Judge: Municipal, co-op customers ineligible for Illinois solar incentives

Energy News Network: Thousands of customers of electric cooperatives and municipal utilities in downstate Illinois will not be able to take advantage of new incentives for distributed and community solar if the Illinois Commerce Commission upholds a proposed order by an administrative law judge.

The Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA), passed in late 2016, is meant to create about 1,300 MW of new distributed and community solar in Illinois through Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SRECs) that can be sold by the owners of the installations to offset costs.

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