Overview

• Filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, the complaint seeks a declaration that EPA’s cancellation was unlawful and an injunction to reinstate the program.
• Solar for All was expected to reach more than 900,000 low-income households, deliver about $350 million in annual bill savings, deploy roughly 4,000 megawatts of solar and support up to 200,000 jobs, according to program estimates cited in the filings.
• EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin ended the program in August after Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill, asserting the agency lacks statutory authority and appropriations; EPA sent termination letters to all 60 grantees and has begun closing out awards.
• The plaintiffs include the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, the Rhode Island Center for Justice, Solar United Neighbors, several solar installers and an Atlanta homeowner, who say the cancellation halted projects, undercut workforce plans and increased energy burdens.
• The case joins wider legal fights over the Trump administration’s rollback of Inflation Reduction Act climate funding, following appellate rulings that allowed termination efforts on other Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund awards and shifted disputes toward claims courts.