CUB encourages consumers to utilize the newly launched resource, Illinois Shines: Selecting a Solar Company: Green and Red Flags, to make informed decisions regarding going solar. This is the first handout in the Illinois Power Agency’s (IPA) Homeowner Handout Series, which is part of an expanding resource library designed to…...
CUB announces return of solar group-buy program
CUB is partnering with county governments, a nonprofit and solar professionals to promote a group-buy program that can secure deep discounts on solar installations and help participants cut their power bills by hundreds of dollars a year. Switch Together–formerly “Solar Switch”– is a nationwide program that makes rooftop solar installations…...
Notice: Complaints about EverBright Solar
CUB has received several complaints recently about a company called EverBright Solar going door-to-door across the state. The complaints include seniors who say they thought the 25-year lease was free when, in fact, it is not. (Some have told CUB they unknowingly signed up for an extremely expensive contract.) Because…...
Solar Landscape: CUB’s evaluation of Solar Landscape’s community solar offer
This is an evaluation of Solar Landscape’s community solar offering. If you are not already familiar with community solar, we recommend reading CUB’s Introduction to Community Solar first. How will signing up for the Solar Landscape community solar offer affect my electric bill? Solar Landscape will look at your annual…...
Solar Simplified: CUB’s evaluation of Solar Simplified IL Solar for All community solar offer
Solar Simplified is a community solar company offering subscriptions to income-eligible Ameren customers, through the Solar for All program. If you are not already familiar with community solar, we recommend reading CUB’s Introduction to Community Solar first. Learn more about Solar for All. How will signing up for the Solar…...
CUB Q&A: What’s happening to solar power in Illinois in 2025?
A solar benefit called “net metering” is NOT going away in 2025, but it is changing, under state law. What is net metering? Net metering is a benefit for solar users. Under Illinois law, investor-owned utilities (ComEd, Ameren, MidAmerican) are required to offer net metering for renewable energy generation…...
After a successful summer program, CUB partnership launches Fall Solar Switch program
A unique partnership among five Chicagoland counties, nonprofit advocates and expert solar professionals will educate consumers on how they can install solar panels at some of the deepest discounts in the state, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB), Illinois’ top utility watchdog, said as the program launched its Fall program. The…...
CUB Explainer: What is a solar group-buy program?
For the last few years, CUB has helped organize a “solar group-buy program” in the Chicago region–now called “Switch Together”–and these programs have helped save participants hundreds of dollars a year on their utility bills, according to CUB’s partner in the program, Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA). Today we’re backing…...
