Pennsylvania Governor Sues Trump Administration Over Frozen IRA Funds

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced a lawsuit on Thursday against President Donald Trump’s administration for freezing funding made available through the Inflation Reduction Act.

As Utility Dive reported, Trump ordered a freeze to IRA funds in an executive order made his first day in office. According to the governor’s office, Pennsylvania state agencies have not been able to access the Solar for All funds or other IRA funding, despite a federal judge ruling on Monday that the current administration must comply with a previous order that blocked the IRA funding freeze, CBS News reported. This means the judge had ruled that the administration cannot currently freeze funds from the IRA, although CBS News reported that multiple states have claimed that they continue to be denied access to the funds.

Shapiro argues that the state has not been able to access $1.2 billion of federal funding, and another $900 million in funding to the state has been slated for “undefined review by federal agencies” before the state can access these funds.

Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday sued President Donald Trump’s administration over its alleged failure to disburse more than $2 billion in federal funds to Pennsylvania, despite a federal court ordering the Trump administration to restore the funding.