Sept 3 (Reuters) -

President Donald Trump's administration is reconsidering

federal approval of Avangrid's planned New England Wind project

off the coast of Massachusetts, according to a court filing on

Wednesday.

The legal maneuver is the latest move by U.S. authorities to

stymie development of offshore wind energy, which Trump has

called ugly, expensive and unreliable. Last week the

administration also said it was reconsidering approval of

SouthCoast Wind, another planned Massachusetts project.

Attorneys for the Department of Justice said they would move

by October 10 to vacate the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy

Management's approval of the New England Wind construction and

operations plan.

The filing came in a lawsuit brought earlier this year in

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by local groups

and individuals opposed to offshore wind development. The suit

alleges the government violated federal environmental laws by

approving the project.

Avangrid, which is owned by Spanish power company

Iberdrola

, declined to comment.

New England Wind was approved by former President Joe

Biden's administration in 2024. The project, once built, was

expected to be able to produce enough electricity to power

900,000 homes.

Representatives for ACK for Whales, the lead plaintiff

in the lawsuit, could not immediately be reached for comment.