September 3, 2025 — The future looks dim for SouthCoast Wind, an offshore wind project that was due to make landfall at Brayton Point in Somerset.
According to court filings from the District of Columbia District Court, the federal Department of the Interior “intends to reconsider” approval of the SouthCoast Wind project.
Under the Biden administration, the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approved a massive lease area about 30 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard to SouthCoast Wind. The company has intended to connect that power in Somerset, building a substation at the Brayton Point Commerce Center.