EPA Calls Solar for All Program Cancellation Lawsuit ‘Hopeless’

The Environmental Protection Agency urged a federal court not to grant relief to a Texas county it says is futilely challenging the agency for terminating funds received from the Solar for All program.

“Plaintiff’s quest to revive the Solar for All program is hopeless. Congress repealed the program,” the EPA told the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Nov. 10.

Harris County—Texas’ largest county and home to Houston—sued the EPA in October for eliminating the $7 billion Solar for All program and canceling nearly $250 million it was awarded to fund solar energy infrastructure ...