Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries (GSREIA)

What Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries (GSREIA) does

Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association (GSREIA) is a nonprofit trade association founded in 2010 and headquartered at 400 Poydras Street, Suite 900, New Orleans, Louisiana. It serves as the primary regional advocacy voice for the renewable energy industry across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The association represents energy production and storage companies — including manufacturers, developers, installers, and professional service firms such as Avangrid, Apex Clean Energy, Jinko Solar, Schneider Electric, WSP, IronRidge, and Silfab Solar — alongside partner organizations, individual consultants, and student members.

GSREIA's core offering is a tiered membership program with annual dues scaled to member company revenue, ranging from $195 for individuals to $14,995 for enterprises exceeding $30 million in annual revenue, plus separate vendor ($5,000), pre-revenue/development-stage ($3,900), and partner organization ($595-$2,000) tiers. Service delivery is organized through three sector committees — Distributed Generation, Utility Scale Renewables, and Emerging Solutions (covering offshore wind, green hydrogen, and other development-stage sources) — supplemented by policy advocacy at state legislatures and Public Service Commissions, industry events and legislative receptions, a content blog (The Sunny Side Up), a member resource library, and a consumer protection framework anchored by a mandatory Code of Ethics and NABCEP verification.

The association's technology footprint is centered on promotion of NREL's SolarAPP+ permitting automation platform (adopted by 160+ U.S. communities) rather than proprietary software development. Strategic positioning increasingly emphasizes grid resilience, evidenced by active engagement with the Louisiana HERO Program — a $500 million ($250M DOE + $250M state) initiative deploying advanced energy storage and distributed energy resources against hurricane and severe-storm disruption. The association operates with a seven-person team and a Board of Directors of approximately 30+ members representing industry leadership across the Gulf South.

Name

Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries (GSREIA)

Legal name

Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association

Website

https://gsreia.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association (GSREIA) is a nonprofit trade association founded in 2010, serving renewable energy companies across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama through tiered membership dues, policy advocacy, sector committees, and partnerships including NREL's SolarAPP+ permitting platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New Orleans

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: GSREIA generates revenue through annual membership dues based on company revenue tiers. Investment levels range from $195 for individual members to $14,995 for companies with annual revenues exceeding $30 million. Additional membership categories include vendor ($5,000), partner organization ($595-$2,000), and pre-revenue/development stage companies ($3,900).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

GSREIA is a regional trade association providing industry advocacy, policy representation, and networking services to renewable energy production and storage companies across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Its core offering is tiered membership programs that deliver regulatory advocacy at state legislatures and Public Service Commissions, sector-specific policy committees, networking events, and market intelligence for the regional renewable energy supply chain.

Product overview

Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association (GSREIA) is an award-winning trade association that serves as the primary voice for leadership and advocacy for the renewable energy industry in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Rather than offering a single unified product, GSREIA provides a portfolio of services including membership programs (with tiered pricing based on company revenue), SolarAPP+ permitting automation software (developed by NREL), sector-specific policy committees (Distributed Generation, Utility Scale Renewables, Emerging Solutions), consumer protection resources with ethics standards, a renewable energy blog (The Sunny Side Up Blog), a document resource library, and support for the Louisiana HERO Program for energy storage and grid resilience. The organization focuses on advocacy, market expansion, regulatory influence, and workforce development across the Gulf States renewable energy supply chain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GSREIA Membership Programs Tiered membership structure for renewable energy companies based on annual company revenue, ranging from Business Member ($30M+) at $14,995/year to Individual Membership at $195/year, with additional categories for vendors, pre-revenue/development stage companies, and partner organizations. Members receive regulatory advocacy, networking, market intelligence, and brand visibility.
• Sector Committees Sector-specific committees including Distributed Generation (rooftop solar, commercial and industrial solar, community solar, solar for schools), Utility Scale Renewables (large-scale renewable energy, offshore wind, green hydrogen), and Emerging Solutions (energy sources in development stages of offtake).

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGSREIA is a proud supporter of SolarAPP+ adoption across the Gulf South. SolarAPP+ is developed and maintained by NREL in partnership with code officials and the solar industry. GSREIA promotes the use of SolarAPP+ for permitting automation among its members and jurisdictions across the region.
• Louisiana HERO ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Louisiana HERO (Harnessing Energy Resilience Opportunities) Program is a $500 million initiative ($250M DOE Grid Deployment Office + $250M State match) focused on deploying advanced energy storage and distributed energy resources to strengthen grid resilience against hurricanes and severe storms.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA): Coalition of state agencies and clean energy organizations working on state-level policy. Comparable to GSREIA in promoting state clean energy adoption, though CESA's members are public agencies rather than industry companies.
• American Clean Power Association: National trade association representing wind, solar, energy storage, and clean hydrogen. Closely comparable membership-driven advocacy model with overlapping member companies (e.g., Apex Clean Energy) and overlapping policy focus on utility-scale renewables and storage.
• California Solar & Storage Association (CALSSA): State-level trade association for solar and storage in California. The most structurally comparable peer to GSREIA — tiered membership, sector committees, state legislative and CPUC advocacy — with the same solar/storage policy focus, just at a larger scale and in a more mature market.
• Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA): National trade association for the U.S. solar and storage industry. Directly comparable to GSREIA in business model — membership dues, policy advocacy, sector committees, and member services — but operating at the federal level rather than regionally. Several of GSREIA's largest members (e.g., Jinko Solar, Schneider Electric) overlap with SEIA.
• Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association (MDV-SEIA): Regional trade association covering multiple states (DC, MD, VA). Comparable to GSREIA in multi-state regional scope, membership model, and advocacy on distributed generation and utility-scale solar.
• NY-BEST (Consortium for Battery Innovation and Energy Storage): State-level consortium focused on energy storage and battery technology in New York. Comparable to GSREIA's Emerging Solutions and Distributed Generation committees, with a more specialized focus on storage — a vertical directly relevant to GSREIA's sector work and the HERO Program.

Others

• Smart Electric Power Alliance: Nonprofit supporting utility integration of clean energy, storage, and DERs. Works in the same renewable / grid resilience space as GSREIA (including HERO-relevant grid modernization topics), but is utility-focused rather than a developer/installer trade association.
• Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC): Nonprofit focused on clean energy workforce, codes, standards, and regulatory reform. Operates in the same SolarAPP+ / solar permitting ecosystem as GSREIA but functions as a standards and training body rather than a member trade association.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GSRenew
• Facebookfacebook.com/gulfrenewables
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gsreia

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles33 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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