Illinois and Minnesota have built multi-gigawatt markets that deliver customer savings and attract sustained investment. Yet across the rest of the Midwest, community solar legislation continues is not as successful, The result: a growing divide between states that are scaling distributed energy resources and those that stalled in the legislative process.

This panel will take a candid look at what’s really behind that divide. Is it utility opposition, flawed bill design, cost allocation debates, or political positioning? And more importantly, what actually changes the outcome?

Panelists from leading markets and states will move beyond talking points to unpack the structural, political, and economic barriers preventing progress.