New Mexico, Colorado and Arkansas are some of the states affected by the Trump administration’s recent announcement of the cancellation of about $7 billion in grants funding solar energy projects for low-income households.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sent notices to states where grants were made through the Solar for All program, a system created by Democrats in 2022. Among those who were notified were the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, & Natural Resources Department; Hope Enterprise Corporation in Arkansas; the Missouri Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority; the Center for Rural Affairs in Nebraska; and the Colorado Energy Office.
The 60 recipients of the grant awards, mostly state governments but also tribes and some multistate projects, received letters from the EPA on Thursday informing them the grants were being cancelled, reported the Kansas Reflector.
The federal fund was eliminated under the “one big, beautiful” law signed July 4 by President Trump. Then last week on social media, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin declared the law terminated the agency’s legal ability to distribute the funds.
“The bottom line again is this: EPA no longer has the authority to administer the program or the appropriated funds to keep this boondoggle alive,” Zeldin said in a video posted to X. “With clear language and intent from Congress in the one big, beautiful bill, EPA is taking action to end this program for good. We are committed to the rule of law and being a good steward of taxpayer dollars.”
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