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  1. Carbon Solutions Group
  2. Illinois Adjustable Block Program (ABP)

Illinois Adjustable Block Program (ABP)

CSG is an Approved Vendor for the Illinois Shines Incentive, administered by the ABP. Click here for all information!

SREC FAQs

  • What happens when REC incentives or eligibility comes to an end?

About Geothermal Energy

  • Thermodynamics: How does a heat pump work?
  • Can geothermal provide hot water?
  • How does geothermal work inside a building?
  • Geothermal Heat Pumps: Closed-Loop Surface Water Ground Heat Exchangers & Hybrid Systems
  • How Do Geothermal Systems Operate?
  • Benefits of Geothermal Heat Pump (GHP) Energy & Technology
See all 8 articles

Virginia GREC Market

  • Virginia GREC Market Overview
  • Virginia GREC Market Opens in 2025 (VA SB508)

Pennsylvania GREC Market

  • Pennsylvania GREC Market Overview
  • PJM Geothermal REC Market Overview

Regional REC Tracking Systems

  • M-RETS: Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System
  • WREGIS: Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System
  • NEPOOL: New England Power Pool
  • PJM-GATS: Pennsylvania, Jersey, Maryland - Generation Attribute Tracking System

Delaware

  • Delaware Market Overview

Massachusetts

  • Massachusetts Market Overview

State FAQs

  • Is a system expansion allowed in your SREC program?
  • Overview of State Contract Payment Options
  • Frequently Asked Questions for All State Markets (Except Illinois ABP)

Michigan

  • Michigan Market Overview
  • Michigan's MiREC Program

Kentucky

  • Kentucky Market Overview

North Carolina

  • North Carolina Market Overview

Tennessee

  • Tennessee Market Overview

GREC Basics

  • GRECS: Financial Incentives
  • Carbon Solutions Group as Your GREC Partner
  • GREC 101 Crash Course: About Geothermal Renewable Energy Credits

Maryland GREC Market

  • Maryland Geothermal NON Residential Affidavit
  • Maryland Geothermal Residential Affidavit
  • Maryland GRECs: Residential Eligibility
  • Maryland GREC Market Overview
  • How to Register Your GRECs in Maryland
  • Maryland's Residential Clean Energy Rebate Program
See all 9 articles

West Virginia

  • West Virginia Market Overview
  • West Virginia SREC Workflow

Announcements

  • Titan Solar Closes (June 13, 2024)
  • ADT: Solar Branch Closes (May 1, 2024)
  • Michigan Bill SB 271 Passes
  • Energy year for Virginia, Maryland, and Washington DC Ending December 31, 2023

Announcements

  • How the ADT Solar Branch Closure Affects ABP Customers
  • 2024 ABP Forecast
  • ABP Reminder: Projects over 10 kW AC Require Revenue Grade Meters + Proof
  • ABP: Group B Small DG Has Closed (January, 2024)
  • ABP: Group A Small DG Has Closed (Oct 3, 2023)

Washington

  • Washington SREC Workflow
  • Washington Market Overview

Oregon

  • Oregon SREC Workflow

Forms

  • Sample Form: ABP Transfer Addendum
  • SREC Transfer of Ownership Forms
  • Sample Form: Schedule A
  • Sample Form: PJM GATS Ownership Transfer Request
  • Sample Form: Transfer of Ownership to SREC Designated Beneficiary

Customer Portal Resources

  • How to transfer system to a designated beneficiary
  • How to submit a request to change contact information
  • Customer Portal: Invoice Refund Request
  • Customer Portal: Invoice modification request
  • Customer Portal: Payment Reissue Request
  • How To: Initiate a Transfer of Ownership of Your System
See all 9 articles

ABP Reporting

  • ABP: Online Reporting with SMA
  • ABP: Online Reporting with SolarEdge
  • ABP: Online Reporting with Enphase
  • ABP: Online Reporting
  • ABP: Instructions to finding self-report meter

ABP Documents and Forms

  • ABP Stranded Customer Guidance: CSG Assistance with Part 2 Application
  • ABP Stranded Customer Guidance: CSG Assistance with Part 1 Application
  • ABP: System Application Deadlines
  • ABP: Transfer of Ownership Forms
  • ABP: A Guide to the Rec Agreement from Carbon Solutions
  • ABP: Guidance for the Standard Disclosure Form
See all 7 articles

California

  • California SREC Workflow
  • California Market Overview

Application Help Center

  • Are you an installer?
  • ABP: Required Information

ABP and Program Requirements

  • Illinois ABP Updates: April 2023
  • What are the system requirements to participate in the ABP Program?
  • ABP: Are expansion projects eligible for the ABP Program?
  • ABP: Are there special requirements for battery backups?
  • ABP: Are co located systems allowed to participate and receive the incentive?
  • ABP: What are the system requirements to participate in the Illinois Shines incentive program?

Schedule a Call

  • Schedule A Call With Us!

Illinois

  • What to Know: Illinois System Changing to Pennsylvania Tier I Market
  • Illinois Adjustable Block Program (ABP) FAQs

Indiana

  • Indiana Market Overview
  • Indiana State Workflow

Ohio

  • Mercado de SRECs en Ohio
  • Ohio Market Overview
  • Ohio State Workflow

New Jersey

  • New Jersey Market Overview
  • New Jersey SREC Workflow
  • New Jersey Contract Payment Options
  • Mercado de SRECs en New Jersey
  • NJ SuSI Program
  • ADI SuSI Program Payment Timing

District of Columbia

  • Washington DC Market Overview
  • DC State Workflow

Carbon Solutions Group Introduction

  • Who is Carbon Solutions Group?

SRECs 101

  • SREC Crash Course: The Basics
  • Carbon Solutions Programa de SRECs en Español
  • What are my obligations as the homeowner?
  • How are SREC's Generated?
  • How can I calculate my potential SREC generation?
  • How is an SRECs worth determined?
See all 7 articles

Online Monitoring

  • How to grant access to eGuage Online Monitoring
  • Online Reporting
  • How to grant access through Sunny Portal online monitoring
  • How to grant access through Solar Edge online monitoring
  • How to grant access through Enphase online monitoring

Self Reporting my Production

  • How to Report your Production
  • 3G Shutdown: Online Monitoring Not Reporting
  • How do I self report, and how often?

Pennsylvania

  • Mercado de SRECs en Pennsylvania
  • PA Market Overview
  • Pennsylvania SREC Workflow

Maryland

  • What does the Maryland multiplier mean for SRECs?
  • April 2024 Maryland Market Changes: SREC eligibility, lifespan, and multipliers
  • Mercado de SRECs en Maryland (Espanol)
  • Maryland Market Overview
  • Maryland SREC Workflow
  • Maryland Market: Trending Down (Q1/2024)

Virginia

  • Virginia Renewable REC Market: New Classification and Opportunity to Monetize RECs
  • Mercado de SRECs en Virginia
  • VA Market Overview
  • Virginia SREC Processing Timeline
  • SREC Pricing In Virginia
  • I live in Virginia, why am I receiving information about the Pennsylvania SREC market?
See all 8 articles

ABP Application Process

  • ABP Timeline
  • ABP: SREC Application Queuing for Payment
  • ABP: Part 2 Application (Post Installation)
  • ABP: Carbon Solutions SREC Contract
  • ABP: Part 1 Application (Pre Installation)
  • Illinois Shines: ABP 101: The Basics of the Adjustable Block Program
See all 10 articles

ABP Requirements & Regulations

  • ABP: Small System Requirements and Payments
  • ABP: Large System Requirements and Payments
  • ABP Associated Fees and Collateral
  • ABP: What is ICC Approval
  • ABP: What are my obligations as the homeowner?
  • ABP: How do I know if my system is producing enough?

Payments, Fees, Bills, and Taxes

  • Carbon Solutions Group Fee Structures & How They Compare
  • What are retroactive RECS?
  • Estructura de pago
  • Receiving SREC Payments through ACH
  • Where do I mail my check to?
  • Can I pay with a credit card?
See all 10 articles

ABP Payments

  • ABP Buyout: Next Steps
  • ABP: Payments
  • ABP: How is an SRECs worth determined?
  • Are SREC payments taxable?
  • ABP: When will I receive my payment?

Net Metering

  • What is a Revenue Grade Meter
  • How does selling my SREC's impact Net Metering?

ABP Carbon Solutions Group Contract & Collateral

  • ABP: What is a performance call
  • ABP: What if my system overperforms?
  • ABP: Performance Calls and Drawdowns
  • ABP: Invoices Explanation and Options
  • ABP: I am having an issue paying my invoice via Quickbooks
  • ABP: Can I pay with a credit card?
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