The artificial intelligence boom is making unexpected allies out of the U.S. solar industry and the Trump administration.
The Solar Energy Industries Association is backing two major administration efforts to speed up connection of large energy projects to the grid. The support comes as the industry’s leading trade group remains at odds with President Donald Trump on much of his energy agenda, including cuts to federal subsidies for renewables and steep tariffs.
SEIA plans to submit comments — shared first with POLITICO’s E&E News — to both the Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. In them, the group voices support for DOE’s “Speed to Power” initiative to expedite grid connections and FERC’s rulemaking to develop rules and standards to accelerate grid connections for AI projects.
The views of SEIA are being watched by the larger energy community as solar constitutes more than half of U.S. grid installations.
