Overview

• On August 7, the EPA terminated Solar for All and announced plans to claw back unobligated funds from the $7 billion program.
• The initiative, created under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, had allocated $7 billion across 60 state, tribal and nonprofit recipients to support solar installations for over 900,000 low-income households.
• According to Atlas Public Policy, only $53 million of the allocated funds has been disbursed, with most grantees still in early planning phases.
• The agency maintains that recent legislation repealed its authority over unspent balances, but recipients argue that fully obligated contracts are protected from clawback.
• Multiple grantees have filed lawsuits to block the terminations and Senator Bernie Sanders has pledged to fight in court and Congress to preserve the program.