Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The Environmental Protection Agency was sued Monday for terminating $7 billion in "Solar for All" grants, intended to help low-income communities install solar panels on homes.
The group of plaintiffs -- made up of solar energy companies, labor unions and homeowners -- filed the lawsuit in federal court in Rhode Island. They accused the EPA of ending the program, in violation of federal law, that would have helped them save on energy costs.
Solar for All was "expected to save an estimated $350 million annually on energy bills during and after the five-year program, providing energy bill relief for more than 900,000 low-income and disadvantaged households," the plaintiffs' lawyers wrote.
The program was "expected to secure 4,000 megawatts of new solar energy over five years and generate 200,000 new jobs," according to the complaint.
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