By Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | AZ Mirror
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joined 21 other states in challenging a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to end the $7 billion Solar for All program.
“Without this program, for many Arizonans, clean energy will be out of reach,” Mayes said during a virtual press conference Thursday with California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
The two lawsuits, which Mayes are co-leading, include 21 states, along with the District of Columbia, and claims the EPA acted unlawfully when it shuttered the program getting rid of $156 million in grants already established for Arizona. That included a $25 million grant to the Hopi Tribe that would have aided in the creation of solar panels and battery storage for homes on the Hopi Reservation for approximately 600 homes.
“The loss of the Solar for all Program will also make it more difficult for Arizonans to meet the expected 40% increase in energy demand,” Mayes said.
The Grand Canyon State is home to 151 data centers and counting — Arizona is No. 7 in the number of data centers nationally — which used more than 1.5 gigawatts of electricity in 2024.
