SEIA Member Letter to Secretary Raimondo 3.7.22
More than 200 solar companies wrote to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Raimondo requesting that she reject the anti-circumvention petition filed by Auxin Solar on February 8, 2022 as it does not meet the minimum requirements for initiation.
State of the Union Address Emphasizes Serious Climate Change Threat, Need for Clean Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following is a statement by Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), on President Biden’s State of the Union address: “President Biden rightly emphasized the threat of climate change and the need to rapidly deploy clean energy in tonight’s State of the Union address. We agree with the President that it is past time to develop and rely more on our own resources to power the American economy. We have the capacity.
SEIA Supports Biden Administration’s Effort to Find Balanced Solution on Section 201 Tariffs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Biden administration announced that it will extend the Section 201 tariffs on imported crystalline silicon solar panels and solar cells above an annual 5-gigawatt tariff rate quota. The decision upholds the exclusion for bifacial panels and doubles the tariff rate quota for cells.
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Solar Market Insight Report 2021 Q4
The quarterly SEIA/Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables U.S. Solar Market Insight report shows the major trends in the U.S. solar industry. Learn more about the U.S. Solar Market Insight Report. Released December 14, 2021.
Securing Our Solar Future: How Clean Energy Can Be the Most Cybersecure, Reliable Technology on the Grid
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines the power grid as critical infrastructure, but the grid was not built to support the current complex and interconnected structure that it has become, making it vulnerable to potential cyber-threats. As solar and storage technologies are deployed in record-breaking numbers, it’s important for the industry to prioritize cybersecurity to ensure clean energy resources are the safest and most secure technologies on the grid.
SEIA Urges Biden Administration to Phase Out Section 201 Tariffs
WASHINGTON D.C. — In a prehearing brief filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) urged the Biden Administration to phase out the Section 201 global safeguard tariffs on imported solar cells and modules.
U.S. Solar Industry Rebukes Shadow Group’s Tariff Petition
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to an anonymous petition for circumvention tariffs on solar imports from Southeast Asia, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade group for the U.S. solar and storage industry, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to refute the credibility of this baseless case.
Circumvention Petitions: Full of Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing
A group of anonymous companies that are trying to consolidate and limit the U.S. market for solar panels has made false allegations against the Solar Energy Industries Association in their petitions to get the Commerce Department to open an investigation into circumvention of anti-dumping/countervailing duties.
SEIA Response to Anonymous AD/CVD Petitioners
Following an October 13, 2021 letter filed by a group of anonymous petitioners regarding anti-dumping/countervailing duties (AD/CVD) on solar imports from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, SEIA sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, articulating the industry's opposition to the baseless tariffs and responding to the petitioners' attacks on SEIA and the U.S. solar industry.