Delaware’s Attorney General has filed a court brief opposing the federal government’s move to cancel the approved US Wind offshore project off the coasts of Delaware and Maryland. The project received full state and federal approval in October 2024 but is now at risk after the US administration requested that its permits be withdrawn.
The state argues that the project would provide a major new source of electricity for Delaware, reduce power costs and improve grid reliability. Estimates suggest the additional supply could lower local energy prices by about USD 253 million over the contract term, excluding further savings from clean energy credits. The turbines would be sited eleven miles offshore and connect to the grid in Sussex County.
The legal dispute follows a late challenge from Ocean City, Maryland. In September 2025, the Department of the Interior asked the court to vacate the project’s approval and later sought to pause proceedings. Delaware’s filing supports US Wind in seeking to prevent the permits from being revoked.
US Wind has committed to measures intended to limit environmental and community impacts, including controls to reduce water turbidity during construction, funding for marine emergency response training, navigation aids, support for commercial fisheries infrastructure, a research fund, and habitat restoration projects.
