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Last week, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) joined over 80 House and Senate Democrats - led by Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (TX-7) and Emanuel Cleaver II (MO-5), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) - in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to vacate the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) unlawful termination of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) Solar for All program.

The $7 billion Solar for All program was designed to help low-and moderate-income communities invest in residential and community solar projects – lowering energy costs for working families while creating jobs in the clean energy economy. The program was expected to deliver solar access to more than 900,000 households nationwide and save participating families an estimated $350 million annually on utility bills. 

During the Biden Administration, the EPA awarded Solar for All grants to 60 state agencies, nonprofit organizations, and Tribal governments across all 50 states. The program is part of the IRA’s $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

Back in September 2025, Congresswoman Escobar led a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russell Vought on the EPA’s rescission of $7 billion in already obligated funding for the Solar for All Program.

In October 2025, Congresswoman Escobar also joined 101 of her House Democratic colleagues in writing a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin urging the Trump administration to restore the Solar for All program.