A federal judge has delivered a victory to 19 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia, ruling the Department of Energy’s attempt to cap funding for state energy programs is illegal.
In a ruling Tuesday from the bench, Judge Mustafa Kasubhai of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon granted the states’ motion for summary judgment, finding that DOE policy violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
The state attorneys general who filed suit last month against the policy change said it would have slashed reimbursements for staffing and administrative costs and threatened millions of dollars for energy programs.
New York Attorney General Letitia James, who led the coalition of states, noted that her office had “once again” stopped the Trump administration from cutting off funding.
