesale prices, especially during peak demand. And with a power purchase agreement locked in at ~9.8¢/kWh for 20 years, it’s a bargain compared to volatile traditional energy prices and the current average electric rate in the region.
Portfolio studies confirm offshore wind significantly improves winter reliability when gas pipelines are stressed. Harsh New England winters drive up energy demand, and ratepayers bear the burden when prices spike to meet those peaks. Revolution Wind will deliver affordable, reliable power to 350,000 New England homes at a fixed cost for decades.
Offshore Wind Will Prevent Blackouts & Grid Failures
ISO-New England, which operates the power grid in six states, warned that delaying Revolution Wind raises power reliability risks for 15 million people by increasing the risk of outages in the region, as well as “adversely affect New England’s economy and industrial growth, including potential future data centers.” It continued, such “unpredictable risks and threats” to large energy projects well into development “will stifle future investments, increase costs to consumers, and undermine the power grid’s reliability.”
The same worries are rippling through the New England Power Generators Association, which represents a broad coalition of energy companies that supply 95 percent of the region’s electricity. “We need all of these energy technologies,” said Dan Dolan, the group’s president. “[Actions like this] undermine reliability, raise costs, and damage the credibility of our energy markets. New England needs forward momentum, not abrupt stops that put both consumers and suppliers in a worse position.”
Offshore Wind Delivers Energy Security
Revolution Wind is financed and fully permitted, the product of a 34-state supply chain and vast private investment in U.S. ports, shipyards, and manufacturing. Halting at this stage is wasteful and destabilizing to an American supply chain that spans 40 states, has driven $25 billion in investments, and employs thousands of U.S. workers.
Investors and states—namely, Rhode Island and Connecticut—are calling it a reckless move that undermines energy affordability and economic stability.
This isn’t just a wind farm—its families paying more for their electricity, businesses grappling with frequent blackouts, union workers forced out of a job, and a wasted investment in our energy and economic future. It’s time to keep building.
The numbers don’t lie – offshore wind is affordable, reliable, and American-made. The cost to build offshore wind power is cost-competitive with natural gas, cheaper than nuclear energy, and faster to deploy than nearly all other energy sources today. And more than 65% of New England voters are in favor of building it, regardless of political affiliation. Offshore wind works.
