PVTIME – On 16 October local time, over a dozen US state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration. The lawsuit alleges that the administration terminated $7 billion in funding for affordable solar projects across the US and that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted unlawfully by scrapping the ‘Solar for All’ programme, thereby violating laws governing federal agencies and the constitutional principle of the separation of powers.
Those joining the legal action include attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Former President Joe Biden launched the ‘Solar for All’ programme in 2022 with the aim of expanding access to renewable energy for nearly one million Americans. However, one month after Congress passed President Trump’s wide-ranging tax and spending bill, the EPA revoked the programme’s funding in August. EPA Administrator Zeldin has described the programme as ‘a waste of money’.
Earlier this month, non-profit organisations and other groups filed a separate lawsuit over the funding cut, using similar legal grounds. This week, more than 20 Democratic senators also sent a letter to Zeldin, calling for the programme to be reinstated.
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