California would see harshest clean energy cuts

The list began circulating after the administration canceled more than 300 awards last week. Those projects were all located in states that did not vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, which Democrats were quick to denounce as politically motivated.

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The latest round of potential cuts appears to be less partisan. Texas would take the largest loss at 54 terminated projects totaling nearly $2.4 billion, including $50 million for the South Texas Direct Air Capture Hub, intended to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, North Dakota, Ohio and Virginia each would lose more than $1 billion in awards.

But taken as a whole, no state would take a bigger hit than California. The Golden State is facing a total of 93 cancellations — including last week’s official cuts and the potential cuts currently in the pipeline — totaling $3.5 billion, more than any other state by a wide margin.

The Trump administration, which heavily promotes fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal, has said the cancellations will help save Americans’ money. The projects terminated last week did not “adequately advance the nation’s energy needs, were not economically viable, and would not provide a positive return on investment of taxpayer dollars,” the Energy Department said.

Department officials on Wednesday said they could not confirm the list of additional pending cuts.