Couverture de Offshore Wind Project Scores Preliminary Victory, Weather Brings Chilly Weekend & Potential Marijuana Expansion

Offshore Wind Project Scores Preliminary Victory, Weather Brings Chilly Weekend & Potential Marijuana Expansion

Offshore Wind Project Scores Preliminary Victory, Weather Brings Chilly Weekend & Potential Marijuana Expansion

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 Good morning, this is Virginia Beach Local Pulse for Saturday, January seventeenth.

We're starting this morning with a major development that could reshape our energy future. Dominion Energy just won a significant court victory on Friday. A federal judge granted Dominion a preliminary injunction, allowing the company to resume construction on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project right here off Virginia Beach's coast. This is the eleven point two billion dollar wind farm that's been halted since late December when the Department of the Interior paused it along with four other major offshore projects along the East Coast. The judge found that the government's stop work order was too broad, noting that the risks the federal government cited actually pertained to wind farm operations, not the construction phase itself. All of Dominion's offshore foundations are already in place, and they're working against a strict timeline to get everything installed. The company says this project is expected to power around six hundred sixty thousand homes once it comes online. Dominion will continue its legal challenge against the Department of the Interior as construction resumes, but this is a significant win for the project and for our region's clean energy goals.

On the weather front, we're looking at a chilly Saturday with temperatures climbing only into the low sixties this morning. We'll see mostly overcast skies throughout the day with westerly winds between five and ten knots, gusting up to fifteen. If you're heading out on the water, expect seas around three feet. The big change comes tonight and into tomorrow. Rain will likely develop late this evening, and we're looking at rain and snow mixing throughout Sunday. Temperatures will drop significantly, with highs only in the mid-thirties tomorrow. Bring an umbrella if you've got outdoor plans for the weekend.

In other local news, Virginia Beach is preparing for potential expansion of our marijuana market. City officials are getting ahead of what could be new state regulations and business opportunities coming down the line. It's part of broader conversations happening across Virginia about how to structure this emerging industry.

Looking ahead to next week, we're expecting below-normal temperatures and dry conditions through the late week period. So bundle up and stay safe on those roads if conditions get slick.

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