As previously communicated, on November 22, 2024, the annual block of capacity for the Group B Equity Eligible Contractor (“EEC”) Community Solar block (comprising of 84 megawatts) was filled. Section 1.G 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 to the block would exceed capacity by 10 megawatts (“MW”). A soft close period was initiated for the project category on Monday, November 25, 2024.
On Monday, December 2, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. CPT, the soft close calendar deadline was reached, prior to the submission of a limit of 10 additional megawatts of capacity through projects batched and submitted to the block. As a result, in accordance with the Program Guidebook, any applications batched and submitted to the Program under Group B EEC Community Solar block after the soft close deadline will be placed on a waitlist. As of the conclusion of the soft close period, the total batched project capacity for Group B EEC Community Solar is 87.846 MW.
The Group B EEC Community Solar block is now closed, and a project waitlist for this category will be added to the Program website at https://illinoisshines.com/block-capacity-dashboard/. At this time, new capacity for this Group/category is planned for the 2025-26 Program Year and is expected to be available on June 2, 2025.
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