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Illinois Solar for All Hosts Webinar to Help Small & Emerging Solar Companies
On January 23, 2024 the ILSFA announced a webinar overviewing the program “to support small and emerging businesses interested in the different pathways to get involved in the solar industry”.
Project selections were scheduled (1/23/24). Selections have not been made available as of this Update.
On January 12, 2024, the Program Administrator announced the initiation of the 2023-2024 project selection protocol for the ILSFA community solar sub-program (Of note, “The Project Selection Protocol remains unchanged from the previous 2022-2023 program year.”
Program Administrator posted initial rank scores and project attributes for sub-programs as part of the 2023-2024 project selection protocol (1/16/24).
As background, Community Solar allows members of a community to subscribe to a single solar array and installed by a local electrical utility. The Community Solar program provides access to the benefits of solar energy without installing panels on-site to income-eligible households, as well as qualified non-profits and public facilities, through incentives to approved vendors.
Solar for All allows customers to benefit from solar energy without having to install solar panels on their property. Income-eligible participants that subscribe to a Community Solar project will have no upfront costs and any ongoing costs or fees will not be more than 50% of the value participants get from their system. For example, if a participant receives $100 worth of electricity credits from their system in a month, their approved vendor cannot charge more than $50 that month.
Illinois: Solar for All Community Solar (08/31/2022)
