SB2569 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2569

Introduced 2/4/2004, by Patrick Welch

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 1120/3	from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7803
20 ILCS 1120/4	from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7804

Amends the Energy Policy and Planning Act. Gives authority to the Illinois Commerce Commission (rather than the Department of Natural Resources) to prepare energy contingency plans and analyze, prepare, and recommend a comprehensive energy plan for the State.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning concerning energy policy.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Energy Policy and Planning Act is amended by changing Sections 3 and 4 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1120/3) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7803)

Sec. 3. As used in this Act:

(a) "Energy" means heat, cold, light, power, or electricity, irrespective of its source, or its manner of conversion, transmission, or storage.

(b) "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.

(c) "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Natural Resources.

(d) (Blank). "Director" means the Director of Natural Resources.

(e) "Plan" means the preparation and implementation of a program or programs that will alter conditions in such a way as to result in the achievement of energy self-reliance for the State of Illinois.

(f) "Objectives" means the specific conditions or benchmarks that allow evaluation of a program's progress.

(g) "Program" means any actions, policies, rules, regulations, or requirements adopted to achieve an objective or objectives of a plan.

(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

(20 ILCS 1120/4) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7804)

Sec. 4. Authority.

(1) The Commission Department in addition to its preparation of energy contingency plans, shall also analyze, prepare, and recommend a comprehensive energy plan for the State of Illinois.

The plan shall identify emerging trends related to energy supply, demand, conservation, public health and safety factors, and should specify the levels of statewide and service area energy needs, past, present, and estimated future demand, as well as the potential social, economic, or environmental effects caused by the continuation of existing trends and by the various alternatives available to the State. The plan shall also conform to the requirements of Section 8-402 of the Public Utilities Act. The Commission Department shall design programs as necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act and the planning objectives of The Public Utilities Act. The Department's energy plan, and any programs designed pursuant to this Section shall be filed with the Commission in accordance with the Commission's planning responsibilities and hearing requirements related thereto. The Commission Department shall periodically review and update the plan, objectives and programs at least every 2 years, and the results of such review and any resulting changes in the Department's plan or programs shall be filed with the Commission.

The Commission's Department's plan and programs and any review thereof, shall also be filed with the Governor and , the General Assembly, and the Public Counsel, and shall be available to the public upon request.

The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, as amended, and filing such additional copies with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.

(Source: P.A. 84-617.)