Solar Energy Industries Association Applauds Inclusion of Treasury Section 1603 Program Extension in Senate Tax Compromise
Extending program will drive U.S. solar industry growth and job creation in 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA®) and the rest of the solar industry int he US are applauding the Senate's inclusion of a one-year extension of the Department of Treasury Section 1603 program in their tax bill compromise.
To date, the program has facilitated the construction of more than 1,100 solar projects in 42 states. At a minimal cost to the tax payer, the 1603 program has supported $18 billion in investment in new renewable energy projects throughout the country and has created tens of thousands of jobs. Plain and simple, this program provides the greatest return on taxpayer dollars. The program has allowed the solar industry to grow by over 100 percent in 2010, create enough new solar capacity to power 200,000 homes and double domestic solar employment to more than 93,000 Americans. This program has created new opportunity for electricians, plumbers, and construction workers during the worst economic climate since the great depression.
Rhone Resch of SEIA: "An extension of the program will keep our U.S. industry growing and help achieve the industry's goal of installing enough new solar energy to power 2 million new homes each year by 2015. None of this would be possible without the tireless leadership of solar's champions on Capitol Hill on both sides of the aisle. In particular, Senators Cantwell, Feinstein, Ensign and LeMieux stepped up to support American jobs in the renewable energy industry and helped convince the Senate to include this provision in the final bill.
"But this is not over yet. Congress must now move swiftly to pass this compromise bill and keep solar working for America."
The TGP was created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Section 1603) to provide commercial solar installations with a cash grant in lieu of the 30 percent solar investment tax credit (ITC). President George W. Bush signed the 8-year ITC into law in 2008, but the economic conditions created by the global recession made it clear that few would be able to utilize the tax credit.
So far, the TGP has helped move forward more than 1,100 solar projects in 42 states. A report on the impact of the extension of the TGP by EuPD Research projected it would create 65,000 new U.S. jobs and 5,100 megawatts of solar capacity – enough to power more than 1 million households.
Background Materials & RESOURCES
SEIA policy overview of Treasury Grant Program: http://seia.org/cs/federal_issues/treasury_grant_program
Fact sheet on TGP and job creation: http://www.seia.org/galleries/FactSheets/Factsheet_TGP.pdf
Summary of solar projects awarded a Treasury Grant: http://www.seia.org/galleries/pdf/TGP_Awards.pdf
EuPD Research "Economic Impact of the Extension of the TGP": http://seia.org/galleries/pdf/EuPD_Research_Solar_Report.pdf
The Solar Foundation National Solar Jobs Census 2010: http://www.thesolarfoundation.org/sites/thesolarfoundation.org/files/Final%20TSF%20National%20Solar%20Jobs%20Census%202010%20Web%20Version.pdf
SEIA and GTM Research US Solar Market InsightTM Executive Summary: http://seia.org/galleries/pdf/SEIA_Q2_2010_EXEC_SUMMARY.pdf
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
New Report from The Solar Foundation Shows Pennsylvania Earned Second Place in the Country by Creating 6,700 Solar Jobs
For Immediate Release: December 2, 2010
Contact: Maureen Mulligan, Sustainable Futures Communications
On behalf of Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association and Pennsylvania Solar Energy Industries Association (MSEIA/PASEIA), the largest solar trade association in the mid-Atlantic region, I want to thank Penn Environment and its research partners for focusing on documenting solar jobs in the nation and in Pennsylvania in particular. Pennsylvania has seen substantial solar growth since the passage of the Advanced Energy Portfolio Standard of 2004. At that time, there were about a dozen solar installers in Pennsylvania, many of whom were working with the Sustainable Development Fund’s PV Grant Program, a small program that incentivized residential solar projects in the Philadelphia area. Now, there are over 700 solar installers approved by the Department of Environmental Protection and many more people working as solar laborers, bookkeepers, cashiers, manufacturing, distributors, researchers, engineers, consultants; and in sales, finance, government relations to name a few.
Solar development in our state is truly a success story. This new report shows Pennsylvania earned second place in the country by creating an estimated 6,700 solar jobs based on their survey results, only behind California. One of the true values of the Solar Foundation and their partners report is that it relied exclusively on actual survey responses by solar employers and was not based on economic and job model projections. Several other studies have been conducted, such as the one done for Pennsylvania by Black & Veatch which showed impressive job growth in our state if our legislature had increased the solar share from 0.5% to 3%; but these jobs are not expected to materialize because the solar legislation did not pass before the session ended.
The Solar Foundation Report demonstrates that the solar industry is growing at a much faster rate than the economy overall. The Report also sought to find out if solar companies expected to add or cut jobs over the next twelve months. Fifty-five percent of surveyed firms expect to add employees while only two percent expect to cut workers over this period. Yet, I’m not at all convinced right now that Pennsylvania will see any solar growth in the next few years without a change in state policy. In fact, I would predict that Pennsylvania could easily be part of the 2% statistic “cutting jobs”. Why? Without a legislative change to the solar share, solar businesses are likely to go to where there are solar friendly policies.
Most of Pennsylvania’s neighboring states, (New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware), now have more aggressive solar requirements than Pennsylvania. We were a leader in the country but we haven’t kept pace and are rapidly falling behind. These neighboring states require an average of 2% of their electricity to come from solar while Pennsylvania is stuck at 0.5%. Without a higher requirement for this coming year and next, there will be virtually no market in Pennsylvania for solar renewable energy credits. The ability to sell these credits drives solar development.
The attached graph illustrates how the solar industry could become a victim of its own success. We have more projects installed and under development than we have buyers for the credits. This graph represents the solar credits - converted to solar PV capacity (MW) - the utilities and electric generation suppliers need to purchase each year compared to the number of projects already installed. Each installed project creates solar credits. Credits represent about one-half of the revenue stream to make solar projects financially viable. Without a market for the credits, projects can’t be developed. In addition, the state solar rebate program, the PA. Sunshine Program is almost fully subscribed and Commonwealth Financing Authority’s solar grant and loan program is fully subscribed.
With the rebate money almost exhausted, that leaves the solar industry even more reliant on the revenue from the solar renewable energy credits to stay in business. The solar industry in PA. is likely to come to a grinding halt if the legislature doesn’t act to increase the solar requirement very soon.
The state of solar development in Pennsylvania is in serious jeopardy unless action is taken when the legislature returns. It will be up to Governor Corbett and the new legislature to answer the question as to whether Pennsylvania will be part of the continued growth of the solar industry or will fall victim to failed policy.
Maureen Mulligan
Sustainable Futures Communications on behalf of MSEIA/PASEIA
Contact: Maureen Mulligan, Sustainable Futures Communications
On behalf of Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association and Pennsylvania Solar Energy Industries Association (MSEIA/PASEIA), the largest solar trade association in the mid-Atlantic region, I want to thank Penn Environment and its research partners for focusing on documenting solar jobs in the nation and in Pennsylvania in particular. Pennsylvania has seen substantial solar growth since the passage of the Advanced Energy Portfolio Standard of 2004. At that time, there were about a dozen solar installers in Pennsylvania, many of whom were working with the Sustainable Development Fund’s PV Grant Program, a small program that incentivized residential solar projects in the Philadelphia area. Now, there are over 700 solar installers approved by the Department of Environmental Protection and many more people working as solar laborers, bookkeepers, cashiers, manufacturing, distributors, researchers, engineers, consultants; and in sales, finance, government relations to name a few.
Solar development in our state is truly a success story. This new report shows Pennsylvania earned second place in the country by creating an estimated 6,700 solar jobs based on their survey results, only behind California. One of the true values of the Solar Foundation and their partners report is that it relied exclusively on actual survey responses by solar employers and was not based on economic and job model projections. Several other studies have been conducted, such as the one done for Pennsylvania by Black & Veatch which showed impressive job growth in our state if our legislature had increased the solar share from 0.5% to 3%; but these jobs are not expected to materialize because the solar legislation did not pass before the session ended.
The Solar Foundation Report demonstrates that the solar industry is growing at a much faster rate than the economy overall. The Report also sought to find out if solar companies expected to add or cut jobs over the next twelve months. Fifty-five percent of surveyed firms expect to add employees while only two percent expect to cut workers over this period. Yet, I’m not at all convinced right now that Pennsylvania will see any solar growth in the next few years without a change in state policy. In fact, I would predict that Pennsylvania could easily be part of the 2% statistic “cutting jobs”. Why? Without a legislative change to the solar share, solar businesses are likely to go to where there are solar friendly policies.
Most of Pennsylvania’s neighboring states, (New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware), now have more aggressive solar requirements than Pennsylvania. We were a leader in the country but we haven’t kept pace and are rapidly falling behind. These neighboring states require an average of 2% of their electricity to come from solar while Pennsylvania is stuck at 0.5%. Without a higher requirement for this coming year and next, there will be virtually no market in Pennsylvania for solar renewable energy credits. The ability to sell these credits drives solar development.
The attached graph illustrates how the solar industry could become a victim of its own success. We have more projects installed and under development than we have buyers for the credits. This graph represents the solar credits - converted to solar PV capacity (MW) - the utilities and electric generation suppliers need to purchase each year compared to the number of projects already installed. Each installed project creates solar credits. Credits represent about one-half of the revenue stream to make solar projects financially viable. Without a market for the credits, projects can’t be developed. In addition, the state solar rebate program, the PA. Sunshine Program is almost fully subscribed and Commonwealth Financing Authority’s solar grant and loan program is fully subscribed.
With the rebate money almost exhausted, that leaves the solar industry even more reliant on the revenue from the solar renewable energy credits to stay in business. The solar industry in PA. is likely to come to a grinding halt if the legislature doesn’t act to increase the solar requirement very soon.
The state of solar development in Pennsylvania is in serious jeopardy unless action is taken when the legislature returns. It will be up to Governor Corbett and the new legislature to answer the question as to whether Pennsylvania will be part of the continued growth of the solar industry or will fall victim to failed policy.
Maureen Mulligan
Sustainable Futures Communications on behalf of MSEIA/PASEIA
Monday, September 27, 2010
Calls Needed - Support HB1128 Solar Ammendment with 1% Freeze Language
PASEIA Members and Solar Enthusiasts!
We need calls TODAY!
To increase PA's solar share to 1.5% (from .5%) with an ammendment to HB1128, please call your Senators TODAY and ask them to SUPPORT THE HB1128 SOLAR AMMENDMENT WITH THE 1% FREEZE LANGUAGE.
Members please visit www.mseia.net for targeted calls.
We need calls TODAY!
To increase PA's solar share to 1.5% (from .5%) with an ammendment to HB1128, please call your Senators TODAY and ask them to SUPPORT THE HB1128 SOLAR AMMENDMENT WITH THE 1% FREEZE LANGUAGE.
Members please visit www.mseia.net for targeted calls.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
As Solar Installations Increase, Generation Costs Continue to Decrease!
Solar Projects Drive $1.4 Billion into PA’s Economy in 2009
Solar Share of Generation Market Increases 350 Percent -
As Installations Increase, Generation Costs Continue to Decrease
HARRISBURG -- Sustained growth and declining costs are driving Pennsylvania's solar market to generate an ever-increasing amount of clean, renewable energy, which is saving consumers money, according to Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger.
The secretary said that in 2009, the share of solar energy generation among Pennsylvania's power pool increased by 350 percent, attracting $1.4 billion into state’s economy last year alone. “The cost of solar power is plummeting, making solar power increasingly a sound alternative for businesses and families that seek to stabilize and control their electricity costs,” said Hanger. “Right now, thanks to sharply lower solar power prices, it is a great time to consider solar power for a home or business.”
The median installed costs for small business and residential photovoltaic (PV) projects in the state dropped from about $9 per watt in 2008 to as low as $6 per watt in August; the lowest-cost projects are as much as $1 per watt less than this most recent figure. Large solar projects of one megawatt or more now cost about $4.50 per watt. The lower costs can be attributed in part to the PA Sunshine Solar Rebate Program, which reimburses up to 35 percent of the purchase and installation costs for residential and small business PV and solar hot water systems.
Since the program’s opening in May 2009, more than 2,000 projects have been installed, representing nearly 20 megawatts of new capacity. An additional 2,300 projects, representing 53 megawatts of capacity, have been applied for or are under construction.“Since energy from the sun is free, lower equipment costs lead to lower electricity costs,” said Hanger. “The cost of electricity from the latest generation of projects in Pennsylvania is between 12 to 20 cents per kilowatt-hour, and that price is locked in for the 25-year life of the panels.
“Today the cost of electricity from a utility company to a small business or home ranges between 10 and 14 cents per kilowatt-hour. But how much will electricity cost two years from now? How about five, 10 or 25 years from now? For families and businesses using solar power, they know their electricity will not be more than what they are paying for solar today. For those businesses and families not using solar, most likely prices for electricity will go up and possibly by a substantial amount.”
Hanger also noted that solar power emits zero air pollution, which cuts soot, smog, mercury and heat-trapping pollution that can sicken and kill Pennsylvanians. In addition, solar power helps to keep the power grid reliable by providing more power on the hottest days of the year when very high demand can cause brownouts and blackouts.
For more information, visit http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/ <http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/> , or call DEP’s Office of Energy Technology and Deployment at 717-783-8411. http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/14287?id=14173&typeid=1
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Dept. of Environmental Protection
Commonwealth News Bureau Room 308
Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg PA., 17120
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09/14/2010
CONTACT: John Repetz, Department of Environmental Protection
717-787-1323
Solar Share of Generation Market Increases 350 Percent -
As Installations Increase, Generation Costs Continue to Decrease
HARRISBURG -- Sustained growth and declining costs are driving Pennsylvania's solar market to generate an ever-increasing amount of clean, renewable energy, which is saving consumers money, according to Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger.
The secretary said that in 2009, the share of solar energy generation among Pennsylvania's power pool increased by 350 percent, attracting $1.4 billion into state’s economy last year alone. “The cost of solar power is plummeting, making solar power increasingly a sound alternative for businesses and families that seek to stabilize and control their electricity costs,” said Hanger. “Right now, thanks to sharply lower solar power prices, it is a great time to consider solar power for a home or business.”
The median installed costs for small business and residential photovoltaic (PV) projects in the state dropped from about $9 per watt in 2008 to as low as $6 per watt in August; the lowest-cost projects are as much as $1 per watt less than this most recent figure. Large solar projects of one megawatt or more now cost about $4.50 per watt. The lower costs can be attributed in part to the PA Sunshine Solar Rebate Program, which reimburses up to 35 percent of the purchase and installation costs for residential and small business PV and solar hot water systems.
Since the program’s opening in May 2009, more than 2,000 projects have been installed, representing nearly 20 megawatts of new capacity. An additional 2,300 projects, representing 53 megawatts of capacity, have been applied for or are under construction.“Since energy from the sun is free, lower equipment costs lead to lower electricity costs,” said Hanger. “The cost of electricity from the latest generation of projects in Pennsylvania is between 12 to 20 cents per kilowatt-hour, and that price is locked in for the 25-year life of the panels.
“Today the cost of electricity from a utility company to a small business or home ranges between 10 and 14 cents per kilowatt-hour. But how much will electricity cost two years from now? How about five, 10 or 25 years from now? For families and businesses using solar power, they know their electricity will not be more than what they are paying for solar today. For those businesses and families not using solar, most likely prices for electricity will go up and possibly by a substantial amount.”
Hanger also noted that solar power emits zero air pollution, which cuts soot, smog, mercury and heat-trapping pollution that can sicken and kill Pennsylvanians. In addition, solar power helps to keep the power grid reliable by providing more power on the hottest days of the year when very high demand can cause brownouts and blackouts.
For more information, visit http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/ <http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/> , or call DEP’s Office of Energy Technology and Deployment at 717-783-8411. http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/14287?id=14173&typeid=1
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Dept. of Environmental Protection
Commonwealth News Bureau Room 308
Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg PA., 17120
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09/14/2010
CONTACT: John Repetz, Department of Environmental Protection
717-787-1323
Friday, September 10, 2010
All Hands on Deck - PA SOLAR JOBS BILL to run in Senate!
The time has come to start sending letters, making phone calls, and setting up meetings with Senators to push the PA SOLAR JOBS BILL! PASEIA will also be organizing a lobby day in the coming weeks.
MSEIA members can access attached are talking points, sample letters, lobby day information and other materials in the PA Forum of members section of the MSEIA website. If you are not an MSEIA member and are intersted in participating in the campaign please contact us! Please email paseia@mseia.net and we will get right back to you.
In addition, if you have not yet made a contribution to the PASEIA Solar Bill Campaign, we encourage you to do so, to support our lobbying budget and make this campaign as effective as possible. Please see the attached fundraising letter. Checks can be made out to MSEIA PA Division and mailed to the PA Office: 80 Pechins Mill Road / Collegeville, PA / 19426.
Please call your senators to let them know how important a yes vote on HB1128 is for solar's future in PA! Jobs and reduced energy costs depend on it!
MSEIA members can access attached are talking points, sample letters, lobby day information and other materials in the PA Forum of members section of the MSEIA website. If you are not an MSEIA member and are intersted in participating in the campaign please contact us! Please email paseia@mseia.net and we will get right back to you.
In addition, if you have not yet made a contribution to the PASEIA Solar Bill Campaign, we encourage you to do so, to support our lobbying budget and make this campaign as effective as possible. Please see the attached fundraising letter. Checks can be made out to MSEIA PA Division and mailed to the PA Office: 80 Pechins Mill Road / Collegeville, PA / 19426.
Please call your senators to let them know how important a yes vote on HB1128 is for solar's future in PA! Jobs and reduced energy costs depend on it!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Gov. Rendell Steps up his Administration's Push for More Solar in PA
By Edward G. Rendell
(a PDF version of this article is available here: http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20100825_Let_sunshine_into_Pa__power_goals.html)
The solar-energy industry is growing rapidly and creating thousands of jobs
nationwide. But Pennsylvania is falling farther behind in the race for these
green jobs. When it comes to producing clean electricity from the sun, other
states are leaping ahead of the commonwealth.
Pennsylvania requires that only 0.5 percent of the electricity we use will
come from the sun as of 2021. By comparison, New Jersey will require that 4
percent of its electricity come from solar generation by 2021, Delaware has
set a target of 3.5 percent by 2025, and Maryland's standard is 2 percent by
2022. Even Illinois, a ranking coal producer, has a goal of 1.5 percent by
2025.
What does that mean for the Keystone State? It means we are less likely to
attract a major solar-related economic-development project - or to keep the
more than 600 solar businesses we already have, which offer jobs in
research, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance.
If we want to keep those businesses and the jobs they support, we must
create a business environment that helps them expand and attracts companies
that are looking to relocate.
That's why we must increase solar-energy share in the state's alternative
energy portfolio standards. Passed by the legislature in 2004, the standards
jump-started a green revolution that has made Pennsylvania one of the
leading states in renewable-energy development. Twenty-five thousand
Pennsylvanians are working in renewable-energy jobs, while the state's
consumers and businesses have invested at least $600 million in solar-energy
projects.
House Bill 2405 would wisely increase Pennsylvania's solar requirement to 3
percent, but support for the bill has been hard to come by in the
legislature. Even so, a more modest increase would still be worthwhile. A
1.5 percent target, for example, would triple our existing requirement and
make Pennsylvania more competitive in the sector.
There are billions of dollars being invested in the solar-energy industry.
Despite the global recession, the American solar industry grew substantially
in 2009, with revenues increasing by 36 percent and generating capacity by
37 percent over the previous year. What's more, the investment community is
bullish when it comes to solar; venture capitalists, sensing its incredible
growth potential, invested $1.4 billion in the industry last year.
Besides putting Pennsylvania in a position to capitalize on this growth,
increasing the state's solar-energy requirement would help consumers control
their electricity bills. The cost of solar energy has dropped by half from
the levels of just a few years ago. In fact, solar energy now costs less
than electricity from new nuclear power plants, according to a recent Duke
University study.
When the owner of a business or home installs a solar system, he or she can
count on benefiting from the power it provides at a stable price over the
lifetime of the panels, or up to 25 years. That lessens the volatility of
energy prices and lowers electricity costs, offsetting the costs of solar
panels.
Next month, when the legislature returns to Harrisburg, we will have a final
opportunity this year to ensure a robust market for solar-energy development
in Pennsylvania. We may not be able to achieve a 3 percent requirement, but
there is widespread support for a 1.5 percent target. Even that would go a
long way toward making Pennsylvania more competitive with its neighbors,
attracting companies and jobs rather than losing them to states where the
sun shines brighter.
Edward G. Rendell is the governor of Pennsylvania.
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20100825_Let_sunshine_into_Pa__power_goals.html
(a PDF version of this article is available here: http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20100825_Let_sunshine_into_Pa__power_goals.html)
The solar-energy industry is growing rapidly and creating thousands of jobs
nationwide. But Pennsylvania is falling farther behind in the race for these
green jobs. When it comes to producing clean electricity from the sun, other
states are leaping ahead of the commonwealth.
Pennsylvania requires that only 0.5 percent of the electricity we use will
come from the sun as of 2021. By comparison, New Jersey will require that 4
percent of its electricity come from solar generation by 2021, Delaware has
set a target of 3.5 percent by 2025, and Maryland's standard is 2 percent by
2022. Even Illinois, a ranking coal producer, has a goal of 1.5 percent by
2025.
What does that mean for the Keystone State? It means we are less likely to
attract a major solar-related economic-development project - or to keep the
more than 600 solar businesses we already have, which offer jobs in
research, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance.
If we want to keep those businesses and the jobs they support, we must
create a business environment that helps them expand and attracts companies
that are looking to relocate.
That's why we must increase solar-energy share in the state's alternative
energy portfolio standards. Passed by the legislature in 2004, the standards
jump-started a green revolution that has made Pennsylvania one of the
leading states in renewable-energy development. Twenty-five thousand
Pennsylvanians are working in renewable-energy jobs, while the state's
consumers and businesses have invested at least $600 million in solar-energy
projects.
House Bill 2405 would wisely increase Pennsylvania's solar requirement to 3
percent, but support for the bill has been hard to come by in the
legislature. Even so, a more modest increase would still be worthwhile. A
1.5 percent target, for example, would triple our existing requirement and
make Pennsylvania more competitive in the sector.
There are billions of dollars being invested in the solar-energy industry.
Despite the global recession, the American solar industry grew substantially
in 2009, with revenues increasing by 36 percent and generating capacity by
37 percent over the previous year. What's more, the investment community is
bullish when it comes to solar; venture capitalists, sensing its incredible
growth potential, invested $1.4 billion in the industry last year.
Besides putting Pennsylvania in a position to capitalize on this growth,
increasing the state's solar-energy requirement would help consumers control
their electricity bills. The cost of solar energy has dropped by half from
the levels of just a few years ago. In fact, solar energy now costs less
than electricity from new nuclear power plants, according to a recent Duke
University study.
When the owner of a business or home installs a solar system, he or she can
count on benefiting from the power it provides at a stable price over the
lifetime of the panels, or up to 25 years. That lessens the volatility of
energy prices and lowers electricity costs, offsetting the costs of solar
panels.
Next month, when the legislature returns to Harrisburg, we will have a final
opportunity this year to ensure a robust market for solar-energy development
in Pennsylvania. We may not be able to achieve a 3 percent requirement, but
there is widespread support for a 1.5 percent target. Even that would go a
long way toward making Pennsylvania more competitive with its neighbors,
attracting companies and jobs rather than losing them to states where the
sun shines brighter.
Edward G. Rendell is the governor of Pennsylvania.
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20100825_Let_sunshine_into_Pa__power_goals.html
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Update on PASEIA’s most important policy initiative this September: SOLAR LEGISLATION!
We must now mobilize both the manpower and finances to lobby for a solar bill for Pennsylvania.
Please visit the members area of the MSEIA website or email paseia@mseia.net to get copies of the following documents:
1. Notes from a steering committee call re: Strategy and Background for the Solar Bill.
2. MOST IMPORTANTLY: A FUNDRAISING LETTER which we need to start getting out to all of our contacts ASAP, in order to mobilize the $25,000 required to finance our efforts to pass the bill. Contact your suppliers, distributors, partners, and fellow members, encouraging them to contribute to ensuring PA’s solar future. Please let us know who is willing and interested in taking an active role in supporting this initiative, and hope that all of you will consider supporting it financially as well.
IF YOU HAVE NOT RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR 2010, PLEASE DO SO AT THIS CRITICAL TIME! A membership application can be found at www.mseia.net, and if you have contacts that are considering joining, please urge them to do so NOW to support this initiative. Membership is critical to PASEIA being able to support this policy work and lobbying.
In addition to fundraising, please let us know if you will be willing to join a lobby day(s) in Harrisburg and make calls to your representatives, representatives in whose districts you have projects and customers (particularly in the SEast – Chester, Bucks and Delaware counties) and local media and Chambers of Commerce. All of these avenues are important to getting the bill passed, please keep us posted.
Thank you!
Kira
Kira Costanza
Secretary
Interim Steering Committee
PA Solar Energy Industries Association (PASEIA)
www.mseia.net
www.paseia.blogspot.com
Please visit the members area of the MSEIA website or email paseia@mseia.net to get copies of the following documents:
1. Notes from a steering committee call re: Strategy and Background for the Solar Bill.
2. MOST IMPORTANTLY: A FUNDRAISING LETTER which we need to start getting out to all of our contacts ASAP, in order to mobilize the $25,000 required to finance our efforts to pass the bill. Contact your suppliers, distributors, partners, and fellow members, encouraging them to contribute to ensuring PA’s solar future. Please let us know who is willing and interested in taking an active role in supporting this initiative, and hope that all of you will consider supporting it financially as well.
IF YOU HAVE NOT RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR 2010, PLEASE DO SO AT THIS CRITICAL TIME! A membership application can be found at www.mseia.net, and if you have contacts that are considering joining, please urge them to do so NOW to support this initiative. Membership is critical to PASEIA being able to support this policy work and lobbying.
In addition to fundraising, please let us know if you will be willing to join a lobby day(s) in Harrisburg and make calls to your representatives, representatives in whose districts you have projects and customers (particularly in the SEast – Chester, Bucks and Delaware counties) and local media and Chambers of Commerce. All of these avenues are important to getting the bill passed, please keep us posted.
Thank you!
Kira
Kira Costanza
Secretary
Interim Steering Committee
PA Solar Energy Industries Association (PASEIA)
www.mseia.net
www.paseia.blogspot.com
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
