State officials and Orsted promised Monday to do what they can to get Revolution Wind back on track after the Trump administration issued a stop work order late last week.

Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Connecticut) said the project, which is 80% complete, is needed to stabilize electricity supply and prices.

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“When things spike on a hot day in July or cold day in January, the price of electricity goes up five, 10, 20 times,” he said during a press conference at the State Pier.

But the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, part of the Department of the Interior, put the project on pause with a temporary stop work order Friday .

“In particular, BOEM is seeking to address concerns related to the protection of national security in

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