The Illinois Solar for All (ILSFA) Program Administrator is announcing each region’s Regional Environmental Justice Score for Program Year 5. Starting in Program Year 4, the Regional Environmental Justice Score was added as a part of the location points used to score and select projects when the project selection process is necessary. The purpose of this scoring is to promote a proportional distribution of solar projects and funding to Environmental Justice Communities.

Explanation of Regional Environmental Justice Community Score

Each of the six regions receives a score based on past projects, and corresponding potential location points (in some cases, no points will be received). The scores and points are calculated for each sub-program separately. The score represents the percentage of all environmental justice community households located in that region divided by the percentage of all past years’ sub-program REC incentive values awarded in that region. Points are assigned as follows:

• The region with the highest score will receive 2 points.
• Projects in the region with the second highest score will receive 1 point.
• Projects in any region without a score because they have received no RECs to date will also receive 1 point.

Regional Environmental Justice Community Score Location Points for Program Year 5

View a map of the regions and a list of the counties in each region. This information is also available on the ILSFA Approved Vendor Directory web page.