Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has joined six other attorneys general in two lawsuits challenging agreements between the Trump administration and developers to cancel four planned offshore wind projects.
The agreements would provide a combined $1.4 billion from the federal Judgment Fund, including $765 million for Bluepoint Wind and $653 million for Invenergy.
One lawsuit challenges an agreement with Bluepoint Wind, while the other concerns an agreement with Invenergy. The coalition argues that the agreements improperly use taxpayer funds and do not follow the required procedures for cancelling offshore wind leases.
The attorneys general are asking the courts to declare the agreements unlawful, cancel them and prevent the administration from implementing them.
The lawsuit involving Bluepoint Wind challenges a U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) agreement that cancelled the company’s lease in the New York Bight. Under the agreement, Bluepoint will use the $765 million payment from the Judgment Fund to develop a liquefied natural gas facility and has committed not to pursue future offshore wind projects in the USA.
The second lawsuit challenges a DOI agreement with Invenergy covering the cancellation of three offshore wind leases, including one in the New York Bight and two in the Gulf of Maine. Invenergy is to receive $653 million from the Judgment Fund and redirect the funds to natural gas plants in Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, as well as geothermal projects in the western USA.
The attorneys general argue that the agreements do not settle actual or imminent litigation and therefore do not qualify for payments from the Judgment Fund. They also argue that the agreements violate the Administrative Procedure Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, Judgment Fund Act and other federal spending laws.
The lawsuits are the latest in a series of legal actions by Tong concerning offshore wind. In 2025, he successfully challenged efforts by the Trump administration to suspend work on the Revolution Wind project, which is now operational. In June 2026, Tong also sued the Department of the Interior over the cancellation of a TotalEnergies offshore wind lease off New York. That case remains pending in federal district court in the District of Columbia.
The lawsuits were led by New York Attorney General Letitia James and joined by the attorneys general of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont. California is filing a separate lawsuit challenging an agreement between Invenergy and the administration concerning a lease off the California coast.
