California Sues Trump Administration Over $120 Million Offshore Wind Buyout

California has sued the Trump administration over its deal to cancel a planned 2-gigawatt floating offshore wind project off the state’s Central Coast, challenging the administration’s increasingly aggressive strategy of paying developers to surrender federal wind leases and redirect investment toward oil and gas.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission filed the lawsuit against the Trump administration and Golden State Wind LLC, arguing that the Department of the Interior lacked legal authority to reimburse the developer for abandoning its Morro Bay offshore wind lease.

The dispute centers on an agreement announced by Interior in April under which