REC Contract Questions and Answers Document Posted
As part of the Final REC Contract Announcement, the Illinois Power Agency and the Program Administrator invited written questions on the Final REC Delivery Contract, to be submitted by January 31, 2019. These questions and the answers to these questions have now been posted here.
Tentative Lottery Date Announced and Status Update on Block 1 Applications
The Illinois Power Agency and the Program Administrator wish to announce that based upon Part 1 project applications submitted during the first 14 days of the Adjustable Block Program, it appears that there will be lotteries for the following Group/category combinations: Group A – Large DG (133 MW of applications received) Group A – Community […]
Community Solar Brochure and Spanish DG Brochure Released
The Illinois Shines Community Solar informational brochure is now live and accessible on both the Adjustable Block Program website and Illinois Shines website. Additionally, for Approved Vendors that work with primarily Spanish speaking customers, the Illinois Shines Distributed Generation informational brochure is now live and accessible in Spanish on both the Adjustable Block Program website […]
Illinois Adjustable Block Program Lottery Deadline-Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 12:00 PM CST
The deadline to ensure that Illinois Adjustable Block Program project applications are included in any potential lottery, if needed within a Group/category combination, is 12:00 PM (noon) CST on February 13, 2019. All batches that have been created within the application portal by the deadline will be reviewed by the Program Administrator for inclusion in […]
Distributed Generation Marketing Guidelines
Concurrent with the launch of the Adjustable Block Program for project application opening, the Illinois Power Agency is updating its Distributed Generation Marketing Guidelines. The changes are as follows: References have been inserted throughout the document to the new “Illinois Shines” consumer-facing branding for the program. Additionally, the compliance pathway described at the end of […]
Community Solar Marketing Guidelines and the Community Solar Disclosure Form Published
Following the publication of Draft Community Solar Marketing Guidelines and the Draft Community Solar Disclosure Form on November 27, 2018, as well as related stakeholder comments submitted by December 10, 2018, the Illinois Power Agency has developed a final version of the Community Solar Marketing Guidelines and the Community Solar Disclosure Form for the Adjustable […]
Program Guidebook Updated
The Illinois Power Agency has updated its Program Guidebook previously published on December 31, 2018. The updated Program Guidebook, and a redline showing changes from the December 31st version, can be found here. Key changes include, among others, (i) an update of several procedures including payments, assignments, and performance evaluation in conformance with the Final […]
Illinois Adjustable Block Program Open for Project Applications
The Illinois Adjustable Block Program opened for project applications on January 30, 2019 at 9:00 AM CST. The volume of project applications received for each block in the program are available on the Illinois Adjustable Block Program website dashboard. The dashboard shows megawatt capacity of each block broken down by submission and review status. The […]
Final REC Delivery Contract Posted
The Illinois Power Agency, through its Procurement Administrator and Adjustable Block Program (“ABP”) Administrator and in consultation with the Ameren Illinois Company, Commonwealth Edison Company, MidAmerican Energy Company, and the Staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission (as required by the Long-Term Renewable Resources Procurement Plan or “Plan”), has now published its Final REC Delivery Contract, […]
Final Distributed Generation Contract Requirements Posted
Section 6.13 of the Long-Term Renewable Resources Procurement Plan states that the IPA and its Program Administrator will develop “a list of contract requirements” to be provided to Approved Vendors. Following publication of the draft contract requirements for distributed generation project installations on December 31, 2018 and subsequent stakeholder feedback, the Final Distributed Generation Contract […]