On February 14, the U.S. International Trade Commission ("ITC") voted to go forward with the new antidumping and countervailing duty cases filed on New Year's Eve by SolarWorld Industries America, Inc., the U.S. solar panel unit of Germany's SolarWorld AG. These cases have the potential to affect the entire U.S. solar industry and potentially could lead to significant increases in the cost of key materials for solar installations. All participants in the U.S. solar industry have an interest in following the progress of these investigations. SolarWorld was the petitioner in the original solar trade cases filed in 2011, which resulted in substantial additional duties being levied against imports of solar cells and panels made in China.