But he’s all-in on the community solar array that was recently deployed at a Public Storage facility in his village, a suburb of Chicago. The 763-kilowatt array, which went online in March, is one of 60 planned projects for the rooftops of Public Storage facilities in Illinois. A bright spot for community solar Community solar allows households, businesses, and organizations to reap savings and support clean energy even if they can’t have their own solar panels. By subscribing to a community solar array, customers get credit on their energy bill for a portion of the solar power generated. Illinois is among the nation’s leaders in community solar capacity, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association, with more installed than even California.