Solar Energy Industries Association

Solar Energy Industries Association
Formation	January 24, 1974; 50 years ago
Legal status	Industry association
Purpose	National industry association of the U.S. solar industry
Headquarters	Washington, D.C., United States
President and CEO	Abigail Ross Hopper
Website	www.seia.org

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, a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization, oversees policy-driven research and develops education & outreach programs to promote the further development of solar energy in the U.S.^[2]

The association supports the extension of a 30 percent federal solar investment tax credit for eight years.^[3]

With the recent high flux 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 coal industry as it shutters. Solar already employs 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

Division Chairs

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, 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

Vacant

Official State Affiliates^[7]

References

^ "SEIA Homepage". Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ "SEIA About Page".
^ "SEIA Launches New Campaign to Extend Solar Investment Tax Credit". Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ http://www.seia.org/solar-jobs
^ https://hbr.org/2016/08/what-if-all-u-s-coal-workers-were-retrained-to-work-in-solar
^ "Executive Committee and Board of Directors". SEIA. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
^ "Official State Affiliates". SEIA. Retrieved 2017-04-07.

External links

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[1] "SEIA Homepage". Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[2] "SEIA About Page".

[3] "SEIA Launches New Campaign to Extend Solar Investment Tax Credit". Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[4] ttp://www.seia.org/solar-jobs

[5] ttps://hbr.org/2016/08/what-if-all-u-s-coal-workers-were-retrained-to-work-in-solar

[6] "Executive Committee and Board of Directors". SEIA. Retrieved 2017-04-07.

[7] "Official State Affiliates". SEIA. Retrieved 2017-04-07.

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