MAINE PUBLIC • October 17, 2025
Maine has joined more than 20 states in a lawsuit against the Trump administration for terminating a $7 billion Solar for All program. The states allege the government illegally used its signature “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to claw back funding. In a lawsuit filed in Washington state federal court, the states said that the Republican tax and spending law only eliminated uncommitted funding for Solar for All. But the law didn't affect program grants that were finalized and awarded to states more than a year ago and account for the vast majority of its funding, according to the complaint. The states want the court to return their money and block the Environmental Protection Agency from stopping the program again under the law's provisions.