Damage from Trump's $8B energy hit list would spill into GOP districts

The department targeted 16 blue states when canceling financial awards for 223 energy projects. But both parties will feel the impact.

October 02, 2025

The Trump administration’s termination of roughly $8 billion in clean energy projects in blue states will choke off funding to dozens of projects aimed at shoring up the grid and creating thousands of manufacturing jobs — and the pain is likely to stretch into more than two dozen GOP districts, according to a list obtained by POLITICO.

The Department of Energy’s list of more than 200 affected projects, which circulated Thursday on Capitol Hill, includes two massive West Coast projects aimed at producing hydrogen to replace fossil fuels. More than two dozen electricity grid improvement projects and scores of research and development projects also made the list of cancellations.

DOE announced the cancellations late Wednesday night, as the Trump administration used the first day of the government shutdown to make good on its vows to inflict financial punishment on Democratic priorities. DOE said its terminations encompassed 321 financial awards totaling $7.56 billion.

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By:  James Bikales, Kelsey Tamborrino, and Josh Siegel
Source: Politico