Spark Alerts: April 8, 2025

The latest solar news, RFPs and program policy updates at your fingertips

April 09, 2025

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📰 Market & Development News

Illinois

Texas

  • 4/7- Reporters investigated Stewards of Texas, a newly formed nonprofit pushing the anti-renewably bill SB819.

  • 4/4- Spanish renewable developer Greenalia secured $388m for its first solar project in Texas, a 331-MWac project in Childress County.

  • 4/4- A study found that Texas topped the list of states where energy bills could rise if IRA incentives are repealed.

  • 4/4- Val Verde County commissioners expressed their collective opposition to new transmission lines and BESS facilities in the county, citing environmental concerns.

📢 Policy & Programs

Illinois

  • No bill movement. Senate committee decision deadlines for the following Senate bills have been set for 4/11:

    • SB2289- sets new formulas for the Illinois Power Agency’s RPS compliance targets.

    • SB1816- Allows for post-award renegotiation of contract terms for renewable energy projects supported through competitive procurements.

    • SB2473- Provides that, by November 1, 2025, and by November 1 every 3 years thereafter, all electric cooperatives in IL shall file an integrated resource plan.

Texas

  • HB3278

    • Establishes a study by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on solar and wind’s environmental, economic, and infrastructure implications.

    • Introduced in House 3/20.

    • UPDATE- Hearing to be held 4/9 at 8:00am.

  • SB1754

    • A municipality may not enter into an agreement to exempt from taxation any real property on which a renewable energy facility is located or planned.

    • Introduced in Senate 3/13.

    • UPDATE- Hearing held 4/7. No decision reached.

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