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Illinois Renewable Energy Enacted Policies
llinois Renewable Portfolio Standard with Solar Ramp Up
SB 3811 - Net Metering
Adds language to provide certainty that all net metering customers as of July 1, 2011 will retain their net metering agreement even if their customer class is later declared competitive.
SB 1652 - ComEd Smart Grid Contains net metering language and distributed generation installer requirements
HB 6202 - Solar Ramp Up (Effective 8/17/10)
Public Act 096-1436 (HB 5429) - Homeowners Solar Rights Act (Effective 8/17/10)
HB 5147 - Utilities Biomass
SB 583 - PACE Enabling legislation (Effective 1/1/10)
SB 1570 - School Wind/Solar Generator Act (Effective 8/25/09)
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Municipal Renewable
Energy Ordinances
City of Naperville Small Wind and Solar Renewable Energy Ordinance Passed 12/21/10
Village of Montgomery Wind Ordinance
Edwardsville Solar & Wind Ordinance