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Los Angeles (USA).- A coalition of more than twenty Democratic states and the District of Columbia has sued in two courts the Government of President Donald Trump for the cancellation of a $7 billion grant program designed to help low-income families install solar panels in their homes.
The two legal complaints accuse the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of illegally canceling the Solar for All Program by breaching its contractual obligations with the states.You may be interested in: http://Juez ordena a Gobierno Trump reponer fondos de contraterrorismo en transporte a Nueva York
States have asked the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to revoke the cancellation of the $7 billion that Congress had already committed in 2022. They have also asked a federal court in the state of Washington to declare the blocking of the grants illegal, restore funding, and the program. The program, awarded in the government of President Joe Biden (2021-2025) under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund aimed at addressing climate change, allocated funds last year to 60 beneficiaries, including states, tribes, regions, and non-profit organizations. In August, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin announced the cancellation of the program, stating "falsely" that the agency no longer had legal authority to administer the funds, the plaintiffs allege. If maintained, the cancellation of this program would threaten the ability of more than 900,000 households in low-income and disadvantaged communities across the country to access low-cost solar energy and, as a result, reduce their electricity bills. The blocking of the subsidy would halt progress in the adoption of clean energy nationwide, especially in underserved communities, the lawsuit alleges. "The Solar for All Program was created to provide relief to all Americans, reducing energy bills for working families, our carbon footprint, and creating high-quality union jobs that would boost our economy," said in a statement California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is part of the lawsuit. The prosecutor warned that along with the other states, most led by Democrats, they will fight to stop the Trump administration's "misrepresentation" of the law. In addition to California, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia joined the lawsuit, as well as the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
