Application Tips and Tricks – Expansions

The Program Administrator publishes Tips and Tricks to help support stakeholders in avoiding project applications from resulting in a Need Info request and delaying their review and approval. 

  • Expansion pricing applies to projects added to existing Illinois Shines projects when the expansion project is submitted less than two years of the original project’s ICC approval date. (This is a new clarification for the 2024-25 Program Year.)  
    • If submitting an already built expansion system, AVs must upload the Certificate of Completion (“CoC”)/Permission to Operate (“PTO”) in Part I ‘Additional Documents’ for interconnection date verification.  
    • Applicants must still mark “Expansion” in Part I Section 2 of the application, even if expansion pricing does not apply.