Rural energy co-ops and programs such as Solar for All, a program designed to provide solar power to low-income households in Colorado, are at a standstill as massive sums of federal dollars for clean energy projects in Colorado remain frozen by the Trump administration. Despite multiple federal court rulings to unlock the funds, the administration has yet to release the money.
Colorado officials have been unable to access the funds since Inauguration Day, when President Donald Trump signed an executive order terminating what he called “the Green New Deal” and pausing all disbursement of funds appropriated through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The money is attached to more than 20 separate Colorado federal grant and loan programs.
Under the Solar for All program, Colorado was set to receive $156 million dollars to cover the installation of…
