Program Updates
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Stakeholder Feedback – Public Schools Category
The Illinois Power Agency is seeking public comment on requirements for projects submitted to the Public Schools category of the Illinois Shines program. Following the review and consideration of public comments, the Agency intends to finalize requirements for the 2023-2024 Program year/Delivery year beginning June 1, 2023. The request for
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REMINDER: Stakeholder Feedback – Waiver for Minimum Equity Standard; Comments Due Tomorrow, February 22, 2023
As previously shared, the Illinois Power Agency seeks public comment on the waiver for Minimum Equity Standard requirements for entities that have received a REC contract award under the Adjustable Block/Illinois Shines Program or through the IPA’s utility-scale REC procurements for a given Program/delivery year. Following the review and consideration
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Special Announcement: System Maintenance Completed; Portal Availability Has Resumed
Earlier today, the Program portal was placed into maintenance mode when the Program Administrator discovered that due to an error, a script was inadvertently initiated that changed the displayed project status of many Part II applications (e.g., from Submitted to In Progress). The Program Administrator verified that no other project
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Group A Large Distributed Generation Block Now Closed, Application Processing Updates, Ongoing Operations and Portal Updates
The IPA announces new information related to Program News, Ongoing Operations Updates, Application Processing Updates, Ongoing Program Portal Updates, and other Requirements and Reminders. The full announcement is available here. Topics covered include the following: Program News Group A Large Distributed Generation Block Now Closed; Waitlist in Effect Ongoing Operations
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Special Announcement: System Maintenance Underway To Perform Data Update; Access Will Resume Later Today
Access to the Program portal is temporarily unavailable, while the Program Administrator performs a data update. The maintenance period began at approximately 12:00 p.m. CPT. The Program Administrator apologizes for the inconvenience to portal users. A notice of portal availability restoration, expected later today, will be sent when system access
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Group A Large Distributed Generation Soft Close Deadline Concluded February 13, 2023; Waitlist in Effect
As previously communicated, on February 6, 2023 the annual block of capacity for the Group A Large Distributed Generation block (comprising 57.58 MW) was been filled. Section B of the Program Guidebook provides for a soft close period which allows the block to remain open for seven calendar days or when