Group A Large Distributed Generation (DG) Block 5 was closed as of March 29, 2022 at 11:59 PM Central Prevailing Time.
The Program Administrator announced on March 22, 2022 that Group A Large DG Block 5 had reached capacity. As outlined in Section 1(B) of the Program Guidebook, once the allocated capacity of a block has been reached, the block will remain open until the earlier of seven calendar days or 10 MW of additional capacity is submitted. Any Group A Large DG applications submitted as part of a paid batch on or prior to March 29, 2022 at 11:59 PM Central Prevailing Time were allocated to Block 5, and thus will receive Block 5 pricing, provided that the application fee is paid within 10 business days following batch submittal. Any Group A Large DG applications submitted as part of a paid batch after that time will be added to a waitlist.
Project applications are selected from the waitlist as projects ahead of them in the relevant Group and category that have been allocated to a capacity block are withdrawn. A project’s selection from the waitlist is based on sufficient capacity being vacated by withdrawn projects, not on a one-to-one project relationship. Part I of a project application will be reviewed only after it has been selected from the waitlist. Because the rate of withdrawals is unknown, it is not possible to determine if or when a new project application may be selected from the Group A Large DG waitlist and thus be considered for an incentive through the Program.
At this time the schedule for the opening of a future block of capacity for Group A Large DG is dependent on the approval of the Long-Term Renewable Resources Procurement Plan by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
Remaining capacity in the Program can be viewed via the block capacity dashboard.
If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please reach out to the Adjustable Block Program Administrator at [email protected] or at 877-783-1820.
