Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes have co-led a lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on behalf of grant recipients from Maryland and 23 other jurisdictions. The lawsuit seeks to recover damages from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for breaching grant agreements under the $7 billion Solar for All program.
The Solar for All program, established under the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, was designed to reduce energy costs and pollution by expanding access to solar energy for more than 900,000 low-income and disadvantaged households nationwide. Maryland’s Solar for All grant totaled more than $62 million, with nearly $1 million drawn down before the EPA canceled the program and reclaimed the funds.
The complaint alleges that the EPA unlawfully terminated the program in August 2025, violating grant terms and the duty of good faith and fair dealing. Plaintiffs include the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaiʻi, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia, along with the governor of Kentucky, the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority, and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
A separate lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against the EPA and Administrator Lee Zeldin, alleging violations of the Administrative Procedure Act and the U.S. Constitution’s Separation of Powers Doctrine. That complaint, led by the attorneys general of Arizona, Minnesota, and Washington, includes many of the same plaintiffs as the Court of Federal Claims suit.
Attorney General Brown stated that Marylanders were promised energy cost relief through the Solar for All program and that the administration’s decision to revoke the funds was both unlawful and harmful.
Copies of both complaints will be posted on the Maryland Office of the Attorney General’s website once available.
