The Illinois Solar for All (ILSFA) project submission window for the 2019-2020 program year will open at 9:00 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, September 4, 2019. Please note that the submission window for the 2019-2020 program year is two weeks. This schedule replaces any previous references to the 2019-2020 program year project submission window timeline.
Approved Vendors currently have access to the ILSFA Approved Vendor portal and are able to generate disclosure forms for program participants (as applicable) and to enter Part I applications for projects prior to Wednesday, September 4, 2019. When the project submission window opens, Approved Vendors will be able to submit batches of Part I applications. Projects in batches previously submitted for the 2018-2019 program year that were not selected for REC funding do not need to re-enter their Part I applications. However, the Approved Vendor will need to attest that all previously entered information is still correct or that the relevant updates have been made.
The project submission window for each of the Residential Solar, Non-Profit and Public Facilities, and Community Solar sub-programs will be open for 14 days. Part I applications must be entered and submitted in a batch during this window to be eligible for consideration if the project selection process is required. If a Part I application is entered but the project is not subsequently included in a timely submitted batch, it will not be eligible for the project selection process.
Requests for self-designation as an Environmental Justice Community (EJC) are being considered on an ongoing basis. EJC self-designation must be approved by the EJC Self-Designation Committee before the submission window closes in order for any associated projects to be considered located within an EJC. The last day for submissions to be considered by the EJC Self-Designation Committee before the 2019-2020 program year’s project submission window closes is Friday, August 23, 2019.
Following the conclusion of the 2018-2019 project selection process, any unused funds in each of the 2018-2019 sub-program budgets will be rolled over to that sub-program’s 2019-2020 budget.
Within each sub-program, batches of projects submitted after the initial submission window will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis until Sunday, May 31, 2020, if there is remaining sub-program funding available for the 2019-2020 program year. Otherwise, they will be put on the waitlist for potential consideration in the subsequent program year. The future use, if any, of these sub-program wait lists is expected to be settled when the Illinois Commerce Commission approves an updated Long-Term Renewable Resources Procurement Plan in or around January 2020.
The initial project application timeline for the 2019/2020 program year is as follows:
