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EPA to Cancel $7 Billion in Solar for All Grants

Zeldin says routing grant money through Citibank created oversight gaps in the program.

Overview

  • EPA is drafting termination letters to 60 nonprofit groups and state agencies to revoke $7 billion in Solar for All funding.
  • The Solar for All program was created under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to lower energy costs for disadvantaged households.
  • Three grantees—Climate United, the Coalition for Green Capital and Power Forward Communities—have filed lawsuits challenging the cancellations.
  • Earlier this year, the agency froze $20 billion in other fund disbursements for eight weeks and sought to terminate those grants over similar oversight issues.
  • The cancellations align with a Republican-led effort to roll back Inflation Reduction Act climate investments.