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Solar Grant Recipients Battle to Recoup Funds on Multiple Fronts

Bloomberg Law News · last updated

Solar energy funding recipients challenging the termination of a $7 billion program are testing a key Trump administration defense in grant cancellation lawsuits by suing simultaneously in multiple forums in an apparent effort to see what sticks.

More than a dozen states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for breach of contract under the Tucker Act in the US Court of Federal Claims, amid an administration push to have such case heard there. But they’re also bringing constitutional and Administrative Procedure Act claims in federal district court.

The AFL-CIO and Harris County, Texas, also filed APA and constitutional claims in …