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2025 Electricity, Renewable Resources, Clean Coal Resource, and Photovoltaic REC Procurement
Mission Statement The IPA is committed to the planning and procurement of reliable, efficient, and cost-effective electricity for residents and businesses in an ethical and objective manner, insulated from improper influence. The IPA also administers incentive programs and procurements to promote renewable and zero-carbon energy generation, while building an equitable clean energy future for all Illinoisans.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. Develop electricity procurement plans to ensure adequate, reliable, affordable, efficient, and environmentally sustainable electric service at the lowest total cost over time, taking into account any benefits of price stability for residential and small commercial customers of Ameren, ComEd, and MidAmerican. The procurement plan is updated on an annual basis.
    1. Conduct competitive procurement processes to procure the supply resources identified in the Annual Electricity Procurement Plan.
      1. Develop a Long-Term Renewable Resources Procurement Plan and implement the programs and procurements contained in the Plan, including the Illinois Shines Program (previously the Adjustable Block Program) and the Illinois Solar for All Program. The Long-Term Renewable Resources Procurement Plan is updated every two years.
        1. Develop and implement other plans and procurements including the Zero Emissions Standard Procurement Plan, the Carbon Mitigation Credit Procurement Plan, and the Coal to Solar Procurement.
          Source of Funds Illinois Power Agency Operations Fund, Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources Fund Statutory Authority 20 ILCS 3855
          Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
          Input Indicators
          Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 119,000.0 $ 54,855.7 $ 117,100.0 $ 53,861.3 $ 35,325.6
          Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 119,000.0 $ 54,855.7 $ 117,100.0 $ 53,861.3 $ 35,325.6
          Average monthly full-time equivalents 57.8 49.5 53.2 45.0 38.0
          Output Indicators
          Number of residential customers in the Ameren region taking fixed price supply N/A 586,600 N/A 474,902 604,778
          Number of residential customers in the ComEd region taking fixed price supply N/A 2,958,985 N/A 2,708,807 2,938,834
          Number of residential customers in the MidAmerican region taking fixed price supply N/A 77,552 N/A 77,650 77,668
          Number of projects approved by the Illinois Shines Program (previously the Adjustable Block Program) N/A 20,798 N/A 23,492 24,114
          Megawatts of approved projects by the Illinois Shines Program (previously the Adjustable Block Program) (a) N/A 602.0 N/A 1,008 1,117
          Number of projects approved by the Illinois Solar for All Program (b) N/A 510.0 N/A 1,383 199.0
          Megawatts of projects approved by the Illinois Solar for All Program N/A 28.0 N/A 25.0 16.0
          Outcome Indicators
          Procurement Plans approval by the Illinois Commerce Commission N/A Yes N/A Yes Yes
          All required procurement event outcomes approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission N/A Yes N/A Yes Yes
          Percentage of approved Illinois Shines Program (previously the Adjustable Block Program) projects completed and energized N/A 77.01% N/A 85.57% 66.00%
          Percentage of approved Illinois Solar for All Program projects completed and energized (c) N/A 48.50% N/A 7.30% 41.70%
          Efficiency/Cost-Effectiveness Indicators
          Renewable resource targets are met within the constraints of mandated cost caps N/A Yes N/A Yes Yes
          Footnotes
          Fiscal year 2024 Had a larger influx of Community Solar application processing and approval resulting from the 2022 Long-Term Plan Reopening that increased the EEC block size for the 2022-23 Program Year and the reallocation process. Data decreased significantly from the previous fiscal year. Most of fiscal year 2024 activity from a single approved vendor’s backlog of projects in that year. Activity in the Residential Solar Small sub-program increased greatly from other vendors in fiscal year 2025, and continuing into the early months of fiscal year 2026. The increase is primarily due to a significantly higher volume of Illinois Solar for All (ILSFA) Residential Solar (Small) projects approved in fiscal year 2025, which have a shorter energization timeline, resulting in a larger number of completed and energized projects within the fiscal year. Based on current fiscal year 2025 project approvals, we expect this higher completion percentage to continue into this fiscal year, although previous fiscal years reflected lower percentages due to fewer small projects.

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