{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Citizens Utility Board","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org","title":"Nexamp and Clearway: Two new community solar offers available to Illinois consumers | Citizens Utility Board","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GECDutp0Bd\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/31\/nexamp-and-clearway-two-new-community-solar-offers-available-to-illinois-consumers\/\">Nexamp and Clearway: Two new community solar offers available to Illinois consumers<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/31\/nexamp-and-clearway-two-new-community-solar-offers-available-to-illinois-consumers\/embed\/#?secret=GECDutp0Bd\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Nexamp and Clearway: Two new community solar offers available to Illinois consumers&#8221; &#8212; Citizens Utility Board\" data-secret=\"GECDutp0Bd\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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Let&#8217;s start with the basics\u00a0 What is \u201ccommunity solar\u201d? Community solar is an exciting new program in Illinois that can help reduce your electric\u00a0bill while supporting the development of new solar projects. Thanks to a 2016 law, the\u00a0Future Energy Jobs Act, community solar allows ComEd and Ameren customers to now \u201cgo\u00a0solar\u201d without actually installing panels on their property. Under the program, you can\u00a0subscribe to a portion of the electricity produced by a solar installation\u2014called a community\u00a0solar garden\u2014and in return, receive credits that reduce your electric bill. Community solar is just getting off the ground in Illinois, but we expect many projects to\u00a0come online later in 2020. Before community solar developers can connect the garden to\u00a0the grid, they need to secure a certain number of subscribers. Community solar companies\u00a0are signing people up in advance for when their solar gardens go live later this year. If you\u00a0sign up now through either of these offers, you will not be charged anything until the\u00a0community solar garden you are assigned to is connected to the grid and you begin to\u00a0receive credits on your electric bill. How will signing up for the Nexamp or Clearway community solar offer affect my electric bill? Your community solar provider will use your energy usage history to determine your\u00a0subscription size. You can think of your subscription size as how many panels you are\u00a0subscribing to, and it is measured in kilowatts (kW). Each month your subscription will\u00a0produce solar energy, measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh). Once the community solar project you are assigned to is completed, your monthly electric\u00a0bill will include community solar bill credits. The total amount you are saving monthly from\u00a0these credits will vary as the solar production of your subscription varies. In addition to your\u00a0reduced electric bill, you will also pay a second monthly bill to the community solar\u00a0company. Even though you are now receiving two bills, you will still save money,\u00a0overall. Both Nexamp and Clearway will bill you for the value of the credits applied to your\u00a0utility bill, but at a rate that is 20% lower than the standard utility supply cost. What if I am with an alternative electric supplier? We have heard that some alternate suppliers will not give you community solar credits at\u00a0the default utility supply rate. This could leave you in a situation where you are being\u00a0overcharged for the electricity you use, and under-credited for your community solar\u00a0subscription, forfeiting your community solar savings and paying more than you need to. Additionally, if you are signed up with an alternative electric supplier, there\u2019s a high\u00a0likelihood that they are overcharging you. To avoid being credited for\u00a0your community solar subscription at less than the utility supply rate, CUB recommends\u00a0canceling your alternate supplier before you sign up for community solar. Even if you aren\u2019t\u00a0on community solar, alternate supplier deals are almost always bad deals. (Read our fact\u00a0sheets on electric competition, for\u00a0ComEd customers\u00a0and\u00a0Ameren customers.) What does CUB think about these two offers? Community solar allows more Illinois consumers to support renewable energy, and CUB is\u00a0pleased to see these offers hit the [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/CaptureNexamp-1024x358.jpg"}