Overview

• Filed Oct. 6 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, the suit is led by the Rhode Island AFL-CIO with plaintiffs including the Rhode Island Center for Justice, Solar United Neighbors, solar installers, an energy consultancy, and an Atlanta homeowner.
• The complaint argues the EPA unlawfully terminated already obligated grants after July’s One Big Beautiful Bill, contending the law targeted only unobligated funds and did not retroactively end Solar for All.
• EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin ended the program in August, asserting the agency lacks authority and appropriations after Congress’s action, and the complaint says EPA has since moved to close out awards and claw back money.
• Plaintiffs seek a declaration and injunction restoring the program and blocking clawbacks, citing layoffs, disrupted planning for community and rooftop projects, and heightened energy burdens for low-income households.
• Solar for All, a $7 billion tranche of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, was projected to reach about 900,000 households with roughly $350 million in annual bill savings and significant job creation; the EPA declined to comment as related GGRF litigation continues.