BOEM's Office of Renewable Energy Programs oversees renewable energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf.
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Efforts Underway
Presidential Memorandums, Executive Orders, Secretarial Orders, and announcements related to offshore wind and energy sources:
- Interior Announces an Energy Agreement to Strengthen American Energy Security and Lower Costs in North Carolina (June 29, 2026)
- Interior Announces New Energy Agreement to Strengthen American Energy Security and Lower Costs (June 17, 2026)
- BOEM Announcement: BOEM Rescinds Offshore Renewable Energy Leasing Schedule (August 4, 2025)
- DOI Secretarial Order 3438: “Managing Federal Energy Resources and Protecting the Environment (August 1, 2025)
- BOEM Announcement: BOEM Rescinds Designated Wind Energy Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf (July 30, 2025)
- DOI Secretarial Order 3437: “Ending Preferential Treatment for Unreliable, Foreign Controlled Energy Sources in Department Decision-Making (July 29, 2025)
- DOI Memorandum: “Implementation Guidance on Departmental Review Procedures for Decisions, Actions, Consultations, and Other Undertakings Related to Wind and Solar Energy Facilities” (July 22, 2025)
- DOI Memorandum: Departmental Review Procedures for Decisions, Actions, Consultations, and Other Undertakings Related to Wind and Solar Energy Facilities (July 15, 2025)
- Presidential Executive Order 14315: “Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled Energy Sources” (July 7, 2025)
- BOEM Director’s Order: Amended and Lifted Stop Work Order to Empire Wind 1 halting activities on the OCS (May 19, 2025)
- BOEM Director’s Order: Stop Work Order to Empire Wind 1 halting activities on the OCS (April 16, 2025)
- Presidential Memorandum: “Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects” (January 20, 2025)
