Overview
- States filed a lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington seeking to reinstate the program for low-income and disadvantaged households.
- A parallel complaint in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims seeks money damages for alleged breach of state grant agreements.
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the August termination, calling the program a “boondoggle,” and the agency has declined comment on the suits.
- Plaintiffs say all $7 billion was obligated by August 2024 and that EPA clawed back roughly 90% of awards, with reported losses including about $250 million for California and an $11 million balance left in Colorado.
- The states’ actions follow separate challenges by solar companies, unions, nonprofits and Harris County, Texas, over the cancellation’s impact on roughly 900,000 households.