HARTFORD, Conn — Connecticut joined 21 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency and its administrator, Lee Zeldin, for ending the Solar for All program, which was intended to lower energy costs in nearly one million low-income households across the country, Attorney General William Tong said Thursday.
The program was announced in 2022 as a part of then-President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which contained significant climate change legislation. Connecticut was granted $62.45 million from EPA in 2024, but in August, $62 million was allegedly liquidated from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s account, according to Tong’s office.
EPA has not provided DEEP with a reason for taking the money.
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