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77 Rutgers Univ. L. Rev. Commentaries 1 (2024)

handle is hein.journals/rgsusty77 and id is 1 raw text is: SPINNING OUR WHEELS: WHY OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS STALL AND HOW TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS Sam Little* ABSTRACT Halloween 2023 was a truly scary day for the offshore wind industry. The world's largest offshore wind developer, Orsted, canceled the United States' largest offshore wind projects off the coast of New Jersey, Ocean Wind 1 and Ocean Wind 2. The news blew through the renewable energy sector, undermining ambitious climate goals set by both state and federal governments. Once thought to be too big to fail, this paper examines the legal, regulatory, and policy shortcomings that contributed to the demise of these projects and proposes reforms to support the growth of the offshore wind industry. Every level ofgovernment must make changes to better support the critical transition to renewable energy. The Department of Interior must reimagine its administrative procedures by frontloading programmatic environmental impact statements, combined with larger and more efficient BOEM staff, to reduce risk and avoid a future Ocean Wind. Congress and the Treasury Department must produce clear tax credit eligibility guidance for developers and revise existing legislation to provide direct subsidies rather than ambiguous tax credits. New Jersey and local governments should negotiate flexible agreements that accommodate macroeconomic fluctuations and update municipal plans to accommodate the surge in offshore wind development applications. J.D. Candidate, Rutgers Law School, May 2025. I dedicate this piece to the Jersey Shore. The Shore has given me so much and I am so proud of its potential to provide power, opportunity, and health to many more throughout the state. Thank you to my parents, to Chazz, Henry, and George, to Madeline, and to Professor Gold for sticking with me along my twisting academic journey. 1

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