The Resilient Communities Webinar Series seeks to empower communities by highlighting local success stories, sharing science-based educational content, and providing practical tools to help implement impactful community projects.
Making informed energy decisions
As Illinois undergoes a significant energy transition, we help support informed local decision-making so that your community can make the choice that is best for you. We invite local government officials, industry experts, and community-based organizations to provide a well-rounded perspective on energy issues and solutions.
Topics we cover include energy planning, innovative solar applications, community benefits, grid resilience, and information on state energy programs and funding opportunities.
Register for an Upcoming Webinar
This webinar series is coordinated in partnership with Prairie Rivers Network. Monthly hour-long sessions are on Tuesdays at noon CT. Each session typically features several speakers, followed by a Q&A to engage with the presenters and dive deeper into the topics discussed. Following every webinar, registrants are sent follow-up resources and slides from our presenters.
Interested in Speaking?
We are always looking for speakers to cover topics relevant to building energy resilience in Illinois. If you have a community project, upcoming report, or expertise on any of our topic areas we encourage you to fill out a Speaker Interest Form.
Past Webinars
Miss a session? We always share recordings of our webinars and post them to our Resilient Communities playlist.
The below webinars explore solar development and community benefits, funding solar developments, writing grant proposals, and different community benefit programs.
Learn from local Illinois communities on how they transformed landfills and parking lots into beneficial solar projects in this recorded webinar from March 2025. Topics include: Success stories from Illinois communities implementing solar projects, Options available to finance innovative solar...
Get a better understanding of the grant application journey, from creating an actionable community vision to developing a strong, competitive grant proposal. Explore best practices for developing a cohesive community vision and identifying actionable goals that lay the groundwork for an...
Your community is not at the whim of renewable energy developers. Companies that want to build in your area are often obligated to partner with you to provide economic and community development benefits. Learn more about these Community Benefits programs and how you can make sure renewable...