CBS 2 showed you how some people's energy savings are zapped after a contractor took off with their incentive money.
-- Every month, fees are charged to your electricity bill for a renewable energy program run by the State.CBS 2 showed you on Monday how some people's energy savings are zapped after"Just to recap, I actually like the concept behind this program," said Sunil D'Souza.
"Instead of paying it [incentive money] directly to us, it was issued to the contractor who did the solar installation," said D'Souza. He and CBS 2 confirmed with the State that that process was done correctly: vendors are issued incentive payments, then they pass it onto a consumer."Not including a thousand dollars of legal fees," said Meyer who has been fighting for his money since 2021.
"They organized the structure of how these payments were supposed to be made, and yet they don't want to seem to take responsibility for all the people that were defrauded," said D'Souza. He was also told by the State to handle his missing money claim civilly and on his own dime. CBS 2 pressed further to be able to simplify the answer for D'Souza, Meyer and future solar panel investors.
It's a load that makes more sense to put on a solar company than a single consumer, according to the Illinois Power Agency. We're told the system is so complex that some smaller solar companies hire larger firms to handle contracts involving SRECs.Eco-Solar Solutions, the company that stiffed Meyer and D'Souza, is one of 18 solar installers currently suspended from the program for various reasons.
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