While four East Coast governors unite to fight President Trump’s offshore wind ban, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is conspicuously MIA. (Clean Technica)
Youngkin—a Republican weeks away from leaving office—refused to join the protest letter signed by his Democratic peers in CT, MA, NY, and RI, effectively abandoning the massive 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia wind farm he once championed to avoid crossing the president.
Read the room: Dominion Energy sued the federal government on Dec. 26, arguing the "arbitrary" ban is costing the VA-based utility $5M/day and—in a sharp reversal of the White House's logic—claiming that halting the project is the actual national security threat because it cuts power reliability to key military bases.
If you want to understand why Dominion feels confident challenging the White House on national security, tune into this Power Perspectives episode with Dominion CSO (and former FBI agent) Adam Lee detailing exactly how the utility protects the Pentagon and naval bases.