Community Power Accelerator
The U.S. Department of Energy and its Community Power Accelerator are helping increase access to the funding and technical expertise necessary to deploy community solar across the country. To explore the services, trainings, and resources available for developers to connect with capital providers visit https://communitypower.energy.gov/. If you have questions about the Accelerator, please reach out to [email protected].
Find a Community Solar Project
The IPA and Program Administrator seek updated Illinois Shines Community Solar project information from developers to populate the Find a Community Solar Project report at the Program website, including project-specific information known to AVs. This report is valuable to potentially interested subscribers, the Agency, other developers, and other stakeholders. On Thursday, September 25, 2025, the Program emailed […]
Community-Driven Community Solar Application Review and Scoring Schedule
As outlined in Section 5 of the Program Guidebook, the Community-Driven Community Solar (“CDCS”) application window closes 90 days after the start of the Program Year. With the Program Year commencing on June 2, 2025, the application submission deadline for Program Year 2025-26 CDCS projects was September 2, 2025. Please see the proposed schedule below for application review and scoring:
Community-Driven Community Solar Application Review and Scoring Schedule
As outlined in Section 5 of the Program Guidebook, the Program Year 2025-26 Community-Driven Community Solar (“CDCS”) application window closed 90 days after the start of the Program Year on September 2, 2025. The Program Administrator’s application review period has commenced and is expected to take approximately 4 weeks. Further details on the schedule for application review and scoring […]
Community Solar Developer ITC & Tariff Roundtable
The Illinois Finance Authority, in collaboration with the Climate Infrastructure Group, will host an upcoming roundtable discussion as part of the Clean Energy Finance Series in light of recent Federal legislation and uncertainty around the Investment Tax Credit (ITC). The event will include a presentation on possible pathways to support projects at risk of missing tax credit deadlines, a Q&A on options […]
CDCS Application Deadline Passed
The CDCS application window for the 2025-26 Program Year closed September 2, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. CPT. Applications are not accepted after the close of the application window. Additional information about review, scoring, and CDCS project applications will be published soon.
Reminder: Community-Driven Community Solar Application Submission Deadline for Program Year 2025-26 – September 2
As outlined in Section 5 of the Program Guidebook, the Community-Driven Community Solar (“CDCS”) application window closes 90 days after the start of the Program Year. With the Program Year commencing on June 2, 2025, the application submission deadline for Program Year 2025-26 CDCS projects is September 2, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. CPT. Applications are not accepted after the close of the […]
Reminder: Community-Driven Community Solar Application Deadline
The Community-Driven Community Solar (“CDCS”) application window for the 2025-26 Program Year closes September 2, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. CPT. Applications are not accepted after the close of the application window. Additional information about the review and scoring and CDCS project applications will be published following the close of the application window.
August 15, 2025 – New Field on Part II of the Community Solar Application
New Field on Part II of the Community Solar Application On August 20, 2025, the Part II application for Community Solar projects will add an additional field to ensure accurate tracking of all project information. The new field, Utility Project ID (Facility ID/Generation ID), will be added to Section 2 of all Community Solar Part II Applications. While the new field is optional, the Program Administrator requests that AVs populate the newly added field of Utility Project ID […]
CDCS 90-Day Application Window Closes September 2, 2025
As outlined in Section 5 of the Program Guidebook, the Community-Driven Community Solar (“CDCS”) application window closes 90 days after the start of the Program Year. With the Program Year commencing on June 2, 2025, the application submission deadline for Program Year 2025-26 CDCS projects is September 2, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. CPT. Applications are […]