It's Time To Turn Solar For All Into Affordable Energy For All

On July Fourth, President Trump signed his “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law, solidifying his Administration’s energy priorities as part of this sweeping legislation. Among its provisions, the legislation repealed the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and rescinded all unobligated funds associated with  the program. The Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy 3Distinct from the $20 billion in “gold bars off the Titanic” grants that Administrator Zeldin terminated and is fighting to claw back in the courts, Section 60103(a)(1) of the IRA also created the lesser known Zero Emissions Technologies program, a conventional grant program implemented as the “Solar for All” initiative by the Biden Administration. Its $7 billion in funding was competitively awarded to 60 recipients that were selected and announced in April 2024. The 60 awards cover all 50 states, US territories, and Native American tribes through a combination of 37 awards to state and local governments, six (6) awards to tribes or tribal nonprofits, and 17 awards to local and regional nonprofit organizations. Award contracts were completed in August 2024, and program funds never left EPA’s direct control.