Who We Are:

The Oregon Solar + Storage Industries Association is a trade association founded in 1981 to promote clean, renewable, solar and storage technologies. OSSIA members include businesses, non-profit groups, and other solar and storage industry stakeholders.

We provide a unified and respected voice of the solar and storage industries and focus exclusively on the solar and storage value chains; from workforce development to permitting, advocacy, policy, and regulation for residential, commercial, community, and utility scale solar and storage projects on the local, state and regional level.

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Our Vision

Provide universal access to solar energy and storage while contributing to a sustainable community.

Our Mission

Make solar energy a significant energy source and expand solar and storage markets by strengthening the industry and developing a skilled and stable workforce.

What We Do

  • Present a unified and respected voice of the solar and storage industries and solar and storage customers on policy and regulatory issues to promote a vibrant solar and storage economy in Oregon and the northwest.

  • Deliver training and affect policy to develop a skilled and stable solar and storage workforce.

  • Organize events to enable member networking and business development.

  • Gather and disseminate relevant information to educate policy makers, industry professionals and consumers on the benefits of a vibrant solar and storage economy.

  • Uphold a high code of ethics and standard of quality among its members.

  • Partner with other organizations with compatible missions.

OSSIA Supports Good Policy

OSSIA supports a progressive legislative and regulatory structure that fosters the development of solar and storage technologies as well as efficient and effective installation of residential, commercial, community and utility solar and storage projects.

Good policy that enables economic development and jobs growth:

  • Provides policy predictability that enables businesses to plan for future hiring and expansion decisions

  • Programs should be simple to administer (from both government agencies and customers), with accountability and transparency built into the process.

  • Programs should have built in metrics that measure progress and effectiveness.

  • If incentives are used, they must be sufficient and meaningful to affect the desired outcome.

  • Regulations designed to facilitate projects should result in safe and efficient installations that positively impact businesses, consumers, and jobs growth

Code of Ethics

Established by the Board of Directors, the Code of Ethics emphasizes the central tenets of the solar and storage industry's installer community. OSSIA installers are expected to abide by these, and all other members are asked to support them in doing so.

Respectful Meetings Policy

Established by the Board of Directors, the Respectful Meetings Policy seeks to ensure that the meetings and affairs of OSSIA are conducted in a professional, thoughtful and respectful manner and in furtherance of OSSIA’s mission.  To participate in OSSIA meetings, members must abide by the Respectful Meetings Policy.

Strategic Direction and Theory of Change

In 2023 OSSIA and the Oregon Solar Energy Education Fund approved our joint Strategic Direction and Theory of Change. These documents will guide our organizational work for the next two-ten years.