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Recent and Ongoing OER Federal Litigation

In collaboration with the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office, OER is actively participating in, and has previously engaged in, multiple civil actions in federal courts. These civil actions concern, or concerned, allegations regarding:

  • the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program;
  • the First Stop Work Order and Second Stop Work Order for the Revolution Wind offshore wind project; and 
  • the termination of the “Solar for All” program established under the Clean Air Act. 

Below, please find declarations prepared by OER that have been filed in federal court within the past eighteen (18) months. 

Case: State of Washington v. United States Department of Transportation (2:25-cv-00848)
Copy of Declaration: RIOER Declaration State of Washington v. USDOT
Date of Filing May 07, 2025

 

Case: State of New York v. Trump (1:25-cv-11221)                                                         
Copies of Declarations: RIOER Declaration New York v. Trump
RIOER Declaration New York v. Trump No. 2
Date of Filing May 14, 2025 and August 08, 2025

 

Case: State of Rhode Island v. United States Department of the Interior (1:25-cv-00439)
Related to: REVOLUTION WIND, LLC v. BURGUM (1:25-cv-02999)
Copy of Declaration: RIOER Declaration State of Rhode Island v. USDOI
Date of Filing September 17, 2025

 

Case: State of Arizona v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2:25-cv-02015)           
Copy of Declaration: RIOER Declaration State of Arizona v. USEPA
Date of Filing November 14, 2025