A reported plan by the Trump administration to take back $7 billion in grant money from a nationwide solar program for low-income and disadvantaged communities called Solar For All would put an end to several clean energy projects in Connecticut, officials with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said.
The anticipated clawback was first reported this week by the New York Times, which said the 60 entities in 49 states that had been awarded grants could receive termination letters from the Environmental Protection Agency as soon as this week.
“If federal support is withdrawn, states like Connecticut could be forced to halt or delay shovel-ready projects that are prepared to cut costs, clean the air, and make our grid more resilient,” DEEP spokesman James Fowler said in an email. “It would come at a time of record energy prices, rising electricity demand, and growing strain on…
