SMART ELECTRIC POWER ALLIANCE: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: SMART ELECTRIC POWER ALLIANCE (EIN 52-1794095)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-11-15
IRS object ID: 201813199349311771
Schema version: 2017v2.3
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-11-15T14:37:31-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	371611326	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ARONSON LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	805 KING FARM BLVD 3RD FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	ROCKVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20850	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	521794095	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SMART ELECTRIC POWER ALLIANCE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SMAR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2028570898	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1220 19TH STREET NW NO 800	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20036	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JULIA HAMM	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT & CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2028570898	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-11-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	ROBERT EBY CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01682202	PTIN
Phone	3012316200	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	65.242.31.146	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-11-15	IPDt
IP Tm	12:08:20	IPTm
IP Timezone	ES	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	E1044D662CB817ED52ADE75995682736BD162A3D	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	F99A6E54D6A5A384C206DF755B55316AA09446D0	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	JULIA HAMM	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1220 19TH STREET NW NO 800	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20036	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$19,875,116	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.SEPAPOWER.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1992	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	SEPA'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY TO A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	24	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	24	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	55	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$9,692	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$2,557	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$46,732	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$891,959	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$7,350,727	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$8,611,769	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$66,489	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$475,531	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$97,722	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$782	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$7,561,670	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$9,980,041	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,954,348	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$5,573,621	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$132,273	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$3,020,914	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$4,293,339	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$6,975,262	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$9,866,960	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$586,408	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$113,081	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$12,936,995	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$15,332,513	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,373,726	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$2,607,055	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$11,563,269	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$12,725,458	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TO FACILIATE THE UTILITY INDUSTRY'S SMART TRANSITION TO A CLEAN FUTURE THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND COLLABORATION.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,457,909	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$6,358,626	RevenueAmt
Desc	MEMBER SERVICES - SEPA MEMBERS ARE THE FUTURE OF THE ENERGY INDUSTRY. UTILITIES, SOLAR, DER AND RELATED INDUSTRIES ALL HAVE A VOICE IN THIS DYNAMIC AND CHANGING ENERGY SECTOR. SEPA IS AN EDUCATIONAL NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES A TRUSTED PLATFORM FOR EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION TO HELP MEMBERS DEPLOY AND INTEGRATE SOLAR, STORAGE, DEMAND RESPONSE, AND OTHER DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES INTO THE GRID. SEPA MEMBERS REPRESENT THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS. UTILITIES, ISOS, LARGE ENERGY USERS, SOLUTION PROVIDERS, GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFITS LOOK TO SEPA TO FACILIATE SOLUTIONS FOR TODAY'S CHALLENGES AND TO MEET TOMORROW'S ELECTRICITY NEEDS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$2,040,455	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$1,546,353	RevenueAmt
Desc	FEE-BASED SERVICES - EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. SEPA PROVIDES ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS WITH MARKET, BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE ON HOW THE GROWTH OF SOLAR AND OTHER DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES SUCH AS DEMAND RESPONSE, ENERGY STORAGE AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES IS CHANGING THE ELECTRICITY BUSINESS. SEPA DELIVERS THIS INFORMATION THROUGH A VARIETY OF PUBLIC AND MEMBER VENUES. SEPA EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE TOPICAL CONFERENCES FEATURING PEER-TO-PEER LEARNING, WORKSHOPS, MONTHLY WEBINARS, UTILITY EMPLOYEE TRAINING, AND DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL FACT FINDING MISSIONS FOR INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES. SEPA LEADS THE DISCUSSION OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY TRENDS THROUGH ITS ARTICLES IN INDUSTRY PUBLICATIONS, BLOGS, WHITE PAPERS AND ISSUE BRIEFS. SEPA RECOGNIZES UTILITY AND INDUSTRY INNOVATION AND ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH ITS ANNUAL SOLAR POWER PLAYERS AWARDS AND UTILITY SOLAR RANKINGS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$766,680	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$697,098	RevenueAmt
Desc	ADVISORY SERVICES - RESEARCH AND STRATEGY. SEPA PRODUCES RESEARCH REPORTS ON DISTRIBUTED ENERGY ISSUES DESIGNED TO HELP ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND OTHER ENERGY INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS MAKE INFORMED BUSINESS DECISIONS. SEPA PROVIDES INDUSTRY LEADING INSIGHTS INTO THE DESIGN OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY PROGRAMS SUCH AS COMMUNITY SOLAR, THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UTILITY AND ITS CUSTOMERS, AND A WIDE RANGE OF TECHNICAL, POLICY AND STRATEGIC ISSUES RELATED TO AN INCREASINGLY DECENTRALIZED AND "INTELLIGENT" ELECTRIC GRID. SEPA PROVIDES CONSULTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES TO UTILITIES AND DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SERVICE PROVIDERS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$1,146,258	ExpenseAmt
Desc	STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS ARE COMPRISED OF THREE SUB-PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT WILL ACCELERATE MISSION FULFILLMENT AND DRIVE FUTURE ORGANIZATION GROWTH. THE FIRST SUB-PROGRAM IS 51ST STATE WHICH WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE A COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM ACROSS THE POWER SECTOR TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE ELECTRIC INDUSTRY. THE SECOND SUB-PROGRAM IS FUSE-ED (FACILITATING UTILITY SMART ELECTRIC EDUCATION) WHEREBY SEPA CREATES AND IMPLEMENTS A SPECIALIZED DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE TRAINING FOR UTILITY EMPLOYEES EXPLANDING THE INDUSTRY'S KNOWLEDGE BASE THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN UTILITY PARTNERS AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS. THE THIRD SUB-PROGRAM IS MISSION EXPANSION WHICH FOCUSES ON PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMPLEMENTARY TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE INTELLIGENTLY INTEGRATED WITH SOLAR TO CREATE A MORE DYNAMIC AND RESPONSIVE ELECTRICITY GRID INCLUDING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SOURCES SUCH AS STORAGE, DEMAND RESPONSE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$1,146,258	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$5,411,302	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (1)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	34	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	55	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	24	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	24	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (1)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JULIA HAMM PRESIDENT CEO	PersonNm
Phone	2028570898	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1220 19TH STREET NW NO 800	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20036	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (35 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
STEVE MALNIGHT
CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CAROLINE CHOI
CHAIR-ELECT	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOHN HEWA
SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CRIS EUGSTER
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JIM ALBERTS
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JILL ANDERSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RON BINZ
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KAREN BUTTERFIELD
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROB CALDWELL
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SETH FRADER-THOMPSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MATT HANDEL
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOE HOAGLAND
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRIS KING
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRIAN KUNZ
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
FRANK LACEY
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAUL LAU
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
COURTNEY MCCORMICK
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARK NIELSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JIM ROGERS
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TOM STARRS
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GARY RACKLIFFE
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARY E KIPP
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PETE MUHURO
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RAIFORD SMITH
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JULIA HAMM
PRESIDENT & CEO	40.00		Yes (X)	$394,000	$0	$83,493
KEN DOYLE
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER	40.00		Yes (X)	$297,346	$0	$21,095
TANUJ DEORA
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & CSO	40.00			$229,580	$0	$13,378	Yes (X)
JOHN STERLING
SENIOR DIRECTOR, RESEARCH & ADVISORY	40.00			$158,085	$0	$14,830	Yes (X)
ADAM WASSERMAN
DIRECTOR, MEMBERSHIP & MARKETING	40.00			$150,224	$0	$15,679	Yes (X)
SHARON ALLAN
CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER	40.00			$197,288	$0	$8,855	Yes (X)
JENNIFER SZARO
SENIOR DIRECTOR, PROGRAMS	40.00			$147,756	$0	$14,723		Yes (X)
BETH EAGLE
DIRECTOR, HR & OPERATIONS	40.00			$104,856	$0	$13,126		Yes (X)
DANIEL CHWASTYK
UTILITY STRATEGY MANAGER	40.00			$105,879	$0	$11,875		Yes (X)
AARON SMALLWOOD
SENIOR DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL SERVICES	40.00			$104,492	$0	$6,475		Yes (X)
ERIKA MYERS
DIRECTOR, RESEARCH	40.00			$105,336	$0	$12,288		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$1,994,842	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$215,817	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	8	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RAFFA PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1899 L STREET NW SUITE 850	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20036	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	ACCOUNTING SERVICES	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$176,541	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$791,664	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$100,295	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$891,959	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
SOLAR ENERGY TRADE SHOWS	900099	$4,319,500	$4,319,500
MEMBERSHIP DUES	541900	$2,039,126	$2,039,126
REGISTRATIONS	541900	$780,448	$780,448
SPONSORSHIPS	541900	$765,905		$765,905
CONSULTING	541900	$697,098	$697,098

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$9,692	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$9,692	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$8,611,769	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$224,668	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$224,668	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$10,145,938	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$9,895,075	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$250,863	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$250,863	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$250,863	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISCELLANEOUS INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$782	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$782	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$782	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$9,980,041	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$7,836,172	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$9,692	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,242,218	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,583,853	TotalAmt
Program Services	$795,985	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$762,790	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$25,078	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,165,073	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,556,474	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,558,911	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$49,688	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$79,112	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,483	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$53,347	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,282	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$410,761	TotalAmt
Program Services	$101,793	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$305,532	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,436	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$334,822	TotalAmt
Program Services	$147,563	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$181,727	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,532	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$71,935	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,291	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$68,644	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$240,200	TotalAmt
Management And General	$240,200	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$571,804	TotalAmt
Program Services	$256,384	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$314,970	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$450	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$424,219	TotalAmt
Program Services	$236,391	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$187,828	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$132,004	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,712	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$120,292	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$276,389	TotalAmt
Program Services	$48,973	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$227,416	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$634,778	TotalAmt
Management And General	$634,778	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$350,312	TotalAmt
Program Services	$229,638	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$111,828	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,846	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$679,778	TotalAmt
Program Services	$588,149	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$90,395	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,234	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$358,352	TotalAmt
Management And General	$358,352	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,732	TotalAmt
Management And General	$27,732	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
TELECOMMUNICATIONS	$192,308	$18	$192,290
PROF. DEVELOPMENT	$117,658	$5,575	$112,083
TEMPORARY LABOR	$90,239	$41,404	$48,835
MISC. EXPENSES	$68,711	$723	$67,988

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$56,920	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,362,746	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	-$1,342,553	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$36,727	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,866,960	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,411,302	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,323,385	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$132,273	FundraisingAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$556,941	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,034,602	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$330,937	BOYAmt
EOY	$822,510	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$108,123	BOYAmt
EOY	$233,734	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$2,597,854	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$2,229,393	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$548,273	BOYAmt
EOY	$368,461	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,425,733	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,775,468	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,283,793	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,493,559	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$100,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$100,000	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$400,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$400,000	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$183,195	BOYAmt
EOY	$104,179	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,936,995	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,332,513	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$484,423	BOYAmt
EOY	$732,484	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$780,895	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,229,073	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$108,408	BOYAmt
EOY	$645,498	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,373,726	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,607,055	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,563,269	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,725,458	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,563,269	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,725,458	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,936,995	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,332,513	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$113,081	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$332,767	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$716,341	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$112,267	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$46,732	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$891,959	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,050,958	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,320,227	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,055,888	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,661,120	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,342,164	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$8,602,077	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$31,981,476	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,320,227	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,055,888	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,773,387	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,388,896	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$9,494,036	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$33,032,434	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$33,032,434	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$72,227	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$194,646	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$181,816	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$284,971	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$224,668	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$958,328	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$72,227	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$194,646	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$181,816	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$284,971	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$224,668	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$958,328	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,580	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,732	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,105	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$53,264	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$782	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$62,463	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,396,034	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,254,266	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,956,308	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,727,131	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$9,719,486	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$34,053,225	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.97000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.97130	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.02810	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.02650	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$3,489,401	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$824,605	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$4,314,006	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$2,973,750	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$515,651	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$3,489,401	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$2,904,026	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$69,724	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$2,973,750	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$2,816,449	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$87,577	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$2,904,026	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$2,816,449	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$0	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$2,816,449	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	1.00000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$980,155	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$858,174	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$121,981	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,617,699	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,371,219	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$246,480	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$368,461	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT	Desc
Book Value	$3,493,559	BookValueAmt
Method Valuation	C	MethodValuationCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$3,493,559	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
DEFERRED RENT	$593,714
457(F) DEFERRED COMPENSATION	$51,784

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$645,498	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$10,312,808	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$332,767	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$332,767	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$9,980,041	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$9,980,041	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$9,866,960	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$9,866,960	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$9,866,960	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOOTNOTE REGARDING FIN 48 (ASC 740) SEPA EVALUATES UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAX POSITIONS BASED ON THE MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT RECOGNITION STANDARD. IF THAT THRESHOLD IS MET, THE TAX POSITION IS THEN MEASURED AT THE LARGEST AMOUNT THAT IS GREATER THAN 50% LIKELY OF BEING REALIZED UPON ULTIMATE SETTLEMENT. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2017 AND 2016, THERE WERE NO ACCRUALS FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. IF APPLICABLE, SEPA RECORDS INTEREST AND PENALTIES AS A COMPONENT OF INCOME TAX EXPENSE. TAX YEARS FROM JANUARY 1, 2014 THROUGH THE CURRENT YEAR REMAIN OPEN FOR EXAMINATION BY FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	Yes (1)	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	Yes (1)	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	Yes (1)	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
JULIA HAMM
PRESIDENT & CEO	$325,000	$0	$69,000	$0	$0	$0	$63,000	$0	$20,493	$0	$477,493	$0	$0	$0
KEN DOYLE
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER	$252,346	$0	$45,000	$0	$0	$0	$7,650	$0	$13,445	$0	$318,441	$0	$0	$0
TANUJ DEORA
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & CSO	$208,980	$0	$20,600	$0	$0	$0	$6,365	$0	$7,013	$0	$242,958	$0	$0	$0
JOHN STERLING
SENIOR DIRECTOR, RESEARCH & ADVISORY	$152,366	$0	$5,719	$0	$0	$0	$6,664	$0	$8,166	$0	$172,915	$0	$0	$0
ADAM WASSERMAN
DIRECTOR, MEMBERSHIP & MARKETING	$138,100	$0	$12,124	$0	$0	$0	$5,524	$0	$10,155	$0	$165,903	$0	$0	$0
SHARON ALLAN
CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER	$197,288	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,563	$0	$2,292	$0	$206,143	$0	$0	$0
JENNIFER SZARO
SENIOR DIRECTOR, PROGRAMS	$143,854	$0	$3,902	$0	$0	$0	$4,728	$0	$9,995	$0	$162,479	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART I, LINES 4A-B	JULIA HAMM PARTICIPATES IN A 457(F) DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN AND $50,000 WAS CONTRIBUTED ON HER BEHALF DURING 2017.
PART I, LINE 7	ALL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WERE AWARDED BONUSES WHICH WERE DETERMINED BASED ON THE DISCRETION OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, EXCEPT FOR JULIA HAMM, PRESIDENT AND CEO, WHOSE BONUS IS DETERMINED BASED ON MEETING PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES ACCORDING TO HER EMPLOYEE CONTRACT.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6	SEPA SHALL HAVE MEMBERS DIVIDED INTO SUCH NUMBER OF CLASSES AND WITH SUCH QUALIFICATIONS AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL DESIGNATE FROM TIME TO TIME. INITIALLY THERE SHALL BE THREE CLASSES OF MEMBERS: (A) UTILITY; (B) CORPORATE; (C) GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT & EDUCATION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A	THE MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING ENTITLED TO VOTE AND VOTING AS A SINGLE CLASS SHALL ELECT, BY PLURALITY, DIRECTORS TO FILL THE SEATS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FROM A LIST OF CANDIDATES PER OPEN BOARD SEAT AS MAY BE PUT BEFORE THE MEMBERSHIP BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL ESTABLISH SUCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE NOMINATION OF PERSONS TO SERVE AS CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS IT MAY DETERMINE FROM TO TIME. NO LESS THAN 51% AND NO GREATER THAN 66% OF THE BOARD SEATS SHALL BE HELD AT ONE TIME BY EMPLOYEES OF CLASS 1 MEMBERS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B	FOR MATTERS PUT BEFORE THE MEMBERSHIP, EACH MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ONLY ONE (1) VOTE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE DRAFT VERSION OF THE FEDERAL FORM 990 IS INITIALLY REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT AND CEO, AND THE BOARD SECRETARY/TREASURER. IT IS THEN PROVIDED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ANY COMMENTS ARISING FROM THE REVIEWS ARE ADDRESSED AND RESOLVED PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, KEY EMPLOYEES AND TRUSTEES ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL DISCLOSURE OF ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. ANY CONFLICTS THAT COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE DISCUSSED AND RESOLVED ACCORDING TO SEPA'S BYLAWS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT AND CEO ANNUALLY. DURING THIS PROCESS, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY ENGAGE AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE CURRENT COMPARATIVE MARKET DATA. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSIDERS SEPA'S FINANCIAL POSITION AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL EXTERNAL MARKET DATA USING PUBLISHED COMPENSATION STUDIES. THE COMPENSATION DECISIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS DOCUMENTED IN THE MINUTES. THE PRESIDENT AND CEO ANNUALLY CONSIDERS SEPA'S FINANCIAL POSITION AS WELL AS EXTERNAL MARKET DATA FROM AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION RESEARCH STUDY TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION LEVELS FOR OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. SEPA'S COMPENSATION PROGRAM AND MARKET ANALYSIS IS REVIEWED EVERY THREE YEARS FOR COMPLIANCE PURPOSES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	SEPA'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING UPON REASONABLE REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:	NET ASSETS TRANSFERRED DUE TO MERGER 716,341.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C:	THE AUDIT OVERSIGHT PROCESS HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Org Txbl Partnership IdRelatedOrgTxblPartnershipGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SOLAR ENERGY TRADE SHOWS LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1530 WILSON BLVD SUITE 120	AddressLine1Txt
City	ARLINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22209	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	271527552	EIN
Primary Activities	CONFERENCES	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	DE	LegalDomicileStateCd
Predominant Income Type	RELATED	PredominantIncomeTypeTxt
Share Of Total Income	$4,344,514	ShareOfTotalIncomeAmt
Share Of EOY Assets	-$330,502	ShareOfEOYAssetsAmt
Disproportionate Allocations	0	DisproportionateAllocationsInd
General Or Managing Partner	0	GeneralOrManagingPartnerInd
Ownership	0.50000	OwnershipPct

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	0	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	0	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	0	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	0	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	0	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	Yes (1)	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp

Other Organization Name OtherOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SOLAR ENERGY TRADE SHOWS LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	S	TransactionTypeTxt
Involved	$4,870,250	InvolvedAmt
Method Of Amount Determination	FMV	MethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt