Trump is such a big meanie, he wants to take free energy away from po’ folk
Trump wants to roll back $7 billion in grants for solar projects in low-income communities
The Trump administration is reportedly considering terminating a $7 billion grant program aimed at helping low- and moderate-income families install home solar panels, part of the White House’s larger campaign to claw back billions in Biden-era climate spending.
The Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of drafting termination letters to the 60 state agencies, nonprofit groups, and Native American tribes awarded the funding through the Solar for All initiative, part of the Biden administration’s landmark 2022 climate law.
The agency said Tuesday it has not made a final decision about the grants.
Environmental groups say if Trump does go through with the cancellation, the effort will face legal challenges.
Wiping away the grants would halt many projects before they were complete.
Let’s be honest, most of this money has gone to friendly companies which donate to Democrats, and the low income folks aren’t really going to see any benefits. How many of them actually own the homes?
The first Solar for All projects, efforts to install residential solar and battery storage systems for tribal communities in Montana and South Dakota, went online in October 2024.
“One in five households on reservations lack access to electricity, and this program was an opportunity to close that gap,” Cody Two Bears, the chief executive of Indigenized Energy, told The New York Times, which first reported on the cancellation effort. “But those were just two kickoff projects to show what was coming for the next five years.”
Instead of cancelling the money, how about the EPA audit the companies that got the money? Let’s see how it was spent. Let’s see if the government and homeowners were overcharged, if way too much money was being pocketed by the companies.
There are currently about 300000 US workers in the solar electric field, about 10 times as many as coal miners.
Most solar panel manufacturers start entry level workers at 50000$ plus benefits. $60000 is typical for ,5+ years workers. The field needs more workers Biden put a lot of money into it with the Inflation Reduction Act.
About 20000 new workers are/were needed each year.
Oh and “me and the boys waiting 45 minutes to return our EV?????”
BYD the largest EV manufacturer has come out with new 10000kva chargers
Which give 250 mile range in 5 minutes with auto billing, no card swiping. And range is now up to 600 miles
Guess johnnie boy’s argument is that now the solar industry is so successful that it no longer needs a taxpayer subsidy.
Amirite?
Well, with progress like this there should be no need for government subsidies. Let the free market run and get politicians out of the process. That will greatly reduce the graft and paybacks to corrupt politicians and and their greedy friends.
Let me keep my money and if I want a car like that I’ll buy it when I good and ready.
Why do you desire a power source that is far more polluting than the one we have cur
Great idea! Install them in low income housing areas! Brilliant!
Want to guess how many will still be functioning in a year?