The Solar Energy Industries Association ( SEIA ), established in 1974, is a national non-profit trade association of the solar-energy industry in the United States . [1]
SEIA is a 501 (c) 6 non-profit trade association. SEIA’s sister organization, The Solar Foundation, has 501 (c) 3 non-profit charitable organization, oversees policy-driven research and development education and outreach programs to promote the further development of solar energy in the US [2]
The association supports the extension of a 30 percent federal solar investment tax credit for eight years. [3]
With the recent high flow of green jobs in the solar industry, SEIA maintains a resource for those looking for solar jobs. [4] The Harvard Business Review [5] that the solar industry could absorb all of the jobs lost to the industry . Solar already employed more people than the entire US coal industry.
Current Board of Directors [6]
Executive Committee
- SEIA Board Chair – Nat Kreamer, Spruce
- 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, NRG Energy
- Ryan Creamer, sPower
- Steve Trenholm, E.ON North America
- Federal Policy Committee Chair – Scott Hennessey, SolarCity
- State Policy Committee Chair – Thomas Plagemann, Vivant Solar
Chairs Division
- Distributed Generation – Tony Clifford, Standard Solar
- Solar Heating and Cooling – Ed Murray, Aztec Solar
- Solar Services and Consumers – Matthew Meares, Sunworks NC LLC
- Utility-Scale Solar Power – Fred Morse, Morse Associates
Board At-Large
- Craig Cornelius, NRG Energy
- Ryan Creamer, sPower
- Jeff Dorety, Trina Solar
- Scott Hennessey, SolarCity
- Anne Hoskins, Sunrun, Inc.
- Martin Hermann, 8minutenergy Renewables
- George Hershman, Swinerton Renewable Energy
- Stephen Jones, Blattner Energy
- Nat Kreamer, Spruce
- 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, US Bancorp
- Kathleen Weiss, First Solar, Inc.
- Jim Yowan, Mortenson Construction
- Scott Zajac, Rockwood Group
- David Zwillinger, DE 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
- Vacant
Official State Affiliates [7]
- Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association (AriSEIA)
- Mid Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association (MSEIA)
- California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSIEA)
- Missouri Solar Energy Industries Association (MOSEIA)
- Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association (COSEIA)
- New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA)
- Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association (OSEIA)
- Georgia Solar Energy Industries Association (GeorgiaSEIA)
- Tennessee Solar Energy Industries Association (TenneSEIA)
- Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association (GSREIA)
- Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association (TREIA)
- Hawaii Solar Energy Association (HSEA)
- Wisconsin Solar Energy Industries Association (WiSEIA)
- MDV-SEIA
References
- Jump up^ “SEIA Homepage” . Retrieved 2015-03-26 .
- Jump up^ “SEIA About Page” .
- Jump up^ “SEIA Launches New Campaign to Extend Solar Investment Tax Credit”. Retrieved 2015-03-26 .
- Jump up^ http://www.seia.org/solar-jobs
- Jump up^ https://hbr.org/2016/08/what-if-all-us-coal-workers-were-retrained-to-work-in-solar
- Jump up^ “Executive Committee and Board of Directors” . SEIA . Retrieved 2017-04-07 .
- Jump up^ “Official State Affiliates” . SEIA . Retrieved 2017-04-07 .
