DU PAGE COUNTY - File #: FM-P-0028-25

• File #: FM-P-0028-25
• Version: 1
• Type: Facilities Management Requisition Over $30K
• Status: Sent to Finance
• File created: 5/20/2025
• In control: Public Works Committee
• On agenda: 6/3/2025
• Title: Recommendation to award a contract to Carbon Solutions Group SREC, LLC for participation in the Illinois Shines Adjustable Block Grant Program, which provides payments in exchange of Renewable Energy Credits (RECS), for approximately $177,494.56, for the period of June 10, 2025 through November 30, 2041, selected through Other Professional Services under bid award #22-118-FM. (Revenue paid to County)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/3/2025	1	Public Works Committee	Approved and Sent to Finance	Pass

AWARDING RESOLUTION
ISSUED TO CARBON SOLUTIONS GROUP SREC, LLC
FOR ENROLLMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN
THE ILLINOIS SHINES ADJUSTABLE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
(ESTIMATED GROSS REVENUE PAID TO COUNTY: APPROXIMATELY $177,494.56)

WHEREAS, the Illinois State Constitution and Illinois General Assembly have authorized the County of DuPage (COUNTY) to perform various public functions and to provide essential governmental services for the benefit of its residents, property owners, and businesses; and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly has specifically authorized the County to operate, maintain and keep in repair necessary COUNTY buildings and to enter into agreements for said purposes pursuant to Illinois Compiled Statutes, Chapter 55, paragraphs 5/5-1106 et. seq.; and

WHEREAS, the COUNTY previously awarded Resolution/Contract No. FM-P-00043-23 to Windfree Wind & Solar Energy Design Co., for the installation of the solar photovoltaic array on the roof of the DuPage County Administration Building, located at 421 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton, IL 60187; and

WHEREAS, there currently exists an Illinois Shines Adjustable Block Grant Program (hereinafter the "Illinois Shines Program") which incentivizes solar projects by purchasing Renewable Energy Credits ("RECs") generated by participating Distributed Generation and Community Solar projects; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to COUNTY's previously awarded Resolution/Contract No. FM-P-00043-23, the COUNTY agreed to retain Carbon Solutions Group SREC, LLC, an Illinois Shines Adjustable Block Grant Program Approved Vendor, to enroll the County in the Illinois Shines Adjustable Block Grant Program and to sell the COUNTY's RECs; and

WHEREAS, Carbon Solutions Group SREC, LLC and the COUNTY have negotiated the attached AGREEMENT to enroll the COUNTY in the Illinois Shines Adjustable Block Grant Program and to sell the COUNTY's RECs over the next fifteen (15) years; and

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