95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0680

 

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Michael Bond

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/16-107.5 new

    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that electric utilities and alternative retail electric suppliers must provide "net metering" to retail customers that own and operate a solar or wind electrical generating facility with a capacity of not more than 40 kilowatts located on the customer's premises and intended to offset part of the customer's electrical requirements. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
5 Section 16-107.5 as follows:
 
6     (220 ILCS 5/16-107.5 new)
7     Sec. 16-107.5. Net electricity metering.
8     (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a program to
9 provide net energy metering, as defined in this Section, for
10 eligible customers can encourage private investment in
11 renewable energy resources, stimulate economic growth, enhance
12 the continued diversification of Illinois' energy resource
13 mix, and protect the Illinois environment.
14     (b) As used in this Section, (i) "eligible customer" means
15 a retail customer that owns and operates a solar or wind
16 electrical generating facility with a capacity of not more than
17 40 kilowatts that is located on the customer's premises and is
18 intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer's own
19 electrical requirements and (ii) "net energy metering" means
20 the measurement, during the billing period applicable to an
21 eligible customer, of the net amount of electricity delivered
22 by an electric utility to the customer's premises or provided
23 to the electric utility by the customer.

 

 

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1     (c) An electric utility shall provide for, and bear the
2 costs of, meters, meter fittings and associated wiring in
3 excess of standard metering, and any other equipment on the
4 utility side of the meter required by the utility in order to
5 effect net energy metering.
6     (d) An electric utility and an alternative retail electric
7 supplier shall measure and charge or credit for the net
8 electricity supplied to eligible customers or provided by
9 eligible customers in the following manner:
10         (1) If the amount of electricity used by the customer
11     during the billing period exceeds the amount of electricity
12     produced by the customer, the electric utility or
13     alternative retail electric supplier shall charge the
14     customer for the net electricity supplied to and used by
15     the customer at the same rates applicable to electricity
16     provided by the electric utility or alternative retail
17     electric supplier to other residential customers and small
18     commercial retail customers of similar end-use consumption
19     characteristics.
20         (2) If the amount of electricity produced by a customer
21     during the billing period exceeds the amount of electricity
22     used by the customer during that billing period, the
23     electric utility or alternative electric supplier
24     supplying that customer shall apply a credit to the next
25     bill for service to the customer for the net electricity
26     supplied to the utility at the same rate, including

 

 

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1     delivery charges, applicable to electricity provided to
2     other residential customers and small commercial retail
3     customers of similar end-use consumption characteristics.
4     The number of kilowatt-hours credited to the customer on
5     the bill in any given billing period shall not exceed the
6     amount of kilowatt-hours delivered to the customer by the
7     utility in that billing period. The balance of
8     kilowatt-hours uncredited shall be carried forward and
9     applied to kilowatt-hours delivered to the customer by the
10     utility in future billing periods.
11         (3) At the end of the year or annualized over the
12     period that service is supplied by means of net energy
13     metering, the electric utility or alternative retail
14     electric supplier supplying a customer shall promptly
15     issue payment at its avoided cost to the customer for the
16     value of the balance of any remaining uncredited
17     kilowatt-hours provided by the customer during the year or
18     annualized period.
19     (e) An electric utility may use separate meters to measure
20 the gross amount of electricity delivered by the utility to the
21 customer and the electricity supplied to the utility by the
22 customer and may bill customers for taxes, franchise charges,
23 or infrastructure maintenance fees, instrument funding
24 charges, and decommissioning charges applicable to the gross
25 amount of electricity delivered to the customer, if the
26 electric utility does not charge the customer for the

 

 

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1 installation or use of the separate meters in excess of
2 standard metering.
3     (f) An electric utility may, instead of using separate
4 meters, use a single meter to measure the net amount of
5 electricity delivered to or from a customer during the billing
6 period.
7     (g) Within 3 months after the effective date of this
8 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Illinois
9 Commerce Commission shall establish standards for net energy
10 metering and the interconnection of solar and wind electric
11 generating equipment to the utility system if the Commission
12 determines that such standards are necessary for safe and
13 adequate service and further the public policy set forth in
14 this Section. The standards shall conform to the "Recommended
15 Practice for Utility Interface, of Photo-voltaic Systems" set
16 forth by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic
17 Engineers). If a utility desires equipment or standards in
18 excess of these standards, the utility shall bear the costs of
19 those additional standards.
20     (h) Before February 1, 2008, the Illinois Commerce
21 Commission shall determine how alternative retail electric
22 suppliers will be required to credit delivery service charges.
23     (i) All electric utilities shall begin to offer net energy
24 metering no later than April 1, 2008.
25     (j) All alternative retail electric suppliers shall begin
26 to offer net energy metering no later than April 1, 2008.

 

 

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1     (k) An electric utility and an alternative retail electric
2 supplier must offer net energy metering to eligible customers
3 until the load of its net energy metering customers equals 0.1%
4 of the total peak demand supplied by that electric utility or
5 alternative retail electric supplier during the previous year.
6 Electric utilities and alternative retail electric suppliers
7 are authorized to offer net energy metering beyond the 0.1%
8 level if they so choose.
 
9     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.