• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
EPA Internal Watchdog Peeks Under The Hood of $7 Billion Biden Solar Program

EPA Internal Watchdog Peeks Under The Hood of $7 Billion Biden Solar Program

March 20, 2025
Senate Budget Hawks, Top Trump Advisor Clash Over Border Spending In ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill

Senate Budget Hawks, Top Trump Advisor Clash Over Border Spending In ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill

June 12, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: House Conservatives Urge Senate To Keep ‘Pay-For’ In Trump Bill

EXCLUSIVE: House Conservatives Urge Senate To Keep ‘Pay-For’ In Trump Bill

June 12, 2025
‘Get Some F*cking Balls’: Dem Rep Goes On Profane Tirade Against GOP Colleague On House Floor

‘Get Some F*cking Balls’: Dem Rep Goes On Profane Tirade Against GOP Colleague On House Floor

June 12, 2025
Declassified Docs Show Robert F. Kennedy Met With CIA After Soviet Union Trip

Declassified Docs Show Robert F. Kennedy Met With CIA After Soviet Union Trip

June 12, 2025
Democrat-Leaning Firms Reveal Just How Bad Dems Are Polling On Immigration

Democrat-Leaning Firms Reveal Just How Bad Dems Are Polling On Immigration

June 12, 2025
Elmo-Wielding Hakeem Jeffries Hits House Floor Attempting To Stop GOP From Scrapping PBS Funding

Elmo-Wielding Hakeem Jeffries Hits House Floor Attempting To Stop GOP From Scrapping PBS Funding

June 12, 2025
208 House Democrats Vote Against Codifying DOGE Cuts

208 House Democrats Vote Against Codifying DOGE Cuts

June 12, 2025
At Least 4 Dead From Texas Floods While Another 2 Still Missing

At Least 4 Dead From Texas Floods While Another 2 Still Missing

June 12, 2025
Pentagon Has Contingency Plans to Invade Greenland If Necessary: Hegseth

Pentagon Has Contingency Plans to Invade Greenland If Necessary: Hegseth

June 12, 2025
California, Dem Allies Immediately Sue Trump For Terminating EV Mandate

California, Dem Allies Immediately Sue Trump For Terminating EV Mandate

June 12, 2025
Senator Removed From Noem News Conference in LA

Senator Removed From Noem News Conference in LA

June 12, 2025
MARC WHEAT: Conservatives Shouldn’t Get Complacent On Gender Ideology

MARC WHEAT: Conservatives Shouldn’t Get Complacent On Gender Ideology

June 12, 2025
  • Donald Trump
  • State of the Union
  • Elon Musk
  • Tariffs
  • Congress
  • Faith
  • Immigration
Thursday, June 12, 2025
  • Login
IJR
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls
No Result
View All Result
IJR
No Result
View All Result
Home News

EPA Internal Watchdog Peeks Under The Hood of $7 Billion Biden Solar Program

by Daily Caller News Foundation
March 20, 2025
in News, Wire
242 10
0
EPA Internal Watchdog Peeks Under The Hood of $7 Billion Biden Solar Program
491
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Daily Caller News Foundation

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is opening an audit into a $7 billion Biden-era solar deployment program, the OIG said in a Wednesday letter.

The OIG is auditing the Solar For All program, which is part of the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The Biden EPA used the program to route massive checks to sixty recipients — primarily state governments —around the country so that awardees could finance solar panel deployment in low-income areas. The Trump EPA is now following up on the program’s funding.

“Our objective is to describe the status of funds, top recipients, and potential risks and impacts of the EPA’s Solar for All program within the Office of the Administrator’s Office of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund,” the letter reads. “We plan to conduct work at headquarters and regions, if necessary.” (RELATED: Biden Admin Hands Out Hundreds Of Millions To Subsidize Solar In Some Of America’s Least-Sunny Places)

EPA OIG SFA Audit Letter by Nick Pope on Scribd

Gloria Taylor-Upshaw, an audit official for the EPA OIG, sent the letter to Julie Zavala, a deputy director of the EPA office responsible for implementing the GGRF.

Some of the states that received massive checks from the Solar for All program happen to be among the least-sunny states in the U.S.

For instance, the Executive Office of the State of New Hampshire received approximately $43.5 million from the program, and the Vermont Department of Public Service reaped nearly $62.5 million while the Maine Governor’s Energy Office raked in $62.1 from the Solar for All program. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s National Solar Radiation Database Physical Solar Model indicates that New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine are among the least-sunny states in the U.S.

One big winner of the Solar for All program was the Texas Southern University’s Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice, which took home $156 million from the Solar for All program. Robert Bullard, the director of the center that bears his name, served as a member of the Biden White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council at the time the funding was awarded, The Washington Free Beacon reported in July 2024.

The Trump administration’s audit of this program comes as it faces a legal battle to terminate billions of dollars doled out by other GGRF programs. They allege that those funds were rushed out the door to politically-connected nonprofits in a fraudulent manner.

All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter’s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.

Tags: DCNFenergyU.S. News
Share196Tweet123
Daily Caller News Foundation

Daily Caller News Foundation

Advertisements

Top Stories June 10th
Top Stories June 7th
Top Stories June 6th
Top Stories June 3rd
Top Stories May 30th
Top Stories May 29th
Top Stories May 24th
Top Stories May 23rd
Top Stories May 21st
Top Stories May 17th

Join Over 6M Subscribers

We’re organizing an online community to elevate trusted voices on all sides so that you can be fully informed.





IJR

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Trusted Voices On All Sides

  • About Us
  • GDPR Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Editorial Standards & Corrections Policy
  • Subscribe to IJR

Follow Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Top Stories June 10th Top Stories June 7th Top Stories June 6th Top Stories June 3rd Top Stories May 30th Top Stories May 29th Top Stories May 24th Top Stories May 23rd Top Stories May 21st Top Stories May 17th