Draft 2025-26 Program Year Documents Released for Feedback, 2024 Annual Complaints Report Published, Portal Latitude and Longitude
The IPA announces new information related to the Illinois Shines program. This announcement includes: Coming Up in Illinois Shines, Stakeholder Support, Program News, Ongoing Operations Updates, Application Processing Updates, Ongoing Program Portal Updates, and other Requirements and Reminders. The full announcement is available here. Topics covered include the following: Coming up in Illinois Shines· Events· Due […]
Draft Program Guidebook, Draft Consumer Protection Documents, and Draft REC Prices Released for Feedback – Comments Due March 26, 2025
The Agency has released a draft of the 2025-26 Program Year Illinois Shines Program Guidebook, as well as draft of the Consumer Protection Handbook, the Minimum Contract Requirements, and draft REC Prices for stakeholder feedback. PROGRAM GUIDEBOOK This draft Guidebook will undergo stakeholder feedback, the Agency will review comments submitted and then release a final […]
Upcoming Change to PVWatts® Calculator Address Query
Part I and Part II project applications require location information via both a required address submission and an optional submission for latitude and longitude coordinates. The Program has been alerted that effective March 11, 2025, PVWatts® Calculator will no longer provide the “address” query parameter to calculate the estimated production for an application as well […]
REC Contract Amendments Guidance, March REC Invoicing Opens, and March Consumer Protection Working Group
The IPA announces new information related to the Illinois Shines program. This announcement includes: Coming Up in Illinois Shines, Stakeholder Support, Program News, Ongoing Operations Updates, Application Processing Updates, Ongoing Program Portal Updates, and other Requirements and Reminders. The full announcement is available here. Topics covered include the following: Coming up in Illinois Shines Stakeholder […]
REC Contract Amendments
The IPA has previously shared information on the release of REC Contract modifications, which will be in the form of a REC Contract Amendment. The amendment is intended to implement the consumer protection initiatives and approaches described in Chapter 9 of the Long-Term Plan, including a REC adder for stranded projects and an escrow process. […]
Final REC Contract Amendments Published
The Program has posted the REC Contract Amendments on the Program Documents page of the website for AVs to review before requesting signatures. The Program Administrator will send signature requests via Docusign and each AV must sign the REC Contract Amendment for each active REC Contract. The Program will share more information soon, including a […]
IPA Released Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report, Clarification on Small DG Block Capacity Dashboard, Part II Verification Cut off for February
The IPA announces new information related to the Illinois Shines program. This announcement includes: Coming Up in Illinois Shines, Stakeholder Support, Program News, Ongoing Operations Updates, Application Processing Updates, Ongoing Program Portal Updates, and other Requirements and Reminders. The full announcement is available here. Topics covered include the following: Coming up in Illinois Shines Stakeholder […]
Reminder: Small DG Block Capacity Dashboard Clarification
The Program has become aware of stakeholder confusion about available capacity in project categories via the Block Capacity Dashboard. Specifically, some stakeholders have interpreted the Submitted Capacity (the red segment) to be indicating a lack of remaining capacity in the Small DG Block. For clarity, ’Submitted Capacity’ represents Part I project applications that have been […]
Release of Part II EAS Assessment, REC Contract Amendment Release Update, Re-Batching Opens for AVs
The IPA announces new information related to the Illinois Shines program. This announcement includes: Coming Up in Illinois Shines, Stakeholder Support, Program News, Ongoing Operations Updates, Application Processing Updates, Ongoing Program Portal Updates, and other Requirements and Reminders. The full announcement is available here. Topics covered include the following: Coming up in Illinois Shines Stakeholder […]
Illinois Power Agency Releases Part II of its Equity Accountability System Assessment
The Illinois Power Agency (IPA) is pleased to announce the release of Part II of its Equity Accountability System Assessment, which completes comprehensive evaluation of statutory Equity Accountability System (EAS) provisions in promoting equity across the clean energy economy. The Illinois Power Agency Act directs the IPA to establish an Equity Accountability System to ensure […]