DOVER — If the Trump administration follows through with plans to revoke key permits for a controversial offshore wind farm that would be mere miles from the Delaware coast, the state could lose $128 million in community benefits that were previously negotiated.
Assistant Attorney General Adam Gustafson said in a court filing that the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management would move to vacate the permits for the two wind farms. Both wind lease permits were established by Maryland law, but since Ocean City, Md. stymied the project for years, offshore wind developers turned to Delaware as a way to connect to the electric grid.
“Our construction and operations plan approval is the subject of ongoing litigation, but we remain confident that the federal permits we secured after a multi-year and rigorous public review process are legally sound,” US Wind Vice President of External Affairs Nancy Sopko said in an email.
