California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild have notified the U.S. Department of the Interior and energy developer Invenergy that the state intends to sue over a federal agreement to cancel an offshore wind lease off the Central Coast.

The notice challenges a June 17 agreement under which the Interior Department would pay more than $111 million to an Invenergy subsidiary to relinquish its lease in the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area, according to a press release issued Thursday.

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