October 1, 2025 | Blog Post
Electricity powers nearly every aspect of our daily lives—from lighting and technology to heating and cooling—yet few of us consider the complex systems and infrastructure that make this possible.
Clean Energy
Trump’s Budget Bill Strikes a Blow to Clean Energy and Climate Progress; But Here’s What Communities in Illinois Can Still Do
September 8th, 2025 | Blog Post
This is part two of a two-part blog series. Here, we discuss the impacts to the solar tax credit that businesses, municipalities, and schools can take advantage of. Part one reviewed changes to the residential solar tax credit for homeowners…
How Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Will Reshape Residential Solar in Illinois: What Homeowners and Policy Makers Should Do Now
September 8th, 2025 | Blog Post
This is part one of a two-part blog series. Part one discusses the residential solar tax credit for homeowners. Part two details impacts to the solar tax credit for businesses, municipalities, and schools…
Energy Democracy in Action: Inside a Rural Co-op Election
September 4, 2025 | Blog Post
Voting for the board of your local electric cooperative is a social affair, where voting is performed in-person at the co-op’s annual meeting…
How to Fund Solar Projects that Empower Our Communities
March 28, 2025 | Blog Post
As solar energy becomes increasingly common, innovation is thriving, and communities are finding creative ways to integrate solar power into diverse projects and locations…
