Request for Feedback on Subscriber Management within the Illinois Shines Portal
The Program Administrator is developing functionality for AVs and Designees to manage subscribers in the Illinois Shines Portal via CSV upload. In support of this development, the Program will hold the first Working Group meeting on January 22, 2025 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. CPT. Additional information and Zoom links have been sent out to […]
Updated DG Disclosure Forms are Live
Updated Illinois Shines Distributed Generation Disclosure Forms went live the evening of January 7, 2025 to accommodate changes in Illinois Net Metering. Please see the full announcement for details of the changes. Updates to Illinois Solar for All Disclosure Forms will be released via Illinois Solar for All’s communication channels.
Reminder: Updated Distributed Generation Disclosure Forms
This information is specifically about Disclosure Forms for the Illinois Shines program. Updates related to new Disclosure Forms for the Illinois Solar for All program will be released via that program’s communication channels. The updated Distributed Generation (“DG”) Disclosure Forms will go live tomorrow evening on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Disclosure Forms are an important […]
Updated DG Disclosure Forms
On December 18, the Program detailed updates to Distributed Generation Disclosure Forms, which will go live the evening of Tuesday, January 7, 2025 to support upcoming Net Metering changes in Illinois. Disclosure Forms are an important consumer education tool that customers can use to understand key project information and to compare offers. The announcement included […]
Updated DG Disclosure Forms
The updated DG Disclosure Forms will go live the evening of Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Disclosure Forms are an important consumer education tool. Customers can use Disclosure Forms to understand key project information and to compare offers. Many of the new fields already appear in the Portal and must be completed in order to generate […]
DG Disclosure Form API Update for Upcoming Net Metering Changes
On November 22, 2024, the Program provided API users with details on new Disclosure Form attributes that were introduced to the Program Portal in October, and which will be added to the API on January 7, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. CPT with the release of the updated Disclosure Forms. Please contact [email protected] for API questions.
Clarification Announcement – Distributed Generation (DG) Installation Designees
The Agency has received inquiries as to whether DG installation companies must be registered as a Designee. As defined in the Illinois Shines Program Guidebook, “Designee” refers to third-party (i.e., non-AV) entities that have direct interaction with end-use customers on behalf of the AV or another Designee. The Agency has concluded that DG installers must […]
Initial Review Underway on Waitlisted Distributed Generation (DG) Project
As previously shared, even where project category blocks have exhausted their available allocated capacity for the current Program Year, customers may still purchase, install, and finance solar projects, and vendors may continue to submit applications. This week, the Program announced that limited processing of waitlisted DG projects has begun in advance of the new Program […]
Group B Small Distributed Generation Block Now Closed
As announced on February 14, 2024, the Group B Small DG soft close period concluded on February 13, 2024, and applications batched and submitted to the Program under Group B Small DG block after February 13, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. CPT have been placed on a waitlist. All projects submitted to Group B Small DG […]
Group B Small Distributed Generation Soft Close Period Concluded February 13, 2024; Waitlist in Effect
As previously communicated, on February 5, 2024, the annual block of capacity for the Group B Small Distributed Generation block (comprising 94.00 MW) was filled. Section B of the Program Guidebook provides for a soft close period which allows the block to remain open for seven calendar days or when the next project application submitted […]
