Welcome to the North Shore Community Solar Reservation List
Deerfield • Glencoe • Highland Park • Lake Bluff • Lake Forest • Northbrook • Skokie
North Shore Electricity Aggregation Consortium
Support Renewable Energy and Secure Guaranteed Savings with Community Solar
Residential and Small Commercial consumers located in the North Shore can capture the benefits of solar without any investment or installing any solar panels on your roof.
With the CS² Program, North Shore consumers can:
- Support new solar development in northern Illinois
- Save a minimum of 10% of the community solar credits
- Sign up for $0 cost
- Terminate at any time for $0 cost
Large scale community solar gardens are developed at off-site locations by private developers to generate clean, carbon-free electricity.
No solar rooftop panels are required on your residence.
The community solar garden generates clean, carbon-free electricity and supplies it to the utility’s power grid for delivery to its distribution customers including homes, schools and business.
You enroll as a subscriber to the community solar facility, and you receive a community solar credit on your monthly utility electricity invoice for your portion of the solar power generated each month. MC Squared Energy Services, LLC. (mc²) bills you separately based on the community solar credit that you receive, and you will retain a minimum of 10% as your monthly savings! There are no other fees involved – it’s that simple to support solar generating resources in Illinois and receive a guaranteed savings for participating.
Signing up for Community Solar is Easy
There is no cost or obligation to put your name on the CS² Program using the form below. Once you’ve submitted your information, the CS² Program Administrator – MC Squared Energy Services – will review your account for the following:
- Ensure that your account qualifies under ComEd’s rules; and,
- Identify the Subscription size that is right for your account.
MC Squared Energy Services will inform you by email once your account has been confirmed, and again when a community solar farm that is participating in the CS² Program is ready to commence operations. At that time, you may choose to complete the enrollment process and start receiving your community solar credits.
FAQs
Overview of Community Solar Savings Program
What is Community Solar?
What are the benefits of Community Solar?
Where are the solar projects located?
Eligibility and Enrollment Information
What do you mean that solar subscriptions will be first come-first served?
Who is eligible for the Community Solar program?
What if I am an income eligible resident?
Community Solar and Net Metering
Can you subscribe to the Community Solar program as an existing Net Metering customer?
Will I save more by subscribing to Community Solar with behind the meter Net Metering?
Because community solar and some behind-the-meter revenues are bill credits (as opposed to value a customer can cash out), it is important to size the applicable credits to the portions of the bill that can be offset. The potential savings opportunity may be reduced (or even negative) if your bill credits exceed the amount of your electric bill over time.
Billing and Service Information
How does the billing work?
How do I reconcile my bill?
The mc² community solar subscription invoice will be billed after the monthly generation data from the community solar project is reconciled and validated with the utility which means that there could be up to a one-month lag of the subscription fee invoice depending on your meter read cycle timing. To reconcile the net savings for a specific month, please refer to the billing period listed on your recent mc² subscription fee invoice and compare it to the corresponding generation period listed on your utility bill.
Where can I find the community solar credits on my utility bill?
ComEd
Ameren
What happens if I move?
Questions?
Email us at
NorthShoreCommunitySolar@mc2energyservices.com
Call us at
1-833-949-2810
*You may choose a community solar offer from other Approved Vendors. For a complete list of your options, visit https://illinoisshines.com/approved-vendor-info/.