EPA Sued by Coalition of States for Ending $7 Billion Solar Program Funding

The coalition alleged that the EPA breached the grant terms when it ‘unilaterally terminated’ the program.

Solar panels at a facility in Deport, Texas, on July 15, 2021. Drone Base/Reuters

A coalition of state attorneys general filed two lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week over the agency’s decision to end a $7 billion grant program for solar energy projects.

The lawsuits stemmed from the EPA’s announcement in August that it was terminating the Solar for All program following President Donald Trump’s signing of the One Big Beautiful Act into law, which eliminated the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund that financed the program.