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Legislative

May 21, 2012

Solar Energy Industries Association Names Senator Gordon Smith as 2008 National Solar Energy Champion of the Year

(Washington, DC) – The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today announced that U.S. Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) is the Republican winner of its 2008 National Solar Energy Champion Award, ...

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May 21, 2012

Federal Solar Tax Credits Extended for 8 Years, US Poised to Become Largest Solar Market in the World

Today, by a vote of 263 to 171, the U.S. House of Representatives passed historic legislation that extends the 30-percent federal investment tax credit for both residential and commercial solar ins...

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May 21, 2012

Solar Energy Industries Association Names Senator Maria Cantwell 2008 National Solar Energy Champion of the Year

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today announced that U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) is the Democratic winner of its 2008 National Solar Energy Champion Award, citing her strong s...

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May 21, 2012

Solar Energy Poised to Put Americans Back to Work

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today outlined the key policies that President-elect Obama and the Congressional leadership must address to expand the use of solar energy and help pu...

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May 21, 2012

Solar Leaders Applaud New PV Cost Study that Shows Government Policies Reduce Installed Costs, Expand U.S. Solar Market

Today researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab released “Tracking the Sun II: The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the U.S. from 1998–2008.” The new report found that the average cost ...

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May 14, 2012

President Obama, Bipartisan Champions in Congress Save Jobs for Thousands in U.S. Solar Industry

Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA®) President and CEO Rhone Resch released the following statement today on President Barack Obama signing tax legislation into law that extends the Departm...

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April 29, 2012

Solar Industry Statement on Restructuring Announcement by First Solar

WASHINGTON – Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), released the following statement today in response to news that First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) is re...

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April 29, 2012

Solar Advocates Applaud Preliminary PUC Decision to Boost Clean Energy

SAN FRANCISCO – California solar energy advocates today praised a proposed decision by the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) that, if approved, will likely boost renewable energy u...

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April 6, 2012

SEIA Statement on Senator Bingaman's Clean Energy Standard Proposal

Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, released the following statement in reaction to Senator Jeff Bingaman's (D-NM) proposal for a clean energy standard (CES).

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