Tariffs could cut private investment by $19 billion between 2017 and 2021 Trade group makes case ahead of Thursday ITC hearing New York — The Solar Energy Industries Association said Tuesday they are concerned that tariffs on imported solar panels, which could result in more than 10.5 GW of lost solar power capacity deployment and 62,000 fewer jobs from 2017 to 2021, could be strengthened. “We are talking about this because these Section 201 tariffs have an incredible impact on our industry,” Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of trade group SEIA, said during a conference call with reporters. We have endured two years of tariffs and our predictions about the potential negative impacts have come true, Hopper said. Allowing the solar tariffs to continue under the existing regime could cost 62,000 jobs and $19 billion in private investment between 2017 and 2021, she said. SEIA also estimates […]