As an association, NHA is laser-focused on bolstering advocacy efforts on legislative, regulatory, and markets issues. Achieving success in these areas starts with leveraging our member organizations’ knowledge base and expertise.
To do that, NHA is offering its member organizations the opportunity, through a voluntary membership upgrade , to become part of a Deep Dive Policy Team.
Once an NHA member organization chooses to join the Deep Dive Policy Team, the organization nominates individual(s) to participate in team strategic calls with NHA staff.
Team participants have a front-row seat in shaping the association’s policy agenda (based on priorities laid out by the Board of Directors). They provide input and guidance on specific policy and legislative proposals.
How Does the Deep Dive Policy Team Work?
The Policy Team is designed to create greater accountability and transparency in NHA’s policy development process. Members of the Policy Team are responsible for helping NHA staff:
- Evaluate potential policy opportunities and threats, guided by the factors in NHA’s Policy Development Process document
- Provide consistent policy perspective across NHA organization
- Prioritize among policy opportunities to inform NHA’s level of effort
- Seek input from affected NHA committees, councils, and/or state and regional members as appropriate
- Prepare recommendations to NHA’s Board on issues of first impression
Why Should My Organization Be Interested?
Participating on the Policy Team offers member organizations:
- Priority access to quickly-evolving policy intelligence
- Expanded visibility across various committees & councils (e.g., legislative, regulatory, markets, pumped storage, small hydro, marine energy)
- Opportunity for deeper engagement with NHA
- Greater ability to influence NHA’s policy advocacy activities
Who Will Be Represented on the Policy Team?
With close to 450 individuals currently on NHA’s Legislative Committee, we’ve grown too large to simply ask for volunteers. To maximize our effectiveness, we need a small group that can be nimble to help NHA respond quickly to policy opportunities and threats.
As such, the Deep Dive Policy Team is representative of NHA’s broad and diverse membership, including traditional generators, pumped storage, small hydro, and marine energy technologies.
We are seeking to recruit member organizations that encourage regional balance and sector representation from manufacturers, suppliers, developers, public and private utilities, and independent power producers.
NHA will actively recruit members if it finds gaps in representation.
How Do We Join?
The Deep Dive Policy Team is an opportunity to roll up your sleeves and make your voice heard on issues facing our industry. NHA is offering participation as a voluntary membership upgrade, with a tiered payment structure.
To join the Deep Dive Policy Team, or obtain more information, please contact Marla Barnes at marla@hydro.org or 816-588-4639.
