Gov. McKee Condemns Trump Administration's Wind Farm Shutdown

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee condemned the Trump administration for pulling the plug on a nearly completed multi-billion-dollar offshore wind farm project.

"We need the Trump Administration to understand that this stop-work order on Revolution Wind is an attack on the jobs of hard-working Rhode Islanders, on our ability to access reliable and affordable energy, and on our families who are struggling to pay high utility bills,” Gov. McKee said in a statement released by his office.

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“Stopping this work just before the finish line—that is an attack on our economy," the governor said.

Matthew Giacona, the acting director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, sent a letter Friday to the head of the company constructing the wind farm to "halt all ongoing activities related to the Revolution Wind Project on the outer continental shelf" due to vague concerns.

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The project was 80% completed at the time Giacona penned the letter.

Giacona's letter mentions "protection of the environment" and "national security interests of the United States."

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McKee was joined in his condemnation of the Trump administration by Rhode Island’s Congressional Delegation, labor leaders, and union workers, the statement said.

“The Trump Administration is putting America last by stalling a project that will produce low-cost American-made energy,” U.S. Rep Seth Magaziner said in the statement.

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“The biggest winners from this move are countries like Saudi Arabia, from whom we will have to buy more oil, and the losers are Rhode Islanders, who are paying more on their electric bills, and trades workers who have been put in the unemployment line as a result of this reckless action," said Magaziner, a member of the House Natural Resources Committee.

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