(Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will end a $7 billion Biden-era grant program to expand solar energy to low-income communities, Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a post on X on Thursday.

"EPA no longer has the authority to administer the program or the appropriated funds to keep this boondoggle alive," Zeldin said in a video post. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law by President Donald Trump last month eliminated the program's source of funding, Zeldin added.

Cancellation of the Solar for All program had been widely expected.

The grants were awarded in 2024 during the administration of former President Joe Biden to 60 nonprofit groups, tribes and states.