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Residential solar is having its best year ever in Illinois, with 170 megawatts of power added in the first three quarters, compared with 125 megawatts in all of 2022. A record 12,600 residential rooftop solar systems were connected to the ComEd grid in northern Illinois in the first 11 months of 2023, up from 10,400 in all of 2022. Ameren, the state’s second-largest electric utility, reported a similarly stellar year in southern and central Illinois, with 6,900 residential rooftop systems connected, up from 2,600 in 2022.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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I had one of the many solicitors come by all summer long and I had one magic question for all the big brained salesman, I have a standby generator on my home not one could answer the question as how the solar panels/ electrical can be wired in without blowing up my house when power goes out and the generator kicks in, answers I don’t know don’t have a clue etc.remember you don’t own the solar panels you lease them.
Great for cabins off the grid, problematic for homes.
A recent hailstorm in my local area damaged dozens, maybe hundreds of roofs and needed replacement due to hail and wind damage. A couple of homes nearby had solar on their roofs. Roofs replaced and now no solar panels, I wonder why. Brother in law in Arizona had solar put up and says it was a mistake. He lives west of Phoenix where the sun shines brightly almost year round but he’s not happy with the so called huge savings he was supposed to get. Individual choice and if it works for someone good. Choices, like it should be, not… Read more »
I just looked at my Comed bill, now I am being charged every month to subsidized these solar panels. this is a new line item.
So, the government added a tax onto your ComEd bill to subsidize the installation of solar panels…and you already have them. Wow – My neighbor has them on his roof and claims he saves money with them, but after the recent storms last summer, he needs to deal with damage to his roof and gutters…the panels are in the way and will cost him out of pocket to move them and replace them. He is retired and trying to get the insurance company to deal with the solar panel removal and reinstallation…the insurance company does not agree. I dunno, Seems… Read more »