Program Updates
- Vendor Updates
CDCS Random Selection Event Results, Annual Report Draft Drawdown Results, Elective Pay Webinars’ Recordings Published
The IPA announces new information related to the Illinois Shines program. This announcement includes: Coming Up in Illinois Shines, Stakeholder Support, Program News, and Reference and Reminders. The full announcement is available here. Topics include the following: Coming up in Illinois Shines Stakeholder Support Program News Reference and Reminders Thank you!Illinois
- Vendor Updates
Community-Driven Community Solar Project Selection Results for Program Year 2025-26
On June 2, 2025, the 90-day project application window opened for Community-Driven Community Solar (“CDCS”) for the 2025-2026 Program Year, allowing Approved Vendors (“AVs”) to submit CDCS applications until 11:59 p.m. CPT on September 2, 2025. Capacity available for the CDCS category was 34.07 MW for Group A and 56.99
- Vendor Updates
Reminder of December 17 Elective Pay Webinar
Elective Pay is a new mechanism that allows tax-exempt entities – such as local government offices, public schools, nonprofits, or houses of worship – who have installed or plan to install a clean energy project to file a tax return and receive a reimbursement for a portion (often at least
- Vendor Updates
Reminder: Program Year 2025-26 Community-Driven Community Solar Random Selection Event on December 17
As outlined in Section 5 of the Program Guidebook, the Community-Driven Community Solar (“CDCS”) application window closes 90 days after the start of the Program Year. With the Program Year commencing on June 2, 2025, the application submission deadline for Program Year 2025-26 CDCS projects was September 2, 2025. In
- Vendor Updates
Annual Report Draft Drawdown Results, CDCS Random Selection Event, MES Mid-Year Report Submission Deadline
The IPA announces new information related to the Illinois Shines program. This announcement includes: Coming Up in Illinois Shines, Stakeholder Support, Program News, and Reference and Reminders. The full announcement is available here. Topics include the following: Coming up in Illinois Shines· Events· Due Dates Stakeholder Support· Program Administrator Office Hours·
- Vendor Updates
Portal Maintenance to Address Disclosure Form Visibility Issue
The Program Administrator became aware of an issue in which some Disclosure Forms associated with one of an Approved Vendor’s (AV) Disclosure Form Designees may have been temporarily accessible to other Disclosure Form Designees operating under the same Approved Vendor. Specifically, Disclosure Forms may have been accessible via the Program