Traditional Community Solar Scores for Program Year 2025-26
On June 2, 2025, Traditional Community Solar (“TCS”) capacity for the 2025-26 Program Year opened. For the 2025-26 Program Year, capacity available for the TCS category was 64 MW for Group A and 149 MW for Group B. Capacity was initially allocated to projects on the 2024-25 Program Year waitlist on June 2, 2025, leaving 0 MW of capacity available for […]
Portal Enhancement: New Field on Part II of the Community Solar Application
On August 20, 2025, the Part II application for Community Solar projects will add an additional field to ensure accurate tracking of all project information. The new field, Utility Project ID (Facility ID/Generation ID), will be added to Section 2 of all Community Solar Part II Applications. While the new field is optional, the Program Administrator requests that AVs populate the newly added field of Utility Project ID (Facility ID/Generation ID) to support accurate tracking. ComEd customers should […]
Addition of Township Data to Project Application Reports #2 and #3
Traditional Community Solar (TCS) scoring criterion 2.c allows for awarding of points to projects sited in a county (or a township within Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will County) that does not currently have a community solar project that was approved by the ICC for a REC contract under the Illinois Shines program at […]
Part II Community Solar Subscriber Verification Timeline Updates
The Part II application submission and subscriber verification timeline for community solar projects has been updated per Section 5.E. (Part II Submission Timelines for Community Solar Projects) of the Program Guidebook. Approved Vendors must submit Part II applications and update subscriber records earlier during the Quarterly Period to allow the Program Administrator sufficient time to process applications and […]
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 […]