Introduction
SEIA’s regulatory affairs team has decades of collective experience working in and with agencies that directly affect the solar industry (including the Department of the Interior, the Department of the Treasury, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), representing other energy trade associations on high-stakes policy matters, and defending industry positions in federal courts across the country. We also work closely with SEIA’s world-class congressional affairs, communications, and technical teams to project and amplify the solar industry’s story across disciplines and audiences. Our passion for effective advocacy and member service brings the credibility and values necessary to ensure solar’s bright future.
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Regulatory Affairs
Access to high-voltage transmission lines is key for the development of utility-scale solar power projects, as transmission lines are what move the power from where the electricity is generated to where it is consumed. SEIA promotes the expansion of the transmission grid through federal and state initiatives.
Across the country state and federal leaders are doubling down on their clean energy goals, but distribution utilities and regional transmission organizations (RTOs) are struggling to keep up with overflowing interconnection queues.
As the industry grows and states explore significant increases in solar penetration, the land necessary for solar projects will become more and more valuable. With thoughtful preparation, solar development can be a net positive for the environment and a boon for local communities.
Solar and storage technologies play a critical role in ensuring U.S. energy independence and national security.
Utility-scale solar has been generating reliable, clean electricity with a stable fuel price for decades. Developing utility-scale solar power is one of the fastest ways to reduce carbon emissions and put the U.S. on a path to a clean energy future.
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Meet the Regulatory Affairs Team
SEIA’s Regulatory Work
Power Markets and Transmission Advocacy
- SEIA regularly intervenes and submits comments in key dockets before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Transmission planning and cost allocation
- Interconnection reform – Learn more about SEIA’s recommended principles and recommendations for interconnection reform in our white paper here: Lessons from the Front Line: Principles and Recommendations for Large-scale and Distributed Energy Interconnection Reform
- Fair and competitive PJM market rules
- SEIA regularly advocates at the Regional Transmission Organizations and in RTO filings before FERC
- Seeking just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory interconnection reforms in MISO and CAISO
Permitting and Land Use
- Common-sense permitting under the National Environmental Policy Act
- Community Solar Project Siting
- Deploying 25 GW of solar energy on federal lands by 2025
Environment
Cybersecurity
Regulatory Affairs Committee
- Oversees all regulatory advocacy efforts with guidance from member company commercial, regulatory, legal and government affairs experts.
PJM, MISO/SPP, and CAISO Committees and ISO-NE and NYISO ListServs
- Directs engagement at major Regional Transmission Organizations.
Siting & Permitting Committee
- Brings together permitting and environmental experts to engage on federal lands, wildlife, and cross-cutting siting challenges.
Ecosystems Services Working Group
- Focuses on emerging dual-use concepts, including agrivoltaics, grazing, pollinators, and other ecosystem services of solar.
NERC Working Group
- Focuses on reliability standards that are important to solar+storage developers before FERC, NERC, and the six regional entities.
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