Wind Power. Power to the States

A January 2025 Executive Order stopped offshore wind power leases in water ways that are under federal jurisdiction. This creates an interesting loophole: water ways that are regulated by states. The Great Lakes waterways are under state control and not federal control.

“A 2023 analysis from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory found that the Great Lakes states have enough offshore wind power potential to provide three times as much electricity as all eight Great Lakes states use.”

Governing | The Great Lakes’ Untapped Wind Power