The Environmental Protection Agency wants to cancel $7 billion in solar installation grants, including $156 million already awarded to Colorado , according to national news reports, and Colorado state officials and solar industry leaders are scrambling to learn what is happening to a highly touted program.

The Colorado Solar and Storage Association said the cancellation, if confirmed, would mean yet another federal blow to clean energy efforts, where Colorado has led the way nationally in converting power generation to renewable sources and promoting solar use in lower-income neighborhoods.

“It’s devastating to see the latest Trump administration action intended to cripple the renewable energy industry,” said KC Becker, the solar trade group’s president and former regional EPA administ

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