Judge Sides with States Challenging DOE’s Project Funding Cap

A judge ruled the Energy Department’s move to limit the amount of project funding that can go toward administrative costs is illegal, multiple state attorneys general offices said Tuesday, giving a win to states that sued the US government over the limitations.

Judge Mustafa Kasubhai of the US District Court for the District of Oregon in a bench ruling found the DOE went against the Administrative Procedure Act in instating the limit, according to press releases from both the Connecticut and California attorneys general offices.

“This was about Donald Trump trying to make it harder for states like Connecticut to ...