Subscription Management Portal  Feature 

The Program Administrator continues development of the Community Solar Subscription Management Feature for the Program Portal, which is slated for a March 2026 launch. This new feature will replace the current manual workbook process in SharePoint and will allow for improved subscriber data quality and the centralization of access. The new feature will give Approved Vendors (“AVs”) and Designees the ability to view and manage subscriptions, view unsubscribed Disclosure Forms, and import and export subscription data. Additionally, AVs will have the ability to manage project permissions and assign Designees to view/manage community solar projects. The development and timeline of this new feature is outlined below: 

• Mid-January: AV Testing Session (Core Functionality)
  • The Program Administrator invited AVs and Designees, who participated in the 2025 AV/Designee Subscriber Management Working Group, to participate in a live demo and testing session, where AVs and Designees had the opportunity to provide feedback on the new feature. 
  February: Feature Enhancement Development
  • The Program Administrator will review the feedback from the AV Testing Session of the core functionality and consider potential enhancements to the Portal feature before official launch. 
  Mid-February: Final Subscriber Data Import
  • The Program Administrator will import current subscriber data into the Portal that passes all required data validation checks. Any subscription rows that do not pass required data validation checks will not be imported. The Program Administrator will communicate to AVs and Designees that have impacted records to explain the data issues and how the AV can resolve the issues by updating the subscriber data and importing the data after official feature launch.
  Late-February: Subscriber Management Live Webinar
  • The Program will host a live webinar on February 26, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. CPT. The webinar will provide a live demo, recorded reference resource, and detail the feature’s development, benefits, and upcoming changes to subscriber data management processes.
  March: Official launch of the Community Solar Subscription Management Feature. 
  • Feature goes live in Portal. SharePoint-based process is retired. 

• Post-Launch: Outstanding action items must be completed by AVs.

The Illinois Shines Program Administrator will be reaching out soon to Community Solar AVs to complete required launch activities.