{ "state": "IL", "built": "2026-11-05", "facts": { "nm.definition": { "label": "What net metering is, in Illinois Shines words", "value": "a credit on your bill for the power your panels send to the grid", "unit": "text", "display": "a credit on your bill for the power your panels send to the grid", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, FAQs Related to Changes in Net Metering in Illinois (July 26, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FAQs-Related-to-Changes-in-Net-Metering-In-Illinois-Consumers-26July2024.pdf", "source_section": "Question 1, What is net metering?", "quote": "Net metering credits you for your electricity that your solar project sends to the utility electric grid. If your solar project generates more electricity than you use, the excess electricity flows to the grid and you will receive a credit on your bill for that electricity.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "nm.supply_only_start": { "label": "Net metering for systems that start on or after January 1, 2025", "value": "credit for supply charges only, for systems that start on or after January 1, 2025", "unit": "text", "display": "credit for supply charges only, for systems that start on or after January 1, 2025", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, FAQs Related to Changes in Net Metering in Illinois (July 26, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FAQs-Related-to-Changes-in-Net-Metering-In-Illinois-Consumers-26July2024.pdf", "source_section": "Question 3, When will net metering changes take place?", "quote": "Under Illinois law, customers beginning net metering service on or after January 1, 2025 will receive net metering just for supply charges, rather than the full retail rate net metering.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "nm.delivery_charges": { "label": "Delivery charges under supply-only net metering", "value": "delivery charges on all the power you pull from the grid", "unit": "text", "display": "delivery charges on all the power you pull from the grid", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, FAQs Related to Changes in Net Metering in Illinois (July 26, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FAQs-Related-to-Changes-in-Net-Metering-In-Illinois-Consumers-26July2024.pdf", "source_section": "Question 2, What changes are coming to net metering in Illinois?", "quote": "With supply-only net metering, electric delivery charges are no longer included in net metering. This means that customers will pay delivery charges for the entire amount of electricity that they pull from the grid, regardless of how much electricity they send back to the grid.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "nm.example_net": { "label": "Illinois Shines worked example: net usage", "value": 100, "unit": "kWh", "display": "400 kWh sent out and 500 kWh used leaves 100 kWh net", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, FAQs Related to Changes in Net Metering in Illinois (July 26, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FAQs-Related-to-Changes-in-Net-Metering-In-Illinois-Consumers-26July2024.pdf", "source_section": "Question 2, worked example", "quote": "For example, if your solar project sends 400 kWh of extra electricity to the grid, and you use 500 kWh of electricity from the grid, your net usage would be 100 kWh. You will then only pay supply and transmission charges for that net usage.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "nm.example_delivery": { "label": "Illinois Shines worked example: delivery charges", "value": 500, "unit": "kWh", "display": "delivery charges on the full 500 kWh", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, FAQs Related to Changes in Net Metering in Illinois (July 26, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FAQs-Related-to-Changes-in-Net-Metering-In-Illinois-Consumers-26July2024.pdf", "source_section": "Question 2, worked example", "quote": "With the above example, you would pay supply and transmission charges for 100 kWh, but you would pay delivery charges for the full 500 kWh pulled from the grid.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "nm.customer_charges": { "label": "Charges that stay on the bill whatever you use", "value": "customer charges and fees that do not depend on how much power you use", "unit": "text", "display": "customer charges and fees that do not depend on how much power you use", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, FAQs Related to Changes in Net Metering in Illinois (July 26, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FAQs-Related-to-Changes-in-Net-Metering-In-Illinois-Consumers-26July2024.pdf", "source_section": "Question 2, last sentence of the answer", "quote": "Your electric bill will also include non-volumetric (not based on kWh used) customer charges and fees.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "nm.lower_credit": { "label": "Credit for systems that start net metering in 2025 or later", "value": "a lower credit per kWh than systems already on net metering", "unit": "text", "display": "a lower credit per kWh than systems already on net metering", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, FAQs Related to Changes in Net Metering in Illinois (July 26, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FAQs-Related-to-Changes-in-Net-Metering-In-Illinois-Consumers-26July2024.pdf", "source_section": "Question 7, What is the difference between the full retail net metering rate and the new net metering rate?", "quote": "Customers enrolled in net metering on or after January 1, 2025, will only receive supply credits, meaning that customers whose systems send excess energy to the grid will be compensated at a lower rate per kilowatt-hour than those already enrolled in net metering.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "nm.legacy": { "label": "Systems already on full retail net metering before 2025", "value": "full retail net metering for the life of the system", "unit": "text", "display": "full retail net metering for the life of the system", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, FAQs Related to Changes in Net Metering in Illinois (July 26, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FAQs-Related-to-Changes-in-Net-Metering-In-Illinois-Consumers-26July2024.pdf", "source_section": "Question 2, last paragraph", "quote": "Customers that have systems installed that are already receiving full retail rate net metering will continue to receive full retail rate net metering for the life of their system, or unless the solar project is modified so extensively that it requires a new interconnection agreement (in ComEd territory) or doubles the nameplate capacity of the project (in Ameren territory).", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "gs.credits_start": { "label": "When net metering credits show up on the bill", "value": "generally within 1 to 2 months", "unit": "text", "display": "generally within 1 to 2 months", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Your Guide to Going Solar with Illinois Shines (June 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Guide-to-Going-Solar-v260625.pdf", "source_section": "Step 5, Installation of Your Solar Project", "quote": "If you sign up for net-metering with your Service Utility, you should start seeing credits on your bill from the electricity that your solar project generates generally within 1-2 months.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "ipa.net_metering_credits": { "label": "Net metering credits, in the Illinois Power Agency fact sheet", "value": "a credit that appears on your electric bill", "unit": "text", "display": "a credit that appears on your electric bill", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, fact sheet on the three kinds of solar credits (September 2025)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250905-web-solar-credit-and-rebates.pdf", "source_section": "Opening list: three types of credits", "quote": "Net Metering Credits: Based on electricity provided back to the grid; appears on customer electric bills to reduce bill amount.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "cp.utility_bill": { "label": "What marketing about the utility relationship must say", "value": "you stay a utility customer, responsible for a utility bill", "unit": "text", "display": "you stay a utility customer, responsible for a utility bill", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section I.C.1, General Requirements (page 11)", "quote": "Marketing materials that discuss the customer's relationship with their electric service utility, including online materials and social media posts, must explain that the customer will remain a utility customer responsible for a utility bill.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "cp.no_bill_claims": { "label": "Claims about the utility bill going away", "value": "no seller may say your utility bill goes away", "unit": "text", "display": "no seller may say your utility bill goes away", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section I.C.1, General Requirements (page 11)", "quote": "Approved Vendors and Designees shall not make statements that indicate that customers may eliminate or no longer receive an electricity or utility bill.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "ipaf.utility_bill": { "label": "Green flag: the company explains you keep a utility bill", "value": "a good solar company tells you that you will still have a utility bill", "unit": "text", "display": "a good solar company tells you that you will still have a utility bill", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Selecting a Solar Company: Green and Red Flags (homeowner handout)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250324-illinois-shines-homeowner-handout-red-green-flag-final-v250224.pdf", "source_section": "Green Flags column", "quote": "The solar company speaks ... knowledgeably about relevant electric ... utility policies, including net metering, ... and explains that you will still have a ... utility bill after going solar.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "ipaf.red_flag_bill": { "label": "Red flag: a claim that the utility bill goes away", "value": "a red flag: a claim that your utility bill goes away", "unit": "text", "display": "a red flag: a claim that your utility bill goes away", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Selecting a Solar Company: Green and Red Flags (homeowner handout)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250324-illinois-shines-homeowner-handout-red-green-flag-final-v250224.pdf", "source_section": "Red Flags column", "quote": "The solar company claims you can ... eliminate your utility bill.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "cp.what_is_shines": { "label": "What Illinois Shines is", "value": "payments for the solar credits a system makes over 15 or 20 years, depending on system type", "unit": "text", "display": "payments for the solar credits a system makes over 15 or 20 years, depending on system type", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section I.A, common questions: What is Illinois Shines? (page 8)", "quote": "Illinois Shines is a state-administered incentive program for new solar photovoltaic (\"PV\") systems. The program provides payments in exchange for delivery of Renewable Energy Credits (\"RECs\") generated by PV systems over 15 or 20 years, dependent upon system type.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "cp.rec_what": { "label": "What a REC is", "value": "the environmental value of solar power, not the power itself", "unit": "text", "display": "the environmental value of solar power, not the power itself", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section I.A, common questions: What are RECs and why are they valuable? (page 8)", "quote": "RECs represent the environmental value of the electricity generated from solar panels, but not the electricity itself.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "gs.administered": { "label": "Who runs Illinois Shines day to day", "value": "administered by Energy Solutions for the Illinois Power Agency", "unit": "text", "display": "administered by Energy Solutions for the Illinois Power Agency", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Your Guide to Going Solar with Illinois Shines (June 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Guide-to-Going-Solar-v260625.pdf", "source_section": "Page footer", "quote": "Illinois Shines is administered by Energy Solutions ... on behalf of the Illinois Power Agency, an ... independent state government agency.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "gs.vendor_sells": { "label": "Who sells the credits", "value": "your Approved Vendor sells the credits to the utility", "unit": "text", "display": "your Approved Vendor sells the credits to the utility", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Your Guide to Going Solar with Illinois Shines (June 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Guide-to-Going-Solar-v260625.pdf", "source_section": "Step 4, REC Contract Execution", "quote": "Under the REC Contract, your Approved Vendor sells the RECs produced by your solar project to the Contracting Utility.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "gs.rec_payment": { "label": "How the utility pays for the credits on small systems", "value": 50, "unit": "percent", "display": "a 50% upfront payment, the rest quarterly over six years", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Your Guide to Going Solar with Illinois Shines (June 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Guide-to-Going-Solar-v260625.pdf", "source_section": "Step 7, Contracting Utility Pays Approved Vendor for RECs", "quote": "For projects 25 kW in size or smaller submitted under the 2026 15-Year REC Delivery Contract, the Contracting Utility provides a 50% upfront payment for the RECs that your project will generate over the next 15 years, with the remaining to be paid out quarterly over six years.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "gs.pass_through": { "label": "Where the credit money goes", "value": "passed to you, or built into a lower project cost, depending on your contract", "unit": "text", "display": "passed to you, or built into a lower project cost, depending on your contract", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Your Guide to Going Solar with Illinois Shines (June 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Guide-to-Going-Solar-v260625.pdf", "source_section": "Step 7, Contracting Utility Pays Approved Vendor for RECs", "quote": "Depending on your contract with your Approved Vendor, a portion of this payment may be passed on to you, or the value of the payment may already be passed through in decreased project costs.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "gs.df_first": { "label": "When the Illinois Shines application can start", "value": "nothing is filed until you sign the Disclosure Form", "unit": "text", "display": "nothing is filed until you sign the Disclosure Form", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Your Guide to Going Solar with Illinois Shines (June 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Guide-to-Going-Solar-v260625.pdf", "source_section": "Step 1, Review & Sign Disclosure Form and Customer Contract", "quote": "Your Approved Vendor cannot begin the process of applying for your solar project to be part of the Illinois Shines program until you sign the Disclosure Form.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "ipa.contracts_via_av": { "label": "Who holds the credit contracts", "value": "the credit contracts run through Approved Vendors, not each homeowner", "unit": "text", "display": "the credit contracts run through Approved Vendors, not each homeowner", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, fact sheet on the three kinds of solar credits (September 2025)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250905-web-solar-credit-and-rebates.pdf", "source_section": "Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) column", "quote": "These contracts are ... not directly with each homeowner or business that installs solar, but instead are ... managed by Approved Vendors.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "doe.ppa_owned": { "label": "Who owns a leased or PPA system", "value": "owned by the solar company, not the homeowner", "unit": "text", "display": "owned by the solar company, not the homeowner", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Homeowner's Guide to Going Solar", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowners-guide-going-solar", "source_section": "How do I pay for solar? (leases and PPAs)", "quote": "Solar leases and PPAs allow consumers to host solar energy systems that are owned by solar companies and purchase back the electricity generated.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "doe.ppa_price": { "label": "How a PPA prices power", "value": "a set price per kWh for the power the system makes", "unit": "text", "display": "a set price per kWh for the power the system makes", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Homeowner's Guide to Going Solar", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowners-guide-going-solar", "source_section": "How do I pay for solar? (leases and PPAs)", "quote": "With a solar PPA, consumers agree to purchase the power generated by the system at a set price per kilowatt-hour of electricity produced.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "doe.no_tax_benefit": { "label": "Tax benefits on a lease or PPA", "value": "no tax benefits for the homeowner, who does not own the system", "unit": "text", "display": "no tax benefits for the homeowner, who does not own the system", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Homeowner's Guide to Going Solar", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowners-guide-going-solar", "source_section": "How do I pay for solar? (leases and PPAs)", "quote": "With both of these options, though, you are not entitled to tax benefits since you don't own the solar energy system.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "ipa.ppa_itc": { "label": "The federal credit on a lease or PPA", "value": "the system owner can use it and pass it on through the PPA", "unit": "text", "display": "the system owner can use it and pass it on through the PPA", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, fact sheet on the three kinds of solar credits (September 2025)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250905-web-solar-credit-and-rebates.pdf", "source_section": "Federal Tax Credits column", "quote": "For systems that are acquired via lease or Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), ... the ITC is not available to the homeowner or business on their annual tax ... return, but can be used by the company that owns the solar projects and ... passed on via the lease or PPA.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "dg.ppa_buyout": { "label": "PPA contract must say: buying the system", "value": "whether you can buy the system, and on what terms", "unit": "text", "display": "whether you can buy the system, and on what terms", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Distributed Generation Contract Requirements (April 18, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IL-Shines-DG-Contract-Requirements-4.18.2024.pdf", "source_section": "Section 3, Contract Requirements specific to PPA Transactions", "quote": "Whether the customer has right to purchase the system ... before end of lease term; or ... upon end of lease term ... In either case, economic terms for purchase", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "dg.ppa_ucc": { "label": "PPA contract must say: UCC-1 filing", "value": "the owner's right to file a UCC-1 statement", "unit": "text", "display": "the owner's right to file a UCC-1 statement", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Distributed Generation Contract Requirements (April 18, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IL-Shines-DG-Contract-Requirements-4.18.2024.pdf", "source_section": "Section 3, Contract Requirements specific to PPA Transactions", "quote": "System owner's right to file UCC-1 statement", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "dg.ppa_sale": { "label": "PPA contract must say: selling the home", "value": "what happens to the PPA if you sell the home", "unit": "text", "display": "what happens to the PPA if you sell the home", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Distributed Generation Contract Requirements (April 18, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IL-Shines-DG-Contract-Requirements-4.18.2024.pdf", "source_section": "Section 3, Contract Requirements specific to PPA Transactions", "quote": "Host's rights and obligations upon selling the property ... Requirements for transferring the PPA agreement to the new property owner", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "dg.ppa_pricing": { "label": "PPA contract must say: price and increases", "value": "the price, and any yearly increase", "unit": "text", "display": "the price, and any yearly increase", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Distributed Generation Contract Requirements (April 18, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IL-Shines-DG-Contract-Requirements-4.18.2024.pdf", "source_section": "Section 3, Contract Requirements specific to PPA Transactions", "quote": "Pricing terms (including escalation)", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "dg.ppa_termination": { "label": "PPA contract must say: early termination", "value": "any early termination fee", "unit": "text", "display": "any early termination fee", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Distributed Generation Contract Requirements (April 18, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IL-Shines-DG-Contract-Requirements-4.18.2024.pdf", "source_section": "Section 3, Contract Requirements specific to PPA Transactions", "quote": "Early termination fee, if any", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "cp.explain_agreement": { "label": "What the seller must explain about the agreement", "value": "the type of agreement and how long it lasts", "unit": "text", "display": "the type of agreement and how long it lasts", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section I.A, General Requirements (page 9)", "quote": "Approved Vendors and Designees must accurately explain to each customer the type of agreement that the customer is entering into and the duration of that agreement.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "irs.25d_end": { "label": "Residential Clean Energy Credit end date", "value": "not available for property placed in service after December 31, 2025", "unit": "text", "display": "not available for property placed in service after December 31, 2025", "source_name": "IRS, Residential Clean Energy Credit", "source_url": "https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/residential-clean-energy-credit", "source_section": "How it works", "quote": "The credit is not available for any property placed in service after December 31, 2025.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "irs.25d_rate": { "label": "Residential Clean Energy Credit, while it lasted", "value": 30, "unit": "percent", "display": "30% of the cost, for property installed from 2022 through December 31, 2025", "source_name": "IRS, Residential Clean Energy Credit", "source_url": "https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/residential-clean-energy-credit", "source_section": "How it works", "quote": "The Residential Clean Energy Credit equals 30% of the costs of new, qualified clean energy property for your home installed anytime from 2022 through December 31, 2025.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "cp.fitc_accurate": { "label": "Rule for marketing that mentions the federal tax credit", "value": "any mention of the federal tax credit must be accurate and current", "unit": "text", "display": "any mention of the federal tax credit must be accurate and current", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section I.C.1, General Requirements (page 11)", "quote": "Any marketing to customers that mentions a federal investment tax credit (FITC) must be accurate based on current availability and limitations of any such credit and must not be misleading.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "dg.rescission": { "label": "Right to cancel, Illinois Shines contracts", "value": "three or more calendar days, for systems of 25 kW or less", "unit": "text", "display": "three or more calendar days, for systems of 25 kW or less", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Distributed Generation Contract Requirements (April 18, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IL-Shines-DG-Contract-Requirements-4.18.2024.pdf", "source_section": "Section 1, Common Contract Requirements 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"verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "cp.df_review": { "label": "In-person review of the Disclosure Form", "value": "the agent must go through the whole form with you and take your questions", "unit": "text", "display": "the agent must go through the whole form with you and take your questions", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section V.A.1, Disclosure Form (page 27)", "quote": "For in-person contract execution, the agent must review the entire Disclosure Form with the customer and provide the opportunity to ask questions.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "cp.copies_24h": { "label": "Copies of what you signed", "value": 24, "unit": "hours", "display": "within 24 hours of signing", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section V.A.4, Presenting Copies to the Customer (page 29)", "quote": "Electronic copies must be sent or available to the customer within 24 hours of signing.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "cp.battery_df": { "label": "Battery costs on the Disclosure Form", "value": "battery costs and fees on the Disclosure Form", "unit": "text", "display": "battery costs and fees on the Disclosure Form", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section V.A.1, Disclosure Form (page 27)", "quote": "If the offer includes a battery for energy storage, the costs and fees associated with that battery must be provided on the Disclosure Form.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "ipaf.time_to_review": { "label": "Green flag: time to review", "value": "time to review and understand the offer", "unit": "text", "display": "time to review and understand the offer", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Selecting a Solar Company: Green and Red Flags (homeowner handout)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250324-illinois-shines-homeowner-handout-red-green-flag-final-v250224.pdf", "source_section": "Green Flags column", "quote": "You are allowed time to review and ... fully understand the offer.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "ipaf.pressure": { "label": "Red flag: pressure to sign", "value": "a red flag: pressure to sign before you understand the offer", "unit": "text", "display": "a red flag: pressure to sign before you understand the offer", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Selecting a Solar Company: Green and Red Flags (homeowner handout)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250324-illinois-shines-homeowner-handout-red-green-flag-final-v250224.pdf", "source_section": "Red Flags column", "quote": "The solar company uses high-pressure ... sales tactics or urges you to sign a ... contract before understanding and ... considering your options.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-03", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-01" }, "rate.eia_il_residential_latest": { "label": "Average price Illinois homes paid for electricity, August 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Not a quote for your home.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "shines.abp": { "label": "The Adjustable Block Program", "value": "the legislative name for Illinois Shines", "unit": "text", "display": "the legislative name for Illinois Shines", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section I.A, common questions: What is the Adjustable Block Program? (page 8)", "quote": "The Adjustable Block Program is the legislative name for Illinois Shines, and the name used for the program in the Illinois Power Agency Act.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "shines.rec_mwh": { "label": "When a REC is made", "value": "one REC for each megawatt-hour of power made from a renewable source and delivered to the grid", "unit": "text", "display": "one REC for each megawatt-hour of power made from a renewable source and delivered to the grid", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, fact sheet on the three kinds of solar credits (September 2025)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250905-web-solar-credit-and-rebates.pdf", "source_section": "Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) column", "quote": "A REC is produced when one megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity is generated ... from a renewable resource (such as solar, wind, etc.) and delivered to the grid.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "shines.utilities_buy": { "label": "Why utilities buy the credits", "value": "utilities must buy RECs to supply a set amount of power from renewable energy", "unit": "text", "display": "utilities must buy RECs to supply a set amount of power from renewable energy", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section I.A, common questions: What are RECs and why are they valuable? (page 8)", "quote": "Utilities must purchase RECs to meet their obligation to supply a certain amount of power from renewable energy.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "shines.claims_owner": { "label": "Who can make claims about the power", "value": "whoever owns the RECs has the right to make claims about the use of that solar power", "unit": "text", "display": "whoever owns the RECs has the right to make claims about the use of that solar power", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section I.A, common questions: What are RECs and why are they valuable? (page 8)", "quote": "Whoever owns the RECs has the right to make claims about the use of that solar power.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "shines.disclose_sale": { "label": "The seller must say it will sell the credits", "value": "the seller must tell you it plans to sell your project's RECs through the program", "unit": "text", "display": "the seller must tell you it plans to sell your project's RECs through the program", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section I.B, Statements about RECs (page 10)", "quote": "Approved Vendors and Designees shall disclose their intent to sell the project's RECs through the applicable Program.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "shines.recs_transferred": { "label": "What a home that sells its credits says about its power", "value": "the RECs go to a utility or the IPA, so the home should not claim to use clean or renewable power", "unit": "text", "display": "the RECs go to a utility or the IPA, so the home should not claim to use clean or renewable power", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section I.B, Statements about RECs (page 10)", "quote": "Because the RECs from a project enrolled in the Programs are transferred to a utility or to the IPA, the project host, owner, and/or end-user of electricity should not claim to be using clean or renewable electricity.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "shines.allowed_claims": { "label": "What may be said about a project's power", "value": "your solar project will create energy from the sun and add to new solar power", "unit": "text", "display": "your solar project will create energy from the sun and add to new solar power", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section I.B, Statements about RECs (page 10)", "quote": "Approved Vendors and Designees may make the following claims related to the energy produced by Program projects: ... \"Your solar project will create energy from the sun.\" ... \"Your solar project will contribute to the development of new solar power.\"", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "shines.av_def": { "label": "What an Approved Vendor is", "value": "a company the Program Administrator approves to file project applications and hold the REC contracts", "unit": "text", "display": "a company the Program Administrator approves to file project applications and hold the REC contracts", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Referenced Terms and Documents: Approved Vendor (page 3)", "quote": "Approved Vendor: An entity approved by the Program Administrator to submit project applications to Illinois Shines or ILSFA and to act as counterparty to the REC contracts.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "shines.designee_def": { "label": "What a Designee is", "value": "a company that works with customers for an Approved Vendor, such as an installer or a sales firm; each must register, and the program publishes the list", "unit": "text", "display": "a company that works with customers for an Approved Vendor, such as an installer or a sales firm; each must register, and the program publishes the list", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Referenced Terms and Documents: Designee (page 4)", "quote": "Designee: Any third-party entity (i.e., non-Approved Vendor) that has direct interaction on behalf of the Approved Vendor (or on behalf of another Designee) with end-use customers under Illinois Shines or ILSFA. This includes, but is not limited to, installers, entities that perform maintenance and repair, community solar subscriber agents, marketing firms, lead generators, and sales organizations. All Designees must register with the relevant Program. Each Program publishes a list of registered Designees.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "shines.part1": { "label": "Who files the application", "value": "your Approved Vendor files the application, in a batch with other projects", "unit": "text", "display": "your Approved Vendor files the application, in a batch with other projects", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Your Guide to Going Solar with Illinois Shines (June 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Guide-to-Going-Solar-v260625.pdf", "source_section": "Step 2, \"Part I\" Application Submission & Review", "quote": "The Approved Vendor completes an initial \"Part I\" application for your solar project to be part of the Illinois Shines program. The Approved Vendor groups your solar project with other projects and submits them as a \"batch\" to the Program Administrator, who reviews and verifies the applications.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "shines.icc_approves": { "label": "Who approves the credit contracts", "value": "the Illinois Commerce Commission approves the REC contracts between your Approved Vendor and the utility", "unit": "text", "display": "the Illinois Commerce Commission approves the REC contracts between your Approved Vendor and the utility", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Your Guide to Going Solar with Illinois Shines (June 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Guide-to-Going-Solar-v260625.pdf", "source_section": "Step 3, Commission Review", "quote": "The Program Administrator sends batches of verified applications to the Illinois Commerce Commission for approval. The Commission will review the applications and approve the corresponding Renewable Energy Credit (REC) Contracts between your Approved Vendor and the Contracting Utility.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "shines.small_15yr": { "label": "Which credits the payment covers on small systems", "value": 15, "unit": "years", "display": "for systems 25 kW or smaller, the RECs the project makes over the next 15 years", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Your Guide to Going Solar with Illinois Shines (June 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Guide-to-Going-Solar-v260625.pdf", "source_section": "Step 7, Contracting Utility Pays Approved Vendor for RECs", "quote": "For projects 25 kW in size or smaller submitted under the 2026 15-Year REC Delivery Contract, the Contracting Utility provides a 50% upfront payment for the RECs that your project will generate over the next 15 years", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "shines.status_lookup": { "label": "Checking where your application stands", "value": "an application lookup tool at illinoisshines.com/project-status", "unit": "text", "display": "an application lookup tool at illinoisshines.com/project-status", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Your Guide to Going Solar with Illinois Shines (June 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Guide-to-Going-Solar-v260625.pdf", "source_section": "Closing page", "quote": "If you are curious about the status of your application, please use the application lookup tool: www.illinoisshines.com/project-status", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "shines.ppa_indirect": { "label": "How the credit value can reach a PPA customer", "value": "passed through indirectly, such as in lower PPA or lease payments", "unit": "text", "display": "passed through indirectly, such as in lower PPA or lease payments", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section VI.A.2, DG Projects Where a REC Incentive Payment Is Passed Through to the Customer (pages 34-35)", "quote": "these requirements do not apply where the value of the REC payment is passed through indirectly, such as in lower PPA or lease payments", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "shines.pay_on_time": { "label": "When the contract promises you part of the payment", "value": "the Approved Vendor must pay you on time, as your contract and its own statements say", "unit": "text", "display": "the Approved Vendor must pay you on time, as your contract and its own statements say", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section VI.A.2, DG Projects Where a REC Incentive Payment Is Passed Through to the Customer (pages 34-35)", "quote": "For DG contracts that include a direct payment or payments by the Approved Vendor to the customer that passes through some or all of the value of the REC payment(s), the following requirements apply ... The Approved Vendor must make the payments to the customer in a timely fashion, consistent with contractual obligations and any statements made to the customer about the timing of the payment.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "shines.seller_names": { "label": "What a seller in person must tell you", "value": "a seller in person must name their company and, if it is a Designee, its Approved Vendor", "unit": "text", "display": "a seller in person must name their company and, if it is a Designee, its Approved Vendor", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section III.A, Requirements that Apply to All In-Person Marketing (page 21)", "quote": "The employee or agent shall state the name of the company they represent. If that company is an Approved Vendor, they shall state that the company is an Illinois Shines Approved Vendor. If the company is a Designee, they shall identify the name of the Approved Vendor.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "ppa.three_options": { "label": "The most common ways to go solar on a home", "value": "buying the system, leasing it, or signing a PPA", "unit": "text", "display": "buying the system, leasing it, or signing a PPA", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Consumer FAQs", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/faqs/", "source_section": "Distributed Generation FAQs: ownership options when installing solar", "quote": "The most common options are 1) buying the system (i.e., Purchase), 2) leasing the system (i.e., Lease), or 3) signing a Power Purchase Agreement", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "ppa.lease_price": { "label": "How a lease prices the system", "value": "a set amount each month, based on how much power the system is expected to make", "unit": "text", "display": "a set amount each month, based on how much power the system is expected to make", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Homeowner's Guide to Going Solar", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowners-guide-going-solar", "source_section": "How do I pay for solar? (leases and PPAs)", "quote": "Solar leases entail fixed monthly payments that are calculated using the estimated amount of electricity the system will produce.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "ppa.ask_price": { "label": "Questions to ask before you sign a PPA", "value": "the price per kWh, and whether an escalation clause raises what you pay over time, and by how much", "unit": "text", "display": "the price per kWh, and whether an escalation clause raises what you pay over time, and by how much", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Consumer FAQs", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/faqs/", "source_section": "Distributed Generation FAQs: ownership options when installing solar", "quote": "If you're signing a PPA, how much is the per kilowatt hour price for the energy produced? ... Does your lease or PPA include an escalation clause that increases the amount of payments over time? If so, by how much do payments increase?", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "ppa.increase_match": { "label": "Rule for increases stated in marketing", "value": "any increase shown in marketing must match the Disclosure Form and your contract", "unit": "text", "display": "any increase shown in marketing must match the Disclosure Form and your contract", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section I.C.1, General Requirements (page 10)", "quote": "All offer terms stated or reflected in marketing materials, including costs and fees, escalators for costs and fees ... must be consistent with terms used in the standard Disclosure Form and the customer's contract.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "ppa.billing": { "label": "Who bills you for a lease or PPA", "value": "your solar provider, not your utility bill", "unit": "text", "display": "your solar provider, not your utility bill", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Consumer FAQs", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/faqs/", "source_section": "Distributed Generation FAQs: how billing works for an ongoing lease or PPA", "quote": "Billing and payments for leases or PPAs will be handled between you and your solar provider, not through your electric utility bill.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "ppa.move": { "label": "A lease or PPA when you move", "value": "you may have to buy out the contract if you move", "unit": "text", "display": "you may have to buy out the contract if you move", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Consumer FAQs", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/faqs/", "source_section": "Distributed Generation FAQs: what to consider about moving", "quote": "If you lease or sign a PPA, you may be required to buy out the contract if you move. Read your contract to find out what happens if you move.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "ppa.purchase_title": { "label": "Purchase contract must say: when you own the system", "value": "when the system becomes yours", "unit": "text", "display": "when the system becomes yours", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Distributed Generation Contract Requirements (April 18, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IL-Shines-DG-Contract-Requirements-4.18.2024.pdf", "source_section": "Section 2, Contract Requirements specific to Purchase Transactions", "quote": "When title transfers to owner", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "ppa.removal": { "label": "PPA contract must say: removal when it ends", "value": "whether the system comes off your roof when the contract ends, and any removal fee", "unit": "text", "display": "whether the system comes off your roof when the contract ends, and any removal fee", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Distributed Generation Contract Requirements (April 18, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IL-Shines-DG-Contract-Requirements-4.18.2024.pdf", "source_section": "Section 3, Contract Requirements specific to PPA Transactions", "quote": "Whether system removal is (i) mandatory or (ii) at the host's election or (iii) not possible upon contract termination ... System removal fee, if any", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "ppa.renewal": { "label": "PPA contract must say: renewal", "value": "whether the PPA renews when its term ends, and on what terms", "unit": "text", "display": "whether the PPA renews when its term ends, and on what terms", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Distributed Generation Contract Requirements (April 18, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IL-Shines-DG-Contract-Requirements-4.18.2024.pdf", "source_section": "Section 3, Contract Requirements specific to PPA Transactions", "quote": "PPA term renewal: automatic? At host's option? Not at all? What are the economic terms?", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "ppa.risk": { "label": "PPA contract must say: insurance and damage", "value": "who insures the system, and who carries the loss if it is damaged", "unit": "text", "display": "who insures the system, and who carries the loss if it is damaged", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Distributed Generation Contract Requirements (April 18, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IL-Shines-DG-Contract-Requirements-4.18.2024.pdf", "source_section": "Section 3, Contract Requirements specific to PPA Transactions", "quote": "Allocation of responsibility to maintain insurance on system, and the required insurance terms ... Allocation of risk of loss in case of damage to system", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "chk.green_registered": { "label": "Green flag: registered with Illinois Shines", "value": "registered with Illinois Shines as an Approved Vendor or Designee", "unit": "text", "display": "registered with Illinois Shines as an Approved Vendor or Designee", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Selecting a Solar Company: Green and Red Flags (homeowner handout)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250324-illinois-shines-homeowner-handout-red-green-flag-final-v250224.pdf", "source_section": "Green Flags column", "quote": "The solar company is registered with ... Illinois Shines as an Approved Vendor ... or Designee.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "chk.red_history": { "label": "Red flag: a record of program complaints or discipline", "value": "a red flag: a history of program complaints, violations, or disciplinary action", "unit": "text", "display": "a red flag: a history of program complaints, violations, or disciplinary action", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Selecting a Solar Company: Green and Red Flags (homeowner handout)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250324-illinois-shines-homeowner-handout-red-green-flag-final-v250224.pdf", "source_section": "Red Flags column", "quote": "The solar company has a history of ... Program complaints, violations, or ... disciplinary action.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "chk.red_affiliation": { "label": "Red flag: a claimed tie to a utility or the state", "value": "a red flag: a company that suggests it is tied to a utility, the state, or a government agency", "unit": "text", "display": "a red flag: a company that suggests it is tied to a utility, the state, or a government agency", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Selecting a Solar Company: Green and Red Flags (homeowner handout)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250324-illinois-shines-homeowner-handout-red-green-flag-final-v250224.pdf", "source_section": "Red Flags column", "quote": "The solar company misrepresents ... or suggests affiliation with a utility, ... the state, or a government agency or ... program.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "chk.red_no_questions": { "label": "Red flag: no chance to ask questions", "value": "a red flag: no chance to ask questions before you sign", "unit": "text", "display": "a red flag: no chance to ask questions before you sign", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Selecting a Solar Company: Green and Red Flags (homeowner handout)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250324-illinois-shines-homeowner-handout-red-green-flag-final-v250224.pdf", "source_section": "Red Flags column", "quote": "You are not provided the opportunity ... to ask questions before signing the ... Disclosure Form or contract.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "chk.red_no_charge": { "label": "Red flag: a promise of panels at no charge", "value": "a red flag: a promise of panels at no charge, or a claim that the government pays for the solar", "unit": "text", "display": "a red flag: a promise of panels at no charge, or a claim that the government pays for the solar", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Selecting a Solar Company: Green and Red Flags (homeowner handout)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250324-illinois-shines-homeowner-handout-red-green-flag-final-v250224.pdf", "source_section": "Red Flags column", "quote": "The solar company promises free solar ... panels, claims that the government is ... paying for the solar, or makes other ... claims of free products and services.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "chk.green_references": { "label": "Green flag: references on request", "value": "references from past customers when you ask", "unit": "text", "display": "references from past customers when you ask", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Selecting a Solar Company: Green and Red Flags (homeowner handout)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250324-illinois-shines-homeowner-handout-red-green-flag-final-v250224.pdf", "source_section": "Green Flags column", "quote": "The solar company provides references ... from previous customers upon request.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "chk.green_factual": { "label": "Green flag: claims you can check", "value": "claims that are factual and can be checked", "unit": "text", "display": "claims that are factual and can be checked", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Selecting a Solar Company: Green and Red Flags (homeowner handout)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250324-illinois-shines-homeowner-handout-red-green-flag-final-v250224.pdf", "source_section": "Green Flags column", "quote": "The solar company's claims are factual ... and verifiable.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "chk.reports_where": { "label": "Where to see suspensions, warning letters and complaints", "value": "the Program Violations Report and Consumer Complaint Report", "unit": "text", "display": "the Program Violations Report and Consumer Complaint Report", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Selecting a Solar Company: Green and Red Flags (homeowner handout)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/20250324-illinois-shines-homeowner-handout-red-green-flag-final-v250224.pdf", "source_section": "Best Practices: Do your research", "quote": "Consult the Illinois Shines Program Violations Report ... and Consumer Complaint Report to see if the solar company has been suspended, ... received a recent warning letter, or has received complaints. 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"https://illinoisshines.com/violations-report-cp-complaint-report/", "source_section": "Program Violations Report", "quote": "The Program Administrator publicly posts warning and suspension letters involving Approved Vendors and Designees found to have violated Program guidelines on the Illinois Shines website.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "chk.warning_12mo": { "label": "How long a warning letter stays on the report", "value": 12, "unit": "months", "display": "more than 12 months", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Program Violations Report and Consumer Protection Database", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/violations-report-cp-complaint-report/", "source_section": "Program Violations Report", "quote": "It is also updated on a quarterly basis to remove warning letters issued more than 12 months prior to that quarter.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": 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Each Program publishes a list of registered Designees.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "chk.restitution_registered": { "label": "Restitution and unregistered companies", "value": "not available for harm from an unregistered company, unless the company you signed with was registered and brought it in", "unit": "text", "display": "not available for harm from an unregistered company, unless the company you signed with was registered and brought it in", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section XII.A.2, Eligibility and Other Limitations on Claims (page 60)", "quote": "Restitution payments will not be available to customers who are harmed by entities that are not registered Approved Vendors or Designees in the Illinois Shines or Illinois Solar for All programs, unless the entity the customer contracted with was a registered Approved Vendor or Designee and that registered entity was responsible for the involvement of the entity that harmed the customer.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "chk.vetting_caution": { "label": "Even with the program's checks, be careful", "value": "even with these safeguards, be careful when you choose a company", "unit": "text", "display": "even with these safeguards, be careful when you choose a company", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Explore Distributed Generation", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/exploring-panels-with-dg/", "source_section": "Finding a Vendor You're Comfortable With", "quote": "Illinois Shines vets solar vendors through a careful enrollment process ... Even with these safeguards, consumers should be careful when choosing which vendor to work with.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "chk.av_not_seller": { "label": "The Approved Vendor may not be the company you talk to", "value": "the Approved Vendor is not always the company that markets, sells, or installs your system", "unit": "text", "display": "the Approved Vendor is not always the company that markets, sells, or installs your system", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Explore Distributed Generation", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/exploring-panels-with-dg/", "source_section": "What Questions Should You Ask? About Your Vendor", "quote": "The Approved Vendor is not necessarily the company that markets, sells, or installs your solar project, and is not always the company who you work with to complete the installation of your project.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "chk.q_contract_sold": { "label": "Ask whether your contract can be sold", "value": "whether the company can sell your contract, and what happens if it goes out of business", "unit": "text", "display": "whether the company can sell your contract, and what happens if it goes out of business", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Explore Distributed Generation", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/exploring-panels-with-dg/", "source_section": "What Questions Should You Ask? Contract Assignment", "quote": "Can the company sell your contract? What if the solar provider goes out of business?", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "chk.q_installer": { "label": "Ask who does the installation", "value": "who performs the installation", "unit": "text", "display": "who performs the installation", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Explore Distributed Generation", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/exploring-panels-with-dg/", "source_section": "What Questions Should You Ask? Panel Installation", "quote": "Who performs the installation? How long will it take? What parts of my home will installers need access to?", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "chk.q_roof": { "label": "Ask about roof work later", "value": "whether they remove and reinstall the panels if your roof needs replacing", "unit": "text", "display": "whether they remove and reinstall the panels if your roof needs replacing", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Explore Distributed Generation", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/exploring-panels-with-dg/", "source_section": "What Questions Should You Ask? Support and Maintenance", "quote": "Is removal or reinstallation provided if the roof needs replacement?", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "tax.made_when_installed": { "label": "When a Residential Clean Energy Credit cost counts as made", "value": "when the original installation is completed, not when you pay", "unit": "text", "display": "counted when the installation is completed, not when you pay", "source_name": "IRS, FAQs for modification of sections 25C, 25D and other credits under Public Law 119-21 (FS-2025-05)", "source_url": "https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/faqs-for-modification-of-sections-25c-25d-25e-30c-30d-45l-45w-and-179d-under-public-law-119-21-139-stat-72-july-4-2025-commonly-known-as-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-obbb", "source_section": "Question 7", "quote": "if a taxpayer pays for the property on or before December 31, 2025? No. Section 25D(e)(8)(A) provides that an expenditure with respect to an item is treated as made when the original installation of the item is completed.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "tax.finished_after_2025": { "label": "A system finished after the end date", "value": "no 25D credit if installation is completed after December 31, 2025", "unit": "text", "display": "no 25D credit if installation is completed after December 31, 2025", "source_name": "IRS, FAQs for modification of sections 25C, 25D and other credits under Public Law 119-21 (FS-2025-05)", "source_url": "https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/faqs-for-modification-of-sections-25c-25d-25e-30c-30d-45l-45w-and-179d-under-public-law-119-21-139-stat-72-july-4-2025-commonly-known-as-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-obbb", "source_section": "Question 7", "quote": "If installation is completed after December 31, 2025, the expenditure will be treated as made after December 31, 2025, which will prevent the taxpayer from claiming the section 25D credit.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "tax.ended_early": { "label": "Why the Residential Clean Energy Credit ended when it did", "value": "ended early by a federal law dated July 4, 2025", "unit": "text", "display": "ended early by a federal law dated July 4, 2025", "source_name": "IRS, FAQs for modification of sections 25C, 25D and other credits under Public Law 119-21 (FS-2025-05)", "source_url": "https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/faqs-for-modification-of-sections-25c-25d-25e-30c-30d-45l-45w-and-179d-under-public-law-119-21-139-stat-72-july-4-2025-commonly-known-as-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-obbb", "source_section": "Title and Question 1", "quote": "Public Law 119-21, 139 Stat. 72 (July 4, 2025), commonly known as the One, Big, Beautiful Bill (OBBB) ... OBBB accelerated the termination of several energy credit and deduction provisions. ... 25D Residential clean energy credit The credit will not be allowed for any expenditures made after December 31, 2025.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "tax.claim_year_installed": { "label": "Which tax year the credit belonged to", "value": "the tax year the system is installed, not the year it is bought", "unit": "text", "display": "claimed for the tax year the system is installed, not the year it is bought", "source_name": "IRS, Residential Clean Energy Credit", "source_url": "https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/residential-clean-energy-credit", "source_section": "How to claim the credit", "quote": "You must claim the credit for the tax year when the property is installed, not merely purchased.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "tax.battery_covered": { "label": "What the Residential Clean Energy Credit covered", "value": "solar electric panels and, from 2023, battery storage", "unit": "text", "display": "solar electric panels and, from 2023, battery storage", "source_name": "IRS, Residential Clean Energy Credit", "source_url": "https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/residential-clean-energy-credit", "source_section": "Qualified expenses", "quote": "Qualified expenses include the costs of new clean energy property including: Solar electric panels ... Battery storage technology (beginning in 2023)", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "bat.panels_shut_off": { "label": "Grid-tied home solar when grid power cuts out", "value": "designed to switch off when grid power cuts out, for safety", "unit": "text", "display": "designed to switch off when grid power cuts out, for safety", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Solar and Resilience Basics", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/solar-and-resilience-basics", "source_section": "How Does Resilience Fit into the Solar Energy Landscape?", "quote": "residential solar panels alone are not enough to make your home resilient. This is because solar systems generally depend on the electrical grid to produce power ... for safety reasons, they're designed to switch off if the grid power cuts out.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "bat.two_things": { "label": "What solar panels need to make power on their own", "value": "a properly configured inverter and a storage system", "unit": "text", "display": "a properly configured inverter and a storage system", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Solar and Resilience Basics", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/solar-and-resilience-basics", "source_section": "How Does Resilience Fit into the Solar Energy Landscape?", "quote": "For solar panels to produce power on their own, they need two things: a properly configured inverter and a storage system.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "bat.islanded": { "label": "What solar with a battery does when grid power is lost", "value": "detects the loss of grid power and switches to islanded mode to keep the power on", "unit": "text", "display": "detects the loss of grid power and switches to islanded mode to keep the power on", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Solar and Resilience Basics", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/solar-and-resilience-basics", "source_section": "What is Electric Power Resilience?", "quote": "residential photovoltaic (PV) solar panel systems with battery storage automatically detect the loss of grid power and switch to an \"islanded\" mode to keep the power on.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "bat.night": { "label": "Solar with storage in a long outage", "value": "can keep delivering power in a long outage, even at night", "unit": "text", "display": "can keep delivering power in a long outage, even at night", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Solar and Resilience Basics", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/solar-and-resilience-basics", "source_section": "How Does Solar Improve Resilience?", "quote": "In a long outage, solar and its associated energy storage can continue delivering power, even at night, to homes and businesses.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "bat.reconnect": { "label": "When grid power comes back", "value": "backup systems reconnect to the grid when service is restored", "unit": "text", "display": "backup systems reconnect to the grid when service is restored", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Solar and Resilience Basics", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/solar-and-resilience-basics", "source_section": "What is Electric Power Resilience?", "quote": "When the utility company is able to restore service, these backup resources will seamlessly reconnect to the grid", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "bat.workers": { "label": "Why many solar systems disconnect when the grid goes down", "value": "power from an islanded system could injure workers who think the lines are disconnected from power", "unit": "text", "display": "power from an islanded system could injure workers who think the lines are disconnected from power", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Integration: Distributed Energy Resources and Microgrids Basics", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/solar-integration-distributed-energy-resources-and-microgrids-basics", "source_section": "Islands and Microgrids", "quote": "an islanded grid could damage connected equipment or injure workers who think it is disconnected from power. For this reason, many solar energy systems are programmed to detect islanding and disconnect from the grid if it occurs.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "bat.inverter_dc_ac": { "label": "What a solar inverter does", "value": "turns the DC power panels make into the AC power the grid uses", "unit": "text", "display": "turns the DC power panels make into the AC power the grid uses", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Integration: Inverters and Grid Services Basics", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/solar-integration-inverters-and-grid-services-basics", "source_section": "What are Inverters?", "quote": "It's a device that converts direct current (DC) electricity, which is what a solar panel generates, to alternating current (AC) electricity, which the electrical grid uses.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "bat.inverter_outage": { "label": "What lets solar and a battery run without the grid", "value": "advanced inverters, if the system is designed to do so", "unit": "text", "display": "advanced inverters, if the system is designed to do so", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Integration: Inverters and Grid Services Basics", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/solar-integration-inverters-and-grid-services-basics", "source_section": "What are Inverters?", "quote": "Solar-plus-battery storage systems rely on advanced inverters to operate without any support from the grid in case of outages, if they are designed to do so.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "bat.energy_capacity": { "label": "A battery's energy capacity", "value": "the total amount of energy it can store, usually in kilowatt-hours", "unit": "text", "display": "the total amount of energy it can store, usually in kilowatt-hours", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Integration: Solar Energy and Storage Basics", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/solar-integration-solar-energy-and-storage-basics", "source_section": "What Is Energy Storage?", "quote": "energy capacity, which is the total amount of energy that can be stored (usually in kilowatt-hours or megawatt-hours)", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "bat.power_capacity": { "label": "A battery's power capacity", "value": "the amount of energy it can release at a given time, usually in kilowatts", "unit": "text", "display": "the amount of energy it can release at a given time, usually in kilowatts", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Integration: Solar Energy and Storage Basics", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/solar-integration-solar-energy-and-storage-basics", "source_section": "What Is Energy Storage?", "quote": "power capacity, which is the amount of energy that can be released at a given time (usually in kilowatts or megawatts)", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "bat.losses": { "label": "Energy lost when power is stored", "value": 100, "unit": "percent", "display": "never 100% efficient: some energy is always lost", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Integration: Solar Energy and Storage Basics", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/solar-integration-solar-energy-and-storage-basics", "source_section": "What Is Energy Storage?", "quote": "using energy storage is never 100% efficient ... some energy is always lost in converting energy and retrieving it", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "bat.later": { "label": "What stored solar power is for, in the DOE homeowner guide", "value": "use it later, like at night, or even when the power goes out", "unit": "text", "display": "use it later, like at night, or even when the power goes out", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Homeowner's Guide to Going Solar", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowners-guide-going-solar", "source_section": "I have heard a lot about solar plus storage. What is it and do I need it?", "quote": "Storage allows you to save that energy and use it later in the day, like when you turn the heat on at night or run the dishwasher after dinner or even when the power goes out.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "bat.ask_installer": { "label": "The DOE homeowner guide on battery storage", "value": "ask your solar installer if they offer battery storage options", "unit": "text", "display": "ask your solar installer if they offer battery storage options", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Homeowner's Guide to Going Solar", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowners-guide-going-solar", "source_section": "I have heard a lot about solar plus storage. What is it and do I need it?", "quote": "Ask your solar installer if they offer battery storage options", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "bat.ride_through": { "label": "How a home solar inverter handles trouble on the grid", "value": "rides through small disruptions, and shuts down if one lasts a long time or is larger than normal", "unit": "text", "display": "rides through small disruptions, and shuts down if one lasts a long time or is larger than normal", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Integration: Inverters and Grid Services Basics", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/solar-integration-inverters-and-grid-services-basics", "source_section": "Grid Services and Inverters", "quote": "the standard for small inverters, such as those attached to a household solar system, is to remain on during or \"ride through\" small disruptions in voltage or frequency, and if the disruption lasts for a long time or is larger than normal, they will disconnect themselves from the grid and shut down.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "bat.grid_following": { "label": "What a traditional grid-following inverter needs", "value": "needs an outside signal from the grid to work", "unit": "text", "display": "needs an outside signal from the grid to work", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Integration: Inverters and Grid Services Basics", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/solar-integration-inverters-and-grid-services-basics", "source_section": "Grid Services and Inverters", "quote": "Traditional \"grid-following\" inverters require an outside signal from the electrical grid to determine when the switching will occur", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.two_paths": { "label": "Selling a home with a lease or PPA: the two paths", "value": "buy the system out, or transfer the PPA to the buyer", "unit": "text", "display": "buy the system out, or transfer the PPA to the buyer", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Understanding Solar Panel Ownership Models: Lease and Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)", "quote": "If a homeowner has a leased solar project or has a Power Purchase Agreement, they have two options when selling their home ... Buy the solar project ... Transfer the lease or PPA", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.own_then_sell": { "label": "After a buyout", "value": "once you own the system, you can sell it with the home", "unit": "text", "display": "once you own the system, you can sell it with the home", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Understanding Solar Panel Ownership Models: Lease and Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)", "quote": "Once the homeowner owns the solar project outright, they can sell it along with the home.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.buyout_price": { "label": "Where to find the buyout price", "value": "the buy-out price, or a formula for it, in your contract", "unit": "text", "display": "the buy-out price, or a formula for it, in your contract", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Understanding Solar Panel Ownership Models: Lease and Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)", "quote": "If the homeowner decides to purchase the project, they should check their solar contract for the \"buy-out price\" or a formula for calculating the price.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.buyout_limits": { "label": "Limits on a buyout", "value": "any limits on buying the system out", "unit": "text", "display": "any limits on buying the system out", "source_name": "Illinois 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"https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Understanding Solar Panel Ownership Models: Lease and Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)", "quote": "The seller and buyer may need to sign a transfer agreement provided by the Approved Vendor to execute the transfer.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.contingency": { "label": "A clause in the home sale contract", "value": "a clause in the home sale contract that requires the buyer to sign the transfer agreement", "unit": "text", "display": "a clause in the home sale contract that requires the buyer to sign the transfer agreement", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Understanding Solar Panel Ownership Models: Lease and Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)", "quote": "the seller should consider including a contingency clause in the home sale contract that requires the homebuyer to sign the transfer agreement.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.buyer_qualified": { "label": "Buyer approval for a PPA transfer", "value": "the system owner may require the buyer to qualify, often by checking credit or income", "unit": "text", "display": "the system owner may require the buyer to qualify, often by checking credit or income", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Understanding Solar Panel Ownership Models: Buyer Qualification", "quote": "the project owner (often the Approved Vendor or project installer) may require that the buyer be \"qualified\" before moving forward with the transaction. 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They may require the new homeowner to sign an agreement so that the project can continue participating in Illinois Shines.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.monitoring": { "label": "Monitoring access for the new owner", "value": "the new owner may need to give the Approved Vendor access to the system's monitoring", "unit": "text", "display": "the new owner may need to give the Approved Vendor access to the system's monitoring", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Steps in the Project Transfer Process, step 2", "quote": "The new homeowner may also need to grant the AV access to the project's monitoring system.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.contract_terms": { "label": "Contract terms that can apply to a sale", "value": "notice before you sell, limits on ending early, or that you stay responsible until the buyer takes over", "unit": "text", "display": "notice before you sell, limits on ending early, or that you stay responsible until the buyer takes over", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Required Disclosures and Documentation", "quote": "Some contracts require notice before selling, restrict early termination, limit alterations to the system, and/or require the seller to remain responsible until assumption is completed.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.declines": { "label": "If the buyer will not take over the PPA", "value": "you may need to buy the system out or pay to have it removed", "unit": "text", "display": "you may need to buy the system out or pay to have it removed", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "What Happens if the Buyer Declines Assumption of a Lease or PPA?", "quote": "If the homebuyer declines assumption of leased or PPA solar panels, the seller may need to: ... 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Reference this section to understand what the homeowner is responsible for if the buyer declines assumption.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.ucc_notice": { "label": "What a UCC-1 is", "value": "a notice with the county that shows the company owns the solar system", "unit": "text", "display": "a notice with the county that shows the company owns the solar system", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Understanding Solar Panel Ownership Models: Lease and Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)", "quote": "determine if the project owner has filed a UCC-1, a notice with the county that demonstrates that they own the solar project.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.ucc_refile": { "label": "A UCC-1 after the transfer", "value": "the UCC-1 may be filed again after the transfer", "unit": "text", "display": "the UCC-1 may be filed again after the transfer", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Understanding Solar Panel Ownership Models: Lease and Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)", "quote": "It is possible that the UCC-1 may need to be refiled following the transfer.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.ucc_equipment": { "label": "What a UCC-1 covers", "value": "an interest in the solar equipment, not the home", "unit": "text", "display": "an interest in the solar equipment, not the home", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Steps in the Project Transfer Process, step 6", "quote": "UCC-1 filings show that the project owner has a financial interest in the solar equipment, not the home. 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In practical terms, the resolution of UCC-1s should be considered a closing requirement.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.lender_time": { "label": "Time for the buyer's lender", "value": "reviewed or cleared before closing, and starting early gives the buyer's lender time to approve it", "unit": "text", "display": "reviewed or cleared before closing, and starting early gives the buyer's lender time to approve it", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Steps in the Project Transfer Process, step 6", "quote": "Before closing, title considerations and UCC-1 filings must be reviewed (or cleared) ... Starting this work early gives the buyer's lender time to evaluate and approve the arrangement.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.find_owner": { "label": "Finding who owns the system", "value": "the Disclosure Form names the Project Owner on a PPA", "unit": "text", "display": "the Disclosure Form names the Project Owner on a PPA", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Understanding Solar Panel Ownership Models: Lease and Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)", "quote": "To identify the project owner, reference the homeowner's Disclosure Form. The project owner will be referred to as either the Project Lessor (lease) or Project Owner (PPA) on the form.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.stays": { "label": "Solar at a home sale", "value": "usually stays with the home and passes to the new owner", "unit": "text", "display": "usually stays with the home and passes to the new owner", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Understanding Solar Panel Ownership Models", "quote": "Solar systems usually stay with the property, thus are transferred to or sold to the new homeowner.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.owned_listed": { "label": "How to show you own the system", "value": "listed as Project Owner on the Disclosure Form, the contract and the interconnection approval letter", "unit": "text", "display": "listed as Project Owner on the Disclosure Form, the contract and the interconnection approval letter", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Understanding Solar Panel Ownership Models: Purchase, How to Verify Ownership", "quote": "If a homeowner has purchased their project, they should be listed as the 'Project Owner' in the following documents ... Illinois Shines Disclosure Form ... Contract with Installer or Approved Vendor ... Interconnection Approval Letter", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.owned_simpler": { "label": "Owned systems compared with a lease or PPA at sale", "value": "an owned system tends to transfer more simply, and a lease or PPA takes more work from the seller", "unit": "text", "display": "an owned system tends to transfer more simply, and a lease or PPA takes more work from the seller", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "How the Ownership Model Affects Marketability", "quote": "projects that have been purchased outright by the homeowner tend to have a more streamlined transfer process ... Projects that are under a lease or PPA require more proactive work on the part of the seller and realtor.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.owned_ucc": { "label": "A UCC-1 on a system you bought", "value": "if you still owe on a system you bought, the company you owe may have filed a UCC-1 that must be cleared before the sale", "unit": "text", "display": "if you still owe on a system you bought, the company you owe may have filed a UCC-1 that must be cleared before the sale", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Understanding Solar Panel Ownership Models: Purchase", "quote": "their loan holder may have filed a notice with the county that must be resolved before the home sale process is complete-usually called a UCC-1 financing statement.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.documents": { "label": "Papers to gather for the buyer", "value": "contracts, warranty papers, maintenance records, system diagrams and permits, and the interconnection agreement", "unit": "text", "display": "contracts, warranty papers, maintenance records, system diagrams and permits, and the interconnection agreement", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Legal and Administrative Logistics: Documentation to Gather", "quote": "Important documents to review and that will likely have to be provided to the new homeowner, including ... These agreements explain the financial obligations the buyer will inherit ... Warranty Information ... Maintenance Records ... System Diagrams and Permits ... Interconnection Agreement", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.warranty": { "label": "Warranties at a home sale", "value": "often transfer on their own, but you usually need the papers", "unit": "text", "display": "often transfer on their own, but you usually need the papers", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Legal and Administrative Logistics: Documentation to Gather", "quote": "Warranties often transfer automatically, but documentation is usually required.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.help": { "label": "If the Approved Vendor does not answer", "value": "the Illinois Power Agency's consumer protection team can help", "unit": "text", "display": "the Illinois Power Agency's consumer protection team can help", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Key Takeaways", "quote": "If an AV is unresponsive or the homeowner suspects malpractice, the Illinois Power Agency's Consumer Protection team is available to help mitigate the situation.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.df_transfer": { "label": "Disclosure Form, If You Move box", "value": "whether you can transfer the PPA to the new owner, and what that takes", "unit": "text", "display": "whether you can transfer the PPA to the new owner, and what that takes", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (sample, June 1, 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "If You Move", "quote": "If You Move Upon sale of property where solar project is located, can you ... transfer the PPA obligations to the new owner? ... Requirements for transferring PPA obligations", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.df_ucc": { "label": "Disclosure Form question on the UCC-1", "value": "whether the system owner will file a UCC-1", "unit": "text", "display": "whether the system owner will file a UCC-1", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (sample, June 1, 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Project Installation", "quote": "Will project owner file a Uniform Commercial Code-1 ... \"fixture\" filing statement?", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.owner_sale": { "label": "Purchase contract must say: selling the home", "value": "your rights and duties when you sell the home", "unit": "text", "display": "your rights and duties when you sell the home", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Distributed Generation Contract Requirements (April 18, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IL-Shines-DG-Contract-Requirements-4.18.2024.pdf", "source_section": "Section 2, Contract Requirements specific to Purchase Transactions", "quote": "Contract Requirements specific to Purchase Transactions ... Owner's rights and obligations upon selling the property", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.removal": { "label": "PPA contract must say: removing the system", "value": "whether the system is removed when the contract ends, and any removal fee", "unit": "text", "display": "whether the system is removed when the contract ends, and any removal fee", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Distributed Generation Contract Requirements (April 18, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IL-Shines-DG-Contract-Requirements-4.18.2024.pdf", "source_section": "Section 3, Contract Requirements specific to PPA Transactions", "quote": "Contract Requirements specific to PPA Transactions ... Whether system removal is (i) mandatory or (ii) at the host's election or (iii) not possible upon contract termination ... System removal fee, if any", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.nm_owner_change": { "label": "Full retail net metering when ownership changes", "value": "a system on full retail net metering before January 1, 2025 keeps it even if ownership changes", "unit": "text", "display": "a system on full retail net metering before January 1, 2025 keeps it even if ownership changes", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, FAQs Related to Changes in Net Metering in Illinois (July 26, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FAQs-Related-to-Changes-in-Net-Metering-In-Illinois-Consumers-26July2024.pdf", "source_section": "Question 5", "quote": "If the system has been receiving full retail rate net metering prior to January 1, 2025, it will continue to receive full retail rate net metering even if ownership of the project changes.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.doe_complexity": { "label": "Leased or PPA systems at a home sale", "value": "add some complexity to the real estate transaction", "unit": "text", "display": "add some complexity to the real estate transaction", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Homeowner's Guide to Going Solar", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowners-guide-going-solar", "source_section": "Real Estate: How will solar impact the resale value of my home?", "quote": "When it comes to third-party owned (TPO) systems, data shows that while they add some complexity to the real estate transaction", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "sell.ucc_mortgage": { "label": "The county notice and the buyer's mortgage", "value": "the system owner may need to lift that notice for the buyer's mortgage to be approved", "unit": "text", "display": "the system owner may need to lift that notice for the buyer's mortgage to be approved", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Navigating a Home Sale with an Illinois Shines Project Installed (August 2026)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Navigating-a-Home-Sale-with-an-Illinois-Shines-Project-Installed-v260820.pdf", "source_section": "Understanding Solar Panel Ownership Models: Lease and Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)", "quote": "The project owner may need to lift this notice for the homebuyer's mortgage to be approved. Typically, the project owner will handle this process.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "fit.doe_age_trees": { "label": "Why a roof may not suit solar", "value": "some roofs may not suit solar because of their age or tree cover", "display": "some roofs may not suit solar because of their age or tree cover", "source_section": "Is my home suitable for solar panels?", "quote": "Solar panels are built to work in all climates, but in some cases, rooftops may not be suitable for solar systems due to age or tree cover.", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Homeowner's Guide to Going Solar", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowners-guide-going-solar", "unit": "text", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "fit.doe_roof_replace": { "label": "Roof age before solar", "value": "think about the age of your roof and how long until it needs replacing", "display": "think about the age of your roof and how long until it needs replacing", "source_section": "Is my home suitable for solar panels?", "quote": "You should also consider the age of your roof and how long until it will need replacement.", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Homeowner's Guide to Going Solar", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowners-guide-going-solar", "unit": "text", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "fit.doe_shade": { "label": "Tree shade on the roof", "value": "heavy shade from nearby trees can make rooftop panels a poor choice", "display": "heavy shade from nearby trees can make rooftop panels a poor choice", "source_section": "Is my home suitable for solar panels?", "quote": "If there are trees near your home that create excessive shade on your roof, rooftop panels may not be the most ideal option.", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Homeowner's Guide to Going Solar", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowners-guide-going-solar", "unit": "text", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "fit.doe_south_slope": { "label": "Which roofs suit panels best", "value": "best on south-facing roofs with a slope between 15 and 40 degrees, though other roofs may work too", "display": "best on south-facing roofs with a slope between 15 and 40 degrees, though other roofs may work too", "source_section": "Is my home suitable for solar panels?", "quote": "Typically, solar panels perform best on south-facing roofs with a slope between 15 and 40 degrees, though other roofs may be suitable too.", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Homeowner's Guide to Going Solar", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowners-guide-going-solar", "unit": "text", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "fit.doe_size_shape": { "label": "Roof size, shape and slope", "value": "the size, shape and slope of your roof also matter", "display": "the size, shape and slope of your roof also matter", "source_section": "Is my home suitable for solar panels?", "quote": "The size, shape, and slope of your roof are also important factors to consider.", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Homeowner's Guide to Going Solar", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowners-guide-going-solar", "unit": "text", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "fit.doe_community": { "label": "If you rent, or the roof does not suit solar", "value": "community solar, one shared solar array that many people can sign up for", "display": "community solar, one shared solar array that many people can sign up for", "source_section": "Is my home suitable for solar panels?", "quote": "If a solar professional determines that your roof is not suitable for solar, or you don't own your home, you can still benefit from solar energy. 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"verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "fit.doe_custom_estimate": { "label": "An estimate for your own roof", "value": "a custom estimate for your own system, from a solar installer", "display": "a custom estimate for your own system, from a solar installer", "source_section": "How much power can I generate with solar?", "quote": "These tools are great for getting started, but make sure to work with a solar installer for a custom estimate of how much power your solar energy system is likely to generate.", "source_name": "U.S. Department of Energy, Homeowner's Guide to Going Solar", "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowners-guide-going-solar", "unit": "text", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "fit.cp_roof_condition": { "label": "Roof condition rule for roof-mounted projects", "value": "the roof must be in good enough condition 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"https://pvwatts.nlr.gov/", "source_section": "PVWatts v8 API: lat 38.81, lon -89.95, 1 kW, roof mount, south-facing (180°), 25° tilt, 14% losses, NSRDB PSM V3 GOES TMY weather", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "valid_until": null, "status": "verified", "verified_by": "pvwatts-api", "public_note": "Modeled, not measured. 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can view the final signed copy of the documents.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.mail_copies": { "label": "Paper copies by mail", "value": 2, "unit": "business days", "display": "postmarked within 2 business days", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section V.A.4, Presenting Copies to the Customer (page 29)", "quote": "Hard-copy documents sent by mail must be sent by United States Postal Service first class (or equivalent) and must be properly addressed, with adequate postage, and postmarked within 2 business days.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.hand_copies": { "label": "Paper copies by hand", "value": 3, "unit": "business days", "display": "within 3 business days", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section V.A.4, Presenting Copies to the Customer (page 29)", "quote": "Hard-copy documents that are hand-delivered must be provided to the customer within 3 business days.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.not_link": { "label": "Documents sent in full", "value": "sent as a full document you can download, not just a link", "unit": "text", "display": "sent as a full document you can download, not just a link", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": 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Apply to All In-Person Marketing (page 21)", "quote": "The employee or agent shall state the name of the company they represent. If that company is an Approved Vendor, they shall state that the company is an Illinois Shines Approved Vendor. If the company is a Designee, they shall identify the name of the Approved Vendor.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.agent_independent": { "label": "The agent says they are independent", "value": "the agent must say they represent an independent seller, not the government or a utility", "unit": "text", "display": "the agent must say they represent an independent seller, not the government or a utility", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section III.A, Requirements that Apply to All In-Person Marketing (page 21)", "quote": "shall state that they represent an independent seller or third-party owner of solar projects and that they are not employed by, representing, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of, any governmental body, government program, utility", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.no_sign": { "label": "Signs that ban soliciting", "value": "no selling at a home that posts a sign against soliciting", "unit": "text", "display": "no selling at a home that posts a sign against soliciting", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section III.A, Requirements that Apply to All In-Person Marketing (page 21)", "quote": "shall not conduct any in-person solicitations at any building or premises where any sign, notice or declaration of any description whatsoever is posted that prohibits sales, marketing, or solicitations.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.badge": { "label": "The agent ID badge", "value": "for systems under 25 kW AC, a visible ID with the agent's full name, ID number, photo, and company name and logo", "unit": "text", "display": "for systems under 25 kW AC, a visible ID with the agent's full name, ID number, photo, and company name and logo", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section III.A.1, Identification (page 22)", "quote": "who engage in in-person solicitation for distributed generation projects under 25 kW AC ... shall display identification on an outer garment. This identification shall be visible at all times ... An agent ID number ... A photograph of the agent ... The trade name and logo of the company the agent is representing.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.background": { "label": "Background checks on agents", "value": "criminal background checks on every agent who sells in person", "unit": "text", "display": "criminal background checks on every agent who sells in person", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section III.A.2, Criminal Background Checks (page 22)", "quote": "Each Approved Vendor or Designee shall perform criminal background checks on all employees and agents engaged in in-person solicitation.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.door_hours": { "label": "Door-to-door hours", "value": "not before 9 a.m. or after 7 p.m., where no local rule sets the hours", "unit": "text", "display": "not before 9 a.m. or after 7 p.m., where no local rule sets the hours", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section III.A.3, Door-to-Door Solicitations to Residential Dwellings (page 22)", "quote": "In the absence of applicable local ordinances or requirements, Approved Vendors and Designees shall not conduct in-person solicitation at residential dwellings before 9:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.door_local": { "label": "Local door-to-door rules come first", "value": "sellers must follow local door-to-door rules, including banned hours, and set meetings may fall outside the default hours", "unit": "text", "display": "sellers must follow local door-to-door rules, including banned hours, and set meetings may fall outside the default hours", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section III.A.3, Door-to-Door Solicitations to Residential Dwellings (page 22)", "quote": "must follow any local ordinances or requirements regarding door- ... to-door sales, including prohibited hours. ... Pre-arranged consultations or meetings outside of these hours are permitted.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.leave": { "label": "Leaving when asked", "value": "the agent must leave the first time you ask", "unit": "text", "display": "the agent must leave the first time you ask", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section III.A.3, Door-to-Door Solicitations to Residential Dwellings (page 23)", "quote": "shall immediately leave the premises at the customer's, owner's, or occupant's first request.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.ppa_owner": { "label": "Who owns a PPA system", "value": "you buy the power, and another party owns the system", "unit": "text", "display": "you buy the power, and another party owns the system", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Opening notice (page 3)", "quote": "You are entering into a Power Purchase Agreement (\"PPA\") to buy electricity generated by a solar project installed on your property; another party will own that solar poject.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.take_time": { "label": "Time to shop around", "value": "take whatever time you need to shop around and understand the contract", "unit": "text", "display": "take whatever time you need to shop around and understand the contract", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Opening notice (page 3)", "quote": "You should take whatever time you need to shop around and to fully understand the contract before signing", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.rescind": { "label": "Canceling a PPA, in the form's words", "value": "cancel and get any deposit back by contacting the project owner, within the period your contract or the law allows, never less than three calendar days", "unit": "text", "display": "cancel and get any deposit back by contacting the project owner, within the period your contract or the law allows, never less than three calendar days", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Opening notice (page 3)", "quote": "You may rescind your PPA and receive a refund of any deposit by contacting the project owner within the period allowed by your contract or law, which cannot be less than three calendar days.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.complaints": { "label": "Where to take a complaint", "value": "the Illinois Shines Program Administrator, and the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division for deceptive sales", "unit": "text", "display": "the Illinois Shines Program Administrator, and the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division for deceptive sales", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Opening notice (page 3)", "quote": "If you are unable to resolve a complaint with your installer or Approved Vendor, you may contact the Illinois Shines Program Administrator ... If you have been subject to fraudulent or deceptive sales practices, the Consumer Protection Division of the Illinois Attorney General's office may also be able to help", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.parties": { "label": "Who is named on the form", "value": "you, the project owner, the Approved Vendor and the installer, with contact details", "unit": "text", "display": "you, the project owner, the Approved Vendor and the installer, with contact details", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Contact Information (page 3)", "quote": "Contact Information Customer Information Project Owner ... Approved Vendor Project Installer", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.ppa_terms": { "label": "PPA length and rates", "value": "the contract length, the first and final payment rates, and the yearly escalation rate", "unit": "text", "display": "the contract length, the first and final payment rates, and the yearly escalation rate", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "PPA Information and Costs (page 4)", "quote": "Power Purchase Agreement (\"PPA\") Information and Costs Length of ... First Payment Final Payment ... Escalation Rate", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.ppa_total": { "label": "Fees and the estimated total", "value": "the fees, other fees that may apply, and an estimate of the total you pay over the whole PPA", "unit": "text", "display": "the fees, other fees that may apply, and an estimate of the total you pay over the whole PPA", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "PPA Information and Costs (page 4)", "quote": "Fees that will apply ... Estimated total amount paid, including PPA ... payments and above fees, for duration of PPA Other Fees that May Apply", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.incentive": { "label": "The incentive the Approved Vendor expects", "value": "the incentive payment the Approved Vendor expects to receive if the project is accepted", "unit": "text", "display": "the incentive payment the Approved Vendor expects to receive if the project is accepted", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Illinois Shines Incentive Payment (page 4)", "quote": "Expected value of incentive payment that will be received by the Approved ... Vendor for the solar project if accepted into Illinois Shines program", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.not_selected": { "label": "If the project is not selected", "value": "whether the deal depends on the project being selected, and whether price or terms change if it is not", "unit": "text", "display": "whether the deal depends on the project being selected, and whether price or terms change if it is not", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Illinois Shines Incentive Payment (page 4)", "quote": "Is the PPA contingent upon selection for the Illinois Shines incentive? ... Will pricing or other terms change if the project is not selected for Illinois Shines?", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.install_dates": { "label": "Installation dates", "value": "estimated start and finish dates for the installation", "unit": "text", "display": "estimated start and finish dates for the installation", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Project Installation (page 4)", "quote": "Estimated start date of project installation ... Estimated completion date of project installation", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.ucc": { "label": "UCC-1 fixture filing", "value": "whether the owner will file a UCC-1 fixture filing", "unit": "text", "display": "whether the owner will file a UCC-1 fixture filing", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Project Installation (page 4)", "quote": "Will project owner file a Uniform Commercial Code-1 ... \"fixture\" filing statement?", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.design_specs": { "label": "System design lines", "value": "the system size, first-year output, your yearly use and the share solar covers, expected life, and where it is mounted", "unit": "text", "display": "the system size, first-year output, your yearly use and the share solar covers, expected life, and where it is mounted", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Project Design Specifications (page 4)", "quote": "Project Size (size of project as built may vary by the greater of 1kW or 5%) ... Estimated total annual electricity production in first year ... Estimated customer annual usage and % offset by solar project ... Expected life of the project ... Mounting location", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.size_vary": { "label": "Built size may differ", "value": "the built size may vary by the greater of 1 kW or 5%", "unit": "text", "display": "the built size may vary by the greater of 1 kW or 5%", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Project Design Specifications (page 4)", "quote": "Project Size (size of project as built may vary by the greater of 1kW or 5%)", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.battery_line": { "label": "The battery line", "value": "whether the project includes a battery, and what size", "unit": "text", "display": "whether the project includes a battery, and what size", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Project Design Specifications (page 4)", "quote": "Will project include a battery for energy storage? If so, what size?", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.capacity_factor": { "label": "Capacity factor", "value": "a measure you can use to compare expected output between offers", "unit": "text", "display": "a measure you can use to compare expected output between offers", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Project Efficiency (page 5)", "quote": "The capacity factor reflects a project's expected production and can be used to compare design and expected performance between project proposals.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.nm_apply": { "label": "Net metering needs an application", "value": "an application to your electric utility", "unit": "text", "display": "an application to your electric utility", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Net Metering (page 5)", "quote": "To participate in net metering, an application must be submitted to your electric utility.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.upkeep": { "label": "Upkeep, repairs and warranties", "value": "who handles upkeep and repairs, the warranties for installation, panels, inverter and roof leaks, and insurance", "unit": "text", "display": "who handles upkeep and repairs, the warranties for installation, panels, inverter and roof leaks, and insurance", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Project Operations and Maintenance (page 5)", "quote": "Project maintenance (operational upkeep) ... Project repairs (fixing malfunctioning project) ... Warranties related to improper installation ... Manufacturer's warranty for solar panels? ... Manufacturer's warranty for project inverter? ... Warranty against roof leaks from installation ... Insurance for loss or damage to the project", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.move": { "label": "If you move", "value": "whether you can transfer the PPA to a buyer when you sell, and what that takes", "unit": "text", "display": "whether you can transfer the PPA to a buyer when you sell, and what that takes", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "If You Move (page 5)", "quote": "Upon sale of property where solar project is located, can you ... transfer the PPA obligations to the new owner? Requirements for transferring PPA obligations", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.end": { "label": "Early end and end of term", "value": "any early termination fee, and whether at the end the owner removes the system, lets you own it, or offers a renewal", "unit": "text", "display": "any early termination fee, and whether at the end the owner removes the system, lets you own it, or offers a renewal", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Early Termination or Completion of Contract (pages 5 and 6)", "quote": "Fee/penalty for early termination of PPA ... Will project owner remove solar project? ... Will project owner offer an option for customer to own and retain the solar project? ... Will project owner offer an option for contract renewal?", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.estimates": { "label": "Value estimates on the form", "value": "low, medium and high estimates of the value of the power, which the form says are not a promise", "unit": "text", "display": "low, medium and high estimates of the value of the power, which the form says are not a promise", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Value of Electricity section (page 6)", "quote": "Below are low, medium, and high estimates of the dollar value of the electricity your solar project will generate over the duration of your PPA ... These estimates are NOT a guarantee ... electricity rates are subject to change.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "df.signature": { "label": "What your signature says", "value": "you received and read the form and had the chance to ask questions", "unit": "text", "display": "you received and read the form and had the chance to ask questions", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure Form (June 1, 2026 version)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG-PPA-Disclosure-Form-June-1-2026.pdf", "source_section": "Signature (page 6)", "quote": "By signing this disclosure form, you certify that you received and read this form and had the opportunity to ask questions about it.", "valid_until": "2027-02-01", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts" }, "srp.phase_one": { "label": "Who the Solar Restitution Program covers in its first phase", "value": "only customers promised a direct payment for their solar credits who never got it", "display": "only customers who were promised a direct payment for their solar credits and never got it", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Consumer Protection Handbook for Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All, program year 2026-27", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-27-CP-Handbook-Clean.pdf", "source_section": "Section XII.A.2, Solar Restitution Program (page 60)", "quote": "the program is only available for customers who were promised a direct REC payment lump-sum pass-through and did not receive it", "public_note": "Later phases may cover more. Check the program's own page for what is open now.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.madison.pv_kwh_per_kw": { "label": "Power one kW of panels makes in a year near Edwardsville, Illinois", "value": 1395, "unit": "kWh/kW/yr", "display": "about 1,395 kWh a year per kW", "source_name": "National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL), PVWatts v8", "source_url": "https://pvwatts.nlr.gov/", "source_section": "PVWatts v8 API: lat 38.81, lon -89.95, 1 kW, roof mount, south-facing (180°), 25° tilt, 14% losses, NSRDB PSM V3 GOES tmy-2020 3.2.0 weather", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "valid_until": null, "status": "verified", "verified_by": "pvwatts_fact.py", "public_note": "Modeled, not measured. East or west roofs and shade make less." }, "county.madison.coop_southwestern": { "label": "Southwestern Electric Cooperative serves parts of Madison County", "display": "parts of Madison County", "source_name": "Southwestern Electric Cooperative, About Us", "source_url": "https://www.sweci.com/about-us", "source_section": "About Us", "quote": "Southwestern Electric Cooperative serves nearly 23,000 residential, commercial, agricultural and industrial member accounts in parts of Bond, Clay, Clinton, Fayette, Effingham, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Shelby and St. Clair Counties.", "value": "parts of Madison County", "unit": "text", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.madison.coop_mjm": { "label": "MJM Electric Cooperative serves Madison County among its counties", "display": "power lines in Madison County, among the counties it serves", "source_name": "MJM Electric Cooperative, home page", "source_url": "https://www.mjmec.coop/", "source_section": "Home page, about the cooperative", "quote": "We provide electricity to more than 9,500 meters and service 2,122 miles of power lines in Macoupin, Jersey, Montgomery, Bond, Fayette, Greene, and Madison counties.", "value": "power lines in Madison County, among the counties it serves", "unit": "text", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.madison.coop_clinton": { "label": "Clinton County Electric Cooperative serves parts of Madison County", "display": "parts of Madison County", "source_name": "Clinton County Electric Cooperative, home page", "source_url": "https://www.cceci.com/", "source_section": "Home page, about the cooperative", "quote": "Clinton County Electric Cooperative, Inc. serves more than 6,270 meters over 1,068 miles of line in parts of the Illinois Counties of: Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion, St. Clair, and Washington.", "value": "parts of Madison County", "unit": "text", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.madison.permit_unincorporated": { "label": "Who handles building permits in unincorporated Madison County", "display": "the county Building & Zoning Department runs the building code for unincorporated areas, and a contractor applies for the permit before work starts", "source_name": "Madison County, Building Permits & Inspections", "source_url": "https://www.madisoncountyil.gov/departments/planning_and_development/building_permits.php", "source_section": "Building Permits & Inspections", "quote": "Prior to commencing construction, a contractor is required to apply for a building permit and submit plans of the proposed project. ... The Building & Zoning Department administers the International Building Code for construction in the unincorporated areas of Madison County.", "value": "the county Building & Zoning Department runs the building code for unincorporated areas, and a contractor applies for the permit before work starts", "unit": "text", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.madison.solar_permit_forms": { "label": "Madison County solar permit applications", "display": "separate permit applications for roof mount solar and ground mount solar, which can be filled out and sent online", "source_name": "Madison County, Permits & Inspections", "source_url": "https://www.madisoncountyil.gov/departments/planning_and_development/permits_inspections.php", "source_section": "Online Permit Applications, Building Permit Applications", "quote": "You can now fill out and submit Permit Applications and Forms online. ... GROUND MOUNT SOLAR NEW HOME PLUMBING ONLY POOL OR DECK ROOF MOUNT SOLAR", "value": "separate permit applications for roof mount solar and ground mount solar, which can be filled out and sent online", "unit": "text", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.madison.permit_start": { "label": "When work may start under a Madison County permit", "display": "once the Building Inspector approves the application and you receive your Madison County building permit", "source_name": "Madison County, Building & Zoning FAQ", "source_url": "https://www.madisoncountyil.gov/departments/planning_and_development/general_building_and_zoning.php", "source_section": "Building & Zoning FAQ, When may I begin work on my project?", "quote": "You may begin work on your project once the application is approved by the Building Inspector and you receive your Madison County building permit.", "value": "once the Building Inspector approves the application and you receive your Madison County building permit", "unit": "text", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.madison.edwardsville_permit": { "label": "Edwardsville solar permit rule", "display": "a building permit for every home solar installation, before any work begins", "source_name": "City of Edwardsville, Solar Panel Permit Requirements", "source_url": "https://www.cityofedwardsville.com/DocumentCenter/View/3008/Solar-Panel-Submittal-Requirements", "source_section": "Solar Panel Permit Requirements, opening paragraph", "quote": "The City of Edwardsville requires building permits for all residential and commercial solar installations. A building permit must be obtained prior to beginning any work.", "value": "a building permit for every home solar installation, before any work begins", "unit": "text", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.madison.edwardsville_structural": { "label": "Edwardsville roof strength rule for solar", "display": "a sealed analysis or drawing from an Illinois licensed architect or structural engineer showing the roof can carry the weight", "source_name": "City of Edwardsville, Solar Panel Permit Requirements", "source_url": "https://www.cityofedwardsville.com/DocumentCenter/View/3008/Solar-Panel-Submittal-Requirements", "source_section": "Submittal requirements, Proposed Roof Plan", "quote": "The structure must be capable of supporting the weight of the proposed system. Provide a sealed analysis/drawing by an Illinois licensed architect or structural engineer.", "value": "a sealed analysis or drawing from an Illinois licensed architect or structural engineer showing the roof can carry the weight", "unit": "text", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.madison.edwardsville_roof_life": { "label": "Edwardsville note on roof life and solar", "display": "it is the owner's job to weigh the roof's remaining life against the panels', since the panels may outlast the roof", "source_name": "City of Edwardsville, Solar Panel Permit Requirements", "source_url": "https://www.cityofedwardsville.com/DocumentCenter/View/3008/Solar-Panel-Submittal-Requirements", "source_section": "Submittal requirements, Proposed Roof Plan", "quote": "It is the responsibility of the property owner to assess the lifespan of the existing roof versus the solar panels; the life span of the solar panels may be greater than that of the existing roof.", "value": "it is the owner's job to weigh the roof's remaining life against the panels', since the panels may outlast the roof", "unit": "text", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.madison.edwardsville_paths": { "label": "Edwardsville firefighter paths on a home solar roof", "value": 36, "unit": "inches", "display": "at least two clear paths, each 36 inches wide, on separate parts of the roof", "source_name": "City of Edwardsville, Solar Panel Permit Requirements", "source_url": "https://www.cityofedwardsville.com/DocumentCenter/View/3008/Solar-Panel-Submittal-Requirements", "source_section": "Submittal requirements, access pathways, Residential", "quote": "Not fewer than two 36\" wide pathways on separate roof planes, from lowest roof edge to ridge", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.st_clair.pv_kwh_per_kw": { "label": "Power one kW of panels makes in a year near Belleville, Illinois", "value": 1418, "unit": "kWh/kW/yr", "display": "about 1,418 kWh a year per kW", "source_name": "National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL), PVWatts v8", "source_url": "https://pvwatts.nlr.gov/", "source_section": "PVWatts v8 API: lat 38.52, lon -89.98, 1 kW, roof mount, south-facing (180°), 25° tilt, 14% losses, NSRDB PSM V3 GOES tmy-2020 3.2.0 weather", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "valid_until": null, "status": "verified", "verified_by": "pvwatts_fact.py", "public_note": "Modeled, not measured. East or west roofs and shade make less." }, "county.st_clair.mascoutah_electric": { "label": "Who provides electric service in Mascoutah", "value": "the city runs its own locally owned electric service", "unit": "text", "display": "the city runs its own locally owned electric service", "source_name": "City of Mascoutah, Utilities (Electric, Water & Sewer)", "source_url": "https://www.cityofmascoutah.gov/319/Utilities-Electric-Water-Sewer", "source_section": "Welcome to Mascoutah Utilities", "quote": "The City of Mascoutah is proud to provide locally owned and operated electric, water, and sewer services to our community.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.st_clair.freeburg_electric": { "label": "Who provides electric service in Freeburg", "value": "the village has its own power plant and provides electric service to village homes and businesses", "unit": "text", "display": "the village has its own power plant and provides electric service to village homes and businesses", "source_name": "Village of Freeburg, Electric Services", "source_url": "https://www.freeburg.com/index.asp?SEC=F7A3898F-E9EA-453B-BB0D-5E0BAC049F54&Type=B_BASIC", "source_section": "Electric Services", "quote": "The Village of Freeburg maintains its own municipal power generating plant and provides electrical service to the Village residents, businesses and industries.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.st_clair.sweci_area": { "label": "Where Southwestern Electric Cooperative serves", "value": "parts of St. Clair County, among other counties in southwestern Illinois", "unit": "text", "display": "parts of St. Clair County, among other counties in southwestern Illinois", "source_name": "Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Service Area", "source_url": "https://www.sweci.com/service-area", "source_section": "Service Area", "quote": "Southwestern Electric serves 25,000 members in Southwestern Illinois, including parts of Bond, Clay, Clinton, Effingham, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Shelby and St. Clair Counties.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.st_clair.eeca_area": { "label": "Where Egyptian Electric Cooperative serves", "value": "portions of Saint Clair County, among other counties in southern Illinois", "unit": "text", "display": "portions of Saint Clair County, among other counties in southern Illinois", "source_name": "Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association, home page", "source_url": "https://eeca.coop/", "source_section": "Mission Statement", "quote": "Serving members in portions of ten counties, including Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Monroe, Perry, Randolph, Union, Williamson, Washington, and Saint Clair", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.st_clair.cceci_area": { "label": "Where Clinton County Electric Cooperative serves", "value": "parts of St. Clair County, along with Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion and Washington counties", "unit": "text", "display": "parts of St. Clair County, along with Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion and Washington counties", "source_name": "Clinton County Electric Cooperative, home page", "source_url": "https://www.cceci.com/", "source_section": "About the cooperative (page footer)", "quote": "Clinton County Electric Cooperative, Inc. serves more than 6,270 meters over 1,068 miles of line in parts of the Illinois Counties of: Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion, St. Clair, and Washington.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.st_clair.mcec_subdivisions": { "label": "Subdivisions Monroe County Electric Co-operative serves", "value": "subdivisions it serves listed under Belleville, Freeburg and Millstadt", "unit": "text", "display": "subdivisions it serves listed under Belleville, Freeburg and Millstadt", "source_name": "Monroe County Electric Cooperative, Subdivisions Served by MCEC", "source_url": "https://mcec.org/businesses-and-subdivisions/", "source_section": "Subdivisions Served by MCEC", "quote": "Subdivisions Served by MCEC ... Millstadt Algonquin Forest Flight Park Greystone Estates ... Belleville Blue Ridge Estates Freeburg Brookstone Estates", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.st_clair.swansea_permit": { "label": "When Swansea asks for a building permit for solar", "value": "a building permit for every home solar install, before any work starts", "unit": "text", "display": "a building permit for every home solar install, before any work starts", "source_name": "Village of Swansea, Solar Panel Permit Requirements", "source_url": "https://www.swanseail.org/DocumentCenter/View/4962", "source_section": "Opening paragraph", "quote": "The Village of Swansea requires building permits for all residential and commercial solar panel installations. A building permit must be obtained prior to beginning any work.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.st_clair.swansea_icc": { "label": "What Swansea asks of a solar installer", "value": "an installer who is active in the Illinois Commerce Commission's utility company database", "unit": "text", "display": "an installer who is active in the Illinois Commerce Commission's utility company database", "source_name": "Village of Swansea, Solar Panel Permit Requirements", "source_url": "https://www.swanseail.org/DocumentCenter/View/4962", "source_section": "Submittal requirements, item 1", "quote": "Installer must be active on the Illinois Commerce Commission Utility Company Database", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.st_clair.swansea_roof": { "label": "What a Swansea roof plan must show about the roof", "value": "how many roof layers the house has and about when it was last roofed", "unit": "text", "display": "how many roof layers the house has and about when it was last roofed", "source_name": "Village of Swansea, Solar Panel Permit Requirements", "source_url": "https://www.swanseail.org/DocumentCenter/View/4962", "source_section": "Submittal requirements, item 3e", "quote": "Indicate the number of existing roof layer and estimated date of last roofing installation.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.st_clair.swansea_engineer": { "label": "Engineering Swansea asks for with a solar permit", "value": "an analysis or drawing from an Illinois licensed structural engineer", "unit": "text", "display": "an analysis or drawing from an Illinois licensed structural engineer", "source_name": "Village of Swansea, Solar Panel Permit Requirements", "source_url": "https://www.swanseail.org/DocumentCenter/View/4962", "source_section": "Submittal requirements, item 4", "quote": "Analysis/Drawing from an Illinois licensed structural engineer.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.st_clair.ofallon_building": { "label": "When O'Fallon asks for a building permit for solar", "value": "a building permit when solar work changes the structure", "unit": "text", "display": "a building permit when solar work changes the structure", "source_name": "City of O'Fallon, Residential Construction/Home-Improvement Permit", "source_url": "https://www.ofallon.org/200/Residential-Construction-Home-Improvemen", "source_section": "Residential Construction/Home-Improvement Permit", "quote": "Some of the types of improvements which generally require a building permit before construction commences are new one- and two-family and townhomes, basement finish, room addition, remodeling, deck construction, solar installation (when structural changes are proposed)", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.st_clair.ofallon_electrical": { "label": "O'Fallon's permit for solar with no structural changes", "value": "solar work with no structural changes can go on an electrical permit alone", "unit": "text", "display": "solar work with no structural changes can go on an electrical permit alone", "source_name": "City of O'Fallon, Residential Construction/Home-Improvement Permit", "source_url": "https://www.ofallon.org/200/Residential-Construction-Home-Improvemen", "source_section": "Residential Construction/Home-Improvement Permit", "quote": "Individual permits can be issued when only electrical work (which includes solar installation without structural changes) or only plumbing work is being done.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.st_clair.belleville_permits": { "label": "Who issues permits inside Belleville", "value": "permits through the city's Health, Housing & Building Department for any improvement to private property inside city limits", "unit": "text", "display": "permits through the city's Health, Housing & Building Department for any improvement to private property inside city limits", "source_name": "City of Belleville, Health, Housing & Building", "source_url": "https://www.belleville.net/345/Health-Housing-Building", "source_section": "Permit Requirements & Applications", "quote": "Any improvements to private property within the corporate city limits of Belleville will require appropriate permits to be obtained through the city's Health, Housing & Building Department.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.st_clair.belleville_solar_list": { "label": "Belleville list of electrical contractors for solar", "value": "a list of electrical contractors the city has licensed for solar jobs", "unit": "text", "display": "a list of electrical contractors the city has licensed for solar jobs", "source_name": "City of Belleville, Health, Housing & Building", "source_url": "https://www.belleville.net/345/Health-Housing-Building", "source_section": "Licensed Contractors", "quote": "View the Health, Housing & Building Department's lists of approved City of Belleville Licensed Electrical Contractors for Residential, City of Belleville Licensed Electrical Contractors for Solar Jobs.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.st_clair.fairview_permits": { "label": "Who issues building permits in Fairview Heights", "value": "a building permit from the city's Building Permits and Inspections Department before improvements or alterations to a property", "unit": "text", "display": "a building permit from the city's Building Permits and Inspections Department before improvements or alterations to a property", "source_name": "City of Fairview Heights, Permits", "source_url": "https://fairviewheightsil.gov/land-development/permits/", "source_section": "Building Permits & Inspections", "quote": "The Building Permits and Inspections Department handles the issuance of all building permits and occupancy permits for residential and commercial properties ... Building permits shall be obtained prior to making improvements or alterations to a property.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.monroe.pv_kwh_per_kw": { "label": "Power one kW of panels makes in a year near Waterloo, Illinois", "value": 1431, "unit": "kWh/kW/yr", "display": "about 1,431 kWh a year per kW", "source_name": "National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL), PVWatts v8", "source_url": "https://pvwatts.nlr.gov/", "source_section": "PVWatts v8 API: lat 38.34, lon -90.15, 1 kW, roof mount, south-facing (180°), 25° tilt, 14% losses, NSRDB PSM V3 GOES tmy-2020 3.2.0 weather", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "valid_until": null, "status": "verified", "verified_by": "pvwatts_fact.py", "public_note": "Modeled, not measured. East or west roofs and shade make less." }, "county.monroe.waterloo_city_electric": { "label": "Who sells electric service in the City of Waterloo", "value": "the City of Waterloo, through the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency", "unit": "text", "display": "the City of Waterloo, through the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency", "source_name": "City of Waterloo, Electric Department", "source_url": "https://www.waterloo.il.us/departments/electric/", "source_section": "Electric", "quote": "The City of Waterloo furnishes electric service through the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA).", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.monroe.waterloo_plant": { "label": "The City of Waterloo power plant", "value": "a power plant the city has owned and run since 1901", "unit": "text", "display": "a power plant the city has owned and run since 1901", "source_name": "City of Waterloo, Electric Department", "source_url": "https://www.waterloo.il.us/departments/electric/", "source_section": "Power Plant", "quote": "Since 1901, the City has owned and operated a Power Plant", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.monroe.waterloo_net_metering": { "label": "Solar rules for City of Waterloo electric customers", "value": "its own interconnection agreement and net metering policy", "unit": "text", "display": "its own interconnection agreement and net metering policy", "source_name": "City of Waterloo, Electric Department", "source_url": "https://www.waterloo.il.us/departments/electric/", "source_section": "Renewable Generation Sources", "quote": "Thus, we have in place an approved interconnection agreement and a net metering policy.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.monroe.mcec_rural": { "label": "What the Monroe County Electric Cooperative was built to do", "value": "bring power to rural parts of Monroe, Randolph and St. Clair counties that had none", "unit": "text", "display": "bring power to rural parts of Monroe, Randolph and St. Clair counties that had none", "source_name": "Monroe County Electric Cooperative, History", "source_url": "https://mcec.org/history/", "source_section": "History", "quote": "The first years of MCEC were devoted to extending electric power to the unserved portions of rural areas in Monroe, Randolph, and St. Clair counties.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.monroe.mcec_members": { "label": "Farms, homes and businesses the Monroe County Electric Cooperative serves today, across its whole territory", "value": 6700, "unit": "members", "display": "more than 6,700 farms, homes and businesses", "source_name": "Monroe County Electric Cooperative, History", "source_url": "https://mcec.org/history/", "source_section": "History", "quote": "Today, MCEC maintains about 1,200 miles of distribution and transmission electric line serving more than 6,700 local farms, homes and businesses", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.monroe.mcec_subdivisions": { "label": "Subdivisions the Monroe County Electric Cooperative lists as served", "value": "subdivisions listed under Waterloo, Columbia and Valmeyer, among other towns", "unit": "text", "display": "subdivisions listed under Waterloo, Columbia and Valmeyer, among other towns", "source_name": "Monroe County Electric Cooperative, Subdivisions Served by MCEC", "source_url": "https://mcec.org/businesses-and-subdivisions/", "source_section": "Subdivisions Served by MCEC", "quote": "Subdivisions Served by MCEC Waterloo 16 Station West ... Columbia Braddock Pointe ... Valmeyer Fountain Maeys Station Moredock Lake", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.monroe.mcec_inspect": { "label": "When a co-op member's solar system may start running", "value": "not until the co-op inspects the system", "unit": "text", "display": "not until the co-op inspects the system", "source_name": "Monroe County Electric Cooperative, Solar Installation Information", "source_url": "https://mcec.org/solar-installation-information/", "source_section": "Solar Installation Information", "quote": "Once the system is installed, please contact us to schedule an inspection. The system may not be in production until MCEC inspects the system.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.williamson.coop_egyptian": { "label": "Counties Egyptian Electric Cooperative serves", "value": "portions of ten counties, including Williamson", "unit": "", "display": "serves members in parts of ten counties, Williamson among them", "source_name": "Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association", "source_url": "https://eeca.coop/", "source_section": "Home page, Mission Statement", "quote": "Serving members in portions of ten counties, including Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Monroe, Perry, Randolph, Union, Williamson, Washington, and Saint Clair", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.williamson.coop_seiec": { "label": "Counties SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative serves", "value": "portions of Williamson and other southeastern Illinois counties", "unit": "", "display": "provides electric service to members in parts of Williamson County", "source_name": "SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative", "source_url": "https://seiec.com/summary-mission-statement/", "source_section": "About Us, Summary & Mission Statement, Who We Are", "quote": "SEIEC provides electric service to members in portions of Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Saline, White and Williamson counties.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.williamson.coop_siec": { "label": "Counties Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative serves", "value": "Williamson is one of the counties it serves", "unit": "", "display": "names Williamson as one of the southern Illinois counties where it has members", "source_name": "Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative", "source_url": "https://siec.org/about-us", "source_section": "About SIEC, About Us", "quote": "providing electricity, energy products, and services to more than 8,500 members in the Southern Illinois Counties of Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Union, Jackson, and Williamson.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.williamson.seiec_dg": { "label": "SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative's own rules for home generation", "value": "its own net billing policy and generation application", "unit": "", "display": "its own net billing policy and its own application for member-owned generation", "source_name": "SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative", "source_url": "https://seiec.com/distributed-generation-information/", "source_section": "Distributed Generation Information", "quote": "Net Billing Policy ... Application for Operation of Member-Owned Generation", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.williamson.marion_ameren": { "label": "Who the City of Marion says provides its residents' electric utility service", "value": "Ameren Illinois", "unit": "", "display": "Ameren Illinois provides its residents' electric utility service", "source_name": "City of Marion", "source_url": "https://cityofmarionil.gov/electric-supply-aggregation-community-solar/", "source_section": "Electric Supply Aggregation & Community Solar, opening paragraph", "quote": "The City of Marion is committed to providing resources to our residents to help with the cost of their electric utility service provided by Ameren Illinois.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.williamson.carterville_ameren": { "label": "The electric company the City of Carterville lists for the town", "value": "Ameren Illinois", "unit": "", "display": "lists Ameren Illinois as the town's electric company", "source_name": "City of Carterville", "source_url": "https://www.visitcarterville.com/community/utilities/", "source_section": "Community, Utilities, Electric", "quote": "ELECTRIC Ameren Illinois", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.williamson.permit_county": { "label": "Where Williamson County posts its building permit forms", "value": "Supervisor of Assessments page", "unit": "", "display": "the county's building permit application and its building permit ordinance", "source_name": "Williamson County, Supervisor of Assessments", "source_url": "https://www.williamsoncountyil.gov/supervisor-of-assessments/", "source_section": "Supervisor of Assessments, I Want To list", "quote": "Apply for a Building Permit Review Building Permit Ordinance View Green Energy Ordinance Williamson County Green Energy Permit", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.williamson.marion_permits": { "label": "What Marion's Building and Code Services does", "value": "issues permits for development in the city", "unit": "", "display": "issues permits for development within the city", "source_name": "City of Marion, Building and Code Services", "source_url": "https://cityofmarionil.gov/building-and-code-services/", "source_section": "Building and Code Services, Services", "quote": "Some of their many duties include performing property inspections, issuing various permits that pertain to development within the city", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "county.williamson.carterville_permit": { "label": "Who sets building permit rules inside Carterville", "value": "the City of Carterville", "unit": "", "display": "the city sets its own building permit rules", "source_name": "City of Carterville, Building Permits", "source_url": "https://www.visitcarterville.com/departments/building-zoning/building-permits/", "source_section": "Departments, Building/Zoning, Building Permits", "quote": "In the city of Carterville, a building permit must be obtained for any new construction: residence, addition, garage, carport and/or storage building.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-04", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-02" }, "nm.coops_differ": { "label": "How co-ops and city utilities handle net metering", "value": "may limit net metering or credit it another way", "unit": "text", "display": "may limit net metering, or credit the power you send out in a different way", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, FAQs Related to Changes in Net Metering in Illinois (July 26, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FAQs-Related-to-Changes-in-Net-Metering-In-Illinois-Consumers-26July2024.pdf", "source_section": "Question 1", "quote": "Rural electric cooperatives and municipal electric utilities may limit access to net metering or may offer a different approach for crediting customers for electricity that is sent to the grid.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-05", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-03" }, "nm.net_out": { "label": "How the utility nets power in and out", "value": "nets the power sent out against the power pulled in", "unit": "text", "display": "the power you send out is netted against the power you pull in", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, FAQs Related to Changes in Net Metering in Illinois (July 26, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FAQs-Related-to-Changes-in-Net-Metering-In-Illinois-Consumers-26July2024.pdf", "source_section": "Question 2", "quote": "Your utility will \"net out\" the electricity that your project sends to the grid against the electricity that you pull from the grid.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-05", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-03" }, "nm.owner_change": { "label": "Full retail net metering when the owner changes", "value": "continues when ownership changes", "unit": "text", "display": "full retail net metering stays with the system when the owner changes", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, FAQs Related to Changes in Net Metering in Illinois (July 26, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FAQs-Related-to-Changes-in-Net-Metering-In-Illinois-Consumers-26July2024.pdf", "source_section": "Question 5", "quote": "If the system has been receiving full retail rate net metering prior to January 1, 2025, it will continue to receive full retail rate net metering even if ownership of the project changes.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-05", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-03" }, "nm.ameren_resize": { "label": "Size change that ends full retail net metering", "value": 100, "unit": "percent", "display": "growth of more than 100% in the system's nameplate capacity", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, FAQs Related to Changes in Net Metering in Illinois (July 26, 2024)", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FAQs-Related-to-Changes-in-Net-Metering-In-Illinois-Consumers-26July2024.pdf", "source_section": "Question 6", "quote": "For Ameren, an increase to the system's nameplate capacity of more than 100%", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-05", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-03" }, "nm.ask_utility": { "label": "If you cannot tell which net metering a system has", "value": "check with your utility", "unit": "text", "display": "check with your utility", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, FAQs Related to Changes in Net Metering in 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"2026-11-05", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-03" }, "nm.winter": { "label": "Solar output in winter", "value": "lower in winter", "unit": "text", "display": "power in winter too, but it can be a lot less, because of shorter days, a lower sun and snow on the panels", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Consumer FAQs", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/faqs/", "source_section": "Net Metering: Does my system produce electricity in winter months?", "quote": "Yes, solar systems still produce electricity in the winter months, but production could be significantly lower due to winter's shorter days, the lower angle of the sun, and snowfall that may occasionally cover your panels.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-05", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-03" }, "nm.summer_credits": { "label": "Credits from extra power in summer", "value": "can roll over to later months", "unit": "text", "display": "credits for extra summer power that can roll over to later months", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Consumer FAQs", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/faqs/", "source_section": "Net Metering: Does my system produce electricity in winter months?", "quote": "When your solar project generates extra electricity (which is more likely in summer), the electricity flows back to the grid and you receive credits on your electricity bill, which can roll over to subsequent months.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-05", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-03" }, "nm.df_explains": { "label": "What the Disclosure Form says about crediting", "value": "how your utility will credit power sent back", "unit": "text", "display": "how your utility or co-op will credit the power your system sends back", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Consumer FAQs", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/faqs/", "source_section": "Net Metering, second question (co-ops and municipal utilities)", "quote": "Your Disclosure Form will contain information that explains how your utility or electric co-operative will credit you for electricity that your project sends back to the grid.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-05", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-03" }, "nm.no_expire": { "label": "Supply-only credits month to month", "value": "carry over; do not expire at the end of the annual period", "unit": "text", "display": "carry over to the next month, and unlike full retail credits, do not expire at the end of the annual period", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Power Hour webinar on net metering changes (November 15, 2024)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/power-hour-7-slides-final.pdf", "source_section": "Slide 31, Net Metering Changes: customer impact", "quote": "If there is a supply credit in a given month, it will carry over to the next month. And unlike full retail credits, they will not expire/zero out at the end of the annual period.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-05", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-03" }, "nm.supply_section": { "label": "Where supply-only credits show on the bill", "value": "the supply section of the bill", "unit": "text", "display": "only the extra power sent to the grid, tracked in the supply section of the bill", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Power Hour webinar on net metering changes (November 15, 2024)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/power-hour-7-slides-final.pdf", "source_section": "Slide 31, Net Metering Changes: customer impact", "quote": "This applies only to the excess energy sent back to the grid and is what will be kept track of in the supply section of the utility bills.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-05", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-03" }, "nm.meter_unseen": { "label": "Power used as the panels make it", "value": "not recorded by the utility meter", "unit": "text", "display": "power your home uses as the panels make it never passes the utility meter, so it does not show on the bill", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Power Hour webinar on net metering changes (November 15, 2024)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/power-hour-7-slides-final.pdf", "source_section": "Slide 31, Net Metering Changes: energy generated and used onsite", "quote": "But that will not be seen on the utility bill, as that is not energy that passes the utility meter to be recorded.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-05", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-03" }, "nm.storage": { "label": "What a battery does under supply-only net metering", "value": "less power sent out; backup power", "unit": "text", "display": "a battery can cut how much power goes out at the supply-only credit, and give backup power", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Power Hour webinar on net metering changes (November 15, 2024)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/power-hour-7-slides-final.pdf", "source_section": "Slide 32, Net Metering Changes: energy storage", "quote": "Energy storage systems (batteries) can help with reducing the amount of energy sent back to the grid and valued at supply only, as well as provide for back up power.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-05", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-03" }, "nm.inherit": { "label": "Legacy net metering when a new customer takes over", "value": "later customers inherit it", "unit": "text", "display": "a later customer at the home inherits it", "source_name": "Illinois Power Agency, Power Hour webinar on net metering changes (November 15, 2024)", "source_url": "https://ipa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ipa/documents/power-hour-7-slides-final.pdf", "source_section": "Slide 30, Net Metering Changes: eligibility for legacy net metering", "quote": "Customers with renewable energy systems that are eligible for one of these legacy rates on December 31, 2024, shall maintain eligibility for the lifetime of the system, with subsequent customers inheriting such eligibility.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-05", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-03" }, "pi.service_parts": { "label": "The three parts of electric service", "value": "supply, transmission, delivery", "unit": "text", "display": "supply, the power itself; transmission, moving it to your local utility; and delivery, over the lines to your home", "source_name": "Plug In Illinois, Electric Choice Basics", "source_url": "https://plugin.illinois.gov/electric-choice-basics.html", "source_section": "Electric Choice Basics, first paragraph", "quote": "Your electricity service is made up of three parts: (1) the electricity itself is provided by an electricity generator and is sometimes referred to as electricity \"supply\" or \"generation\", (2) the \"transmission\" of that electricity from the generation facility to your local utility, and (3) the \"distribution\" or \"delivery\" of the electricity by the utility over the electric lines that lead to your business or home.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-05", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-03" }, "nm.pull_from_grid": { "label": "When a solar home pulls power from the grid", "value": "when use is more than output", "unit": "text", "display": "power from the grid any time your home uses more than the panels are making", "source_name": "Illinois Shines, Consumer FAQs", "source_url": "https://illinoisshines.com/faqs/", "source_section": "Net Metering, first question", "quote": "On the other hand, if you use more electricity than your project is generating at any specific time, you will pull electricity from the grid.", "status": "verified", "verified_on": "2026-11-05", "verified_by": "verify_facts", "valid_until": "2027-02-03" } } }