MOSEIA's advancement of beneficial solar policies is providing many opportunities for the Missouri solar energy industry.  Today MOSEIA is 51 strong with each business averaging employment of 15 people.   The commitment to grow our industry does not come easily or without cost.  We need your help to protect and grow our association. Board members meet every two weeks to stay on top of the current legal and legislative challenges as well as explore new opportunities for our industry.  Together we are building a strong Missouri focused solar industry. Our accomplishments include:

Legal Victories:  SECURING HOMEOWNER RIGHTS

• MOSEIA joined as a plaintiff in a successful landmark Cole County Circuit Court case securing Clarkson Valley residents’ solar rights from unreasonable restrictions.  MOSEIA is setting a strong precedent in Missouri for the rights of homeowners to purchase and manage their own electricity generation to benefit both the environment and their pocketbooks.
  
  
  

Legislative Advancements:  STRONGER NET METERING

• Contracted former Lt. Governor Joe Maxwell to help navigate the administrative, legislative, and legal options for protecting the solar components of Missouri’s RES and promote new legislation.  Professional representation of MOSEIA has elevated our industry to a new level.
• Mr. Maxwell and his lobbying partner Steve Carroll leveraged their connections at the capitol and kept a bad renewable energy bill from moving to the Senate floor.
• We secured a hearing for a stronger net metering bill, our government affairs team is holding on-going meetings during the interim and feels confident we will pass a bill next session.
  

Administrative Participation:  PROTECTING THE SOLAR REBATES

• MOSEIA is working with Renew Missouri and Great Rivers Environmental Law Center to submit comments on the first compliance reports the utilities have supplied to the PSC.  The compliance reports state that utilities are meeting the RES requirements by using power from ninety-nine year old hydroelectric plants and by purchasing “renewable energy credits,” or RECs, produced before the RES was in place, both flagrant violations of the law.
• We continue to challenge Empire District Electric Company's attempt to “exempt themselves” from the solar portions of Missouri’s RES.

MOSEIA will continue to fight these battles on behalf of the industry, but we need your help to meet the financial obligations to further our work and ensure that our efforts achieve our goals—and yours. This year, the MOSEIA board has pledged and made direct contributions to the Legal Fund of $45,800.

The potential for industry expansion and local job growth should be endless; however, it is being regularly threatened and limited by entrenched interests who currently have far too much influence in Jefferson City.  To provide continued opportunities for our industry we must be able to push back and effectively champion solar and renewables in Missouri.  Pledge TODAY!

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MOSEIA

P.O. Box 434040
Saint Louis, MO 63143

MOSEIA is prepared to provide W-9 documentation. To request such information or for any questions regarding the Legal Fund please contact Executive Director, Heidi Schoen at 314-677-4076 or HeidiSchoen@moseia.com.

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* Donations at the $1,000 or higher level are recognized on the MOSEIA website.