IPA Procurement to Facilitate 1.55 GW of New Renewable Energy Projects
On June 24, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) approved the results of the IPA’s Summer 2026 Indexed REC procurement event for Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from…
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July 24, 2026
July 20, 2026
ICC Fines Eight More Suppliers For Reporting Requirement Noncompliance
On July 16, 2026, the Illinois Commerce Commission issued eight separate final order fining suppliers for failing to comply with various reporting requirements. See…
July 10, 2026
ALJ Denies ComEd’s Motion to Define Grid Plan Scope
On July 2, 2026, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) issued an order denying ComEd’s motion to define scope, given that “[t]he Grid Plan is intended to be a forum in…
July 8, 2026
Arcadia Provides Comments on Draft Utility Data Access Rule
Arcadia proposed comments on draft utility data access rule include: “Notwithstanding any other law, anonymized, aggregated usage data from multiple customer accounts…
June 30, 2026
IPA Releases Final Indexed Storage Credit Contracts, RFP Rules for August Energy Storage Procurement, Additional Resources
The Illinois Power Agency’s (IPA)’s Procurement Administrator has posted the final Indexed Storage Credit (ISC) Contract and the final RFP Documents for the…
June 24, 2026
TLG Commodities Seeks ARES Certificate
On June 16, 2026 TLG Commodities filed a petition/application with the Illinois Commerce to get licensed as an Alternative Retail Electric Supplier (ARES) within the…
June 22, 2026
Data Access Working Group Meetings Scheduled
The DAWG webpage has been updated with the recording and materials from the June 18 meeting. The next meeting is on July 9 at 1:00 pm solely to discuss the draft rule…
June 18, 2026
Renewable Energy Bill Awaits Governor’s Signature or Veto
Both Illinois houses pass last-minute energy bill substitution. In the wee hours the original text of energy bill HB1700 was replaced just two days before the May 31st…
June 11, 2026
Mark Your Calendars
ICC Workshop Schedule & Proposed Topics All meetings scheduled for 9:00 a.m. CT 6/2326: Procurement and market access – Webex 7/21/26: Follow-up on open issues…
Uncontracted Capacity Reallocation Process for the 2026-27 Program Year Detailed Memo Published
On June 10, 2026 the Illinois Shines features annual block of capacity that remain open until block capacity is exhausted for the Program Year, and unused or…
