The Trump Administration says it will end a $7 billion program to help low-income households and communities get access to affordable solar energy. The move is part of President Trump’s effort to reverse former President Biden’s climate agenda and boost fossil fuels instead.

The “Solar for All” program had aimed to help more than 900,000 low-income households reduce pollution, and utility bills. Solar for All funded efforts around the country to provide rooftop solar panels, community solar farms, and battery storage.

Now, the fate of the program is in question, the Trump administration argues, because of a massive spending and tax bill Republicans passed last month.

    • apftwb@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Are you implying the money spent on this program wasn’t used or that people using the program weren’t low income?

    • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Well, now they’re not after the funding for free/low cost installation got yanked. After states had disbursed funds for programs funded by it, no less.

      The Solar for All money had already been obligated to state entities like the West Virginia Office of Energy, the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, and the Michigan Department of Environment. Under the program, the entities then gave grants to lending institutions that fund solar and battery projects, and to installers and project developers themselves. Some funding also went to organizations focused on expanding solar for tribal communities. And some money went through multistate solar programs like GRID Alternatives.