A coalition of state attorneys general filed two lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its termination of solar energy projects.
The lawsuits stem from the EPA’s end to the Biden-era “Solar for All” agenda.
One complaint states that the EPA “breached the express terms of the Grant Agreements and violated the covenant of good faith and fair dealing,” while the second complaint states the EPA “erroneously interpreted” the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to justify the grant terminations.
“The administration is again targeting people struggling to get by in America, this time by gutting programs that help low-income households afford electricity,” Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown said in a statement. “Congress passed a solar energy program to help make electricity costs more affordable, but the administration is ignoring the law and focused on the conspiracy theory that climate change is a hoax.”
Involved in the lawsuits are the attorneys general of Maryland and Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaiʻi, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia. The governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania, as well as the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, are also involved.
Business owners and nonprofits have also filed a lawsuit against EPA for the same grant terminations. According to the complaint, the termination is “unlawful,” as Congress previously created and funded the program to “provide low-income households and disadvantaged communities with savings on their electricity bills and affordable energy through rooftop and community solar programs.”
