Louisiana is set to lose $156 million in funding for solar energy after the Trump administration's move to eliminate the program, a blow to efforts to improve electricity reliability and affordability in a state with some of the nation's most outages, local officials say.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency canceled the $7 billion program on Thursday that aimed to lower utility costs for nearly a million people across the country. Louisiana's $156 million grant had already been awarded to the state, which planned to use it to expand access to renewable energy for low-income and disadvantaged families as well as help safeguard residents when storms knock out power .

For state officials involved in planning the program – called Solar for All at the federal level, and Solar for Y’

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