Financial Incentives

Green Building Incentive

• Chicago - Green Permit Program

Private Grant Program

• Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation Grants

Production Incentive

• Illinois Solar Energy Association - Renewable Energy Credit Aggregation Program

Property Tax Assessment

• Commercial Wind Energy Property Valuation

Property Tax Exemption

• Special Assessment for Solar Energy Systems

State Grant Program

• DCEO - Biogas and Biomass to Energy Grant Program
• DCEO - Energy Efficient Affordable Housing Construction Program
• DCEO - Public Sector New Construction Program
• DCEO - Solar Energy Incentive Program

State Rebate Program

• DCEO - Large-Customer Energy Analysis Program (LEAP)
• DCEO - Public Sector Electric Efficiency Programs
• DCEO - Solar Energy Rebate Program

Utility Rebate Program

• Ameren Illinois Utilities - Energy Efficiency Rebates for Businesses
• Ameren Illinois Utilities - Residential Energy Efficiency Rebates
• City Water Light and Power - Commercial Energy Efficiency Rebate Programs
• City Water Light and Power - Residential Energy Efficiency Rebate Programs
• ComEd - Smart Ideas for Business Efficiency Program
• ComEd - Smart Ideas for Your Home Efficiency Program
• MidAmerican - EnergyAdvantage Commercial New Construction Rebate Program
• MidAmerican Energy - Commercial EnergyAdvantage Rebate Program
• MidAmerican Energy - Residential Energy Efficiency Rebate Programs
• North Shore Gas - Chicagoland Natural Gas Savings Program
• Peoples Gas - Chicagoland Natural Gas Savings Program

Rules, Regulations & Policies

Building Energy Code

• Chicago - Building Energy Code
• Illinois Building Energy Codes

Energy Standards for Public Buildings

• Energy Efficiency in State Government

Generation Disclosure

• Fuel Mix and Emissions Disclosure

Green Power Purchasing/Aggregation

• Illinois - Green Power Purchasing

Interconnection

• Interconnection Standards

Net Metering

• Illinois - Net Metering

Public Benefits Fund

• Energy Efficiency Trust Fund
• Renewable Energy Resources Trust Fund

Renewables Portfolio Standard

• Renewable Portfolio Standard

Related Programs & Initiatives

Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center
 

The U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC) provides a wide range of information and resources to enable the use of alternative fuels and other petroleum-reduction options, such as advanced vehicles, fuel blends, idle reduction and fuel economy. The AFDC site offers a database of state and federal laws and incentives related to alternative fuels and vehicles, air quality, fuel efficiency, and other transportation-related topics.

Green Power Network
 

The U.S. Department of Energy's Green Power Network provides news and information on green power markets and activities, including opportunities to buy green power. This site provides state-by-state information on green power marketing and utility green power programs. In addition, the site lists marketers of renewable energy credits (RECs), also known as green tags or renewable energy certificates, which represent the environmental attributes of the power produced from renewable energy projects.

Weatherization Assistance Program
 

The U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) enables low-income families to reduce their energy bills by making their homes more energy-efficient. Through this program, weatherization service providers install energy-efficiency measures in the homes of qualifying homeowners free of charge. The WAP program web site offers a state-by-state map of opportunities, projects and activities.

Wind Powering America
 

The U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Powering America site provides state-by-state information on wind projects and activities, including wind working groups, validated wind maps, anemometer loan programs, small wind guides, state-specific news, wind for schools, workshops and web casts.