WASHINGTON – Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly joined 30 of their colleagues in demanding the Trump administration immediately restore the Solar for All program, which helps working-class families afford rooftop and community-based solar energy – helping to lower their home energy costs.
In a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, the senators condemned the administration’s decision to cancel $7 billion in Solar for All funding in August. The program would have created tens of thousands of good-paying jobs in communities across the country, lowered residential electricity bills by at least 20 percent for more than 900,000 households, and saved working families more than $8.7 billion in electric costs over the lifetime of the panels.
“Your agency’s decision to terminate Solar for All is not only unlawful — given this funding was congressionally appropriated and fully obligated — but also ill-timed. Energy bills are soaring across the country and millions of families are facing higher living costs. Electricity bills are 6.2 percent higher than this time last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. EPA’s reckless decision to terminate Solar for All directly undermines efforts by Congress to reduce energy costs and improve grid resilience. It jeopardizes economic investments and inflicts severe job losses across the country while undermining the trust and financial certainty that communities, businesses, and local governments have placed in the federal government,” the senators wrote.
This joint letter, led by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), follows a letter sent by Senators Kelly and Gallego, Governor Katie Hobbs, and Representatives Greg Stanton and Yassamin Ansari when the program cancellation was first announced in August.
“The EPA’s illegal termination of Solar for All has left states, communities, and businesses across the country in limbo, with critical projects stalled and vulnerable households facing higher energy costs. We demand the EPA immediately reinstate the Solar for All program, rectify the damage caused by this termination, and ensure grantees can proceed with the swift implementation of residential solar projects to slash utility bills and create many thousands of good jobs. In the meantime, we require a full accounting of how the EPA will rectify the damage caused by this program’s disruptive termination,” the senators concluded. “The American people deserve transparency, accountability, and a government that honors its commitments.”
You can read the full letter HERE.
October 17, 2025