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Freeport studies Illinois Shines community solar to assign municipal accounts credit on ComEd bills
Summary
City staff outlined Illinois Shines community solar subscriptions for municipal accounts, explaining the program is administered by the Illinois Power Agency and can deliver 10–15% credits to assigned city accounts with no upfront city cost; staff estimated modest annual municipal savings.
Mike Mudge presented options for Freeport to subscribe municipal accounts to community solar projects offered under Illinois Shines, an Illinois Power Agency program. He said community solar subscriptions require no capital outlay from the city, can deliver roughly 10% to 15% solar credit to assigned accounts and could recapture some renewable portfolio surcharge costs paid by ratepayers.
"Community solar ... subscription costs 0," Mudge said, describing the developer-driven model: a developer sites and builds a solar field, secures anchor tenants and then sells subscription allocations to institutions and residents. He said anchors…
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