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2026
California sues Trump administration and Golden State Wind over canceled offshore wind project
Lawsuit filed
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the U.S. Department of the Interior and Golden State Wind. The suit concerns an April agreement that canceled a planned floating offshore wind project off California's Central Coast in exchange for a $120 million federal reimbursement and a commitment to invest in fossil fuel projects. The lawsuit argues that the agreement violated federal law and should be invalidated.
Stated objective. The state argued the April agreement violated federal law and should be invalidated.
Source excerpt
California is taking the Trump administration to court to reverse a deal that blew a large offshore wind project off the table.
A lawsuit filed Friday in federal court accuses the U.S. Department of the Interior and other agencies of making an “unconstitutional and unlawful” deal earlier this year with Golden State Wind LLC that resulted in the company backing out of its lease agreement to build a floating offshore wind farm in Morro Bay.
The lawsuit alleges the agreement violates the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the federal Judgment Fund Act because the payment was not tied to an actual lawsuit.