Buyer's Guide 2024
Net Metering
Solar & Battery Regulation & Incentive Programs
Program Overview
- Category
- Regulatory Policy
- Program Type
- Net Metering
- Implementing Sector
- State
- State
- Illinois
- Eligible Storage Technologies
- Solar Photovoltaics, Wind (All), Biomass, Hydroelectric, Hydroelectric (Small), Anaerobic Digestion, Fuel Cells using Renewable Fuels, Microturbines
- Applicable Utilities
- Investor-owned utilities, alternative retail electric suppliers
- System Capacity Limit
- 2 MW
- Aggregate Capacity Limit
- 5% of utility's peak demand in previous year
- Net Excess Generation
- Non-competitive customers: Credited to customer's next bill as a kWh credit at the retail rate; granted to utility at end of a 12-month billing cycle
Competitive customers: Credited to customer's next bill as a kWh credit at electricity provider's avoided cost of electricity supply over the monthly period - Ownership of Renewable Energy Credits
- Customer owns RECs
- Meter Aggregation
- Electricity providers must allow net metering for meter-aggregated customers within a single building as well as community-owned renewable projects.
- Applicable Sectors
- Commercial, Industrial, Local Government, Nonprofit, Residential, Schools, State Government, Federal Government, Agricultural, Institutional
- Start Date
- 04/01/2008
- Last Updated
- 01/14/2022
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