Program Year 2023-24 Community-Driven Community Solar (CDCS) Scores Released
Update from 10/06/2023 The Program Administrator released scores on Monday, October 30, 2023. These scores will be used to determine which projects will be selected for a REC contract once random selection (if needed) takes place. The scores and full announcement regarding the scoring process were posted on the Program website on the CDCS Program […]
Community-Driven Community Solar Scores for Program Year 2023-2024
On June 1, 2023, a 90-day project application window opened for Community-Driven Community Solar (“CDCS”) for the 2023-2024 Program Year, allowing Approved Vendors (“AVs”) to submit CDCS applications until 11:59 p.m. CPT on August 30, 2023. Capacity available for the CDCS category was 10 MW for Group A and 23 MW for Group B. After […]
Program Year 2023-24 Community Driven Community Solar (CDCS) – 10/27 Update
Update from 10/06/2023 The Program Administrator has completed the Application Review and Scoring Period for all 2023-24 CDCS applications ahead of the original schedule and Preliminary Scores were shared October 6, 2023 giving AVs until October 23, 2023 to cure all scoring Need Info requests. Preliminary Scores are not published on the Program website but […]
Program Year 2023-24 Community Driven Community Solar (CDCS) – 10/13 Update
Update from 10/06/2023 The Program Administrator has completed the Application Review and Scoring Period for all 2023-24 CDCS applications ahead of the original schedule and Preliminary Scores were shared October 6, 2023. Preliminary Scores are not published on the Program website but are shared with individual AVs who submitted applications. AVs have until 11:59 p.m. […]
Program Year 2023-24 Community-Driven Community Solar (CDCS) – 10/6 Update
The Program Administrator has completed the Application Review and Scoring Period for all 2023-24 CDCS applications ahead of the original schedule and Preliminary Scores were shared today, October 6. Preliminary Scores are not published on the Program website but are shared with individual AVs who submitted applications. AVs now have two weeks, until 11:59 p.m. […]
Program Year 2023-2024 Community Driven Community Solar (CDCS) – 9/8 Update
Update to 09/01/2023 Program Year 2023-2024 Community Driven Community Solar (CDCS) – As shared on September 1, 2023, the Program Administrator has begun to review project applications and will continue to share updates as they move through the process of application review and scoring. Detailed information will soon be shared and posted to the Program […]
Program Year 2023-2024 Community Driven Community Solar (CDCS) – 9/1 Update
August 30, 2023 concluded the 90-day project application window for CDCS applications as outlined in Section 5 of the Program Guidebook. A total of 63 applications were received during the application window, including 11 project applications totaling 25.70 MW AC for Group A, and 52 project applications totaling 64.95 MW AC for Group B. Applications […]
Find a Community Solar Project Report Update
The IPA and Program Administrator seek updated community solar project information from Approved Vendors to populate the Find a Community Solar Project report at the Illinois Shines Program website, with project-specific information known to AVs. This report is valuable to interested subscribers, the Agency, other developers, and other stakeholders. A template to like to edit […]
Program Year 2023-2024 Community-Driven Community Solar (CDCS)
Updated from 07/14/2023 The CDCS application window for the 2023-2024 Program Year closes August 30, 2023 (90 days after start of Program Year). Please see Section 5 of the Program Guidebook for more information. Applications will not be accepted after close of the application window until the next Program Year. Waitlisted projects from the 2022-2023 […]
Program Year 2023-2024 CDCS
The CDCS application window for the 2023-2024 Program Year closes August 30, 2023 (90 days after start of Program Year). Please see Section 5 of the Program Guidebook for more information. Applications will not be accepted after close of the application window until the next Program Year. Waitlisted projects from the 2022-2023 Program Year will […]