Legal Insurrection by Leslie Eastman 2/20/2026
As the windfarm dreams burn down to cinders, it’s worth remembering that from honest reckoning with failure, sound energy policy can actually rise from the ashes.As I am writing this on Ash Wednesday, I decided to take a look at the now mountainous pile of windfarm projects that have been tossed onto the ash heap of Green Energy history…thanks to President Donald Trump and his insistence that American energy sources be dependable, efficient, and as inexpensive as reasonably possible.
Last week, I noted that Now Wyoming’s top land officials moved to rescind the state wind leases underpinning the Pronghorn H2 and Sidewinder projects, effectively putting both projects on a path toward cancellation. It turns out that these projects were being constructed to support another untested and untried technology, and were unpopular with local residents.
Now, an amusingly named Jackalope Wind project in that state has hopped onto the Green Energy ash heap.
NextEra Energy (NEE) has canceled its 600 MW Jackalope wind farm project in Wyoming, The New York Times reported Wednesday, in the latest casualty of President Trump’s efforts to slow or stop federal approvals for wind and solar projects.
A key environmental review of Jackalope Wind by the Interior Department was stalled for months, and the project is now effectively dead, the report said.
The project, which was expected to be operational by summer 2027, signed an agreement in late 2024 with Idaho Power (IDA) to sell energy produced by the farm over 35 years.
In September, the Idaho utility canceled its contracts with Jackalope Wind, citing “uncertainties related to the federal permitting process,” and has since accelerated plans to install nine engines that burn natural gas.
More:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/jackalope-wind-project-hops-onto-ash-heap-of-green-energy-history/
