103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1447

 

Introduced 2/7/2023, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 687/6-5

    Amends the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law of 1997. Provides that, of the money collected from the Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology Development Assistance Charge, $4,000,000 (currently, $2,000,000) may be used annually by the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to the Illinois Green Economy Network for the purposes of funding education and training for renewable energy and energy efficiency technology and for the operation and services of the Illinois Green Economy Network. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and
5Coal Resources Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing
6Section 6-5 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 687/6-5)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)
9    Sec. 6-5. Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
10Development Assistance Charge.
11    (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-111 of
12the Public Utilities Act but subject to subsection (e) of this
13Section, each public utility, electric cooperative, as defined
14in Section 3.4 of the Electric Supplier Act, and municipal
15utility, as referenced in Section 3-105 of the Public
16Utilities Act, that is engaged in the delivery of electricity
17or the distribution of natural gas within the State of
18Illinois shall, effective January 1, 1998, assess each of its
19customer accounts a monthly Renewable Energy Resources and
20Coal Technology Development Assistance Charge. The delivering
21public utility, municipal electric or gas utility, or electric
22or gas cooperative for a self-assessing purchaser remains
23subject to the collection of the fee imposed by this Section.

 

 

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1The monthly charge shall be as follows:
2        (1) $0.05 per month on each account for residential
3    electric service as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
4    Assistance Act;
5        (2) $0.05 per month on each account for residential
6    gas service as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
7    Assistance Act;
8        (3) $0.50 per month on each account for nonresidential
9    electric service, as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
10    Assistance Act, which had less than 10 megawatts of peak
11    demand during the previous calendar year;
12        (4) $0.50 per month on each account for nonresidential
13    gas service, as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
14    Assistance Act, which had distributed to it less than
15    4,000,000 therms of gas during the previous calendar year;
16        (5) $37.50 per month on each account for
17    nonresidential electric service, as defined in Section 13
18    of the Energy Assistance Act, which had 10 megawatts or
19    greater of peak demand during the previous calendar year;
20    and
21        (6) $37.50 per month on each account for
22    nonresidential gas service, as defined in Section 13 of
23    the Energy Assistance Act, which had 4,000,000 or more
24    therms of gas distributed to it during the previous
25    calendar year.
26    (b) The Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology

 

 

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1Development Assistance Charge assessed by electric and gas
2public utilities shall be considered a charge for public
3utility service.
4    (c) Fifty percent of the moneys collected pursuant to this
5Section shall be deposited in the Renewable Energy Resources
6Trust Fund by the Department of Revenue. From those funds,
7$4,000,000 $2,000,000 may be used annually by the
8Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to the
9Illinois Green Economy Network for the purposes of funding
10education and training for renewable energy and energy
11efficiency technology and for the operation and services of
12the Illinois Green Economy Network. The remaining 50 percent
13of the moneys collected pursuant to this Section shall be
14deposited in the Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund
15by the Department of Revenue for the exclusive purposes of (1)
16capturing or sequestering carbon emissions produced by coal
17combustion; (2) supporting research on the capture and
18sequestration of carbon emissions produced by coal combustion;
19and (3) improving coal miner safety.
20    (d) By the 20th day of the month following the month in
21which the charges imposed by this Section were collected, each
22utility and alternative retail electric supplier collecting
23charges pursuant to this Section shall remit to the Department
24of Revenue for deposit in the Renewable Energy Resources Trust
25Fund and the Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund all
26moneys received as payment of the charge provided for in this

 

 

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1Section on a return prescribed and furnished by the Department
2of Revenue showing such information as the Department of
3Revenue may reasonably require.
4    If any payment provided for in this Section exceeds the
5utility or alternative alternate retail electric supplier's
6liabilities under this Act, as shown on an original return,
7the utility or alternative retail electric supplier may credit
8the excess payment against liability subsequently to be
9remitted to the Department of Revenue under this Act.
10    (e) The charges imposed by this Section shall only apply
11to customers of municipal electric or gas utilities and
12electric or gas cooperatives if the municipal electric or gas
13utility or electric or gas cooperative makes an affirmative
14decision to impose the charge. If a municipal electric or gas
15utility or an electric or gas cooperative makes an affirmative
16decision to impose the charge provided by this Section, the
17municipal electric or gas utility or electric or gas
18cooperative shall inform the Department of Revenue in writing
19of such decision when it begins to impose the charge. If a
20municipal electric or gas utility or electric or gas
21cooperative does not assess this charge, its customers shall
22not be eligible for the Renewable Energy Resources Program.
23    (f) The Department of Revenue may establish such rules as
24it deems necessary to implement this Section.
25(Source: P.A. 102-444, eff. 8-20-21; revised 9-13-22.)
 
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.