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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 on federal regulatory matters, including engagement with the White House, Department of Energy, and the Department of the Treasury. He also represents SEIA in litigation affecting the interests of the solar and storage industry.
Before joining SEIA, Ben served for ten years as senior counsel at the American Petroleum Institute where he advised on environmental and infrastructure issues. Prior to that he was an associate at a Washington, D.C. law firm representing global energy companies in litigation, regulatory, and policy matters.
Ben holds a B.A. from Rice University and a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Ben Norris is SEIA’s Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. He leads all of SEIA’s advocacy efforts on federal regulatory matters, including engagement with the White House, Department of Energy, and the Department of the Treasury. He also represents SEIA in litigation affecting the interests of the solar and storage industry.
Before joining SEIA, Ben served for ten years as senior counsel at the American Petroleum Institute where he advised on environmental and infrastructure issues. Prior to that he was an associate at a Washington, D.C. law firm representing global energy companies in litigation, regulatory, and policy matters.
Ben holds a B.A. from Rice University and a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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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.
