Katherine Hafner

The Interior Department's stop-work order cited national security concerns, but government officials have declined to provide more detail.

Judge Jamar Walker said the administration failed to outline how construction on the Virginia project would threaten national security, or why the government has not tried to work with Dominion to resolve concerns.

Dominion is the third offshore wind developer to win in court this week.

Judges issued similar rulings for Empire Wind in New York and Revolution Wind in New England.