Projects have a clearer path to reinstatement, but most awardees remain in limbo.
The project had bipartisan backing and targeted $200 million in savings. But California votes blue, so DOE killed it anyway.
A proposed change to federal grant rules would codify many of the changes already made at the Department of Energy in Trump’s second term.
The loan will fund 2,800 miles of transmission infrastructure as the utility races to meet load growth.
The low-interest loans are aimed at supporting the Trump’s administration's push to build 10 large nuclear plants by 2030.
Billions of dollars bound for community-scale energy programs are still in limbo.
The settlement marks the second major court defeat for the Energy Department.
GAO said the agency put quadruple the money that Congress appropriated toward geothermal, while slashing funds for solar and wind.