PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Washington's Attorney General is co-leading a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Oregon is now joining the case. Filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, the suit argues the EPA illegally shut down a $7 billion program known as Solar for All. The program had been designed to cut energy bills for low-income families by bringing solar power to more than 900,000 homes across the country.

Congress originally approved the Solar for All program back in 2022, which directed the EPA to give grants to states for solar energy projects in low-income areas. By August 2024, the EPA had awarded all of the funds to states, who are now the 23 plaintiffs in the current complaint.

According to the suit, Washington an

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