95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5932


 
Introduced , by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














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    Amends the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources
Development Law of 1997.  Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity must develop a program to promote renewable energy and net metering options in the State.
















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    AN ACT concerning local government.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and 
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Coal Resources
Development Law of 1997 is amended  by changing 
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Section 6-3 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 687/6-3)



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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 12, 2015)

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    Sec. 6-3. Renewable energy resources program. 

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    (a) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, to

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be called the "Department" hereinafter in this Law, shall

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administer the Renewable Energy Resources Program to provide

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grants, loans, and other incentives to foster investment in
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the development and use of renewable energy resources.

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    (b) The Department shall establish eligibility criteria

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for grants, loans, and other incentives to foster investment
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and the development and use of renewable energy resources.

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These criteria shall be reviewed annually and adjusted as

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necessary. The criteria should promote the goal of fostering

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investment in and the development and use, in Illinois, of

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renewable energy resources.

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    (c) The Department shall accept applications for grants,

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loans, and other incentives to foster investment in and the

 


 






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development and use of renewable energy resources.

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    (d) To the extent that funds are available and

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appropriated, the Department shall provide grants, loans, and

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other incentives to applicants
that meet the criteria specified 
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by the Department.

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    (e) The Department shall conduct an annual study on the
use 
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and availability of renewable energy resources in
Illinois. 
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Each year, the Department shall submit a report on
the study to 
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the General Assembly. This report shall include
suggestions for 
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legislation which will encourage the
development and use of 
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renewable energy resources.

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    (e-5)  The Department must develop a program to promote 
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renewable energy and net metering options in the State in 
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conjunction with the grant opportunities available through the 
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Department under this Section. 
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    (f) As used in this Law, "renewable energy resources" 
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includes energy from
wind, solar thermal energy, photovoltaic

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cells and panels, dedicated crops
grown for energy production 
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and organic waste biomass, hydropower that does not
involve new 
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construction or significant expansion of hydropower dams, and 
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other
such alternative sources of environmentally preferable 
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energy.
"Renewable energy resources" does not include, 
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however, energy from the
incineration, burning or heating of 
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waste wood, tires, garbage, general
household, institutional 
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and commercial waste, industrial lunchroom or office
waste, 
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landscape waste, or construction or demolition debris.

 


 






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    (g) There is created the Energy Efficiency Investment Fund 
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as a special
fund
in the State Treasury, to be administered by 
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the Department to support the
development of technologies for 
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wind, biomass, and solar power in Illinois.
The
Department may 
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accept private and public funds, including federal funds, for

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deposit into the Fund.

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(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)