Trump has a long history of attacking wind turbines, arguing that they kill birds and cost more than they generate in revenue.

While offshore wind developers on the East Coast are reeling from Trump’s antipathy for the technology — including a stop-work order for New York’s Empire Wind project that the Trump administration reversed on Monday — construction in California is still conveniently at least a presidential term away, even under the most optimistic timelines.

The Trump administration had issued a highly unusual stop-work order on the Empire Wind project last month, leading to intense pushback from officials in New York.