2024-25 Traditional Community Solar Waitlisted Projects Awarded Capacity in Program Year 2025-26
On June 2, 2025 Traditional Community Solar capacity for the 2025-26 Program Year opened with 64 MW for Group A and 149 MW for Group B. Capacity was first allocated to projects on the 2024-25 Group A and Group B Waitlists, with a 20% Developer cap applied. Capacity has been fully allocated to projects submitted before June 2, 2025. The list […]
Traditional Community Solar (Group A and Group B) – Next Steps
As detailed above, the block capacity allocation has been exceeded for both Traditional Community Solar Groups A and B, as per Section 1.E. of the Program Guidebook, a “First Day” Scoring process has been triggered, as specified in the current Program Guidebook (published May 5, 2025), including the following next steps: Please note there were 14 Traditional Community Solar applications batched on the first day of the Program Year that have […]
Community Solar Updates and Reminders for 2025-26 Program Year
Community Driven Community Solar (CDCS)On June 2, 2025, the 90-day CDCS application window will open for the 2025-26 Program Year. Upon closing of the 90-day application window on September 2, 2025, projects will be reviewed and scored based on the scoring criteria as outlined in Appendix F of the Program Guidebook, with projects selected from […]
Community Solar Updates and Reminders for 2025-26 Program Year
Community Driven Community Solar (CDCS) On June 2, 2025, the 90-day CDCS application window will open for the 2025-26 Program Year. Upon closing of the 90-day application window on September 2, 2025, projects will be reviewed and scored based on the scoring criteria as outlined in Appendix F of the Program Guidebook, with projects selected […]
Portal Community Solar Subscriber Management Survey
In January 2025, the Program held a working group to support the development of community solar subscriber management functionality in the Program Portal. The Program Administrator utilized stakeholder feedback to begin developing requirements for the functionality, and seeks additional information from interested Approved Vendors and Designees via a short survey which includes design examples for review and comment. The Program requests survey responses […]
Portal Latitude and Longitude Updates Implemented
As shared earlier this week, the PVWatts® Calculator no longer provides the “address” query parameter required in project application submissions, including estimated system production and associated contractual REC delivery amounts. On March 10, 2025, the Program Administrator implemented a solution that automatically resolves the new PVWatts requirement for latitude and longitude from applications upon running […]
Portal Latitude and Longitude Update
As shared last week, effective March 11, 2025, PVWatts® Calculator will no longer be available to provide the “address” query parameter used to support application submissions, including estimated system production and associated contractual REC delivery amounts. However, no change to the user experience is expected, and the Program will provide information early next week on […]
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. The Program would like to thank the participants for attending the January 22, 2025 Working Group meeting and for the robust discussion. Stakeholders seeking additional information may contact the Program Administrator at [email protected].
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 expects to hold two Working Group meetings between January 13 and January 20, 2025, and sent interested parties a schedule poll. Additional information and Zoom links will […]
Request for Part II CS Applications on 20-Year Contracts
The current Quarterly Period under the 20-year REC Contracts ends on February 28, 2025, and projects on the 20 Year REC Contracts must be Part II verified by this date in order to be included in the next invoice in April 2025. Because the Part II Verification process for CS projects requires additional steps to […]