June 16, 2026 — A federal court fight in Massachusetts over offshore wind is now playing a role in the ongoing legal battle over the proposed US Wind project off Maryland’s coast.
As WBOC has covered extensively, the Maryland lawsuit was filed in 2024 by the Town of Ocean City and other plaintiffs challenging the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s approval of US Wind’s Construction and Operations Plan off the coast of Worcester County under President Joe Biden.
On April 13, 2026, Ocean City and its fellow plaintiffs filed for a motion of summary judgment, requesting federal judge Stephanie Gallagher to essentially reverse BOEM’s approval of the project without bringing the case to trial. The federal government was given until June 26 to respond.