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Check my fitWinnebago County · Illinois
Solar installation and repair in Loves Park and Machesney Park, Illinois
We install new systems, take panels off when your roof needs work, and fix systems other companies walked away from. Based in Rockford since 2021.
Local intro
The utility here, and the drive from Rockford.
This page covers Loves Park and Machesney Park in Winnebago County, Illinois. Both cities sit directly north of Rockford along the Rock River and the I-90 corridor, close enough that a service call here is a short drive from our shop on Peoples Avenue. If your address is on the edge of that, send it and we'll tell you straight whether we can serve you properly.
ComEd. ComEd serves both Loves Park and Machesney Park, as it does the rest of Winnebago County's cities.
Permitting
How a permit runs in Loves Park and Machesney Park.
We pull the permit and file the utility interconnection on every job. Here is who issues it and what they ask for.
City of Loves Park Building Department
The City of Loves Park Building Department, (815) 654-5033, adopted the 2021 ICC codes, the 2014 Illinois Plumbing Code and the 2020 National Electrical Code effective 1 April 2025. There is no solar-specific form; a rooftop array goes in on the standard residential or commercial building permit with plan review, and fees are paid online.
SourceVillage of Machesney Park Building Division
The Village of Machesney Park charges $100 for every 25 panels on a solar permit, with processing and other fees on top, and takes applications through its online Citizenserve permit portal. The Building Clerk is on (815) 877-6072.
SourceServices offered
What we do in Loves Park and Machesney Park.
Service and repair
Offline, underproducing, or the company that installed it is gone. $400 covers the visit and the first two hours. On site within five business days.
Request service
Detach and reinstall
Panels have to come off before a roofer can touch the deck, and they have to go back on without voiding your warranty or your roof.
Start a roof review
Storm solar check
Get the solar side checked before the roofer starts. We document what happened to the array, coordinate the removal, and put it back properly.
Storm Solar Check
Commercial solar
The 30% credit is alive for business-owned systems, with depreciation on top, though the project has to be in service by 31 December 2027.
Commercial solarIncentives
What Illinois Shines pays here.
ComEd serves this area, which puts a home here in Illinois Shines Group B. The program buys fifteen years of your system's renewable energy credits at a price the state fixes for each program year; since 1 June 2026 a home-scale system receives 50% at energization and the rest over six years. Illinois Shines figures are estimates until the program approves them, and Illinois Shines is not free solar.
ComEd also pays a distributed generation rebate of $300 per kW on a system interconnected with a smart inverter, and Illinois lets you file form PTAX-330 so the array should not raise your assessment once you file the claim form.
The federal residential credit ended for installations completed after 31 December 2025. Business-owned systems still qualify for the 30% Section 48E credit if the project is in service by 31 December 2027. See what changed in 2026 for the full picture.
See what's still availableTell us what you need.
Whether that's a quote, a second opinion on someone else's quote, or a system that stopped working, you'll get a straight answer and a real next step.
Tell us what you need
Tell us what's going on. If solar doesn't suit your roof we'll say so on the first call.