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We hope you’re hanging in there! The EPN and L4GG teams continue to work hard in partnership with you and your organizations. Please read on for a recap of last week’s bimonthly federal funding webinar. And please sign up here to join future calls.
Key Action Items for Grantees:
– If you are an EPA EJ Grantee (this includes CCG, EJCPS, EJG2G, TCTAC, and TCGM), you are likely approaching the 120-day deadline for close-out. If you have questions, need additional guidance, or do not have the recommended template language, email FPC@l4gg.org. L4GG attorneys or your assigned pro bono attorneys are also available to assist with reviewing the refusal to close out language before you submit to EPA.
– If you are a Solar for All Grantee, you are likely approaching the 21-day deadline to respond to EPA’s termination letter. Complete L4GG’s SFA Intake Form to receive templates to respond to EPA and a sample letter that you can send to your partners.
Below is a recap from our last webinar:
1. Endangerment Finding Rule
EPA released a draft rule to repeal the Endangerment Finding, which would limit the agency’s ability to regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions. That would cripple a wide-range of regulations across the power, transportation, and oil and natural gas sectors. There is a Notice and Comment period that closes on September 22, 2025. EPA must review and respond to ALL individual unique comments. L4GG is hosting a training today at 1pm eastern and will send out materials, including templates, after the webinar—but only to folks who register! You can register for the webinar here.
2. Lawsuit Updates
The Section 138 Lawsuit Hearing took place on August 5th, and covered the government’s motion to dismiss and the grantees’ request for a preliminary injunction that would restore access to these grants. Each side had 25 minutes to argue their case. There was a significant focus on the impact of HR1, the nature of terminations, and jurisdiction. There was little indication from the judge as to how he plans to rule, but stated he would rule “soon.” No ruling has come down as of today, August 19, 2025.
3. Solar for All Update
On August 7th, Administration Zeldin announced his intention to terminate the $7 billion Solar for All Program (SFA). To our knowledge, all SFA grantees have now received termination letters and notice of award amendments. We are working collaboratively with partners including the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) and Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) on next steps—including opportunities to file litigation. As an immediate next step, we have developed guidance and email templates for grantees to respond to their termination letters and communicate with their partners. There are three important next steps for all prime and subawardee/partners:
– Please complete L4GG’s Solar for All Intake Form to get current and future templates and guidance
– Stay in compliance., including submitting all reports. Please reach out to epa-support@trccompanies.com to have someone to review your reports
– DO NOT CLOSE OUT! Closing out your grant will likely make you ineligible for any later relief that is secured by the courts.
4. Communicating About Solar for All
It is helpful and productive for SFA allies to share the good work this program has been doing across the country. In particular, this is the moment to emphasize how SFA would reduce energy costs by hundreds of dollars for nearly a million families while adding gigawatts of resilient power to our electric grid.
– DO talk about this program and the incredible impact it would have.
– DO NOT discuss anything that may be the subject of future litigation, including legal strategy and partners, legal interpretations, terms of your agreements, or the interpretation of provisions in HR1.
– DO tell us if you are interested in participating in media interviews via L4GG’s Solar for All Intake Form. If you are a subrecipient or other partner that does not feel comfortable filling out L4GG’s form, but you are willing to do press or congressional education, let us know through this form.