One of, if not the biggest, initiative laid out during former President Joe Biden’s presidency was put to rest yesterday by the Trump administration.
And the move could save American taxpayers billions.
Late yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it is canceling 223 clean energy projects tied to the Biden administration.
The move could save taxpayers more than $7.5 billion, according to initial estimates.
According to a press release from DOE officials, the agency terminated 321 financial awards connected to the projects after a thorough review.
The DOE said the moves were made because the Biden-era projects didn’t advance U.S. energy needs, weren’t economically viable, and offered no return for taxpayers.
The awards were spread across multiple DOE offices, including Clean Energy Demonstrations, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Grid Deployment, Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, ARPA-E, and Fossil Energy.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said many of the awards were rushed through during the final months of Biden’s stint in the White House.
“On day one, the Energy Department began the critical task of reviewing billions of dollars in financial awards, many rushed through in the final months of the Biden administration with inadequate documentation by any reasonable business standard,” Wright said.
The DOE confirmed that 26% of the canceled awards — valued at more than $3.1 billion — were handed out between Election Day and Inauguration Day — right as Biden left office.
DOE officials did not list which specific projects were eliminated.
The DOE announcement came shortly after White House budget chief Russ Vought wrote on X, “Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda is being canceled.”
Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left's climate agenda is being cancelled. More info to come from @ENERGY.
The projects are in the following states: CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MD, MA, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OR, VT, WA
— Russ Vought (@russvought) October 1, 2025
Vought then listed the states where projects were terminated: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington.
A Newsmax report noted that all of the aforementioned states listed under the cut projects are led by Democrat governors.
In May, Wright issued a memo tightening standards for federal energy spending. Each award is now reviewed case by case for waste, security risks, and economic value.
DOE said that under those rules, the terminated projects simply didn’t make the cut. Award recipients now have 30 days to appeal.
“Some of the projects included in this announcement have already begun that process,” the DOE said.
The latest round of cuts could be just the beginning as DOE officials signaled more reviews are underway and more cancellations could follow, according to reports.