The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), established in 1974, is the national non-profit

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of the solar-energy industry in the United States. In 2019, the group reported at least 1,000 member companies. Solar Panels at Topaz Solar 4 (8159035850)

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SEIA is a 501(c)6 non-profit trade association. The association supports the extension of a 30 percent federal solar investment

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for eight years. With the recent high flux of

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in the solar industry, SEIA maintains a resource for those looking for solar jobs. The Harvard Business Review claims that the solar industry could absorb all of the jobs lost to the

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as it shutters. By 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, the solar industry employed more workers in the energy generation industry than all fossil fuels (oil, coal, and natural gas) combined. An independent but strategically aligned organization, The Solar Foundation, is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization which develops education & outreach programs to promote the further development of solar energy in the U.S.

Current Board of Directors

Executive committee

* SEIA Board Chair – Nat Kreamer,

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* SEIA Board Vice Chair – Tom Starrs, SunPower Corporation * Treasurer – Laura Stern, Nautilus Solar * Secretary – Michael Maulick, SunLink Corporation * President – Abigail Ross Hopper, SEIA * Elected Committeemen ** Tony Clifford, Standard Solar ** Craig Cornelius,

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** Ryan Creamer, sPower ** Steve Trenholm, E.ON North America * Federal Policy Committee Chair – Scott Hennessey, SolarCity * State Policy Committee Chair – Thomas Plagemann, Vivant Solar

Division Chairs

* Distributed Generation – Tony Clifford, Standard Solar * Solar Heating and Cooling – Ed Murray, Aztec Solar * Solar Services and Consumers – Laura Stern, Nautilus Solar Energy * Utility-Scale Solar Power – Fred Morse, Morse Associates

Board At-Large

* Craig Cornelius,

* Ryan Creamer, sPower * Jeff Dorety, Trina Solar * Scott Hennessey, SolarCity * Anne Hoskins, Sunrun, Inc. * Martin Hermann,

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* George Hershman, Swinerton Renewable Energy * Stephen Jones, Blattner Energy * Nat Kreamer,

* Daniel Laure, Total New Energies USA * Michael Maulick, SunLink Corporation * Matthew McGovern, Cypress Creek Renewables * Ryan Pfaff, EDF Renewable Energy * Thomas Plagemann, Vivint Solar * Dan Shugar, NEXTracker * Tom Starrs, SunPower Corporation * Jeremy Susac, SunStreet Energy Group * Steve Trenholm, E.ON North America * Darren Van't Hof,

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* Kathleen Weiss, First Solar, Inc. * Jim Yowan, Mortenson Construction * Scott Zajac, Rockwood Group * David Zwillinger, D. E. Shaw

Board Elected

* Mike Hall, Borrego Solar * Yuri Horwitz, Sol Systems * Jeff Wolfe, EnergySage * Andrew Savage, Savage Solar, LLC * Laura Stern, Nautilus Solar Energy

Honorary Members

* Arno Harris – Chairman Emeritus * Steve Hogan

State SEIA Affiliate Representative

* Gil Hough (TenneSEIA) board member, and PJ Wilson (SESA-Puerto Rico) alternate

Official State Affiliates

References

External links

Solar Energy Industries Association

Solar Generation USA Road Trip

The Solar Foundation

Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
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