The Solar Energy Promotion Alliance, which includes major Chinese manufacturers Suntech, Yingli, Trina and Canadian Solar, aims to work together to reduce the tariffs of about 31% proposed in a May ruling by the Department of Commerce.
But Julia Hamm, president of the Solar Electric Power Association, fears the Chinese group's name will be confused with that of her own, which has used the SEPA acronym since 2000.
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