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Patrick Pouyanne is the chairman and chief executive officer of TotalEnergies, the French multinational energy company, a position he has held since 2015. He joined the company in 1997 and held senior roles in its refining and exploration and production divisions before becoming chief executive.
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Pouyanne defends the payment's legitimacy by characterizing it as the return of the company's own funds rather than an improper use of public money, directly addressing the taxpayer-cost objection at the center of the Judgment Fund dispute.
Interior paid TotalEnergies, Invenergy, and Bluepoint Wind more than $2.3 billion to cancel offshore wind leases in 2026. State attorneys general and members of Congress say the payments broke the Judgment Fund Act. Interior says the payments were lawful, voluntary refunds.
