Penrose Solar began from a realization that the Illinois solar market seriously lacked key organizations other, more established, markets already had throughout the United States. Organizations to help stranded customers, provide standard training and consultation services, and to navigate the often convoluted environment of jurisdictional and cooperative policies.

Stranded Customers are those who have installed solar, but the company they installed with has gone out of business or has limited operations. Typically, these consumers are left with unfinished solar arrays, technical issues, lack of access to solar monitoring, and unsubmitted state incentive applications.

Penrose Solar has years of expertise to address these consumer and market concerns.

Our company owner, Shelby Reynolds, has seven years of experience working within the Illinois solar market. She began working in sales, transitioning into project development, before then working within the Illinois Shines program itself. While working within the Illinois Shines program, she gained valuable insights into the needs of the market. Her vision for Penrose Solar is to expand consumer knowledge by working directly with solar companies across Illinois and abroad for a more cohesive, safe, Illinois market.

At Penrose Solar, our core values are BRIGHT.

Balance

"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony." - Thomas Merton.

Respect

“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” - Albert Einstein

Integrity

“It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.” -Zig Ziglar

Gratitude

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity."
- Melody Beattie

Honesty

“Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.” ― James E Faust

Teamwork

“When you hand good people possibility, they do great things.” – Biz Stone