The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a finding in favor of the injury petition filed by Suniva under Section 201 of the 1974 Trade Act. Andrea Luecke, President and Executive Director of The Solar Foundation, made the following statement:

"This decision brings yet more uncertainty to an industry that has created real value for the United States. The cause and effect impacts of major cost increases have been shown time and again, both in the energy industry and the economy as a whole. Our National Solar Jobs Census finds the dramatic growth in U.S. solar employment over the past several years was driven by the sharply reduced cost of installations. Any new tariffs are likely to increase costs and reduce demand for installations, disrupting the solar jobs market that now employs 260,000 workers in the United States and is valued in the tens of billions of dollars. The next update to our Solar Jobs Census will include more information and analysis on how this decision will impact American solar jobs."

The Solar Foundation's National Solar Jobs Census 2016 found there are 260,077 solar workers in the United States as of 2016, including 38,121 manufacturing jobs. Overall, this represents an increase of 51,218 solar workers, or 25 percent, from 2015. In 2016, one in every 50 new U.S. jobs were in the solar industry, and solar jobs grew at a rate 17 times faster than the overall economy. Learn more at http://www.solarjobscensus.org.

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