Over the Next Decade in Illinois, Advanced Energy Tax Credits Will Generate:
$240B New Private Sector Investments
$27.1B New Manufacturing Investments
Grand Ridge Energy Center
- Status: Operational
- Location: LaSalle County, IL
- Congressional District: Illinois 16th
- Technologies: Wind, Solar, and Battery Storage
- Relevant Tax Provisions:
- Production Tax Credit (PTC)
- Investment Tax Credit (ITC)
- Fast Facts:
- Grand Ridge includes 210 megawatts of wind energy, 20 megawatts of solar, and 36 megawatts of battery storage – enough, in total, to power approximately 54,000 homes.
- The project created 330 local jobs during construction and employs a full-time staff of 14 today.
- The project has reinvested over $5 million in the local community through tax revenues, staff salaries, and landowner payments.
Rivian Auto Plant
- Status: Operational
- Location: McLean County, IL
- Congressional District: Illinois 17th
- Technology: Electric Vehicles
- Relevant Tax Provisions:
- Manufacturing Production Credit (45X)
- Producing vehicles that qualify for the Clean Commercial Vehicles Credit (45W) and New Clean Vehicle Credit (30D)
- Fast Facts:
- Rivian purchased a shuttered automotive manufacturing plant in Normal, IL in 2017. Since then, Rivian has added thousands of manufacturing jobs to McLean County, with plans to add hundreds more as the company expands the original footprint of the plant to launch its next generation R2 platform.
- Since starting operations in 2021, the plant has produced over 100,000 vehicles.
- Rivian collaborates with Heartland Community College in Normal, IL, to administer an Associate in Applied Science Degree program focused on electric vehicle (EV) technology. The company provides its technology for training and company employees serve as instructors.