MSSIA Membership Benefits – (updated June 2020)

Whether you are a solar energy manufacturer, battery storage provider, dealer, distributor, contractor, installer, architect, consultant, marketer, MSSIA membership will provide you with critical information, advocacy, education, and networking opportunities that will grow your business and ensure the long-term success of the solar industry. We are proud to offer the following benefits for all employees of the member companies

Discounts to regional and national conferences. Through MSSIA’s relations and partnerships, our members receive discounts to attend many regional and national solar related conferences including but not limited to:

• ASES Solar Conference
• ASES Solar Tour
• Intersolar Summit USA East
• Distributed Energy Development & Deployment Summit
• Intersolar North America
• ees North America

Advocacy, Lobbying & Legal Intervention.  MSSIA officers, volunteers, and consultants lobby policy-makers, state and federal agencies, and elected officials to educate them on the policy changes and incentives required to grow solar.

In 2011 & 2012,  in NJ, MSSIA lobbied for continuation of EDC SREC financing programs in light of lack of long term SREC contracts in SREC marketplace; MSSIA had numerous meetings with assemblymen and senators to stress importance of bill s1925 in avoiding solar industry meltdown in 2012 and to  convince them to provide 4YRS of acceleration, not 3 YRS;

Met with union leaders to educate them to the fact that there was only limited space in the solar RPS for Grid Supply Projects

Met with Rate Counsel to present analysis of solar oversupply and stress the need for 4 Yrs of solar RPS acceleration

Met with NJ Governor’s Chief of Staff and others to communicate necessity of bill to avoid thousands of solar industry job losses

All of this effort led to subsequent passage of the “solar resurrection bill” s1925 in which MSSIA played an instrumental role. MSSIA continues to work on building support to  increase the New Jersey solar RPS to a much higher level.

Access to Policy Committee Calls: one of the greatest benefits of MSSIA membership is having a representative participate on our monthly policy calls and quarterly meetings, where the discussion shapes policy creation and informs the legislators. Have your voice heard, and contribute to the laws that will benefit your company.

Breaking News & Updates: We keep our members informed on critical policy developments, incentives and rebates, RFPs, job opportunities, public meetings and other important news through member updates, action-alerts, and our website.

Networking: MSSIA offers the opportunity to meet suppliers, manufacturers, integrators, solar finance companies, and other professionals important to business owners. We sponsor  industry networking events and other opportunities for members to meet and talk solar. We also hold quarterly meetings for our members and have a Holiday Party which is a very social gathering.

Website: www.mssia.org keeps you up-to-date. It also has a useful member directory for the public and members to use to create relations

Affiliations: Through our affiliations with American Solar Energy Society (ASES),as one of the many Associate chapters, collectively we work with ASES to achieve the broader vision of stronger solar and renewable energy communities while being responsive to local and regional challenges and opportunities, and we have access to a nationwide network of data, resources and support.