Solar and energy storage are the lowest-cost, fastest-to-build technologies available to help meet rising electricity demand. The market is quickly responding to this reality. Solar and storage accounted for 84% of new grid capacity additions in 2024, and according to SEIA’s and Wood Mackenzie’s latest Solar Market Insight Report, these technologies made up 82% of new capacity added in the first half … [continued]
The Trump Administration is waging an unprecedented, cross-agency campaign to restrict clean energy deployment. Between the upending of tax policy, new punitive, anti-solar regulation, and an unabashed pro-fossil fuels agenda, this administration is creating instability that is scaring off investors, weakening grid reliability, and driving up electricity prices. At the same time the … [continued]
CARSON CITY, NEVADA — The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada released a draft order that will make rooftop solar more expensive for Nevadans. Wil Gehl, Intermountain West Regional senior manager for the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), said the following in response to the draft order: “The draft order issued … [continued]
WASHINGTON D.C. — Following is a statement from Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) on new Treasury Department guidance narrowing “Commence Construction” rules for energy tax credits: “The Treasury Department’s new guidance to further restrict energy tax credits is part of an unprecedented side … [continued]
WHAT: GRID Alternatives, a national leader in making clean, affordable solar power and clean energy jobs accessible for all, is hosting the RE+ Las Vegas Job Fair to connect diverse, motivated candidates with a mix of local and national clean energy companies. Potential employers will be in attendance to meet with potential candidates … [continued]
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) unveiled a bold new roadmap to implement a circular economy approach throughout the U.S. solar and storage industry. As solar and storage account for a majority of the new power on America’s electric grid, this plan lays out a strategic … [continued]
Congress has passed a reconciliation bill for 2025. It has been misleadingly branded “One Big Beautiful Bill” by Donald Trump and Republicans, but it’s really One Big Bad Budget Bill. We’ve already covered it a bit, and I’m sure we will write much more about it in the coming days, … [continued]
Republicans in the Senate have done what everyone (er … almost everyone) could have predicted. They have passed a huge budget bill that will blow up the US deficit by providing massive tax cuts to billionaires and massive corporations while cutting policies that actually support the US economy and create … [continued]
WASHINGTON D.C. — Following is a statement from Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) on the reconciliation bill text unveiled [Saturday] by the U.S. Senate: “This reconciliation bill proposal isn’t just misguided — it’s a direct attack on American energy, American workers, and American consumers. It … [continued]
As negotiations on the reconciliation bill continue in Congress, many lawmakers are still looking for ways to raise additional revenue and offset the cost of extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Clean energy tax credits, therefore, have become a target. Despite the surge of new solar manufacturing facilities, … [continued]
