Dominion Energy has filed a federal lawsuit to challenge a government order that has stopped construction of its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project.
Court documents show that Dominion Energy Virginia and OSW Project LLC filed a complaint on Tuesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Norfolk.
The companies also asked the court for a temporary restraining order to immediately block a stop-work order issued by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which has suspended all offshore construction activity on the CVOW project.
The legal action follows a federal decision earlier this week that paused work on five offshore wind projects along the US East Coast.
Administration officials said the pause is needed to review national security concerns, including possible interference with radar systems caused by wind turbine blades and towers.
Dominion said in its court filing that the decision threatens Virginia’s energy reliability. The company argued
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