Solar Energy Industries Association

- September 17, 2017

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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.

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.

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

With the recent high flux of green jobs in the solar industry, SEIA maintains a resource for those looking for solar jobs. The Harvard Business Review that the solar industry could absorb all of the jobs lost to the coal industry as it shutters.


How solar energy is outpacing the coal industry - Business Insider
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Current Board of Directors

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

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Official State Affiliates

  • 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)
  • Florida Solar Energy Industries Association (FlaSEIA)
  • 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

Source of the article : Wikipedia



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