EPA to ax $7 billion from solar program for households

The EPA is drafting termination letters to the 60 nonprofit groups and state agencies that received grants from the Solar for All program, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The Solar for All program is part of the Biden administration’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which was established as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which was passed by Democrats and signed by former President Joe Biden. 

The fund received a total of $27 billion, including $7 billion for a solar program called Solar for All and $20 billion to eight nonprofit organizations through two other initiatives: the National Clean Investment Fund and the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator. 

The move is part of the administration’s efforts to withdraw funding from the IRA that doesn’t

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