As of October 2, 2025, the Department of Energy announced the termination of 321 financial awards supporting 223 projects, all from Blue states that voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. [1] The awards, amounting to $7.56 billion, were issued by the Offices of Clean Energy Demonstrations, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Grid Deployment, Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy and Fossil Energy. Democratic lawmakers and consumer advocates said DOE’s funding cancellation is illegal and an example of a presidential administration executing a political vendetta that will hurt Americans. Award recipients have 30 days to appeal a termination decision. Some of the projects have already begun this process.