New York leads a coalition with Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont, challenging the March 2026 agreement that cancelled TotalEnergies’ Attentive Energy and Carolina Long Bay leases in return for a USD 928 million lease-payment reimbursement through the Judgment Fund and a company commitment to invest in US fossil fuel projects. The states argue the cancellation violated the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act hearing requirement and that the reimbursement payment violates the Judgment Fund Act. The Attentive Energy One project alone was expected to power over 700,000 homes and support more than 1,700 jobs in New York.