Stakeholder Engagement

MISO Expedited Resource Addition Study

• Announcement (July 1, 2026)
• Request for Stakeholder Feedback

• Draft RFP Requirements and ISC Contract Released for Comment (June 2, 2026)
• Draft RFP Requirements and ISC Contract Released for Comment (April 22, 2026)
• RSVP link for stakeholder workshops for the August 2026 storage procurement (March 18, 2026)
  • Stakeholder Workshop 2 (April 8, 2026 at 10 AM CPT)  
  • Stakeholder Workshop 3 (April 28, 2026 at 10 AM CPT)
  • Bidder Information Webcast (June 30, 2026 at Time TBD)
• Procurement Schedule (February 26, 2026)

• Final REC Contracts (June 1, 2026)
  • 2026 Illinois Shines (ABP) 15-year REC Contract
    • Redline comparison to 2024 REC Contract
  • 2026 Illinois Shines (ABP) 20-year REC Contract
    • Redline comparison to 2024 REC Contract
  • 2026 Illinois Solar for All (ILSFA) IPA REC Contract
  • 2026 Illinois Solar for All (ILSFA) Utility REC Contract
    • Redline comparison to 2024 Utility REC Contract
• Announcement (April 17, 2026)
  • Request for Comments
    • Stakeholder Responses (May 5, 2026)
      • Qcells EnFin
      • Joint Solar Parties
      • Proliance General Contractors, Inc.
      • Sameer Doshi
  • 2026 Draft Illinois Shines (ABP) 15-year REC Contract
    • Redline comparison to 2024 REC Contract
  • 2026 Draft Illinois Shines (ABP) 20-year REC Contract
    • Redline comparison to 2024 REC Contract
  • 2026 Draft Illinois Solar for All (ILSFA) REC Contract
    • Redline comparison to 2024 REC Contract

Information about the Long-Term Clean Energy Procurement Framework has moved to the Clean Energy Procurement page. This page can also be accessed from the Electricity Procurement drop-down at the top of the IPA homepage.

• IREC Renegotiation Guidance (February 1, 2026)
• Compliance Filing (February 19, 2025)
  • Cover Letter
• Request for Stakeholder Feedback - Draft Proposal for Adjusting the Indexed REC Procurement Process (January 17, 2025)
  
  • Comments (February 3, 2025)

• Announcement (May 23, 2024)
• Request for Stakeholder Feedback (June 7, 2024)
  • Comments (July 9, 2024)
  • Other Stakeholder Feedback

• Workshop 1: Pain Points for Developers (without the ability to negotiate post-award)
  • Date: July 29, 2024
  • Time: 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. CT
  • Attendees
  • Workshop Notes
  • Q & A
  • AGENDA

• Workshop 2: Contract Terms that Stakeholders Would Like To Be Negotiable Post-Award
  • Date: August 26, 2024
  • Time: 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. CT
  • Attendees
  • Workshop Notes
  • Recording
  • AGENDA

• Workshop 3: Comparing Other States’ Mechanisms for REC Contracts
  • Date: September 30, 2024
  • Time: 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. CT
  • Attendees
  • Workshop Notes
  • Q & A
  • Recording
  • Presentation
  • AGENDA

• Workshop 4: Post-Award Models Applicable to Illinois
  • Date: October 21, 2024
  • Time: 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. CT
  • Attendees
  • Workshop Notes
  • Recording
  • AGENDA

• Workshop 5: Proposed Solutions to Key Challenges
  • Date: December 2, 2024
  • Time: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. CT
  • Attendees
  • Workshop Notes
  • Recording
  • AGENDA

Please email Chandrika.Mital@illinois.gov for more information.

Please visit the Elective Pay page for details.

• Reissued Evaluation RFP
  • Announcement of Reissued RFP (May 23, 2025)
  • Offeror Q&A Workshop (June 4, 2025)
  • Request for Proposals 25-RFP-01 (rev) (May 23, 2025)
  • Redline Comparison of RFPs: 25-RFP-01 vs 25-RFP-01 (rev)
  • NN Pricing Proposal 25-RFP-01 (rev)
• Request for Proposals (March 5, 2025)
  • Announcement (May 16, 2025)
  • Offeror Questions and Responses (March 26, 2025)
  • Workshop Slides (March 18, 2025)        
  • NN Pricing Proposal 25-RFP-01 
• Request for Qualifications (January 24, 2025)
  • Offeror Q&A Workshop (January 31, 2025)
  • Responses to Offeror Questions (February 10, 2025)
• Request for Stakeholder Feedback (December 2, 2024)
  • Workshop (December 16, 2024)
  • Comments - Illinois Solar for All Working Group (December 20, 2024)

• Program Year 2025-2026 Final REC Pricing Model (April 21, 2025)
• Program Year 2025-2026 Final REC Prices (April 21, 2025)
• Illinois Power Agency Requests Stakeholder Feedback on Draft REC Prices for PY2025-26 (March 7, 2025)
  • Comments

• Announcement (March 1, 2023)
  • Program Year 2023-2024 REC Prices (April 20, 2023)
    • Announcement (April 20, 2023)
    • REC Prices Rationale (April 20, 2023)
  • Proposed REC Prices for the 2023-2024 Program Year (March 1, 2023)
    • Comments (March 24, 2023)
• Independent Review of REC Prices for Future Program Years
  • Independent Review of Illinois Shines and Illinois Solar for All Renewable Energy Credit Pricing Approach (June 7, 2023)
  • Workshop Recording (March 14, 2023)
  • Request for Written Comments and March 14 Workshop Information (March 7, 2023)
    • Comments
      • ComEd
      • Joint Non-Governmental Organizations (JNGO)
      • Joint Solar Parties
      • Siemens
  • Presentation: REC Pricing Policy Design Options (March 7, 2023)
  • Presentation: Initial IRA Recommendations and Policy Questions (March 7, 2023)

2025 Enhancements to Certification Process

• Request for Stakeholder Feedback (April 1, 2025)
  • Comments (April 21, 2025)

2023 Eligibility Criteria

• Request for Stakeholder Feedback (April 11, 2023)
  • Comments (May 23, 2023)    

• Request for Stakeholder Feedback (October 31, 2024)
  • Comments (December 17, 2024)
    • IPA Response to Comments (December 19, 2024)
• Workshop Recording (November 14, 2024)
• Workshop Slides (November 14, 2024)

2024 Draft REC Contracts

• Request for Stakeholder Feedback (March 22, 2024)

• 2024 Draft Illinois Shines (ABP) 15-year REC Contract
  • Redline comparison to 2022 REC Contract
• 2024 Draft Illinois Shines (ABP) 20-year REC Contract
  • Redline comparison to 2022 REC Contract
• 2024 Draft Illinois Solar for All (ILSFA) REC Contract
  • Redline comparison to Program Year 5 REC Contract

• Request for Stakeholder Feedback (March 20, 2024)
  • Comments (April 16, 2024)

• Report on Municipal Load Aggregation and Renewable Resource Development (June 1, 2023)
• Announcement (May 1, 2023)
• Municipal Aggregation Draft Report (May 1, 2023)
  • Comments (May 10, 2023)

• Comments (February 24, 2023)
• Announcement (February 8, 2023)
• MES Waiver Request and Scoring (February 8, 2023)

• Workshop Recording (April 4, 2023)
• Workshop Presentation (April 4, 2023)
• Workshop Recording (February 15, 2023)
• Workshop Presentation (February 15, 2023)
• Announcement
• Request for Stakeholder Feedback
• Comments (February 6, 2023)

Equity Database Stakeholder Feedback Request (October 12, 2022)

Comments (November 22, 2022)

• Brownfield Site Photovoltaic Procurement

• Request for Stakeholder Comments on Spring 2022 Indexed REC Procurement (July 1, 2022)
  • Register for the Workshop 
  • Workshop Presentation (August 2, 2022)
  • Workshop Recording
  • Comments (July 20, 2022)
• Indexed REC Procurement Stakeholder Feedback Request Announcement  (July 1, 2022)

• Request for Stakeholder Comments on Illinois Solar for All Evaluation  (July 1, 2022)
  • Illinois Solar for All Working Group Stakeholder Comment
  • Little Village Environmental Justice Organization Stakeholder Comment 
• Illinois Solar for All Evaluation Stakeholder Feedback Request Announcement  (July 1, 2022)
• Workshop Announcement  (June 14, 2022)
  • Workshop Recording (July 8, 2022)
  • Workshop Presentation (July 8, 2022)

• Workshops Announcement (November 4, 2021)
• Stakeholder Feedback Request Announcement (November 12, 2021)
• Stakeholder Feedback Request Documents (November 12, 2021)
  
  
  • High Level RPS Questions
    • Comments
  • Utility Scale Questions
    • Comments
  • Self-Direct Questions
    • Comments
  • Adjustable Block Program Questions
    • Comments
  • Illinois Solar for All Questions
    • Comments
  • Consumer Protection Questions
    • Comments
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Questions
    • Comments
  • REC Price Questions
    • Comments
       
•  Morning Workshop, November 18, 2021- High Level RPS Questions, Utility-Scale and Brownfield site procurements, Large Customer Self-Direct Program, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and REC Prices
  • Workshop Slides
  • Workshop Recording
     
• Afternoon Workshop, November 18, 2021- Adjustable Block Program, Illinois Solar for All, and Consumer Protections
  • Workshop Slides
  • Workshop Recording

• Morning Workshop, October 21 - New Program Requirements
  • Workshop Slides
  • Workshop Recording
     
• Afternoon Workshop, October 21 - New ABP REC Contracts
  • Workshop Slides
  • Workshop Recording

• Adjustable Block Program REC Contract Request for Stakeholder Comments
  • JSP Comments on REC Contract Request (November 4, 2021)
  • Sameer Doshi Comments on REC Contract 1 (November 4, 2021)
  • Sameer Doshi Comments on REC Contract 2 (November 4, 2021)
• REC Contract 1 First Draft
• REC Contract 2 First Draft
• Redline between REC Contract 1 and Base Agreement
• Redline between REC Contract 2 and REC Contract 1

• Workshop Announcement (July 27, 2021)
• Request for Stakeholder Comments (July 30, 2021)
  • Draft REC Contract Amendments (July 30, 2021)
    • ComEd Comments on Draft Payment Deferral Contract Amendments (August 13, 2021)
    • JSP Comments on Draft Payment Deferral Contract Amendments (August 13, 2021)
    • SameerDoshiCommentsonDraftPaymentDeferralContractAmendments (August 13, 2021)
    • SRECTradeCommentsonDraftPaymentDeferralContractAmendments (August 13, 2021)
• Payment Deferral Workshop Slides (August 5, 2021)
• Payment Deferral Workshop Recording (August 6, 2021)
• REC Delivery Contract Amendment Withdrawal (November 9, 2021)
• Utility-Scale Payment Deferral Contract Amendment (August 31, 2021)
• Adjustable Block Program Payment Deferral Contract Amendment (August 31, 2021)

Long-Term Renewable Resources Procurement Plan Update Workshops - (June 25, July 7 & July 13, 2021)

• Agendas
• Workshop 1, June 25 - Legislative Update/Long-Term Plan Update Process, Renewable Portfolio Standard Overview, RPS Budget Update, Strengthening equity, diversity, and labor standards in the renewable energy industry, and Utility-scale and brownfield site procurements
  • Workshop 1 Recording
  • Workshop 1, Follow Up Request for Comments (July 6, 2021)
  • Workshop 1, Responses to Request for Comments (July 22, 2021)
• Workshop 2, July 7 - Adjustable Block Program, Illinois Solar for All
  • Workshop 2 Recording
  • Workshop 2, Follow Up Request for Comments (July 9, 2021)
  • Workshop 2, Responses to Request for Comments (July 26, 2021)
• Workshop 3, July 13 - Community Solar and REC Pricing Considerations
  • Workshop 3 Recording
  • Workshop 3, Follow Up Request for Comments (July 16, 2021)
  • Workshop 3, Responses to Request for Comments (August 2, 2021)

Long-Term Renewable Resources Procurement Plan Update Workshops - (June 20 & 26, 2019)

• Agendas
• Presentation, June 20, Morning - RPS, Budgets, Utility Scale Procurements
• Presentation, June 20, Afternoon - Illinois Solar for All
• Presentation, June 26, Morning - Adjustable Block Program
• Presentation, June 26, Afternoon - Community Solar, Consumer Protections
• Follow Up Request for Comments (July 3, 2019)
• Responses to Request for Comments (July 24, 2019)

Forward Procurement Workshop (June 12, 2018)
(For Renewable Energy Credits from new utility-scale wind, utility-scale solar, and brownfield site photovoltaic projects)

• Workshop Announcement
• Agenda
• Presentation
• Forward Procurements Workshop Follow-up Request for Comments (Issued June 15, 2018; response due June 27, 2018)
• Responses to June 15, 2018 Request for Comments

The Illinois Power Agency is pleased to announce that it will be conducting workshops on implementation of revisions to the Illinois Renewable Portfolio Standard (“RPS”) pursuant to Public Act 99-0906 (the Future Energy Jobs Act), which take effect June 1, 2017.

• Workshop Announcement (March 27, 2017)
• Workshop Agendas (Updated May 16, 2017)
• Renewable Resources Workshops Request for Comments (Issued June 6, 2017; Responses due June 27, 2017)
• Responses to June 6, 2017 Request for Comments
  

May 10, 2017
Initial Forward Procurement Workshop

• Initial Forward Procurement Workshop Presentation
• Initial Forward Procurements Workshop Follow-up Request for Comments (Issued May 11, 2017; Responses Due May 17, 2017)
• Responses to Request for Comments

May 17, 2017
Overview of the New Illinois RPS and the Long-Term Renewable Resources Plan

• Overview of the New Illinois RPS and the Long-Term Renewable Resources Plan Presentation

Adjustable Block Programs

• Adjustable Block Programs Presentation

May 18, 2017
Community Solar

• Community Solar Presentation

Illinois Solar for All Programs

• Illinois Solar for All Programs Presentation

May 24, 2017
Programs for Rural Communities​

• Programs for Rural Communities Presentation