{"id":371870,"date":"2026-06-23T19:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/371870\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T19:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:48:08","slug":"california-sends-notice-of-intent-to-challenge-trump-administrations-offshore-wind-buyout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/371870\/","title":{"rendered":"California sends notice of intent to challenge Trump administration\u2019s offshore wind buyout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(SACRAMENTO \u2013 June 23, 2026) Today, California\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/california-sends-notice-intent-file-suit-challenging-trump-administration%E2%80%99s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sent a Notice of Intent<\/a> to sue to the U.S. Department of the Interior regarding its illegal $120 million buyout of the Golden State Wind lease off the Central California coast. The Notice of Intent to sue provides a 60-day window for Interior and Golden State Wind to cancel the buyout before California files suit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Golden State Wind project was expected to generate enough electricity to power about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goldenstatewind.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1.1 million homes<\/a>. It also would have delivered $24 million for workforce training and domestic supply chain development \u2014 investments California has already committed to \u2014 as part of an offshore wind industry projected to create roughly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/slcprdwordpressstorage.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpressdata\/2023\/07\/AB525-Workforce-Readiness-Plan_acc.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8,000 high-quality jobs<\/a> across the state. Last week, the Trump administration struck a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/california\/2026\/06\/18\/california-offshore-wind-lease-to-be-scrapped-as-part-of-765m-deal\/90608150007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">separate deal<\/a> to buy out another California offshore wind lease using taxpayer dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese illegal attempts to cancel offshore wind in California take homegrown clean energy off the table at the very moment our need for more cost-stable power is surging,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/people\/michael-colvin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Colvin<\/a>, California Energy Program Director at Environmental Defense Fund\u00a0\u201cInvestments in offshore wind strengthen our grid, reduce our dependence on volatile and polluting fossil fuels, and create good-paying jobs for Californians. Today&#8217;s action from Attorney General Bonta sends a clear signal \u2014 California will not be bullied into abandoning clean, reliable power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>California is the only West Coast state with offshore wind leases, positioning it to play a leading role in supplying clean power across the region. As a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/media\/launch-new-western-electricity-market-will-curb-costs-boost-reliability-and-cut-pollution\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">newly launched Western electricity market<\/a> grows, offshore wind generation could help provide more clean, affordable and reliable power to communities throughout the West.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia\u2019s offshore wind isn\u2019t just a California resource,\u201d said Colvin. \u201cWith a new regional market making it easier to share power across state lines, blocking these projects would mean less clean energy, more pollution and higher electricity costs for communities throughout the West.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(SACRAMENTO \u2013 June 23, 2026) Today, California\u00a0sent a Notice of Intent to sue to the U.S. Department of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-371870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}