US EditionEnergy Department Watchdog Will Audit Trump's Cuts of Nearly $8B in Clean Energy Grants
The audit will examine if the Trump administration lawfully terminated $7.6 billion in grants tied to the bipartisan infrastructure law across 16 states, with California losing over $1 billion.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Inspector General said it will probe the cancellation of grants for hundreds of clean-energy projects across 16 states that supported former Vice President Kamala Harris, assistant inspector general Sarah Nelson said.
- In October, the U.S. Department of Energy terminated 321 funding awards across 223 projects, saying they were not economically viable and failed to advance national energy needs.
- California took the largest hit, with more than $1 billion for a hydrogen hub, as White House budget director Russell Vought said awards across 16 states would be cut.
- More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress from California, led by Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, requested a formal investigation into the canceled funding, and Sen. Adam Schiff welcomed scrutiny of what he called "clear political targeting."
- Given the scale of canceled awards, a congressional letter argues the department lacks authority and critics say the terminations will harm Americans and taxpayer-funded initiatives.
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Federal watchdog investigating energy investments selectively terminated by Trump Administration in October
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Inspector General to audit $7.6 billion in canceled blue state energy grants
An internal audit at the U.S. Department of Energy will probe whether federal funding cancellations earlier this year were politically motivated. The probe is in response to a Trump Administration action in October that canceled nearly $7.6 billion in energy-related grants designated to 16 Democrat-run states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. In a letter to members of Congress, Assistant Inspe…
Energy Department’s watchdog agrees to request for independent audit of canceled grants for California projects
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Federal watchdog will investigate Energy Department over selective blue state grant cancellations
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Energy Department inspector general to probe billions in canceled climate grants mostly impacting blue states
An internal government watchdog says it will probe a Trump administration move to cancel nearly $8 billion in climate and energy funding that primarily impacted blue states. The Energy Department’s inspector general’s office will probe the cancellations, acting Inspector General Sarah Nelson told Democrats, who requested the investigation. “The Office of Inspector General recently announced an audit…
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Energy Department watchdog will audit Trump's cuts of nearly $8B in clean energy grants
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Inspector General will investigate the Trump administration’s termination of $7.6 billion in grants for clean energy projects across several states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election.
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