SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 1 -- The California Energy Commission issued the following news release:
OAKLAND-California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission (CEC) today sentaNotice of Intent to Sue (https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/ocsla-notice-letter-canopy.pdf)targeting an unlawful agreement between the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and RWE U.S. Offshore (RWE) that wouldundermineCalifornia's offshore wind energy development. Under the agreement, DOI will illegally reallocate $1.22 billion in federal taxpayer dollars to pay RWE to abandon its affiliates' offshore wind energy leases in federal waters off the coasts of California, Louisiana, and New York, and require RWE to investthe sa...