The measure is effective immediately. Co-sponsors of the bill say it will help jump-start solar energy development in Illinois.

House Bill 2427 requires to the extent available that IPA obtain 50% of the RECs from distributed solar devices of less than 25kV nameplate capacity, a move aimed at helping promote residential panel installations.

Distributed solar energy contracts must be a minimum five years and IPA needs to use third parties to aggregate the power from these multiple sources.

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