Trump is blocking billions of dollars of grants that would fix the grid

Photo: Secretary Chris Wright and President Donald J. Trump attend the Ratepayer Protection Pledge Event – July 23, 2026. Photo credit: DOE photographer Sarah Wood via Flickr. US government work. Article by Jeff St. John. Canary Media – August 6, 2026.

In Wisconsin, utility Alliant Energy has called off a project meant to reduce power outages in disadvantaged and tribal communities, after the Trump administration terminated a federal grant that would have supported it. In California, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, which has deployed and upgraded hundreds of thousands of advanced smart meters, has not received any reimbursement from the U.S. Department of Energy for the work since October, when the Trump administration declared it was killing grants that it described as fueling ​“the Left’s climate agenda.” […]

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