Overview
- SEIA announced Monday that former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty will lead the trade group as president and CEO.
- Pawlenty starts June 15, and interim president Darren Van’t Hof will guide the group until the transition.
- He served two terms as Minnesota’s governor from 2003 to 2011 and later led the Financial Services Roundtable.
- SEIA’s board chair and industry executives said his policy and finance background will help build coalitions to expand affordable, U.S.-made solar and storage.
- The group says the appointment comes as solar’s share of new power keeps rising and as it pursues rules to reach its Solar+ Decade goal of 30% of U.S. electricity by 2030.