Westport officials are waiting and watching, but so far have heard no news on whether Vineyard Wind is next on a list of threatened projects following news late last week that work on Revolution Wind, a 65-turbine off the coast of Rhode Island that is 80 percent complete, has been halted by the Trump administration.

“Nothing yet,” Jake McGuigan, a select board member and chairman of the Offshore Wind Advisory Committee, said Monday.

The advisory committee has no regulatory authority but was formed last year to monitor the potential impacts of offshore wind on Westport. It was established after residents raised concerns that Vineyard Offshore had listed Westport as one of two possible landing sites for offshore cables from a wind farm it is proposing south of Nantucket. But in late February, company representatives appeared before the advisory committee and said there are no plans to route any cables through Westport, and they are instead focusing on New London, Ct. as a potential landing zone.

Since then, the board has reduced its meeting frequency to quarterly; McGuigan said the next will be held in October, and he suspects any potential regulatory news will be on the agenda.

Revolution Wind

The Trump administration's order Friday to stop work on the $4 billion Revolution Wind project was a follow-up on executive orders the president signed in January, when he ordered that any new offshore wind project leases be halted, and also threatened to suspend work on projects in the permitting stage.

According to Matthew Giacona, Trump's acting director at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Revolution Wind was ordered to stop construction to "allow time for (the government) to address concerns that have arisen during the review."

"BOEM is acting to ensure that all activities  ... are carried out in a manner that provides for protection of the environment, among other requirements," Giacona wrote in Friday's order. "In particular, BOEM is seeking to address concerns related to the protection of national security interests of the United States and prevention of interference with reasonable uses of the exclusive economic zone, the high seas, and the territorial seas."

In response, Orsted, the Netherlands-based firm behind Revolution Wind, said it was complying with the order and seeking solutions:

"Ørsted is evaluating all options to resolve the matter expeditiously. This includes engagement with relevant permitting agencies for any necessary clarification or resolution as well as through potential legal proceedings, with the aim being to proceed with continued project construction towards COD in the second half of 2026."