Leading Midwest Solar Installer Celebrates 15 Years in Business Tick Tock Energy is excited to commemorate its fifteenth anniversary! The Effingham, Illinois-based company was founded in 2006 and led by brothers Eric and Craig Pals. As Central Illinois’ pioneer in the renewable energy and energy-efficiency industry, the company continues to grow and [...]
SREC Incentive Overview and Status as of March 31, 2021 The solar renewable energy credit (or “SREC”) has been an exceptional Illinois solar incentive available through the Illinois Shines program. Unfortunately, the program ran out of funding in late 2020. The availability of SREC funding was divided between “Group A,” which is largely run [...]
Good News for Tick Tock Energy Solar and Wind Customers! Additional extensions have been granted allowing more time to capture this major tax incentive for solar. In December of 2020 a new COVID-19 stimulus bill was signed into law by Congress and the President. This bill included important tax credit extensions for solar energy, [...]
Ameren Illinois Net Metering - Latest Update December 2020. Great News for Ameren Illinois Net Metering Customers! Ameren Illinois is ordered to restore FULL net metering to new solar owners! This applies to Ameren Illinois residential and small commercial customers with a solar installation on their home or business. Recall our November 17, 2020 [...]
Ameren Illinois Net Metering Changes Ahead? Latest Update November 2020. Attention all Ameren Illinois customers: if you’re a residential or small commercial solar system owner, have an installation pending, or considering solar, you may have heard of some potential changes to Ameren’s Net Metering policy. Are these new rules in play now? What’s the [...]
Solar Power World Top Solar Contractors List Includes Effingham-based Solar Firm Local solar installer, Tick Tock Energy, is proud to be named one of the top solar contractors in the United States by Solar Power World magazine. Tick Tock Energy achieved a rank of 268 and is being recognized for the sixth year [...]
Solar Systems and Energy Security More Important than Ever Families, schools, businesses and entire industries are being faced with brand new challenges due to COVID-19 and the restrictions put in place across the country and Illinois. We are all adapting and finding ways to adjust and operate “business as usual” as best as we can. As an essential business and supporting other essential operations, [...]
As of Oct. 1, 2019, a large amount of capacity remains unclaimed in the Illinois Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC) program. That is money waiting to be claimed by solar customers! The Illinois SREC Program will pay solar customers upfront for every 1 MW (1,000 kW) of power they are estimated to produce over [...]
Solar Power World Top Solar Contractors List Includes Effingham-based Solar Firm Coming off one of the biggest years ever for U.S. solar installations, local installer Tick Tock Energy is proud to be named one of the top solar contractors in the United States by Solar Power World magazine. Tick Tock Energy achieved a rank of [...]
Tick Tock Energy, Central Illinois’ leading solar contractor, wrapped up a 12kW (DC) solar installation on their new Effingham office in mid-June. The solar system consists of thirty-nine (39) Solar Tech Universal 310W solar panels, two SolarEdge 5kW inverters, and a newly developed racking system from Advanced Racking. Only recently put into production, [...]
