RWE Sends $900M to Trump Donor's Methane Terminal
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- Interior Department paid RWE, a German energy company, $1.22 billion to abandon planned offshore wind farms, with the source calling the payment illegal.
- RWE will direct $900 million of that payment toward buying Stonepeak's stake in a Louisiana methane gas terminal and $300 million toward methane gas turbines for data centers.
- Michael Dorrell, the Australian-American billionaire who owns Stonepeak, gave Trump $1 million, owns property near Mar-a-Lago, and belongs to Trump's private club, per the source.
- Interior's wind cancellation program has totaled roughly $4 billion, which the source characterizes as illegal spending that drains the energy supply and raises electricity prices.
- State attorneys general have sued over the deals, and Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-2) has told energy companies "we are coming for that money."
Why it matters: Roughly $900 million in Interior Department funds are flowing to a methane terminal tied to Trump donor Michael Dorrell's Stonepeak, while the source frames the broader $4 billion in wind cancellations as illegal; states have already sued and Rep. Huffman has warned energy companies they will be targeted, leaving both the deal and the underlying wind cancellations exposed to legal and political clawback.
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