What Does SEPA Offer to Stakeholders?

Research. Education. Interaction & Outreach. 

SEPA is an excellent information resource to keep you up-to-date on solar technology, policy, and market developments.

SEPA also provides a unique forum for you to connect with solar companies and electric utilities, which are quickly emerging as the largest customer for the solar industry.

Research

SEPA offers personalized research services as well as ongoing research projects of value to our entire membership.

Our research services and tools include:

Solar Toolkit - Use our Solar Toolkit to facilitate your own research efforts.  The toolkit includes a filterable document library, multimedia library, and other useful information resources.

Online Solar Tools

• Solar Data & Mapping Tool 
• Solar Solutions Tool 
• Solar Networking Tool
• Utility Case Studies Tool

Reports - Go in-depth on specific solar topics with the various research reports produced by SEPA each year. 

Newsletter - Let us serve as your filter for solar news. Our electronic newsletter, which is sent every other Monday, covers the news you need to know to stay up to speed on developments in the solar industry.

Research Services - SEPA staff is available to help SEPA Members with information requests about solar policies and programs. 

Education 

SEPA's suite of educational programming offers something for everyone, regardless of your travel budget or solar knowledge level.

Our educational programming open to employees of stakeholders includes:

Conferences and Expos - SEPA co-presents Solar Power International  with SEIA.  SPI can't be beat for interaction with customers and  peers, and to get up to speed fast all the year's solar technology, policy, and program updates. 

Regional Workshops - SEPA recognizes that solar market development faces unique challenges in different parts of the U.S. and therefore we host periodic regional workshops on issues specific to a state or region.

Monthly Webinars - SEPA's monthly webinars are highly praised by members. Each webinar features a national solar expert, who presents information on a specific topic for 30-40 minutes, followed by 20-30 minutes of questions and discussion.

Interaction & Outreach

SEPA facilitates interaction for you with our internal experts as well as between you and other members. The combination results in unparalleled learning, information sharing, and business relationships. Some examples of our interaction/outreach activities for SEPA Stakeholder members include:

Business-to-Business Networking. SEPA has both utility and solar industry members, serving as a bridge between the two.  As a company interested in solar energy, you can utilize SEPA to learn about and develop relationships with electric utilities and solar partners. 

Conferences. Our business-to-business networking resources include the annual Solar Power International (SPI) conference and expo, presented jointly by SEPA and SEIA.  Solar Power International is the largest solar conference and expo in the U.S. and with more than 900 exhibitors, SPI is the best resource available to meet all of the companies that have a business interest in solar energy.  

Networking Events. SEPA also hosts a number of networking events each year that allow for interaction between our members.

The SEPA Member Organization Directory.  As a Stakeholder Member you will be able to search our database of SEPA members by a number of criteria.

Benefits of Registration and Membership 

Membership has its privileges and SEPA Membership is no different. SEPA Members receive the highest level of content access. Several parts of our website have limited functionality and access unless you login.

Already registered as a SEPA Member or Guest? Login Here

Need a free guest account? Click Here.

Want to learn about Membership? Click Here.