The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), established in 1974, is the American national non-profit trade association of the solar-energy industry in the United States. In 2019, the group reported at least 1,000 member companies.
SEIA is a 501(c)6 non-profit trade association. 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 claims that the solar industry could absorb all of the jobs lost to the coal industry 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, 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 – Laura Stern, Nautilus Solar Energy
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
Gil Hough (TenneSEIA) board member, and PJ Wilson (SESA-Puerto Rico) alternate
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) Florida Solar Energy Industries Association (FlaSEIA) 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 Solar and Energy Storage Association of Puerto Rico (SESA-PR)