July 06, 2026
The first half of 2026 saw the Trump administration's push to restrict renewable energy development hit judicial speed bumps and the U.S. Supreme Court potentially change the course of long-running cases that pit state governments against oil and gas heavyweights. Here are several court decisions that stood out for energy attorneys in the first half of this year.
January 16, 2026
A federal judge on Friday allowed Dominion Energy to resume work on a wind farm off the Virginia coast, handing the Trump administration its third defeat in five days over its efforts to halt offshore wind projects under construction.
January 12, 2026
Dominion Energy has asked a Virginia federal court to block the Trump administration from shutting down work on an $11 billion offshore wind project, arguing that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management hasn't explained its rationale for the abrupt suspension order, which threatens thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars.