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 enhances NHA’s policy development process by acting as a “go-to” policy brain trust for NHA’s CEO and policy staff. The expectation is for the Team to be both proactive and nimble to assist NHA staff in responding to the real-world legislative and regulatory time frames.
The Team typically meets monthly; NHA’s CEO may call additional meetings as needed in response to policy developments.
Members of the Policy Team help NHA’s CEO and policy staff to:
- Evaluate potential policy opportunities and threats, guided by the factors in NHA’s Policy Development Process document
- Provide consistent policy perspective across NHA member organizations
- Prioritize among policy opportunities to inform NHA’s level of effort
- Seek input from affected NHA committees, councils, and/or state and regional member organizations 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 development, marine energy)
- Opportunity for deeper engagement with NHA’s CEO and policy staff
- Greater ability to influence NHA’s policy advocacy activities
Who Will Be Represented on the Policy Team?
With hundreds of individuals at member organizations on NHA’s Legislative Affairs and Regulatory Affairs committees, 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.
Joining the Deep Dive Policy Team is available to any NHA member organization – power producers/asset owners (both public and privately owned), project developers, service providers (e.g., consulting firms, law firms, engineering firms), manufacturers, and suppliers.
Joining the Team is done through a voluntary membership upgrade, with a tiered payment structure, as outlined below.
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 [email protected] or 816-588-4639.
