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June 25, 2024 - Article

How Justices’ Chevron Ruling May Influence Wind Projects

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The article covers recent challenges to offshore wind projects, and how an anticipated ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court may upend long-standing principles of deference to federal agency decision making. “The court’s decision could influence the agencies’ rulemaking process, how agencies interpret their statutory authority, and the deference that courts apply to those interpretations,” they write. “While the statutes and regulations governing the approval process for offshore wind projects will remain constant, at least for the time being, the federal courts’ framework for reviewing agencies’ decision making based on those rules could be subject to upheaval.” Read the article.