Partial Portal Closure and Project Application Unavailability May 26 – June 1, 2026
As previously shared, the Illinois Shines 2025–26 Program Year will close on the evening of Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. CPT. At that time, the ability for AVs to create, revise, submit, and batch project applications will be paused within the Portal until the launch of the 2026–27 Program Year on June 1, 2026, […]
Updates to Illinois Shines Portal’s Disclosure Form API
On May 26, 2026, the Program will update the Portal’s Disclosure Form API to comply with 2026-27 Program Year changes. One new, mandatory field will require updates to existing API integrations to prevent rejection of Disclosure Forms submitted through the API. After this update, the previous API version will no longer be available, and all users will be required to comply with the new requirements. […]
Interim Capacity Reallocation Details and Portal Pause
As previously shared, on October 31, 2025, the IPA published an updated 2024 Long-Term Plan that conformed with the ICC Order in Docket 23-0714. Changes from the 2024 Long-Term Plan Re-opening impacting Illinois Shines include imposing an interim reallocation of 50% of remaining unused capacity on April 1, 2026, distributed among waitlisted projects as the waitlist exists on […]
Subscriber Management Update Template
Update to the template under CS Subscription Management -> Subscriptions -> Update Subscriptions so that the correct template can be downloaded. DG Disclosure Forms Add language to Disclosure Form PDFs noting that the Value of Electricity Savings may not reflect electricity and net metering rates if the customer qualifies for a low income discount rate for Ameren, […]
CS Subscriber Management Portal Feature Now Live
Beginning today, March 4, 2026, the Illinois Shines Community Solar Subscriber Management Portal Feature is available to all Approved Vendors (AVs) and Designees participating in the Community Solar (CS) category. This feature is designed to improve efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility by moving subscriber data from SharePoint to the Program Portal. This feature was developed with the assistance of Illinois […]
Portal Enhancement: Fixed incorrect REC calculator for Public Schools
When a DG Disclosure Form is created followed by a DG Application for 20-year contracts, the PV Watts Capacity Factor calculations will now calculate correctly when methodology is “Custom Capacity Factor” or “PVWatts” and use 20 in the formula for years when the contract is a 20-year contract. This will match the external REC Estimate […]
Scheduled Portal Maintenance – January 27 Window Extended
To accommodate a brief, addition maintenance update early morning on January 28, 2026, the Illinois Shines Program Portal’s regularly scheduled Tuesday evening maintenance window on January 27, from 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. CPT, will be extended until 5:00 a.m. CPT on January 28. The Portal may be temporally unavailable for short periods during this time. The […]
Portal Enhancement: Added date field validations to project application
Added validations to the following project application date fields to improve data quality and reduce Need Info cases
Portal Enhancement: Missing asterisk on required project application fields
An asterisk was added to mark two required fields on Part I applications where it was previously missing: “Final Interconnection Approval Date (Actual or Estimate)” and “Does the project commit to only serve the subscribers in the same county in which the project is located?”
Portal Maintenance to Address Disclosure Form Visibility Issue
The Program Administrator became aware of an issue in which some Disclosure Forms associated with one of an Approved Vendor’s (AV) Disclosure Form Designees may have been temporarily accessible to other Disclosure Form Designees operating under the same Approved Vendor. Specifically, Disclosure Forms may have been accessible via the Program portal’s Disclosure Form Report export […]