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LRB095 09118 MJR 29311 b |
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| customer class, resulting from the program.
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| The Commission shall approve each program demonstrated to |
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| be cost-effective. Programs for low-income customers shall be |
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| approved by the Commission even if they have not been |
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| demonstrated to be cost-effective if they are demonstrated to |
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| be reasonable. An order of the State agency that regulates the |
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| rates of the utility in the adjacent state that finds a program |
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| to be cost-effective or reasonable shall be sufficient to |
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| demonstrate that the program is cost-effective or reasonable |
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| for the utility's customers in Illinois. Approved programs may |
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| be delivered by the utility or by a contractor or agent of the |
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| utility.
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| (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9-201, a |
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| public utility providing approved energy efficiency programs |
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| in the State shall be permitted to recover the reasonable costs |
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| of those programs through an automatic adjustment clause tariff |
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| filed with and approved by the Commission. Each year the |
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| Commission shall initiate a review to reconcile any amounts |
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| collected with the actual costs and to determine the adjustment |
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| to the annual tariff factor to match annual expenditures. The |
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| determination shall be made within 90 days after the date of |
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| initiation of the review.
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| (c) The utility may request a waiver of one or more |
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| components of an approved energy efficiency program at any time |
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| in order to improve the program's effectiveness. The Commission |
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| may grant the waiver if good cause is shown by the utility.
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