Department of Energy Cancels $7.5 Billion in Project Funding

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‘Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda is being cancelled,’ White House budget director Russ Vought said.

The Department of Energy (DOE) said on Oct. 2 that it had terminated 321 federal grants funding 223 projects, amounting to about $7.56 billion in cuts.

Under the leadership of Energy Secretary Chris Wright, the department conducted a review of its federal grants to identify project plans that are “not economically viable” and do “not adequately advance the nation’s energy needs,” the DOE said in a statement.

About 84 grants were found to have been rushed through during the final months of the Biden administration following Election Day in November 2024, Wright said, adding that they were set apart by “inadequate documentation by any reasonable business standard.”

Many of these grants were authorized to receive funding under the Biden-era 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

“President Trump promised to protect taxpayer dollars and expand America’s supply of affordable, reliable, and secure energy. Today’s cancellations deliver on that commitment,” Wright said. “Rest assured, the Energy Department will continue reviewing awards to ensure that every dollar works for the American people.”

The awardees have been given 30 days to appeal the termination.

Earlier on Sept. 30, Wright told CNBC that to ensure that the United States can continue to lead the artificial intelligence race and reindustrialize to secure local jobs, “America must add at least 100 [gigawatts] of firm power in the next five years.”

A day earlier, the department announced a $625 million investment to “expand and reinvigorate” the domestic coal industry and ensure consistent baseload power to keep Americans’ “lights on without interruption,” a reliability in power supply that renewables haven’t been able to guarantee.

The DOE’s funding review process was triggered in May, when Wright issued a secretarial memorandum titled “Ensuring Responsibility for Financial Assistance” to bring the department in line with President Donald Trump’s policy agenda to deliver affordable, reliable, and secure energy for the American people.

The review process identified awardees that “did not meet the economic, national security, or energy security standards necessary to justify continued investment,” the DOE said in its Oct. 2 statement.

According to Russ Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, the projects are from 16 states, including California and New York. All of the states are led by Democrats.

“Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda is being cancelled,” Vought said in an Oct. 1 post on X.

The Epoch Times has contacted the DOE for comment on which projects have been affected.

In May, Wright had already identified 24 projects, together receiving $3.7 billion in taxpayer funding, for cancellation. Most of the projects were for carbon capture and sequestration, or decarbonization initiatives.

By Melanie Sun

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