A federal judge moved to resume construction on the offshore Revolution Wind Project Monday afternoon after a lawsuit from developer Orsted. 

Work on the project was abruptly halted last month by President Donald Trump. The project began in 2023 and was designed to bring down electric bills in Connecticut and Rhode Island. It was more than 80% completed at the time of the president’s order. 

Connecticut and Rhode Island filed similar lawsuits pointed at the Trump administration to restart construction. 

Judge Royce Lamberth granted an injunction, lifting the Department of the Interior’s stop work order. Lamberth found that Orsted is suffering “irreparable harm” from construction being halted.

In court documents, Orsted said it’s losing $2.3 million per day. 

In a harsh rebuke, Lamberth called the stop-work order the "height of arbitrary and capricious actions." He said that project had already been studied in a “multi-year, multi-agency review” that should satisfy the Department of the Interior.

Gov. Ned Lamont called out the DOI's argument that not enough studies had been done on wildlife.

"My understanding is the work can begin again soon," said Lamont. "If you want to talk about the birds and the fish, national security, we could do that. But in the meantime, let's get back to work."

Orsted released a statement that said in part, "Revolution Wind will continue to seek to work collaboratively with the US Administration and other stakeholders toward a prompt resolution. Revolution Wind will resume impacted construction work as soon as possible, with safety as the top priority."