Solar power popularity growing in Illinois, despite obstacles

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-solar-power-boom-in-illinois-20190906-hzn4psuv7jd2dond35zkrtxx6y-story.html

Illinois began providing subsidies under a new state law, the Future Energy Jobs Act, or FEJA.

With state and federal tax subsidies available currently, and with production costs coming down, home solar projects have become cheaper and increasingly popular. ComEd estimated that the number of its solar customers more than doubled this year to about 4,500 — most of them residential customers.

To estimate the cost of installing a rooftop solar system on a home, ComEd created a cost calculator at www.comed.com/solar.

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