Trump EPA Moves to Rescind Solar For All Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a blow for energy affordability across the nation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is attempting to yank funding for Solar for All awards. This $7 billion program helps homeowners and communities in all 50 states get support so they can install solar panels and save money on their utility bills.
By design, Solar for All investments are required to slash household electricity costs by 20 percent, lowering electricity bills for each household by about $400 a year. This congressionally mandated program also creates good quality, local jobs in every part of the country—jobs that cannot be shipped overseas.
The following is a comment from Adam Kent, director of green finance at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council):
“Solar for All is already spurring homegrown energy abundance while promising to cut electricity bills for the people who need it most. Attempting to cancel these projects makes no sense.
“President Trump pledged to cut energy bills in half, but once again his administration is trying to make it more expensive to keep your home cool or the lights on. With electricity bills skyrocketing across the nation, it’s time for this assault on American energy consumers to end.
“Members of Congress need to step up and defend a program that’s focused on lowering energy bills for hardworking Americans.”
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 3 million members and online activists. Established in 1970, NRDC uses science, policy, law and people power to confront the climate crisis, protect public health and safeguard nature. NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Beijing and Delhi (an office of NRDC India Pvt. Ltd).
NRDC never sought funding from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and will not receive funding either directly from the Environmental Protection Agency or indirectly via the organizations that challenged the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to freeze their Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund awards.