PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Gov. Dan McKee sent Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum a letter in response to a meeting the two had about the stoppage of the Revolution Wind Project.

The U.S. Department of the Interior ordered any ongoing activity related to the Revolution Wind Project to stop on Aug. 22.

McKee said in the letter that he “strongly oppos[ed]” the order and said the project was 80% completed.

“The stop-work order undermines efforts to expand our energy supply, lower costs for families and businesses, and strengthen regional reliability,” the governor said. “This action puts hundreds of well-paid blue-collar jobs at risk by halting a project that is just steps away from powering more than 350,000 homes in Rhode Island and Connecticut.”

He also included a full list of inf

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