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: August 7, 2024
QUARTER 2 2024 (April, May, June)	Disclosure Form enhancements Collection of enhancements to Disclosure Form PDFs and CSV upload. Specifics to be noted in bi-weekly in Portal Updates section of Program announcements. New Long-Term Plan Changes to Portal to comply with 2024 Long-Term Plan, including application fee change, new Advance of Capital questions, and capturing if project includes battery storage during Part I submission. Legacy Portal Database Retirement As of July 1, 2024, the legacy Portal database will no longer be accessible. Enhancements will be made to the current Portal to make accessible any critical historical data not yet migrated, including showing legacy-generated contract documents to Approved Vendors (AVs). Security enhancements Improvements to password management requiring regular password changes to keep data safe and secure.
QUARTER 3 2024 (July, August, September)	Disclosure Form Changes Necessitated by Updates to Net Metering – Customer Disclaimer Add disclaimer about upcoming net metering changes to DG Disclosure Forms. Project Withdrawals Enable Program Administrator to update application status to “Withdrawn”. Correct application status and assigned batch for all withdrawn applications.
QUARTER 4 2024 (October, November, December)	Disclosure Form Changes Necessitated by Updates to Net Metering – Value of Electricity and Savings Calculations Updated fields and savings calculations in Portal, CSV, and API to account for shift in net metering for DG customers in Illinois starting January 1, 2025 Modified text in PDFs generated for DG Lease, Purchase, and PPA Forms Project Removals and Non-Executions Enable Program Administrator to update application status to “Removed” and “Not Executed”. Correct application status and assigned batch for all removed and not executed applications. Remove AV & Designee Association Enable Program Admins to remove associations between AVs and Designees in the Program Portal when working relationship has terminated. DG API – AV access to Designee Disclosure Forms AVs can submit, view data, download form, and upload signature of Disclosure Forms on Designees’ behalf through DG API.

Roadmap Update: August 7, 2024

QUARTER 2 2024 (April, May, June)

Disclosure Form enhancements

Collection of enhancements to Disclosure Form PDFs and CSV upload. Specifics to be noted in bi-weekly in Portal Updates section of Program announcements.

New Long-Term Plan

Changes to Portal to comply with 2024 Long-Term Plan, including application fee change, new Advance of Capital questions, and capturing if project includes battery storage during Part I submission.

Legacy Portal Database Retirement

As of July 1, 2024, the legacy Portal database will no longer be accessible. Enhancements will be made to the current Portal to make accessible any critical historical data not yet migrated, including showing legacy-generated contract documents to Approved Vendors (AVs).

Security enhancements

Improvements to password management requiring regular password changes to keep data safe and secure.

QUARTER 3 2024 (July, August, September)

Disclosure Form Changes Necessitated by Updates to Net Metering – Customer Disclaimer

Add disclaimer about upcoming net metering changes to DG Disclosure Forms.

Project Withdrawals

Enable Program Administrator to update application status to “Withdrawn”. Correct application status and assigned batch for all withdrawn applications.

QUARTER 4 2024 (October, November, December)

Disclosure Form Changes Necessitated by Updates to Net Metering – Value of Electricity and Savings Calculations

Updated fields and savings calculations in Portal, CSV, and API to account for shift in net metering for DG customers in Illinois starting January 1, 2025
Modified text in PDFs generated for DG Lease, Purchase, and PPA Forms

Project Removals and Non-Executions

Enable Program Administrator to update application status to “Removed” and “Not Executed”. Correct application status and assigned batch for all removed and not executed applications.

Remove AV & Designee Association

Enable Program Admins to remove associations between AVs and Designees in the Program Portal when working relationship has terminated.

DG API – AV access to Designee Disclosure Forms

AVs can submit, view data, download form, and upload signature of Disclosure Forms on Designees’ behalf through DG API.

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.

Portal Updates

Portal Development Roadmap

Portal Updates Blog

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