Dominion Energy Wins Bid to Resume Wind Project Trump Halted

Dominion Energy Inc. vehicles at a field office in Springfield, Virginia.Photographer: Luke Johnson/Bloomberg

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By Sabrina Willmer, Josh Saul, and Mark Chediak

January 16, 2026 at 5:44 PM UTC

Updated on

January 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM UTC

A federal judge said Dominion Energy Inc. can restart construction of a wind project off the coast of Virginia while it continues a legal fight over the Trump administration’s order to stop the $11 billion development.

The ruling marks the third time this week that an offshore wind project was allowed to resume despite a government stop-work order. US District Judge Jamar Walker in Norfolk, Virginia, issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking the Interior Department from enforcing its order after Dominion claimed it was losing millions of dollars every day the project sits idle.