Solar and Storage Industry Pushes Policy Agenda for Trump Administration

Today the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is unveiling a comprehensive policy agenda for President Trump and the 119th Congress to ensure the United States is the world’s dominant solar and storage market.

This policy agenda calls for strengthening the solar and storage industry as part of a broad strategy to achieve American energy independence and security. It calls for eliminating dependence on China for solar and storage components and continuing the ongoing surge of manufacturing investments that has made the United States a top three solar manufacturing hub.

“Solar is critical to meeting America’s growing need for electricity and providing power for manufacturing, data centers, cryptocurrency, and AI,” said SEIA president and CEO Abigail Ross Hopper. “This is a roadmap for the Trump administration and Congress to capitalize on strong federal solar and storage policies and achieve their vision of a dominant American energy sector. Enacting this agenda will give the United States control of the solar supply chain and ensure American communities benefit from solar and storage jobs and economic growth.”

The U.S. solar industry grew by 128% under President Trump’s first term in office, reaching 100 gigawatts (GW) of total installed capacity, enough to power over 17 million homes. This period of growth set the United States on a trajectory to becoming the #2 solar market in the world today with 220 GW on the grid and over 100 solar and storage manufacturing plants across 43 states.

SEIA’s policy agenda includes the following core goals:

Eliminate dependence on China
Surge American solar manufacturing
Meet the demand challenges of data centers, AI and crypto
Cut red tape in the energy sector
Support energy choice and energy freedom
Protect private property rights
Bring more jobs to America’s heartland

SEIA and its members will be advocating for this agenda throughout the transition and first 100 days of the Trump administration.