{"id":71572,"date":"2025-07-18T03:09:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T03:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/71572\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T03:09:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T03:09:17","slug":"new-york-halts-offshore-wind-power-lines-citing-trump-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/71572\/","title":{"rendered":"New York halts offshore wind power lines, citing Trump opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NYS Public Service Commission is halting the approval process for construction of new transmission lines to bring offshore wind power into the New York City downstate region, citing President Trump\u2019s opposition to such <\/a>projects, the groups said.<\/p>\n

The decision leaves New York\u2019s green energy law in shambles \u2014 and is a blow to the offshore wind industry\u2019s push to become a major power player, energy industry sources said.<\/p>\n

Gas and electric utility customers would pay for the costs of the transmission lines to transport wind power that doesn\u2019t exist, leaving them vulnerable to rate hikes \u2014 since the Trump administration blocked the issuance of new permits and leases for offshore wind projects.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the NYS Public Service Commission has stopped the approval process to construct new transmission lines to help New York City bring offshore wind power. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The PSC board members who are appointed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is running for re-election and pledging to make costly New York more affordable, said they wouldn\u2019t take that risk.<\/p>\n

The PSC said it is \u201cstrategically terminating\u201d approvals to design and build transmission lines to transmit offshore wind power, \u201censuring New Yorkers are not burdened with premature infrastructure costs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of our most important tasks is to protect consumers,\u201d Commission Chair Rory Christian said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the uncertainty coming out of Washington regarding offshore wind, we must act to protect consumers by withdrawing our [approval process], but this is far from the end of the story. We will continue to press forward regarding infrastructure needs for offshore wind in the future once the federal government resumes leasing and permitting for wind energy generation projects.\u201d<\/p>\n

The decision to postpone approval of transmission line puts New York farther behind to comply with clean energy mandates under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act signed six years ago, energy industry sources said.<\/p>\n

Some 70% of energy produced in New York is supposed to come from renewable sources by 2030 under the law. The energy sector must achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, according to the law.<\/p>\n

The stoppage comes as President Trump voiced his opposition to the project. AP<\/p>\n

John Howard, a former PSC chairman, said the state utility regulators bowed to reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big deal. The Climate Act is not working. We will clearly be missing the emission deadlines by a mile,\u201d Howard said.<\/p>\n

But New York\u2019s green energy sector criticized the PSC\u2019s decision to postpone the building of wind power transmission lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need our state to invest in transmission infrastructure and support a grid that will meet rising energy demand while also enabling long-term ratepayer savings\u2026..here is no time to wait. The most cost-effective energy future for New York includes a significant amount of offshore wind,\u201d the The Alliance for Clean Energy New York and the New York Offshore Wind Alliance (NYOWA) said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n

Energy industry sources say the latest move by the group is a huge blow to the offshore wind industry to become a major power across the state. empirewind.com<\/p>\n

The groups said offshore wind projects can take more than a decade to develop, spanning state and federal election cycles that include wind power opponents such as Trump.<\/p>\n

Hochul backed the PSC\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernor Hochul has staunchly defended and remains committed to renewable energy projects, including offshore wind, but has made it clear that New York ratepayers need to be protected in this time of federal uncertainty,\u201d said Ken Lovett, Hochul\u2019s senior communications advisor on energy and the environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the political hostilities toward offshore wind projects from the federal government, and the resulting economic uncertainties, we agree with the PSC that it would not be fair to saddle ratepayers with costs for a project that may not bear any fruit. We stand ready to rapidly move forward when the conditions become more favorable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The decision does not impact the recently approved Empire Wind project <\/a>being constructed off the New York-Long Island coast by Norwegian-based Equinor.<\/p>\n

The governor recently announced she\u2019s planning to build the nation\u2019s first new major nuclear power plant <\/a>in more than 15 years upstate to help meet New York\u2019s carbon-emissions free goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NYS Public Service Commission is halting the approval process for construction of new transmission lines to bring…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":71573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,285,69,50055,19300,5371,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,50056,80,50057,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-71572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-climate-change","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-fossil-fuel","12":"tag-green-energy","13":"tag-kathy-hochul","14":"tag-metro","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-newyork","18":"tag-newyorkcity","19":"tag-ny","20":"tag-nyc","21":"tag-offshore-wind","22":"tag-politics","23":"tag-public-service-commission","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-united-states-of-america","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","28":"tag-us","29":"tag-us-news","30":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114872042390636062","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}