Resolute Energy Solutions Open for Business in Highland
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HIGHLAND – A new business in Highland aims to help residents and business owners lower their electric bills.
Resolute Energy Solutions recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to welcome the public to their new brick-and-mortar location at 2 Spindler Lane in Highland.
Zach Resmann, president of Resolute Energy Solutions, said the store opening has “been a long time coming.”
“We’ve been in the industry for quite a few years now, and we finally have our own brick-and-mortar here,” Resmann said. “We’re excited to make ourselves public and welcome everybody in with open arms.”
Resmann is a Highland native and active community member involved in several local organizations. With a wife and four kids in Highland, he said they wanted a store location that was “close to home.”
“The main thing we’re really trying to do is drive people’s electric bills down, which is a really great market to be in when everything is going up,” Resmann said. “There’s different programs we help people find and become eligible for if they’re not already eligible for it.”
Resolute Energy Solutions helps people save money on their electric bills, mainly through community solar programs. The company also handles other solar and storage services, and is looking into placing Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers along interstate corridors, but Resmann said community solar is their specialty.
“Community solar is whenever we help people subscribe to big solar farms,” Resmann said. “Those big solar farms are put onto their Ameren bills, their electric bills, and allow them to save 10–20% off their Ameren electricity every month. That’s the main thing we do.”
Resolute also offers third-party supply pricing, which can help businesses lower their electric costs by contracting with a third party to provide electricity at a lower rate. The company handles the contracting process and price brokering for businesses, hospitals, grocery stores and hotels.
“One thing a lot of people don’t understand within Illinois right now is the fact that there’s a lot of state incentives out there still – that the federal tax credits being pulled away for residential stuff did not affect those state incentives,” Resmann said. “A lot of people think it’s over and that it’s completely gone, and it’s not.”
Resmann said the Illinois SHINES program is still actively incentivizing people to go solar, while a 30% federal tax credit is still around for commercial operations until the end of 2027. With state programs and other incentives still available for customers, he said the cost of going solar is becoming more affordable with time.
“We’ve got a big future ahead of us, but one of my big sayings is, if you master your energy, then you master your destiny,” Resmann said. “That's something that we believe in here at Resolute.”
