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Trump says ‘no windmills.’ What does that mean for Virginia’s booming wind energy industry?

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President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to claw back federal funding for wind energy projects.

The wind industry employs more than 125,000 workers in the United States and wind power provided more than 10% of U.S. electricity in 2023 .

Local industry leaders say they aren’t concerned about losing IRA funding for clean energy projects and believe offshore wind is compatible with Trump ’s push for domestic manufacturing.

Construction of Virginia’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is expected to resume in May .

Other potential projects are years off — spanning far beyond a 4-year presidential term.

Dominion is also engaged in federal lobbying efforts directly and through trade associations on affordable and increasingly clean energy for its customers.

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