By Wesley Muller, Louisiana Illuminator
Government Jefflandry, President Joe, is expressing heartfelt changes in terms of solar for solar, which is launched under the Biden to provide cleaner power and reduce electricity bills for Americans with about 900,000 low -income.
His administration initially supported the $ 156 million plans to Louisiana in April 2024 – and dubbed the state’s move for you – the governor now considers the program a “green pipe dream” of the left -wing, which says the taxpayers will rise and the blood will flow.
The Trump administration announced last week that it was eliminating the $ 7 billion solar for all the program. Environmental Protection Agency’s Administrator Lee Zilden claimed in a social media post on Friday that the Congress “eliminated” the solar for the recent tax and spending law of Republicans, and labeled it a “graft”, which has made very few plans with the middlemen.
Until the announcement of Zeldon, the Landri administration was fully seen on the ship with the program. He saw this amount as another pond of federal resources to put the money into the elasticity and energy infrastructure.
However, on Monday, the governor’s solar program changed rapidly.
Landri took on social media to criticize the program and made similar comments when Ultinator He was asked what he would say to Louisiana companies and community organizations who had already invested in the move.
“Left -wing green schemes have only more bills, weak grids and more loans, Landry said by a spokeswoman on Wednesday.” “Thanks to the leadership of President Trump and Administrator Zeddon that we are eliminating useless expenses and giving the United States top position.”
Demproy is the Democrat Party. End of the story.
From Obama’s unconstitutional clean power project … to Fantasiland Green New Deal … Biden’s 6 156 million Louisiana “solar for everyone” – each…
– Governor Jefflandry (Lagovjefflandry) August 11, 2025
There are no statistics to back the governor’s claims as there is still solar formation for all your projects. Although federal funds were allocated to Louisiana, the state was still in the process of forming its program when Trump stopped the grant with an executive order shortly after taking office in January.
He was praised for the program last year, with the appreciation of his administration for all contradictions about the current stance on the solar stance.
The Secretary of Tyler Gray, the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, called a unique opportunity to build a backup power system in the state areas in the threat of more than hurricanes and severe storms.
“Louisiana is in a unique position to take advantage of this federal investment, in recent years destructive storms, such as Hurricane Ada and Laura have a majority of its population, which generates widespread and long -lasting power outages,” Greys said, April 22, 2024.
Backup for storm power outage in question
2022 inflation was formed under the Act, so the solar for all has promoted major investment in traditional and clean energy production in Republican control states. The solar grant, which is one of the many components of the law, provided financial support to state agencies, municipalities, tribal governments and non -profit organizations for providing cheap energy to low -income households.
Louisiana’s Department of Energy and Natural Resources were among its 60 grants recipients. A portion of 6 156 million was designed to pay for solar panels on single -family homes and small multi -family units, which aims to help residents save at least 20 % on their utility bills. Make a pair with a battery storage system, the purpose of domestic solar arms was to reduce domestic grid dependence during peak demand.
You also plan to offer low interest loans for solar community solar projects, which provide emergency backup power at the neighboring level and can sell additional electricity to large grid.
Gray expressed support for the use of federal money for these local solar hubs, which will help to prevent communities from prolonged power outages after hurricanes and other severe weather. According to the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, in 2021, the average Louisiana Utility customer experienced more than 80 hours of power outage, while the national average average seven hours.
“Through this program, Louisiana can create a sustainable foundation for the long -term effects and the highest risk and the long -term effects and the long -term effects and benefits for those in need,” Gray said last year.
Local solar hubs have already received traction. Louisiana, along with the non -influential citizens and the church alliance, has so far helped create 15 “community light houses” and have imagined more than 80 around the state. In the context of Hurricane Ada, many domestic gas and diesel generators fled or broke down, and the idea was caught in 2021. The move has been financed with a mixture of federal, state, local and private dollars.
One such “Lighthouse” is in a Catholic Convent in New Orleans East, where the sisters of the holy family live and work. The monastery is working together with New Orleans to lease the adjoining route of the land for the development of a separate, large -scale community “solar garden”. The solar garden, which is slightly smaller than the solar farm, will provide electricity to nearly 700 nearby homes in a low -income area.
According to Nathli Jordi, a hotel owner in New Orleans, the Convent Project was counting for you to help you pay Solar Loan 15 million solar garden. He said that with the completion of the plan and securing construction contracts, the Convent Solar Garden was likely to become a pilot project of the program.
“That’s how we all come out,” said Jordi. “This is definitely a pressure time.”
Developers have been able to find financial support somewhere and are on the way to close their debt this month.
According to the Louisiana Clean Energy Fund, economic models expected $ 156 million in federal funding will be pairing with about $ 74 million in private capital. The Gulf states have estimated the renewable energy Energy Industries Association that the federal amount of $ 156 million in Louisiana will have a total economic impact between $ 468 million and $ 780 million.
Louisiana can keep a federal dollar
Although the Trump administration claims that the solar was canceled for all, the Congress only withdraws the funds that were not bound when a beautiful bill was passed, according to the program’s lawyers.
The Congress Budget Office at the time analyzed the financial impact of the legislature and determined that only $ 19 million is still unusual. The majority of solar for all funds, including 6 156 million for Louisiana, were already allocated through contracts with grant recipients.
Lawyers from the non -profit groups in the program are urging grants recipients to implement these agreements.
The language is very clear in a great beautiful bill act, said Jalian Blancard, a lawyer for the good government’s lawyers’ lawyers. He said the Trump administration knows that it will probably lose in court, so they make these shocking announcements to try to scare grants recipients in folding.
“This is legally completely baseless what they are doing,” said Billenchard. “This is really important to the states, even if their political inclination does not matter, so that the rule of law can be protected … It should not be a political analysis by the state. It should be pure economics.”
Louisiana can easily withdraw money if the Government Landri wants it, Blancard said. He said that the state had less than three weeks to file a legal challenge against the EPA decision.
If the state refuses to act, Blancard said Grant Sabbarastepnt could increase its legal challenges against the Trump administration.
“She’s now setting up a horrible look for business and industries,” she said. “If this [president] It does not stand with its contracts and promises… through such things that complete markets are created and destroyed. … For those who care about it, it is time to hear their voices. “
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