MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF DU PAGE
AND MIDWEST RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
TO PROVIDE A SOLAR GROUP BUY PROGRAM
(NO COUNTY COST)
WHEREAS, the Illinois General Assembly has granted the County of DuPage (“COUNTY”) authority to enter into agreements and do all other acts in relation to the concerns of the County necessary to the exercise of its corporate powers (565 ILCS 5/5-1005); and
WHEREAS, the DuPage County Strategic Plan includes a Quality of Life Imperative 1, to facilitate the goal of reducing greenhouse gas levels 20% by 2030, as well as other “Cool DuPage” goals to be accomplished through education efforts aimed at increasing the knowledge and use of alternative energy solutions throughout the COUNTY; and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY has an opportunity to partner with the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (“MREA”), a non-profit with principal offices at 7558 Deer Road, Custer. Wisconsin 54423 and Citizens Utility Board (CUB), a non-profit with principal offices at 309 West Washington Street, Chicago, IL 60606 on a Switch Together Chicagoland Program about the benefits of clean energy, rooftop solar, and heat pumps; and
WHEREAS, MREA and CUB have agreed to the attached Memorandum of Understanding (hereinafter “MOU”) to provide the Switch Together Chicagoland program at no cost to the COUNTY.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the DuPage County Chair is hereby directed and authorized to execute on behalf of the COUNTY and the DuPage County Clerk is hereby authorized to attest thereto, the attached MOU between the COUNTY, MREA and CUB effective January 13, 2026; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this Resolution and executed MOU to CUB, MREA and the Office of the DuPage County State’s Attorney.
Enacted and approved this 13th day of January, 2026 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK