July 9, 2024 

Market Facing Bugfix: Cannot submit app when interconnecting Utility Changed Between Part I and II (from ComEd) Issue: When a Part I project application was originally submitted with the Interconnecting Utility specified as ComEd, but the Interconnecting Utility was later updated/corrected to a different utility company during Part I Verification, submission of the Part II application was […]

June 25, 2024 

Bugfix: DFs (CS & DG) created through CSV and API do not include hyphens in phone numbers.  Previously, Disclosure Forms created via CSV or API did not apply formatting to phone numbers and would save them as is. The portal will now add hyphens to standardize phone number formatting to xxx-xxx-xxxx where applicable. 

June 14, 2024

Enhancements: Revised Illinois Shines Portal Landing PageAn announcement about the June 30, 2024 retirement of the legacy site has been added to the current portal. Disclosure Form Portal True-upThis enhancement aligns all Disclosure Form field length input masks on the portal with that in the CSV and API intake methods. This will help ensure that […]

May 29, 2024 

Mass Data Update: Bulk Update Project Application Status and Verification Date  Approximately 2000 Part I applications submitted during the 2023-24 Program Year for blocks that had already closed for the year have completed the verification process and will be advanced to the Part I Verified status in preparation for the 2024-25 Program Year.  Enhancements: Scoring […]

May 1, 2024 

Enhancements: Remove/Hide Block on CDCS project application submission/block closure message  This visual change will remove the static message on the AV and Designee landing page notifying that the CDCS block is closed.  DG REC Calculator Part II  Feature will allow users to automatically populate the Estimated REC payments by pushing the calculate button rather than […]

April 17, 2024 

Enhancements:  Advance of Capital – New Question for AVs  This enhancement will add a new question for AV’s requesting an advance of capital (Do you plan on using the advance of capital to pay collateral). It will also add a link to the advance of capital criteria to help clarify what is required in the […]

April 3, 2024

Enhancements:  Help AVs fill out applications by showing AC and DC sizes from Disclosure Form: Show AC and DC system sizes from earlier application stages to help AVs fill out applications. The AC and DC sizes from the Disclosure Form will be shown on Part I, section 4, and the AC and DC sizes from the […]

March 20, 2024 

Enhancement  EOL: Expose Contract Documents to AV  AVs will now have the ability to view details of their contracts and the associated document PDFs directly from the Portal. This section can be accessed by selecting Contracts -> View Contracts from the main menu.  Disclosure Forms: Multiple Price to Compare Note in CS  This enhancement adds […]

March 5, 2024

Enhancement Disclosure Form CSVs – Portal Validation Fixes This enhancement will update the Portals CSV Disclosure Form import validations to match the latest Disclosure Form CSV templates.

February 21, 2024

Enhancements, Features and Bug Fixes DG API – Create Disclosure Form DG Enhancement – Update Party Enums to replace Seller with Lessor for Lease Forms only The API Endpoint to create DG Disclosure Forms has been updated to also accept the value of “Lessor” in several DG Disclosure Form fields to identify the responsible party […]