Municipal and County Resources

Are you part of a municipal or county body hoping to make solar a more viable option for your residents? These resources will help you get on the right track.

Permitting, Planning, and Zoning Resources
This page contains a set of tool kits to make sure your municipality or county is up-to-date on how solar permitting, planning, and zoning works and how to make the process for going solar as smooth as possible.

Illinois Local Zoning and Building Regulations for Solar
This page contains a document written by ISEA's policy committee outlining local regulations to be aware of.

How to Work with Municipal Utilities and Rural Cooperatives

If you're interested in learning how to work with municipal utilities and rural cooperatives downstate, this presentation by Michelle Knox will fill you in.

How to Work with Municipal Utilities and Rural Cooperatives

If you're interested in learning how to work with municipal utilities and rural cooperatives downstate, this presentation by Michelle Knox will fill you in.

Illinois Solar Rights Act
Learn some important legislation in this Act from 2011. The Illinois Solar Rights Act is intended "to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by encouraging the development and use of solar energy systems in order to conserve and protect the value of land, buildings, and resources by preventing the adoption of measures which will have the ultimate effect, however unintended, of preventing the use of solar energy systems on any home that is subject to a homeowners' association, common interest community association, or condominium unit owners' association."

SolSmart

Learn about how to make your community solar ready.

ISEA held a webinar in September of 2018 in conjunction with SolSmart and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. View the recording here. Download the slides here.

Interactive Solar Training for Local Code Officials

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council offers a variety of online training opportunities.