"In their complaint, a group of plaintiffs who would have benefited from the EPA's "Solar for All" program-including a labor union, several businesses, and a homeowner who cannot afford her electricity bills without it-accused the EPA of violating federal law and the Constitution by unlawfully terminating the program. Solar for All was "expected to save an estimated $350 million annually on energy bills during and after the five-year program, providing energy bill relief for more than 900,000 low-income and disadvantaged households," plaintiffs noted."
"In 2024, Congress obligated the EPA to award $7 billion in grants to recipients behind projects that would have created "hundreds of thousands of good-paying, high-quality jobs" and spared the average low-income family "about $400 each year on their electricity bills," plaintiffs argued. Allegedly Zeldin "arbitrarily" decided to ignore the "plain language" of the statute, plaintiffs alleged, waiting a month after the statute's repeal to terminate the Solar for All program in August."
The EPA ended the Solar for All program in August after Congress repealed a statute in July that had prompted the program’s creation. Plaintiffs — a labor union, several businesses, and a homeowner who cannot afford her electricity bills — sued, alleging unlawful termination in violation of federal law and the Constitution. Solar for All was expected to save an estimated $350 million annually, provide energy bill relief for over 900,000 low-income households, secure 4,000 megawatts of new solar over five years, and generate 200,000 jobs. Plaintiffs contend lawmakers intended only unobligated funds to be rescinded and note that Congress obligated $7 billion in 2024 for related project grants.
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