Ford files suit over alleged solar program violations

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) — Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has filed a lawsuit to recover funds from what he says was the EPA’s unlawful breach of grant agreements under the Solar for All Program.

Ford says the $7 billion program brings solar energy to more than 900,000 low-income households nationwide.

He says the total grant awarded to the Nevada Clean Energy Fund was $155 million, $150 million of which the federal government still owed when President Trump terminated the program, according to Ford.

“President Trump has tried to illegally claw back funds from Nevada after hardworking residents of our state have put in the work to address our energy needs,” said Attorney General Ford. “The president would see Nevadans left high and dry after they committed time and resources to make our state a model of solar energy. Our courts have agreed time and time again that the president cannot rescind funds approved by Congress. I am confident this time will be no different.”

The program was created by Congress in 2022 as part of the Inflation Reduction Act and directed the EPA to make competitive grants to states and others to deploy solar projects to low-income areas.

Funds were awarded by August of last year, and was terminated in two months ago, a move Ford calls unlawful.

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