Portal Updates
Portal Development Roadmap
The Portal Development Roadmap is designed to preview upcoming, planned development for the Illinois Shines portal. Updates on the following planned activities will be provided in weekly Program announcements, and detailed below in the Portal Updates Blog in conjunction with software releases.
Roadmap Update: January 16, 2025 | |
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QUARTER 4 2024 (October, November, December) | Disclosure Form changes from net metering configuration
Project Removals and Non-Executions
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QUARTER 1 2025 (January, February, March) | Remove AV & Designee Association
DG API – AV access to Designee Disclosure Forms
Project & Disclosure Form searchability and reports (continued)
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QUARTER 2 2025 (April, May, June) | Subscriber Management
REC Contract Addendum
New Program Year Pause
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Portal Updates Blog
The Program Administrator will use this space to provide ongoing portal updates on releases of features and functions (newly-available and planned); issue and bug reports, investigations, and resolutions; updates on data availability and reports; changes to portal materials/documents or appearance; new technical documentation and support; and more.
February 5, 2025
Market Facing Bugfixes: Cannot submit app when interconnecting Utility Changed Between Part 1 and 2 (from ComEd). Issue: When a Part I project application was originally submitted with the Interconnecting Utility
January 22, 2024
Bug Fix: Net Metering: DG Disclosure Form – “What is the customer’s expected annual electricity usage in kWh?” question seems to blank out/not be saving when users resume an unsubmitted
January 7, 2025
Enhancement: DG Disclosure Forms revised to reflect new changes to Net Metering policies effective for 2025. For more information see the Updated Distributed Generation Disclosure Forms announcement.
December 11, 2024
Enhancement: Cannot submit Part II application when the question “Does your system have a battery backup?” answer is ‘Yes’ for Part I and ‘No’ for Part II Previously, when
November 13, 2024
Enhancements: As a Vendor: Forgot Password returns generic error if user cancels password change. This enhancement removes an error message when the user selects “Forgot Password”, receives an email with
October 30, 2024
Changed text on Part I application submission popup The confirmation message displayed when submitting a Part I application has been revised to include greater clarity on next steps, highlighting that