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Connecticut and coalition states sue over offshore wind project cancellation deals

U.S. Department of the InteriorSeptember 22, 2026Connecticut Attorney General

Summary

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined other state attorneys general in suing the federal government over deals that canceled offshore wind leases in exchange for payments to Bluepoint Wind and Invenergy. The states allege the deals unlawfully used taxpayer funds and failed to follow required procedures, and ask the courts to invalidate the deals and block their implementation.

Remedy

The attorneys general ask the courts to declare the agreements unlawful, void the lease cancellations, and prohibit the administration from taking further action to carry out the deals. These are requested remedies, not remedies reported as already imposed.

Injunction

Contract Impact

This action does not concern privacy practices, so it does not directly suggest changes to privacy or data-processing clauses. In energy project, lease, and government-facing agreements, review provisions addressing government authority and representations, lease cancellation and termination rights, compensation for project abandonment, funding conditions, change in law, and restrictions on use of settlement or other proceeds. Vendor, customer, and employee privacy clauses are not implicated by the facts described.

Contract Search Terms

lease cancellation rightsgovernment settlement authoritygovernment funding conditionstermination compensationchange-in-law clauseproject abandonment covenantuse-of-proceeds restrictions

Laws Cited

Administrative Procedure ActNational Environmental Policy ActOuter Continental Shelf Lands ActJudgment Fund Actother federal spending laws

Violation Types

Entity Details

Entity

U.S. Department of the Interior

Industry

Other

Multistate Coalition

New York Attorney GeneralDelaware Attorney GeneralMaine Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Attorney GeneralNew Jersey Attorney GeneralRhode Island Attorney GeneralVermont Attorney GeneralCalifornia Attorney General (separate concurrent lawsuit)

Official Sources

Source Evidence

Entity Name
"Attorney General Tong and the coalition’s first lawsuit today challenges the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) deal with Bluepoint Wind"
Event Date
"09/22/2026"
Violation Types
"The attorneys general assert that the deals violate the Administrative Procedure Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Judgment Fund Act, and other federal spending laws."
Laws Cited
"The attorneys general assert that the deals violate the Administrative Procedure Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Judgment Fund Act, and other federal spending laws."
Remedy Summary
"They are asking the courts to declare the agreements unlawful, void the lease cancellations, and block the administration from taking any further action to carry out the deals."
Is Multistate
"Attorney General Tong and the coalition’s first lawsuit today challenges the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) deal with Bluepoint Wind"

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