Solar Energy Industries Association

Formation| January 24, 1974; 52 years ago (1974-01-24)
Legal status| Industry association
Purpose| National industry association of the U.S. solar industry
Headquarters| Washington, D.C., United States

President and CEO

| Darren Van’t Hof[1]
Website| www.seia.org

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.[2] In 2025, the group reported at least 1,200 member companies.[3]

Utility-scale solar photovoltaic (plant) in Sacramento, CA

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.[4]

With the recent high flux of green jobs in the solar industry, SEIA maintains a resource for those looking for solar jobs.[5] The Harvard Business Review[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

## Contents

* 1 Current Board of Directors
* 1.1 Executive committee
* 1.2 Division Chairs
* 1.3 Board At-Large
* 1.4 Board Elected
* 1.5 Honorary Members
* 1.6 State SEIA Affiliate Representative
* 2 Official State Affiliates
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Current Board of Directors

[9]

### 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 – Darren Van’t Hof
* 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, Nextpower
* 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

Source:[10]

* Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association (AriSEIA)
* Mid Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association (MSEIA)
* California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSEIA)
* 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)

## See also

* Solar Power International

## References

1. ↑ "Solar Energy Industries Association Names Darren Van't Hof as Interim President and CEO – SEIA". 2025-12-11. https://seia.org/news/seia-names-darren-vant-hof-as-interim-president-and-ceo/.
2. ↑ "SEIA Homepage". http://www.seia.org.
3. ↑ "About SEIA" (in en). https://www.seia.org/about.
4. ↑ "SEIA Launches New Campaign to Extend Solar Investment Tax Credit". http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/10/seia-launches-new-campaign-to-extend-solar-investment-tax-credit.
5. ↑ "Solar Jobs | SEIA". http://www.seia.org/solar-jobs.
6. ↑ Pearce, Joshua M. (8 August 2016). "What if All U.S. Coal Workers Were Retrained to Work in Solar?". Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2016/08/what-if-all-u-s-coal-workers-were-retrained-to-work-in-solar.
7. ↑ McCarthy, Niall. "Solar Employs More People In U.S. Electricity Generation Than Oil, Coal And Gas Combined" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/01/25/u-s-solar-energy-employs-more-people-than-oil-coal-and-gas-combined-infographic/.
8. ↑ "About Us - Solar Energy Nonprofit" (in en-US). https://www.thesolarfoundation.org/about-the-solar-foundation/.
9. ↑ "Executive Committee and Board of Directors" (in en). http://www.seia.org/about/seia/executive-committee-board-directors.
10. ↑ "Official State Affiliates" (in en). http://www.seia.org/about/seia/official-state-affiliates.

## 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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Solar power in the United States

* Solar power
* Energy in the United States

By state|

* Alabama
* Alaska
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Florida
* Georgia
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* New York
* North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* D.C.
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming

Power plants|

| Current|

* Agua Caliente
* Alamo
* Alamosa
* Antelope Valley
* Astoria
* Avenal
* Avra Valley
* Beacon
* Bison
* Blue Wing
* Blythe
* Blythe Mesa
* Boulder
* Brockton
* Buckthorn
* California Flats
* California Valley
* Campo Verde
* Castle Gap
* Catalina
* Centinela
* Cimarron
* Comanche
* Copper Mountain
* Crescent Dunes CSP
* Davidson County
* Desert Stateline
* Desert Sunlight
* DeSoto
* East Pecos
* El Dorado
* Enterprise
* Escalante
* Garland
* Genesis
* Great Valley
* Hamilton
* Henrietta
* Holaniku
* Hooper
* Imperial SEC West
* Imperial SEC South
* Imperial Valley
* Ivanpah CSP
* Kimberlina
* Lamesa
* Long Island
* Martin CSP
* McCoy
* Mesquite
* Moapa
* Mojave CSP
* Mount Signal
* Mustang
* Nellis
* Nevada Solar One
* Panoche Valley
* Pavant
* Pearl
* Playa
* Quinto
* Red Hills
* Redwood
* Roserock
* San Luis Valley
* San Isabel
* Sierra SunTower
* Silver State North
* Silver State South
* SolairHolman
* Solana CSP
* SEGS
* Solar Star
* Space Coast
* Springbok
* Sunset
* Techren
* Three Cedars
* Three Peaks
* Topaz
* Tranquillity
* Upton
* Webberville
* Wyandot

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Planned and
under construction|

* Aiya Valley
* Amargosa
* American Kings
* Arlington Valley
* Battle Mountain
* Desert Harvest
* Camilla
* Columbia
* Eagle Shadow Mountain
* Eland
* GA Solar 4
* Gemini
* Gigawatt 1
* Horseshoe Bend
* Long Ridge
* Maplewood
* Midway
* Morada del Sol
* North Rosamond
* North Star
* Palen
* Peak Valley
* Pflugerville
* Phoebe
* Pleinmont
* Robins Air Force Base
* Sandstone CSP
* Skeleton Creek Solar
* Snow Mountain
* Soda Mountain
* Sonoran
* Sun Streams
* Sunshine Valley
* Townsite
* Twiggs
* Westlands
* White Camp
* White Wing
* Willow Springs
* Wisteria
* Wright
* Yellow Pine

Companies|

* Abengoa
* Ascent
* Ausra
* BP Solar
* BrightSource
* Canadian Solar
* eSolar
* EnviroMission
* First Solar
* Global Solar
* Grape Solar
* Hanwha
* Q Cells
* HelioPower
* Jinko
* Loanpal
* Meridian
* Miasole
* Practical Solar
* S-Energy
* Sharp
* SkyFuel
* Skyline
* Solar Frontier
* Solaren
* SolarReserve
* SoloPower
* Sopogy
* StratoSolar
* Stirling Energy Systems
* SunEdison
* SunPower
* Sunrun
* Suntech
* Trina
* Yingli
* 8minutenergy Renewables

Organizations|

* American Council on Renewable Energy
* Interstate Renewable Energy Council
* Solar Energy Industries Association

Residential
solar power|

* 1BOG
* Citizenre
* Community solar farm
* HelioPower
* Loanpal
* PACE financing
* REC Solar
* Sungevity
* SolarCity
* SolarStrong
* Sunlight Solar Energy
* Sundog Solar
* Sunetric
* SunRun
* SunPower

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