A federal court in Washington state on June 1 dismissed a coalition of states’ appeal seeking to reinstate $7 billion in solar energy grants that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) canceled.
The plaintiffs—21 states, the District of Columbia, and two state-related entities—had sued the EPA and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.
The EPA issued $7 billion in grants to expand the Solar for All program, which the agency created during the Biden administration to expand access to affordable residential solar energy using Section 134 of the federal Clean Air Act. In July 2025, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which repealed Section 134 and rescinded the unobligated balances due from the grants….