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Ben Norris
Vice President of Regulatory Affairs
Ben Norris is SEIA’s Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. He leads all of SEIA’s advocacy efforts and issue campaigns on federal regulatory matters, including engagement with the White House, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of the Interior, Department of the Treasury, and others. He also represents SEIA in litigation affecting the interests of the solar industry.
Before joining SEIA, Ben served for ten years as senior counsel at another national energy trade association where he advised on environmental, infrastructure, administrative, and political law issues. He was also an associate in the energy and environmental practice of a Washington, D.C. law firm.
He lives in Washington with his wife, daughter, son, and dog.
Ben Norris is SEIA’s Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. He leads all of SEIA’s advocacy efforts and issue campaigns on federal regulatory matters, including engagement with the White House, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of the Interior, Department of the Treasury, and others. He also represents SEIA in litigation affecting the interests of the solar industry.
Before joining SEIA, Ben served for ten years as senior counsel at another national energy trade association where he advised on environmental, infrastructure, administrative, and political law issues. He was also an associate in the energy and environmental practice of a Washington, D.C. law firm.
He lives in Washington with his wife, daughter, son, and dog.
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SEIA Statement on BLM Opening 31 Million Acres of Public Land for Solar Development Across 11 Western States
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Bureau of Land Management released a final environmental review of the Western Solar Plan, also known as the Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). The Solar PEIS is a...
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Solar and Storage Industry Commends Treasury Dept. for Finalizing Tax Credit Transferability Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C — Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued new guidance on Section 6418 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that allows clean energy tax credits to be monetized by directly transferring the credit to a taxpaying entity.
