Illinois home with rooftop solar at sunset

Illinois homeowners

You provide the roof. You pay for the power.

$0-down PPA if you qualify. Not a panel purchase. Illinois Shines is not a rebate check — REC value may lower your rate if the project qualifies.

Credit and roof approval required
Savings not guaranteed
Illinois only

$0 down PPA if you qualify

~12¢/kWh solar + battery VPA

60 kWh home battery option

Illinois Shines eligibility check

Home solar

A $0-down PPA is not buying the panels.

If you qualify, solar can go on your roof with $0 down. You pay for the electricity the system produces — not a hardware loan sitting on the house.

Illinois Shines REC incentives are paid to Approved Vendors and may lower your rate if the project qualifies. We do not claim Solar Connect AI is an Approved Vendor. Ask for the Disclosure Form before you sign.

Check my bill

Crew installing rooftop solar on an Illinois home

Home battery and inverter on a garage wall

Solar + battery

About 12¢/kWh plus a 60 kWh battery if you qualify.

Illinois VPA pairs rooftop solar with a 60 kWh Duracell battery when the home and credit approve. You still pay for power — this is not a panel purchase.

Illinois Shines REC incentives are separate from any utility storage rebate of about $300/kWh. A storage rebate can force hourly pricing. We will tell you which path you are on before anyone sells a contract.

Ask about battery

Roof + solar

If the shingles are aging, run both numbers first.

A 20-year solar plan on a 15-year roof is a bad sequence. We look at roof age, layers, and solar together so you are not paying twice.

Credit and roof approval are still required. Roof work is a separate scope from a PPA or VPA. Savings are not guaranteed.

Get both numbers

Aging shingles next to newly installed solar panels

The work

Built to look like the house it sits on.

Home with solar and interior lights at dusk

Kitchen with morning light and a utility bill

Easy process

How a check actually works

Consult

Bill, roof, and Illinois ZIP. No credit pull just to look.

Design

Permits, equipment, and Illinois Shines paperwork if the project may qualify.

Install

Then permission to operate and monitoring. You still pay for power on a PPA or VPA.

Illinois Shines

Not a check in the mail.

Illinois Shines is the state REC program. Utilities buy Renewable Energy Credits from Approved Vendors. That value may lower a $0-down PPA, lease, or purchase if the project qualifies.

This is not Illinois Solar for All. After January 1, 2025, supply-only net metering applies. A utility DG rebate of about $300/kW residential is separate.

Eligibility is not guaranteed. Learn more at illinoisshines.com.

Before you sign

Get the Illinois Shines Disclosure Form
Shop more than one Approved Vendor
We do not claim Solar Connect AI is an Approved Vendor
Projects may qualify — we check, we do not promise

Questions

Straight answers

Is this free solar?

No. “Free solar” is not an offer we use. A $0-down PPA still means you pay for the power the system produces if you qualify.

Will I save money?

Savings are not guaranteed. Rate, usage, roof, credit, utility, and Illinois Shines eligibility all change the number. We run your bill before anyone sells a contract.

Do you work outside Illinois?

This page and these ads are for Illinois homeowners only.

What if I just want to message someone?

Start a Messenger chat with Solar Connect AI.

Illinois only

Ready for a real number?

Use the form at the top, or message the page. Credit and roof approval required. Not a panel purchase on PPA/VPA. Savings not guaranteed.

Back to the quote form Message us