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Solar Energy Industries Association

American non-profit

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American non-profit

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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 2025, the group reported at least 1,200 member companies.

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.

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 – **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:

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)

References

(2025-12-11). "Solar Energy Industries Association Names Darren Van't Hof as Interim President and CEO – SEIA".
"SEIA Homepage".
"About SEIA".
"SEIA Launches New Campaign to Extend Solar Investment Tax Credit".
"Solar Jobs | SEIA".
(8 August 2016). "What if All U.S. Coal Workers Were Retrained to Work in Solar?". Harvard Business Review.
McCarthy, Niall. "Solar Employs More People In U.S. Electricity Generation Than Oil, Coal And Gas Combined".
"About Us - Solar Energy Nonprofit".
"Executive Committee and Board of Directors".
"Official State Affiliates".

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