Termination of a federal program, contract, or grant that funded me or the organization I work for

• My organization had to terminate a program that it offered to beneficiaries
• My organization had to furlough or terminate one or more paid positions

My organization was a subrecipient of over $150M to manage loans to organizations and individuals building clean solar energy projects. We were about to close on the first $3M loan to an organization building clean energy systems for low and moderate income beneficiaries. The government froze the funds already committed to us and announced that the program might be cancelled. We cancelled our program with the understanding that we would not likely move forward with the loan program on the future. We also had to terminate the position of one person hired specifically to support that program.

Termination of my job as a federal employee

• I am no longer employed by the federal government

I was hired in the last year as a program officer to administer various grants for Department of Energy programs. DOGE terminated me without notice because I have not yet fulfilled my probation term of 1 year for my position. I am now looking for a new job and will need to find one within 2-3 months to support my family. It is likely we will have to move for me to find new work.

Indefinite withholding of money for a federal program, contract, or grant

• My organization had to terminate a program that it offered to beneficiaries
• My organization had to furlough or terminate one or more paid positions
• My organization had to close its doors (temporarily or permanently)

The Executive Order “Unleashing American Energy” has rung the death knell for a $31 million project to install resilient, battery-backed solar for very-low income and medically vulnerable homes in Puerto Rico. Barrio Eléctrico (BE) had a contract with the DOE under the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund (PR-ERF). It also relied upon EPA Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds and Treasury payments in lieu of the solar investment tax credit. All of these committed sources of federal funding were halted indefinitely just 2 days after Trump took office. Future payments and the continuation of the PR-ERF are uncertain and unpredictable. In just 6 short weeks, BE’s entire operations -- and the employees, beneficiaries, and local solar industry relying on it – will be an epitaph if it does not receive the payments it has been earning under its DOE contract or have access to the ancillary funding from EPA loans and Treasury earned tax credits. In short, the program and BE as an organization will cease to exist.