Final Requirements Posted – Job Training & Workforce Diversity Reporting Requirements

The Adjustable Block Program Administrator would like to thank all stakeholders that provided comments on the recent request for comments about the collection of job training and workforce diversity reporting requirements for the ABP Approved Vendor annual report. Four stakeholders submitted comments in response to this request for feedback. The Illinois Power Agency has reviewed these stakeholder comments […]

Request for Stakeholder Comments – Refreshed ABP REC Contract

The Illinois Power Agency is seeking feedback on the first draft of the refreshed Adjustable Block Program REC contract with comments due by August 14, 2020. The draft REC contract, a comparison of the draft REC contract and the current REC Contract, and a Request for Stakeholder Comments document can be found at www.illinoisshines.com/rec-contract. Please […]

Stakeholder Comments – Job Training & Workforce Diversity Reporting Requirements

The Illinois Power Agency published a request for stakeholder feedback regarding Job Training & Workforce Diversity reporting requirements in June, 2020. The deadline for submitting comments was extended to July 2, 2020. The stakeholder comments regarding Job Training & Solar Workforce Diversity reporting requirements are posted below: Carbon Solutions Group Joint Solar Parties Illinois Solar […]

Change to ABP Metering Requirements

The metering requirements for Adjustable Block Program projects have been updated as described in Section 6.12.2 of the IPA’s Revised Long-Term Plan. Previously, all systems registered in M-RETS were required to utilize an ANSI C.12 certified revenue grade meter regardless of system size. M-RETS has updated their operating rules to no longer require revenue grade […]

Approved Vendor Annual Report Training Material

Section 6.17 of the Revised Long-Term Plan describes an Annual Report requirement for each Approved Vendor: On an annual basis, each Approved Vendor is required to submit an Annual Report of the contracts and systems in its portfolio. The Annual Report serves as the basis for verifying that RECs from projects are being delivered to the […]

Approved Vendor Annual Report – Due July 15

Section 6.17 of the Revised Long-Term Plan describes an annual report requirement for each Approved Vendor: On an annual basis, each Approved Vendor is required submit an Annual Report of the contracts and systems in its portfolio. The Annual Report serves as the basis for verifying that RECs from projects are being delivered to the […]

Response to Comments: ABP Batching Process

The Agency would like to thank all stakeholders that provided comments on the recent request for comments about the Adjustable Block Program’s application batching process. Four stakeholders provided comments and the comments did not offer a consensus opinion. Below is the IPA’s proposed approach after reviewing this feedback. PRIOR BATCHING PROCESS Under the original Long-Term […]