ComEd and Prologis, a commercial and industrial real estate owner, flipped the switch on the first of a rooftop community-solar project portfolio within ComEd’s Chicagoland region.
“We are seeing the effect of the pro-solar incentives put in place by Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration and how they support a cleaner, more equitable energy future in our state,” said Gil Quiniones, ComEd president and CEO.
The project is the first of 45 installations that Prologis will be developing across Illinois over the next two years. More than half of the credits from the 82 MW portfolio will go toward income-qualified households in the Chicagoland area. Prologis told pv magazine that the portfolio’s income qualifications are households with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty line or below 80% of the area’s median gross income. The projects require income verification, which Prologis said “can be achieved through participation in existing federal, state, tribal, or utility assistance programs (like [The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program] or [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program “SNAP”]) or through methods like reviewing paystubs or tax returns.”…