{"id":1923,"date":"2019-10-24T15:38:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T20:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pro2.illinoissfa.com\/?post_type=newsletter&#038;p=1923"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:54:31","slug":"october-24-2019-ilsfas-latest-project-updates-grassroots-education-spotlight-and-more","status":"publish","type":"newsletter","link":"https:\/\/www.illinoissfa.com\/news\/october-24-2019-ilsfas-latest-project-updates-grassroots-education-spotlight-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"ILSFA\u2019s latest: Project updates, grassroots education spotlight, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The original version of this newsletter misstated that, for Program Year 2019-2020, the Low-Income Community Solar sub-program had projects with a total incentive value of $164.9 million. This number was corrected on December 23, 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Grassroots Education Spotlight: PERRO<\/h3>\n<p>Our next featured grassroots education campaign is the Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization (PERRO). PERRO is a grassroots community group of Pilsen residents that formed in 2004 to fight the disproportionate amount of pollution affecting Chicago\u2019s Pilsen neighborhood.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinoissfa.com\/announcements\/2019\/10\/grassroots-education-spotlight-perro\/\">Learn more\u00a0about the PERRO volunteers&#8217; (pictured above) outreach efforts<\/a> or you can attend their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinoissfa.com\/events\/perro-3\/\">next scheduled event<\/a>\u00a0on November 16, 2019 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM CT at the Chicago Public Library Lozano Branch.<\/p>\n<p>Check future newsletters for spotlights highlighting other grassroots education organizations and their campaigns to spread the word about ILSFA to communities statewide.<\/p>\n<h3>Second Round of Projects Under Review<\/h3>\n<p>Projects submitted for ILSFA\u2019s second program year (2019-2020) are entering the final stages of the review and selection process. The final sub-program budget amounts for the 2019-2020 program year, along with an explanation of how the budgets were calculated, have been posted on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinoissfa.com\/announcements\/2019\/09\/program-year-2019-2020-sub-program-budgets\/\">website<\/a>. The updated project\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinoissfa.com\/project-dashboard\/\">dashboards<\/a>, have also been posted, and the current eligibility status for each of the sub-programs is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Low-Income Community Solar: 29 eligible projects with incentive values totaling $164.2 million<\/li>\n<li>Low-Income Distributed Generation: 1 eligible project with incentive values totaling $4 million<\/li>\n<li>Non-Profit\/Public Facilities: 12 eligible projects with incentive values totaling $3.3 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eligible projects within the Low-Income Community Solar sub-program will be selected using the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinoissfa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ILSFA_ProjectSelectionProtocol.pdf\">Project Selection Protocol<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinoissfa.com\/announcements\/2019\/10\/updated-random-selection-guidance-document-2\/\">Random Selection Protocol<\/a>, if necessary, on Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 10:00 AM CT and selected projects from each sub-program will be announced on Thursday, November 7, 2019. The Low-Income Community Solar scoring rubrics have been posted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinoissfa.com\/announcements\/2019\/10\/2019-2020-low-income-community-solar-scoring-rubrics\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Low-Income Distributed Generation sub-program has already reopened for application submissions on a rolling basis and has $9,798,808 remaining in its budget. The Non-Profit\/Public Facilities sub-program has $3,111,199 remaining in its budget and will reopen for batch application submissions on Friday, October 25, 2019 at 9:00 AM CT. Click\u00a0here\u00a0for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinoissfa.com\/announcements\/2019\/10\/rolling-submission-guidelines\/\">rolling submission guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Contracts Approved for First Projects<\/h3>\n<p>The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) has approved the contracts for the first round (Program Year 2018-2019) of Low-Income Community Solar and Non-Profit\/Public Facilities projects. The projects selected will be located across the state and are a mix of large- and small-sized solar arrays. Stay tuned for more updates as these projects get underway!<\/p>\n<h3>Pilot RFP Qualification Window Open<\/h3>\n<p>The Illinois Power Agency (IPA) is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinoissfa.com\/announcements\/2019\/10\/low-income-community-solar-pilot-rfp-part-1-window-open-now\/\">conducting a competitive procurement event<\/a>\u00a0in fall 2019 for the purchase of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from Low-Income Community Solar Pilot Projects under 15-year contracts. Projects selected through this RFP process will receive a $\/REC price determined through a competitive bidding process for the RECs purchased by the IPA. More information is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipa-energyrfp.com\/community-solar-pilot\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Part 1 Window opens Thursday, October 24th\u00a0for suppliers to submit their qualification materials. Part 1 Proposals are due by 12:00 PM CPT on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. Please submit any questions to the\u00a0Illinois-RFP@nera.com\u00a0or via the Ask a Question page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipa-energyrfp.com\/contact-us\/ask-a-question\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/cl.s7.exct.net\/?qs=433c4ca4c3d7e0afd5276b87e4225f41f596868d64ebae57a46bec6eb95f82197023e5d1afe639aa90acbdf23d3ed34433c080ce0f4a7502514888a3e58b6662\">Stay Updated Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1775,"template":"","illinoissfa-type":[196],"class_list":["post-1923","newsletter","type-newsletter","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","illinoissfa-type-program-update"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ILSFA\u2019s latest: Project updates, grassroots education spotlight, and more - Illinois Solar for All<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.illinoissfa.com\/es\/news\/october-24-2019-ilsfas-latest-project-updates-grassroots-education-spotlight-and-more\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ILSFA\u2019s latest: Project updates, grassroots education spotlight, and more - Illinois Solar for All\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The original version of this newsletter misstated that, for Program Year 2019-2020, the Low-Income Community Solar sub-program had projects with a total incentive value of $164.9 million. 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