The contract for the Empire Wind 2 offshore substation was cancelled in January 2024 , following the Empire Wind joint venture terminating the Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificate (OREC) contract for the 1,260 MW project with the State of New York.

The first Empire Wind offshore wind farm, the 816 MW Empire Wind 1, was (re)selected in the latest offshore wind solicitation in New York in February. The same month, Empire Wind projects also received approval of their Construction and Operations Plan (COP) from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management