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Vermont attorney general details lawsuits over EV charging, Solar for All and defense of Climate Superfund Act
Summary
Attorney General Charity Clark told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee that the state has sued the federal administration over withdrawals and cancellations that affected Vermont's EV charging and solar grant programs and that her office is defending the state's Climate Superfund Act in federal court.
Attorney General Charity Clark told the House Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure that the state has pursued multiple legal challenges to recent federal actions that altered or canceled programs intended to fund electric vehicle charging and rooftop solar for low-income households.
Clark described one suit over the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which she said involved a federal withdrawal of plan approvals and a later reapproval. "We did get our money eventually, and we're still briefing on the motion for summary judgment so that we can make sure we're protected moving forward," Clark said. She said Vermont's approved NEVI plan involved roughly $16,000,000 in federal funds for EV infrastructure. Clark said the office first sued in early May…
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