Full Text of SB1987 95th General Assembly
SB1987ham003 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Arthur L. Turner
Filed: 5/31/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1987
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1987 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "ARTICLE 1 | 5 |
| Section 1-5. The Illinois Power Agency Act is amended by | 6 |
| changing Sections 1-5, 1-10, 1-75, and 1-80 as follows: | 7 |
| (20 ILCS 3855/1-5)
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| Sec. 1-5. Legislative declarations and findings. The | 9 |
| General Assembly finds and declares: | 10 |
| (1) The health, welfare, and prosperity of all Illinois | 11 |
| citizens require the provision of adequate, reliable, | 12 |
| affordable, efficient, and environmentally sustainable | 13 |
| electric service at the lowest total cost over time, taking | 14 |
| into account any benefits of price stability. | 15 |
| (2) The transition to retail competition is not |
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| complete. Some customers, especially residential and small | 2 |
| commercial customers, have failed to benefit from lower | 3 |
| electricity costs from retail and wholesale competition. | 4 |
| (3) Escalating prices for electricity in Illinois pose | 5 |
| a serious threat to the economic well-being, health, and | 6 |
| safety of the residents of and the commerce and industry of | 7 |
| the State. | 8 |
| (4) To protect against this threat to economic | 9 |
| well-being, health, and safety it is necessary to improve | 10 |
| the process of procuring electricity to serve Illinois | 11 |
| residents, to promote investment in energy efficiency and | 12 |
| demand-response measures, and to support development of | 13 |
| clean coal technologies and renewable resources. | 14 |
| (5) Procuring a diverse electricity supply portfolio | 15 |
| will ensure the lowest total cost over time for adequate, | 16 |
| reliable, efficient, and environmentally sustainable | 17 |
| electric service. | 18 |
| (6) Including cost-effective renewable resources in | 19 |
| that portfolio will reduce long-term direct and indirect | 20 |
| costs to consumers by decreasing environmental impacts and | 21 |
| by avoiding or delaying the need for new generation, | 22 |
| transmission, and distribution infrastructure. | 23 |
| (7) Energy efficiency, demand-response measures, and | 24 |
| renewable energy are resources currently underused in | 25 |
| Illinois. | 26 |
| (8) The State should encourage the use of advanced |
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| clean coal technologies that capture and sequester carbon | 2 |
| dioxide emissions to advance environmental protection | 3 |
| goals and to demonstrate the viability of coal and | 4 |
| coal-derived fuels in a carbon-constrained economy. | 5 |
| The General Assembly therefore finds that it is necessary | 6 |
| to create the Illinois Power Agency and that the goals and | 7 |
| objectives of that Agency are to accomplish each of the | 8 |
| following: | 9 |
| (A) Develop electricity procurement plans to ensure | 10 |
| adequate, reliable, affordable, efficient, and | 11 |
| environmentally sustainable electric service at the lowest | 12 |
| total cost over time, taking into account any benefits of | 13 |
| price stability, for electric utilities that on December | 14 |
| 31, 2005 provided electric service to at least 100,000 | 15 |
| customers in Illinois. The procurement plan shall be | 16 |
| updated on an annual basis and shall include renewable | 17 |
| energy resources sufficient to achieve the standards | 18 |
| specified in this Act. | 19 |
| (B) Conduct competitive procurement processes to | 20 |
| procure the supply resources identified in the procurement | 21 |
| plan. | 22 |
| (C) Develop electric generation and co-generation | 23 |
| facilities that use indigenous coal or renewable | 24 |
| resources, or both, financed with bonds issued by the | 25 |
| Illinois Finance Authority. | 26 |
| (D) Supply electricity from the Agency's facilities at |
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| cost to one or more of the following: municipal electric | 2 |
| systems, governmental aggregators, or rural electric | 3 |
| cooperatives in Illinois.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.) | 5 |
| (20 ILCS 3855/1-10)
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| Sec. 1-10. Definitions. | 7 |
| "Agency" means the Illinois Power Agency. | 8 |
| "Agency loan agreement" means any agreement pursuant to | 9 |
| which the Illinois Finance Authority agrees to loan the | 10 |
| proceeds of revenue bonds issued with respect to a project to | 11 |
| the Agency upon terms providing for loan repayment installments | 12 |
| at least sufficient to pay when due all principal of, interest | 13 |
| and premium, if any, on those revenue bonds, and providing for | 14 |
| maintenance, insurance, and other matters in respect of the | 15 |
| project. | 16 |
| "Authority" means the Illinois Finance Authority. | 17 |
| "Clean coal SNG facility" means a facility that uses a | 18 |
| gasification process to produce substitute natural gas, that | 19 |
| sequesters at least 90% of the total carbon emissions that the | 20 |
| facility would otherwise emit and that uses coal as a | 21 |
| feedstock, with all such coal having a high bituminous rank and | 22 |
| greater than 1.7 pounds of sulfur per million btu content. | 23 |
| "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission. | 24 |
| "Costs incurred in connection with the development and | 25 |
| construction of a facility" means: |
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| (1) the cost of acquisition of all real property and | 2 |
| improvements in connection therewith and equipment and | 3 |
| other property, rights, and easements acquired that are | 4 |
| deemed necessary for the operation and maintenance of the | 5 |
| facility; | 6 |
| (2) financing costs with respect to bonds, notes, and | 7 |
| other evidences of indebtedness of the Agency; | 8 |
| (3) all origination, commitment, utilization, | 9 |
| facility, placement, underwriting, syndication, credit | 10 |
| enhancement, and rating agency fees; | 11 |
| (4) engineering, design, procurement, consulting, | 12 |
| legal, accounting, title insurance, survey, appraisal, | 13 |
| escrow, trustee, collateral agency, interest rate hedging, | 14 |
| interest rate swap, capitalized interest and other | 15 |
| financing costs, and other expenses for professional | 16 |
| services; and | 17 |
| (5) the costs of plans, specifications, site study and | 18 |
| investigation, installation, surveys, other Agency costs | 19 |
| and estimates of costs, and other expenses necessary or | 20 |
| incidental to determining the feasibility of any project, | 21 |
| together with such other expenses as may be necessary or | 22 |
| incidental to the financing, insuring, acquisition, and | 23 |
| construction of a specific project and placing that project | 24 |
| in operation. | 25 |
| "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic | 26 |
| Opportunity. |
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| "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Power Agency. | 2 |
| "Demand-response" means measures that decrease peak | 3 |
| electricity demand or shift demand from peak to off-peak | 4 |
| periods. | 5 |
| "Energy efficiency" means measures that reduce the amount | 6 |
| of electricity required to achieve a given end use. | 7 |
| "Electric utility" has the same definition as found in | 8 |
| Section 16-102 of the Public Utilities Act. | 9 |
| "Facility" means an electric generating unit or a | 10 |
| co-generating unit that produces electricity along with | 11 |
| related equipment necessary to connect the facility to an | 12 |
| electric transmission or distribution system. | 13 |
| "Governmental aggregator" means one or more units of local | 14 |
| government that individually or collectively procure | 15 |
| electricity to serve residential retail electrical loads | 16 |
| located within its or their jurisdiction. | 17 |
| "Local government" means a unit of local government as | 18 |
| defined in Article VII of Section 1 of the Illinois | 19 |
| Constitution. | 20 |
| "Municipality" means a city, village, or incorporated | 21 |
| town. | 22 |
| "Person" means any natural person, firm, partnership, | 23 |
| corporation, either domestic or foreign, company, association, | 24 |
| limited liability company, joint stock company, or association | 25 |
| and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal | 26 |
| representative thereof. |
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| "Project" means the planning, bidding, and construction of | 2 |
| a facility. | 3 |
| "Public utility" has the same definition as found in | 4 |
| Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act. | 5 |
| "Real property" means any interest in land together with | 6 |
| all structures, fixtures, and improvements thereon, including | 7 |
| lands under water and riparian rights, any easements, | 8 |
| covenants, licenses, leases, rights-of-way, uses, and other | 9 |
| interests, together with any liens, judgments, mortgages, or | 10 |
| other claims or security interests related to real property. | 11 |
| "Renewable energy credit" means a tradable credit that | 12 |
| represents the environmental attributes of a certain amount of | 13 |
| energy produced from a renewable energy resource. | 14 |
| "Renewable energy resources" includes energy and its | 15 |
| associated renewable energy credit or renewable energy credits | 16 |
| from wind, solar thermal energy, photovoltaic cells and panels, | 17 |
| biodiesel, crops and untreated and unadulterated organic waste | 18 |
| biomass, trees and tree trimmings, hydropower that does not | 19 |
| involve new construction or significant expansion of | 20 |
| hydropower dams, and other alternative sources of | 21 |
| environmentally preferable energy. For purposes of this Act, | 22 |
| landfill gas produced in the State is considered a renewable | 23 |
| energy resource. "Renewable energy resources" does not include | 24 |
| the incineration, burning, or heating of tires, garbage, | 25 |
| general household, institutional, and commercial waste, | 26 |
| industrial lunchroom or office waste, landscape waste other |
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| than trees and tree trimmings, railroad crossties, utility | 2 |
| poles, and construction or demolition debris, other than | 3 |
| untreated and unadulterated waste wood. | 4 |
| "Revenue bond" means any bond, note, or other evidence of | 5 |
| indebtedness issued by the Authority, the principal and | 6 |
| interest of which is payable solely from revenues or income | 7 |
| derived from any project or activity of the Agency. | 8 |
| "Sequester" means permanent storage of carbon dioxide by | 9 |
| injecting it into a saline aquifer, a depleted gas reservoir, | 10 |
| or an oil reservoir, directly or through an enhanced oil | 11 |
| recovery process that may involve intermediate storage in a | 12 |
| salt dome. | 13 |
| "Substitute natural gas" or "SNG" means a gas manufactured | 14 |
| by gasification of hydrocarbon feedstock, which is | 15 |
| substantially interchangeable in use and distribution with | 16 |
| conventional natural gas. | 17 |
| "Total resource cost test" or "TRC test" means a standard | 18 |
| that is met if, for an investment in energy efficiency or | 19 |
| demand-response measures, the benefit-cost ratio is greater | 20 |
| than one. The benefit-cost ratio is the ratio of the net | 21 |
| present value of the total benefits of the program to the net | 22 |
| present value of the total costs as calculated over the | 23 |
| lifetime of the measures. A total resource cost test compares | 24 |
| the sum of avoided electric utility costs, representing the | 25 |
| benefits that accrue to the system and the participant in the | 26 |
| delivery of those efficiency measures, to the sum of all |
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| incremental costs of end-use measures that are implemented due | 2 |
| to the program (including both utility and participant | 3 |
| contributions), plus costs to administer, deliver, and | 4 |
| evaluate each demand-side program, to quantify the net savings | 5 |
| obtained by substituting the demand-side program for supply | 6 |
| resources. In calculating avoided costs of power and energy | 7 |
| that an electric utility would otherwise have had to acquire, | 8 |
| reasonable estimates shall be included of financial costs | 9 |
| likely to be imposed by future regulations and legislation on | 10 |
| emissions of greenhouse gases.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.) | 12 |
| (20 ILCS 3855/1-75)
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| Sec. 1-75. Planning and Procurement Bureau. The Planning | 14 |
| and Procurement Bureau has the following duties and | 15 |
| responsibilities: | 16 |
| (a) The Planning and Procurement Bureau shall each | 17 |
| year, beginning in 2008, develop procurement plans and | 18 |
| conduct competitive procurement processes in accordance | 19 |
| with the requirements of Section 16-111.5 of the Public | 20 |
| Utilities Act for the eligible retail customers of electric | 21 |
| utilities that on December 31, 2005 provided electric | 22 |
| service to at least 100,000 customers in Illinois. For the | 23 |
| purposes of this Section, the term "eligible retail | 24 |
| customers" has the same definition as found in Section | 25 |
| 16-111.5(a) of the Public Utilities Act. |
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| (1) The Agency shall each year, beginning in 2008, | 2 |
| as needed, issue a request for qualifications for | 3 |
| experts or expert consulting firms to develop the | 4 |
| procurement plans in accordance with Section 16-111.5 | 5 |
| of the Public Utilities Act. In order to qualify an | 6 |
| expert or expert consulting firm must have: | 7 |
| (A) direct previous experience assembling | 8 |
| large-scale power supply plans or portfolios for | 9 |
| end-use customers; | 10 |
| (B) an advanced degree in economics, | 11 |
| mathematics, engineering, risk management, or a | 12 |
| related area of study; | 13 |
| (C) 10 years of experience in the electricity | 14 |
| sector, including managing supply risk; | 15 |
| (D) expertise in wholesale electricity market | 16 |
| rules, including those established by the Federal | 17 |
| Energy Regulatory Commission and regional | 18 |
| transmission organizations; | 19 |
| (E) expertise in credit protocols and | 20 |
| familiarity with contract protocols; | 21 |
| (F) adequate resources to perform and fulfill | 22 |
| the required functions and responsibilities; and | 23 |
| (G) the absence of a conflict of interest and | 24 |
| inappropriate bias for or against potential | 25 |
| bidders or the affected electric utilities. | 26 |
| (2) The Agency shall each year, as needed, issue a |
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| request for qualifications for a procurement | 2 |
| administrator to conduct the competitive procurement | 3 |
| processes in accordance with Section 16-111.5 of the | 4 |
| Public Utilities Act. In order to qualify an expert or | 5 |
| expert consulting firm must have: | 6 |
| (A) direct previous experience administering a | 7 |
| large-scale competitive procurement process; | 8 |
| (B) an advanced degree in economics, | 9 |
| mathematics, engineering, or a related area of | 10 |
| study; | 11 |
| (C) 10 years of experience in the electricity | 12 |
| sector, including risk management experience; | 13 |
| (D) expertise in wholesale electricity market | 14 |
| rules, including those established by the Federal | 15 |
| Energy Regulatory Commission and regional | 16 |
| transmission organizations; | 17 |
| (E) expertise in credit and contract | 18 |
| protocols; | 19 |
| (F) adequate resources to perform and fulfill | 20 |
| the required functions and responsibilities; and | 21 |
| (G) the absence of a conflict of interest and | 22 |
| inappropriate bias for or against potential | 23 |
| bidders or the affected electric utilities. | 24 |
| (3) The Agency shall provide affected utilities | 25 |
| and other interested parties with the lists of | 26 |
| qualified experts or expert consulting firms |
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| identified through the request for qualifications | 2 |
| processes that are under consideration to develop the | 3 |
| procurement plans and to serve as the procurement | 4 |
| administrator. The Agency shall also provide each | 5 |
| qualified expert's or expert consulting firm's | 6 |
| response to the request for qualifications. All | 7 |
| information provided under this subparagraph shall | 8 |
| also be provided to the Commission. The Agency may | 9 |
| provide by rule for fees associated with supplying the | 10 |
| information to utilities and other interested parties. | 11 |
| These parties shall, within 5 business days, notify the | 12 |
| Agency in writing if they object to any experts or | 13 |
| expert consulting firms on the lists. Objections shall | 14 |
| be based on: | 15 |
| (A) failure to satisfy qualification criteria; | 16 |
| (B) identification of a conflict of interest; | 17 |
| or | 18 |
| (C) evidence of inappropriate bias for or | 19 |
| against potential bidders or the affected | 20 |
| utilities. | 21 |
| The Agency shall remove experts or expert | 22 |
| consulting firms from the lists within 10 days if there | 23 |
| is a reasonable basis for an objection and provide the | 24 |
| updated lists to the affected utilities and other | 25 |
| interested parties. If the Agency fails to remove an | 26 |
| expert or expert consulting firm from a list, an |
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| objecting party may seek review by the Commission | 2 |
| within 5 days thereafter by filing a petition, and the | 3 |
| Commission shall render a ruling on the petition within | 4 |
| 10 days. There is no right of appeal of the | 5 |
| Commission's ruling. | 6 |
| (4) The Agency shall issue requests for proposals | 7 |
| to the qualified experts or expert consulting firms to | 8 |
| develop a procurement plan for the affected utilities | 9 |
| and to serve as procurement administrator. | 10 |
| (5) The Agency shall select an expert or expert | 11 |
| consulting firm to develop procurement plans based on | 12 |
| the proposals submitted and shall award one-year | 13 |
| contracts to those selected with an option for the | 14 |
| Agency for a one-year renewal. | 15 |
| (6) The Agency shall select an expert or expert | 16 |
| consulting firm, with approval of the Commission, to | 17 |
| serve as procurement administrator based on the | 18 |
| proposals submitted. If the Commission rejects, within | 19 |
| 5 days, the Agency's selection, the Agency shall submit | 20 |
| another recommendation within 3 days based on the | 21 |
| proposals submitted. The Agency shall award a one-year | 22 |
| contract to the expert or expert consulting firm so | 23 |
| selected with Commission approval with an option for | 24 |
| the Agency for a one-year renewal. | 25 |
| (b) The experts or expert consulting firms retained by | 26 |
| the Agency shall, as appropriate, prepare procurement |
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| plans, and conduct a competitive procurement process as | 2 |
| prescribed in Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act, | 3 |
| to ensure adequate, reliable, affordable, efficient, and | 4 |
| environmentally sustainable electric service at the lowest | 5 |
| total cost over time, taking into account any benefits of | 6 |
| price stability, for eligible retail customers of electric | 7 |
| utilities that on December 31, 2005 provided electric | 8 |
| service to at least 100,000 customers in the State of | 9 |
| Illinois. | 10 |
| (c) Renewable portfolio standard. | 11 |
| (1) The procurement plans shall include | 12 |
| cost-effective renewable energy resources. A minimum | 13 |
| percentage of each utility's total supply to serve the | 14 |
| load of eligible retail customers, as defined in | 15 |
| Section 16-111.5(a) of the Public Utilities Act, | 16 |
| procured for each of the following years shall be | 17 |
| generated from cost-effective renewable energy | 18 |
| resources: at least 2% by June 1, 2008; at least 4% by | 19 |
| June 1, 2009; at least 5% by June 1, 2010; at least 6% | 20 |
| by June 1, 2011; at least 7% by June 1, 2012; at least | 21 |
| 8% by June 1, 2013; at least 9% by June 1, 2014; at | 22 |
| least 10% by June 1, 2015; and increasing by at least | 23 |
| 1.5% each year thereafter to at least 25% by June 1, | 24 |
| 2025. To the extent that it is available, at least 75% | 25 |
| of the renewable energy resources used to meet these | 26 |
| standards shall come from wind generation. For |
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| purposes of this Section, "cost-effective" means that | 2 |
| the costs of procuring renewable energy resources do | 3 |
| not cause the limit stated in paragraph (2) of this | 4 |
| subsection (c) to be exceeded and do not exceed | 5 |
| benchmarks based on market prices for renewable | 6 |
| resources in the region, which shall be developed by | 7 |
| the procurement administrator, in consultation with | 8 |
| the Commission staff, Agency staff, and the | 9 |
| procurement monitor and shall be subject to Commission | 10 |
| review and approval . | 11 |
| (2) For purposes of this subsection (c), the | 12 |
| required procurement of cost-effective renewable | 13 |
| energy resources for a particular year shall be | 14 |
| measured as a percentage of the actual amount of | 15 |
| electricity (megawatt-hours) supplied by the electric | 16 |
| utility to eligible retail customers in the planning | 17 |
| year ending immediately prior to the procurement. For | 18 |
| purposes of this subsection (c), the amount per | 19 |
| kilowatthour means the total amount paid for electric | 20 |
| service expressed on a per kilowatthour basis. For | 21 |
| purposes of this subsection (c), the total amount paid | 22 |
| for electric service includes without limitation | 23 |
| amounts paid for supply, transmission, distribution, | 24 |
| surcharges, and add-on taxes. | 25 |
| Notwithstanding the requirements of this | 26 |
| subsection (c), the total of renewable energy |
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| resources procured pursuant to the procurement plan | 2 |
| for any single year shall be reduced by an amount | 3 |
| necessary to limit the annual estimated average net | 4 |
| increase due to the costs of these resources included | 5 |
| in the amounts paid by eligible retail customers in | 6 |
| connection with electric service to: | 7 |
| (A) in 2008, no more than 0.5% of the amount | 8 |
| paid per kilowatthour by those customers during | 9 |
| the year ending May 31, 2007; | 10 |
| (B) in 2009, the greater of an additional 0.5% | 11 |
| of the amount paid per kilowatthour by those | 12 |
| customers during the year ending May 31, 2008 or 1% | 13 |
| of the amount paid per kilowatthour by those | 14 |
| customers during the year ending May 31, 2007; | 15 |
| (C) in 2010, the greater of an additional 0.5% | 16 |
| of the amount paid per kilowatthour by those | 17 |
| customers during the year ending May 31, 2009 or | 18 |
| 1.5% of the amount paid per kilowatthour by those | 19 |
| customers during the year ending May 31, 2007; | 20 |
| (D) in 2011, the greater of an additional 0.5% | 21 |
| of the amount paid per kilowatthour by those | 22 |
| customers during the year ending May 31, 2010 or 2% | 23 |
| of the amount paid per kilowatthour by those | 24 |
| customers during the year ending May 31, 2007; and | 25 |
| (E) thereafter, the amount of renewable energy | 26 |
| resources procured pursuant to the procurement |
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| plan for any single year shall be reduced by an | 2 |
| amount necessary to limit the estimated average | 3 |
| net increase due to the cost of these resources | 4 |
| included in the amounts paid by eligible retail | 5 |
| customers in connection with electric service to | 6 |
| no more than the greater of 2.015% of the amount | 7 |
| paid per kilowatthour by those customers during | 8 |
| the year ending May 31, 2007 or the incremental | 9 |
| amount per kilowatthour paid for these resources | 10 |
| in 2011. | 11 |
| No later than June 30, 2011, the Commission shall | 12 |
| review the limitation on the amount of renewable energy | 13 |
| resources procured pursuant to this subsection (c) and | 14 |
| report to the General Assembly its findings as to | 15 |
| whether that limitation unduly constrains the | 16 |
| procurement of cost-effective renewable energy | 17 |
| resources. | 18 |
| (3) Through June 1, 2011, renewable energy | 19 |
| resources shall be counted for the purpose of meeting | 20 |
| the renewable energy standards set forth in paragraph | 21 |
| (1) of this subsection (c) only if they are generated | 22 |
| from facilities located in the State, provided that | 23 |
| cost-effective renewable energy resources are | 24 |
| available from those facilities. If those | 25 |
| cost-effective resources are not available in | 26 |
| Illinois, they shall be procured in states that adjoin |
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| Illinois and may be counted towards compliance. If | 2 |
| those cost-effective resources are not available in | 3 |
| Illinois or in states that adjoin Illinois, they shall | 4 |
| be purchased elsewhere and shall be counted towards | 5 |
| compliance. After June 1, 2011, cost-effective | 6 |
| renewable energy resources located in Illinois and in | 7 |
| states that adjoin Illinois may be counted towards | 8 |
| compliance with the standards set forth in paragraph | 9 |
| (1) of this subsection (c). If those cost-effective | 10 |
| resources are not available in Illinois or in states | 11 |
| that adjoin Illinois, they shall be purchased | 12 |
| elsewhere and shall be counted towards compliance. | 13 |
| (4) The electric utility shall retire all | 14 |
| renewable energy credits used to comply with the | 15 |
| standard. | 16 |
| (d) The draft procurement plans are subject to public | 17 |
| comment, as required by Section 16-111.5 of the Public | 18 |
| Utilities Act. | 19 |
| (e) The Agency shall submit the final procurement plan | 20 |
| to the Commission. The Agency shall revise a procurement | 21 |
| plan if the Commission determines that it does not meet the | 22 |
| standards set forth in Section 16-111.5 of the Public | 23 |
| Utilities Act. | 24 |
| (f) The Agency shall assess fees to each affected | 25 |
| utility to recover the costs incurred in preparation of the | 26 |
| annual procurement plan for the utility. |
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| (g) The Agency shall assess fees to each bidder to | 2 |
| recover the costs incurred in connection with a competitive | 3 |
| procurement process.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.) | 5 |
| (20 ILCS 3855/1-80)
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| Sec. 1-80. Resource Development Bureau. The Resource | 7 |
| Development Bureau has the following duties and | 8 |
| responsibilities: | 9 |
| (a) At the Agency's discretion, conduct feasibility | 10 |
| studies on the construction of any facility. Funding for a | 11 |
| study shall come from either: | 12 |
| (i) fees assessed by the Agency on municipal | 13 |
| electric systems, governmental aggregators, unit or | 14 |
| units of local government, or rural electric | 15 |
| cooperatives requesting the feasibility study; or | 16 |
| (ii) an appropriation from the General Assembly. | 17 |
| (b) If the Agency undertakes the construction of a | 18 |
| facility, moneys generated from the sale of revenue bonds | 19 |
| by the Authority for the facility shall be used to | 20 |
| reimburse the source of the money used for the facility's | 21 |
| feasibility study. | 22 |
| (c) The Agency may develop, finance, construct, or | 23 |
| operate electric generation and co-generation facilities | 24 |
| that use indigenous coal or renewable resources, or both, | 25 |
| financed with bonds issued by the Authority on behalf of |
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| the Agency. Any such facility that uses coal must be a | 2 |
| clean coal facility and must be constructed in a location | 3 |
| Preference shall be given to technologies that enable | 4 |
| carbon capture and sites in locations where the geology is | 5 |
| suitable for carbon sequestration. The Agency may also | 6 |
| develop, finance, construct, or operate a carbon | 7 |
| sequestration facility. | 8 |
| (1) The Agency may enter into contractual | 9 |
| arrangements with private and public entities, | 10 |
| including but not limited to municipal electric | 11 |
| systems, governmental aggregators, and rural electric | 12 |
| cooperatives, to plan, site, construct, improve, | 13 |
| rehabilitate, and operate those electric generation | 14 |
| and co-generation facilities. No contract shall be | 15 |
| entered into by the Agency that would jeopardize the | 16 |
| tax-exempt status of any bond issued in connection with | 17 |
| a project for which the Agency entered into the | 18 |
| contract. | 19 |
| (2) The Agency shall hold at least one public | 20 |
| hearing before entering into any such contractual | 21 |
| arrangements. At least 30-days' notice of the hearing | 22 |
| shall be given by publication once in each week during | 23 |
| that period in 6 newspapers within the State, at least | 24 |
| one of which has a circulation area that includes the | 25 |
| location of the proposed facility. | 26 |
| (3) The first facility that the Agency develops, |
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| finances, or constructs shall be a facility that uses | 2 |
| coal produced in Illinois. The Agency may, however, | 3 |
| also develop, finance, or construct renewable energy | 4 |
| facilities after work on the first facility has | 5 |
| commenced. | 6 |
| (4) The Agency may not develop, finance, or | 7 |
| construct a nuclear power plant. | 8 |
| (5) The Agency shall assess fees to applicants | 9 |
| seeking to partner with the Agency on projects. | 10 |
| (d) Use of electricity generated by the Agency's | 11 |
| facilities. The Agency may supply electricity produced by | 12 |
| the Agency's facilities to municipal electric systems, | 13 |
| governmental aggregators, or rural electric cooperatives | 14 |
| in Illinois. The electricity shall be supplied at cost. | 15 |
| (1) Contracts to supply power and energy from the | 16 |
| Agency's facilities shall provide for the effectuation | 17 |
| of the policies set forth in this Act. | 18 |
| (2) The contracts shall also provide that, | 19 |
| notwithstanding any provision in the Public Utilities | 20 |
| Act, entities supplied with power and energy from an | 21 |
| Agency facility shall supply the power and energy to | 22 |
| retail customers at the same price paid to purchase | 23 |
| power and energy from the Agency. | 24 |
| (e) Electric utilities shall not be required to purchase | 25 |
| electricity directly or indirectly from facilities developed | 26 |
| or sponsored by the Agency. |
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| (f) The Agency may sell excess capacity and excess energy | 2 |
| into the wholesale electric market at prevailing market rates; | 3 |
| provided, however, the Agency may not sell excess capacity or | 4 |
| excess energy through the procurement process described in | 5 |
| Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act. | 6 |
| (g) The Agency shall not directly sell electric power and | 7 |
| energy to retail customers. Nothing in this paragraph shall be | 8 |
| construed to prohibit sales to municipal electric systems, | 9 |
| governmental aggregators, or rural electric cooperatives.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.) | 11 |
| Section 1-10. The Public Utilities Act is amended by | 12 |
| changing Sections 9-220 and 16-115 as follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/9-220) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-220)
| 14 |
| Sec. 9-220. Rate changes based on changes in fuel costs.
| 15 |
| (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9-201, the
| 16 |
| Commission may authorize the increase or decrease of rates and | 17 |
| charges
based upon changes in the cost of fuel used in the | 18 |
| generation or production
of electric power, changes in the cost | 19 |
| of purchased power, or changes in
the cost of purchased gas | 20 |
| through the application of fuel adjustment
clauses or purchased | 21 |
| gas adjustment clauses. The Commission may also
authorize the | 22 |
| increase or decrease of rates and charges based upon | 23 |
| expenditures
or revenues resulting from the purchase or sale of | 24 |
| emission allowances created
under the federal Clean Air Act |
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| Amendments of 1990,
through such fuel adjustment clauses, as a | 2 |
| cost of fuel. For the purposes of
this paragraph, cost of fuel | 3 |
| used in the generation or production of electric
power shall | 4 |
| include the amount of any fees paid by the utility for the
| 5 |
| implementation and operation of a process for the | 6 |
| desulfurization of the
flue gas when burning high sulfur coal | 7 |
| at any location within the State of
Illinois irrespective of | 8 |
| the attainment status designation of such
location; but shall | 9 |
| not include transportation costs
of coal
(i) except to the | 10 |
| extent that for contracts entered into on
and after the | 11 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997,
the cost of the | 12 |
| coal, including transportation costs,
constitutes the lowest | 13 |
| cost for adequate and reliable fuel
supply reasonably available | 14 |
| to the public utility in
comparison to the cost, including | 15 |
| transportation costs, of
other adequate and reliable sources of | 16 |
| fuel supply reasonably
available to the public utility, or (ii)
| 17 |
| except as otherwise provided in the next 3 sentences of this | 18 |
| paragraph.
Such costs of fuel
shall, when requested by a | 19 |
| utility or at the conclusion of the utility's
next general | 20 |
| electric rate proceeding, whichever shall first occur, include
| 21 |
| transportation costs of coal purchased under existing coal | 22 |
| purchase
contracts. For purposes of this paragraph "existing | 23 |
| coal purchase
contracts" means contracts for the purchase of | 24 |
| coal in effect on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of | 25 |
| 1991, as such contracts may
thereafter be amended, but only to | 26 |
| the extent that any such amendment does
not increase the |
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| aggregate quantity of coal to be purchased under such
contract.
| 2 |
| Nothing herein shall authorize an electric utility
to recover | 3 |
| through its fuel adjustment clause any amounts of
| 4 |
| transportation costs of coal that were included in the revenue
| 5 |
| requirement used to set base rates in its most recent general
| 6 |
| rate proceeding.
Cost shall be based upon uniformly applied | 7 |
| accounting
principles. Annually, the Commission shall initiate | 8 |
| public hearings to
determine whether the clauses reflect actual | 9 |
| costs of fuel, gas, power, or
coal transportation purchased to | 10 |
| determine whether such purchases were
prudent, and to reconcile | 11 |
| any amounts collected with the actual costs of
fuel, power, | 12 |
| gas, or coal transportation prudently purchased. In each such
| 13 |
| proceeding, the burden of proof shall be upon the utility to | 14 |
| establish the
prudence of its cost of fuel, power, gas, or coal
| 15 |
| transportation purchases
and costs.
The Commission shall
issue | 16 |
| its final order in each such annual proceeding for an
electric | 17 |
| utility by December 31 of the year immediately
following the | 18 |
| year to which the proceeding pertains, provided,
that the | 19 |
| Commission shall issue its final order with respect
to such | 20 |
| annual proceeding for the years 1996 and earlier by December | 21 |
| 31, 1998.
| 22 |
| (b) A public utility providing electric service, other than | 23 |
| a public utility
described in subsections (e) or (f) of this | 24 |
| Section, may at
any time during the mandatory transition period | 25 |
| file with the
Commission proposed tariff sheets that eliminate | 26 |
| the public
utility's fuel adjustment clause and adjust the |
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| public
utility's base rate tariffs by the amount necessary for | 2 |
| the
base fuel component of the base rates to recover the public
| 3 |
| utility's average fuel and power supply costs per kilowatt-hour | 4 |
| for the 2
most recent years for which the Commission
has issued | 5 |
| final orders in annual proceedings pursuant to
subsection (a), | 6 |
| where the average fuel and power supply costs
per kilowatt-hour | 7 |
| shall be calculated as the sum of the public
utility's prudent | 8 |
| and allowable fuel and power supply costs as
found by the | 9 |
| Commission in the 2 proceedings divided by the
public utility's | 10 |
| actual jurisdictional kilowatt-hour sales for
those 2 years. | 11 |
| Notwithstanding any contrary or inconsistent
provisions in | 12 |
| Section 9-201 of this Act, in subsection (a) of
this Section or | 13 |
| in any rules or regulations promulgated by the
Commission | 14 |
| pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section, the
Commission | 15 |
| shall review and shall by order approve, or approve
as | 16 |
| modified, the proposed tariff sheets within 60 days after
the | 17 |
| date of the public utility's filing. The Commission may
modify | 18 |
| the public utility's proposed tariff sheets only to the
extent | 19 |
| the Commission finds necessary to achieve conformance
to the | 20 |
| requirements of this subsection (b). During the 5
years | 21 |
| following the date of the Commission's order, but in any
event | 22 |
| no earlier than January 1, 2007, a public utility whose
fuel | 23 |
| adjustment clause has been eliminated pursuant to this
| 24 |
| subsection shall not file proposed tariff sheets seeking, or
| 25 |
| otherwise petition the Commission for, reinstatement of a fuel
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| adjustment clause.
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| (c) Notwithstanding any contrary or inconsistent
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| provisions in Section 9-201 of this Act, in subsection (a) of
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| this Section or in any rules or regulations promulgated by the
| 4 |
| Commission pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section, a
public | 5 |
| utility providing electric service, other than a public utility
| 6 |
| described
in subsection (e) or (f) of this Section, may at any | 7 |
| time
during the mandatory transition period file with the
| 8 |
| Commission proposed tariff sheets that establish the rate per
| 9 |
| kilowatt-hour to be applied pursuant to the public utility's
| 10 |
| fuel adjustment clause at the average value for such rate
| 11 |
| during the preceding 24 months, provided that such average
rate | 12 |
| results in a credit to customers' bills, without making
any | 13 |
| revisions to the public utility's base rate tariffs. The
| 14 |
| proposed tariff sheets shall establish the fuel adjustment
rate | 15 |
| for a specific time period of at least 3 years but not
more | 16 |
| than 5 years, provided that the terms and conditions for
any | 17 |
| reinstatement earlier than 5 years shall be set forth in
the | 18 |
| proposed tariff sheets and subject to modification or
approval | 19 |
| by the Commission. The Commission shall review and
shall by | 20 |
| order approve the proposed tariff sheets if it finds
that the | 21 |
| requirements of this subsection are met. The
Commission shall | 22 |
| not conduct the annual hearings specified in the
last 3 | 23 |
| sentences of subsection (a) of this Section for the
utility for | 24 |
| the period that the factor established pursuant to
this | 25 |
| subsection is in effect.
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| (d) A public utility providing electric service, or a |
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| public utility
providing gas service
may file with the | 2 |
| Commission proposed tariff sheets that
eliminate the public | 3 |
| utility's fuel or purchased gas
adjustment clause and adjust | 4 |
| the public utility's base rate
tariffs to provide for recovery | 5 |
| of power supply costs or gas
supply costs that would have been | 6 |
| recovered through such
clause; provided, that the provisions of | 7 |
| this subsection (d) shall not be
available to a public utility | 8 |
| described in subsections (e) or (f) of this
Section to | 9 |
| eliminate its fuel adjustment clause. Notwithstanding any | 10 |
| contrary
or inconsistent
provisions in Section 9-201 of this | 11 |
| Act, in subsection (a) of
this Section, or in any rules or | 12 |
| regulations promulgated by
the Commission pursuant to | 13 |
| subsection (g) of this Section, the
Commission shall review and | 14 |
| shall by order approve, or approve
as modified in the | 15 |
| Commission's order, the proposed tariff
sheets within 240 days | 16 |
| after the date of the public utility's
filing. The Commission's | 17 |
| order shall approve rates and
charges that the Commission, | 18 |
| based on information in the
public utility's filing or on the | 19 |
| record if a hearing is held
by the Commission, finds will | 20 |
| recover the reasonable, prudent
and necessary jurisdictional | 21 |
| power supply costs or gas supply
costs incurred or to be | 22 |
| incurred by the public utility during
a 12 month period found | 23 |
| by the Commission to be appropriate
for these purposes, | 24 |
| provided, that such period shall be either
(i) a 12 month | 25 |
| historical period occurring during the 15
months ending on the | 26 |
| date of the public utility's filing, or
(ii) a 12 month future |
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| period ending no later than 15 months
following the date of the | 2 |
| public utility's filing. The public
utility shall include with | 3 |
| its tariff filing information
showing both (1) its actual | 4 |
| jurisdictional power supply costs
or gas supply costs for a 12 | 5 |
| month historical period
conforming to (i) above and (2) its | 6 |
| projected jurisdictional
power supply costs or gas supply costs | 7 |
| for a future 12 month
period conforming to (ii) above. If the | 8 |
| Commission's order
requires modifications in the tariff sheets | 9 |
| filed by the
public utility, the public utility shall have 7 | 10 |
| days following
the date of the order to notify the Commission | 11 |
| whether the
public utility will implement the modified tariffs | 12 |
| or elect to
continue its fuel or purchased gas adjustment | 13 |
| clause in force
as though no order had been entered. The | 14 |
| Commission's order
shall provide for any reconciliation of | 15 |
| power supply costs or
gas supply costs, as the case may be, and | 16 |
| associated revenues
through the date that the public utility's | 17 |
| fuel or purchased
gas adjustment clause is eliminated. During | 18 |
| the 5 years
following the date of the Commission's order, a | 19 |
| public utility
whose fuel or purchased gas adjustment clause | 20 |
| has been
eliminated pursuant to this subsection shall not file | 21 |
| proposed
tariff sheets seeking, or otherwise petition the | 22 |
| Commission
for, reinstatement or adoption of a fuel or | 23 |
| purchased gas
adjustment clause. Nothing in this subsection (d) | 24 |
| shall be
construed as limiting the Commission's authority to | 25 |
| eliminate
a public utility's fuel adjustment clause or | 26 |
| purchased gas
adjustment clause in accordance with any other |
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| applicable
provisions of this Act.
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| (e) Notwithstanding any contrary or inconsistent | 3 |
| provisions in
Section 9-201 of this Act, in subsection (a) of | 4 |
| this Section, or in
any rules promulgated by the Commission | 5 |
| pursuant
to subsection (g) of this Section, a public utility | 6 |
| providing
electric service to more than 1,000,000 customers in | 7 |
| this State may, within the
first 6 months after the
effective | 8 |
| date of this amendatory Act of 1997, file with the
Commission | 9 |
| proposed tariff sheets that eliminate, effective
January 1, | 10 |
| 1997, the public utility's fuel adjustment clause
without | 11 |
| adjusting its base rates, and such tariff sheets shall be
| 12 |
| effective upon filing. To the extent the application of the | 13 |
| fuel
adjustment clause had resulted in net charges to customers | 14 |
| after
January 1, 1997, the utility shall also file a tariff | 15 |
| sheet that
provides for a refund stated on a per kilowatt-hour | 16 |
| basis of such
charges over a period not to exceed 6 months; | 17 |
| provided
however, that such refund shall not include the | 18 |
| proportional
amounts of taxes paid under the Use Tax Act, | 19 |
| Service Use Tax Act,
Service Occupation Tax Act, and Retailers' | 20 |
| Occupation Tax Act on
fuel used in generation. The Commission | 21 |
| shall issue an order
within 45 days after the date of the | 22 |
| public utility's filing
approving or approving as modified such | 23 |
| tariff sheet. If the fuel
adjustment clause is eliminated | 24 |
| pursuant to this subsection, the
Commission shall not conduct | 25 |
| the annual hearings specified in the
last 3 sentences of | 26 |
| subsection (a) of this Section for the
utility for any period |
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| after December 31, 1996 and prior to any
reinstatement of such | 2 |
| clause. A public utility whose fuel
adjustment clause has been | 3 |
| eliminated pursuant to this subsection
shall not file a | 4 |
| proposed tariff sheet seeking, or otherwise
petition the | 5 |
| Commission for, reinstatement of the fuel adjustment
clause | 6 |
| prior to January 1, 2007.
| 7 |
| (f) Notwithstanding any contrary or inconsistent | 8 |
| provisions in Section
9-201 of this Act, in subsection (a) of | 9 |
| this Section, or in any rules or
regulations promulgated by the | 10 |
| Commission pursuant to subsection (g) of this
Section, a public | 11 |
| utility providing electric service to more than 500,000
| 12 |
| customers but fewer than 1,000,000 customers in this State may, | 13 |
| within the
first
6 months after the effective date of this | 14 |
| amendatory Act of 1997, file with the
Commission proposed | 15 |
| tariff sheets that eliminate, effective January 1, 1997,
the | 16 |
| public utility's fuel adjustment clause and adjust its base | 17 |
| rates by the
amount necessary for the base fuel component of | 18 |
| the base rates to recover
91% of the public utility's average | 19 |
| fuel and power supply costs for the 2 most
recent years for | 20 |
| which the Commission, as of January 1, 1997, has issued final
| 21 |
| orders in annual proceedings pursuant to subsection (a), where | 22 |
| the average fuel
and power supply costs per kilowatt-hour shall | 23 |
| be calculated as the sum of the
public utility's prudent and | 24 |
| allowable fuel and power supply costs as found by
the | 25 |
| Commission in the 2 proceedings divided by the public utility's | 26 |
| actual
jurisdictional kilowatt-hour sales for those 2 years, |
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| provided, that such
tariff sheets shall be effective upon | 2 |
| filing. To the extent the application of
the fuel adjustment | 3 |
| clause had resulted in net charges to customers after
January | 4 |
| 1, 1997, the utility shall also file a tariff sheet that | 5 |
| provides for a
refund stated on a per kilowatt-hour basis of | 6 |
| such charges over a period not to
exceed 6 months. Provided | 7 |
| however, that such refund shall not include the
proportional | 8 |
| amounts of taxes paid under the Use Tax Act, Service Use Tax | 9 |
| Act,
Service Occupation Tax Act, and Retailers' Occupation Tax | 10 |
| Act on fuel used in
generation. The Commission shall issue an | 11 |
| order within 45 days after the date
of the public utility's | 12 |
| filing approving or approving as modified such tariff
sheet. If | 13 |
| the fuel adjustment clause is eliminated pursuant to this
| 14 |
| subsection, the Commission shall not conduct the annual | 15 |
| hearings specified in
the last 3 sentences of subsection (a) of | 16 |
| this Section for the utility for any
period after December 31, | 17 |
| 1996 and prior to any reinstatement of such clause.
A public | 18 |
| utility whose fuel adjustment clause has been eliminated | 19 |
| pursuant to
this subsection shall not file a proposed tariff | 20 |
| sheet seeking, or otherwise
petition the Commission for, | 21 |
| reinstatement of the fuel adjustment clause prior
to January 1, | 22 |
| 2007.
| 23 |
| (g) The Commission shall have authority to promulgate rules | 24 |
| and
regulations to
carry out the provisions of this Section.
| 25 |
| (h) Any gas utility may enter into a contract for up to 20 | 26 |
| years of supply with any company for the purchase of substitute |
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| natural gas (SNG) produced from coal through the gasification | 2 |
| process if the company has commenced construction of a coal | 3 |
| gasification facility by July 1, 2010. The cost for the SNG is | 4 |
| reasonable and prudent and recoverable through the purchased | 5 |
| gas adjustment clause for years one through 10 of the contract | 6 |
| if: (i) the only coal used in the gasification process has high | 7 |
| volatile bituminous rank and greater than 1.7 pounds of sulfur | 8 |
| per million Btu content; (ii) at the time the contract term | 9 |
| commences, the price per million Btu does not exceed $7.95 in | 10 |
| 2008 dollars, adjusted annually based on the change in the | 11 |
| Annual Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the | 12 |
| Midwest Region as published in April by the United States | 13 |
| Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (or a suitable | 14 |
| Consumer Price Index calculation if this Consumer Price Index | 15 |
| is not available) for the previous calendar year; provided that | 16 |
| the price per million Btu shall not exceed $8.95 at any time | 17 |
| during the contract; (iii) the utility's aggregate long-term | 18 |
| supply contracts for the purchase of SNG does not exceed 25% of | 19 |
| the annual system supply requirements of the utility at the | 20 |
| time the contract is entered into and the quantity of SNG | 21 |
| supplied to a utility by any one producer may not exceed 20 | 22 |
| billion cubic feet per year; and (iv) the contract is entered | 23 |
| into within 120 days after the effective date of this | 24 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly and terminates no | 25 |
| more than 20 years after the commencement of the commercial | 26 |
| production of synthetic natural gas at the facility. Contracts |
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| greater than 10 years shall provide that if, at any time during | 2 |
| supply years 11 through 20 of the contract, the Commission | 3 |
| determines that the cost for the synthetic natural gas | 4 |
| purchased under the contract during supply years 11 through 20 | 5 |
| is not reasonable and prudent, then the company shall reimburse | 6 |
| the utility for the difference between the cost deemed | 7 |
| reasonable and prudent by the Commission and the cost imposed | 8 |
| under the contract. All such contracts, regardless of duration, | 9 |
| shall require the owner of any facility supplying SNG under the | 10 |
| contract to provide documentation to the Commission each year, | 11 |
| starting in the facility's third year of commercial operation, | 12 |
| accurately reporting the quantity of carbon dioxide emissions | 13 |
| from the facility that have been captured and sequestered and | 14 |
| reporting any quantities of carbon dioxide released from the | 15 |
| site or sites at which carbon dioxide emissions were | 16 |
| sequestered in prior years, based on continuous monitoring of | 17 |
| those sites. If, in any year, the owner of the facility fails | 18 |
| to demonstrate that the SNG facility captured and sequestered | 19 |
| at least 90% of the total carbon dioxide emissions that the | 20 |
| facility would otherwise emit or that sequestration of | 21 |
| emissions from prior years has failed, resulting in the release | 22 |
| of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the owner of the | 23 |
| facility must offset excess emissions. Any such carbon dioxide | 24 |
| offsets must be permanent, additional, verifiable, real, | 25 |
| located within the State of Illinois, and legally and | 26 |
| practicably enforceable. The costs of such offsets that are not |
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| recoverable shall not exceed $30 million in any given year. No | 2 |
| costs of any such purchases of carbon offsets may be recovered | 3 |
| from a utility or its customers. All carbon offsets purchased | 4 |
| for this purpose must be permanently retired. In addition, 50% | 5 |
| of the carbon dioxide emission credits associated with the | 6 |
| required sequestration of carbon dioxide from the facility must | 7 |
| be permanently retired. An SNG facility operating pursuant to | 8 |
| this subsection (h) shall not forfeit its designation as a | 9 |
| clean coal SNG facility if the facility fails to fully comply | 10 |
| with the applicable carbon sequestration requirements in any | 11 |
| given year, provided the requisite offsets are purchased. | 12 |
| However, the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the | 13 |
| State of Illinois, may specifically enforce the facility's | 14 |
| sequestration requirements. Any gas utility may enter into a | 15 |
| 20-year supply contract with any company for synthetic natural | 16 |
| gas produced from coal through the gasification process if the | 17 |
| company has commenced construction of a coal gasification | 18 |
| facility by July 1, 2008. The cost for the synthetic natural | 19 |
| gas is reasonable and prudent and recoverable through the | 20 |
| purchased gas adjustment clause for years one through 10 of the | 21 |
| contract if: (i) the only coal used in the gasification process | 22 |
| has high volatile bituminous rank and greater than 1.7 pounds | 23 |
| of sulfur per million Btu content; (ii) at the time the | 24 |
| contract term commences, the price per million Btu does not | 25 |
| exceed $5 in 2004 dollars, adjusted annually based on the | 26 |
| change in the Annual Consumer Price Index for All Urban |
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| Consumers for the Midwest Region as published in April by the | 2 |
| United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics | 3 |
| (or a suitable Consumer Price Index calculation if this | 4 |
| Consumer Price Index is not available) for the previous | 5 |
| calendar year; provided that the price per million Btu shall | 6 |
| not exceed $5.50 at any time during the contract; (iii) the | 7 |
| utility's aggregate long-term supply contracts for the | 8 |
| purchase of synthetic natural gas produced from coal through | 9 |
| the gasification process does not exceed 25% of the annual | 10 |
| system supply requirements of the utility at the time the | 11 |
| contract is entered into; and (iv) the contract is entered into | 12 |
| within one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act | 13 |
| of the 94th General Assembly and terminates 20 years after the | 14 |
| commencement of the production of synthetic natural gas. The | 15 |
| contract shall provide that if, at any time during years 11 | 16 |
| through 20 of the contract, the Commission determines that the | 17 |
| cost for the synthetic natural gas under the contract is not | 18 |
| reasonable and prudent, then the company shall reimburse the | 19 |
| utility for the difference between the cost deemed reasonable | 20 |
| and prudent by the Commission and the cost imposed under the | 21 |
| contract. | 22 |
| (i) If a gas utility or an affiliate of a gas utility has | 23 |
| an ownership interest in any entity that produces or sells | 24 |
| synthetic natural gas, Article VII of this Act shall apply.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-63, eff. 6-21-05.)
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| Sec. 16-115. Certification of alternative retail
electric | 3 |
| suppliers. | 4 |
| (a) Any alternative retail electric supplier must obtain
a | 5 |
| certificate of service authority from the Commission in
| 6 |
| accordance with this Section before serving any retail
customer | 7 |
| or other user located in this State. An alternative
retail | 8 |
| electric supplier may request, and the Commission may
grant, a | 9 |
| certificate of service authority for the entire State
or for a | 10 |
| specified geographic area of the State.
| 11 |
| (b) An alternative retail electric supplier seeking a
| 12 |
| certificate of service authority shall file with the
Commission | 13 |
| a verified application containing information
showing that the | 14 |
| applicant meets the requirements of this
Section. The | 15 |
| alternative retail electric supplier shall
publish notice of | 16 |
| its application in the official State
newspaper within 10 days | 17 |
| following the date of its filing. No
later than 45 days after | 18 |
| the application is properly filed
with the Commission, and such | 19 |
| notice is published, the
Commission shall issue its order | 20 |
| granting or denying the
application.
| 21 |
| (c) An application for a certificate of service
authority | 22 |
| shall identify the area or areas in which the
applicant intends | 23 |
| to offer service and the types of services
it intends to offer. | 24 |
| Applicants that seek to serve
residential or small commercial | 25 |
| retail customers within a
geographic area that is smaller than | 26 |
| an electric utility's
service area shall submit evidence |
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| demonstrating that the
designation of this smaller area does | 2 |
| not violate Section 16-115A. An applicant
that seeks to serve | 3 |
| residential or small
commercial retail customers may state in | 4 |
| its application for
certification any limitations that will be | 5 |
| imposed on the
number of customers or maximum load to be | 6 |
| served.
| 7 |
| (d) The Commission shall grant the application for a
| 8 |
| certificate of service authority if it makes the findings set
| 9 |
| forth in this subsection
based on the verified
application and | 10 |
| such other information as the applicant may
submit:
| 11 |
| (1) That the applicant possesses sufficient
technical, | 12 |
| financial and managerial resources and
abilities to | 13 |
| provide the service for which it seeks a
certificate of | 14 |
| service authority. In determining the
level of technical, | 15 |
| financial and managerial resources
and abilities which the | 16 |
| applicant must demonstrate, the
Commission shall consider | 17 |
| (i) the characteristics,
including the size and financial | 18 |
| sophistication, of the
customers that the applicant seeks | 19 |
| to serve, and (ii)
whether the applicant seeks to provide | 20 |
| electric power and
energy using property, plant and | 21 |
| equipment which it owns,
controls or operates;
| 22 |
| (2) That the applicant will comply with all
applicable | 23 |
| federal, State, regional and industry rules,
policies, | 24 |
| practices and procedures for the use,
operation, and | 25 |
| maintenance of the safety, integrity and
reliability, of | 26 |
| the interconnected electric transmission
system;
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| (3) That the applicant will only provide service to
| 2 |
| retail customers in an electric utility's service area
that | 3 |
| are eligible to take delivery services under this
Act;
| 4 |
| (4) That the applicant will comply with such
| 5 |
| informational or reporting requirements as the Commission
| 6 |
| may by rule establish and provide the information required | 7 |
| by Section 16-112.
Any data related to
contracts for the | 8 |
| purchase and sale of electric power and
energy shall be | 9 |
| made available for review by the Staff of
the Commission on | 10 |
| a confidential and proprietary basis
and only to the extent | 11 |
| and for the purposes which the
Commission determines are | 12 |
| reasonably necessary in order
to carry out the purposes of | 13 |
| this Act;
| 14 |
| (5) That the applicant will supply electricity | 15 |
| generated by renewable energy resources, as defined in | 16 |
| Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act, to all of | 17 |
| the applicant's Illinois customers in amounts at least | 18 |
| equal to the percentages set forth in subsection (c) of | 19 |
| Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act. For purposes | 20 |
| of this Section:
| 21 |
| (i) The required procurement of electricity | 22 |
| generated by renewable energy resources shall be | 23 |
| measured as a percentage of the actual amount of | 24 |
| electricity (megawatt-hours) supplied by the | 25 |
| alternative retail electric supplier in the prior | 26 |
| calendar year, as reported for that year to the |
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| Commission. This purchase obligation applies to all | 2 |
| electricity sold pursuant to retail contracts | 3 |
| executed, extended, or otherwise revised after the | 4 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act, provided the | 5 |
| alternative retail electric supplier submits all | 6 |
| documentation needed by the Commission to determine | 7 |
| the actual amount of electricity supplied under | 8 |
| contracts that may be excluded under this limitation. | 9 |
| (ii) An alternative retail electric supplier need | 10 |
| not actually deliver electricity purchased to comply | 11 |
| with this Section to its customers, provided that if | 12 |
| the alternative retail electric supplier claims credit | 13 |
| for such purpose, subsequent purchasers shall not | 14 |
| receive any emission credits or renewable energy | 15 |
| credits in connection with the purchase of such | 16 |
| electricity. Alternative retail electric suppliers | 17 |
| shall maintain adequate records documenting the | 18 |
| contractual disposition of all electricity purchased | 19 |
| to comply with this Section and shall file an | 20 |
| accounting in the report which must be filed with the | 21 |
| Commission on April 1 of each year, starting in 2010, | 22 |
| in accordance with subsection (e) of this Section. | 23 |
| (iii) The required procurement of electricity | 24 |
| generated by renewable resources shall be limited to | 25 |
| the amount of electricity that can be purchased at a | 26 |
| price at or below the benchmarks approved by the |
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| Commission each year in accordance with item (1) of | 2 |
| subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power | 3 |
| Agency Act | 4 |
| (Blank) ;
| 5 |
| (6) With respect to an applicant that seeks to serve
| 6 |
| residential or small commercial retail customers, that
the | 7 |
| area to be served by the applicant and any
limitations it | 8 |
| proposes on the number of customers or
maximum amount of | 9 |
| load to be served meet the provisions
of Section 16-115A, | 10 |
| provided, that the Commission can
extend the time for | 11 |
| considering such a certificate
request by up to 90 days, | 12 |
| and can schedule hearings on
such a request;
| 13 |
| (7) That the applicant meets the requirements of | 14 |
| subsection (a) of Section
16-128; and
| 15 |
| (8) That the applicant will comply with all other
| 16 |
| applicable laws and regulations.
| 17 |
| (d-5) The Commission shall revoke the certification of any | 18 |
| alternative retail electric supplier that, on April 1, 2010 and | 19 |
| each year thereafter, fails to demonstrate that the electricity | 20 |
| provided to the alternative retail electricity supplier's | 21 |
| Illinois customers during the previous year was generated by | 22 |
| renewable energy resources in amounts at least equal to the | 23 |
| percentages set forth in subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the | 24 |
| Illinois Power Agency Act, as limited by subsection (d)(5)(iii) | 25 |
| of this Section. The Commission shall not accept an application | 26 |
| for certification from an alternative retail electric supplier |
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| that has lost certification under this subsection (d-5), or any | 2 |
| corporate affiliate thereof, for at least one year from the | 3 |
| date of revocation. | 4 |
| (e) A retail customer that owns a cogeneration or | 5 |
| self-generation facility
and that seeks certification only to
| 6 |
| provide electric power and energy from such facility to
retail | 7 |
| customers at separate locations which customers are
both (i) | 8 |
| owned by, or a subsidiary or other corporate
affiliate of, such | 9 |
| applicant and
(ii) eligible for delivery services, shall be | 10 |
| granted a
certificate of service authority upon filing an | 11 |
| application
and notifying the Commission that it has entered | 12 |
| into an
agreement with the relevant electric utilities pursuant | 13 |
| to
Section 16-118.
Provided, however, that if the retail | 14 |
| customer owning such cogeneration or
self-generation facility | 15 |
| would not be charged a transition charge due to the
exemption | 16 |
| provided under subsection (f) of Section 16-108 prior to the
| 17 |
| certification, and the retail customers at separate locations | 18 |
| are taking
delivery services in conjunction with purchasing | 19 |
| power and energy from the
facility, the retail customer on | 20 |
| whose premises the facility is located shall
not thereafter be | 21 |
| required to pay transition charges on the power and energy
that | 22 |
| such retail customer takes from the facility.
| 23 |
| (f) The Commission shall have the authority to
promulgate | 24 |
| rules and regulations to carry out the provisions
of this | 25 |
| Section. On or before May 1, 1999, the Commission
shall adopt a | 26 |
| rule or rules applicable to the certification of
those |
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| alternative retail electric suppliers that seek to serve
only | 2 |
| nonresidential retail customers with maximum electrical
| 3 |
| demands of one megawatt or more which shall provide for (i)
| 4 |
| expedited and streamlined procedures
for certification of such | 5 |
| alternative
retail electric suppliers and (ii) specific | 6 |
| criteria which,
if met by any such alternative retail electric | 7 |
| supplier, shall
constitute the demonstration of technical, | 8 |
| financial and
managerial resources and abilities to provide | 9 |
| service required
by subsection (d) (1) of this Section, such as | 10 |
| a requirement
to post a bond or letter of credit, from a | 11 |
| responsible surety
or financial institution, of sufficient | 12 |
| size for the nature
and scope of the services to be provided; | 13 |
| demonstration of
adequate insurance for the scope and nature of | 14 |
| the services to
be provided; and experience in providing | 15 |
| similar services in
other jurisdictions.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-130, eff. 1-1-08.)
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| ARTICLE 5 | 18 |
| Section 5-5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by | 19 |
| changing Section 2-203 as follows:
| 20 |
| (220 ILCS 5/2-203)
| 21 |
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2009)
| 22 |
| Sec. 2-203. Public Utility Fund base maintenance | 23 |
| contribution. Each For each of the years 2003 through 2008, |
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| each electric
utility as defined in Section 16-102 of this Act | 2 |
| providing service to more than
12,500 customers in this State | 3 |
| on January 1, 1995 shall contribute annually a
pro rata share | 4 |
| of a total amount of $5,500,000 based upon the number of
| 5 |
| kilowatt-hours delivered to retail customers within this State | 6 |
| by each such
electric utility in the 12 months preceding the | 7 |
| year of contribution. On or
before May 1 of each year, the | 8 |
| Illinois Commerce Commission shall determine and
notify the | 9 |
| Illinois Department of Revenue of the pro rata share owed by | 10 |
| each
electric utility based upon information supplied annually | 11 |
| to the Commission. On
or before June 1 of each year, the | 12 |
| Department of Revenue shall send written
notification to each | 13 |
| electric utility of the amount of pro rata share they owe.
| 14 |
| These contributions shall be remitted to the Department of | 15 |
| Revenue no earlier
that July 1 and no later than July 31 of | 16 |
| each year the contribution is due on a
return prescribed and
| 17 |
| furnished by the Department of Revenue showing such information | 18 |
| as the
Department of Revenue may reasonably require. The | 19 |
| Department of Revenue shall
place the funds remitted under this | 20 |
| Section in the Public Utility Fund in the
State treasury. The | 21 |
| funds received pursuant to this Section shall be subject to
| 22 |
| appropriation by the General Assembly. If an electric utility | 23 |
| does
not remit its pro rata share to the Department of Revenue, | 24 |
| the Department of
Revenue must inform the Illinois Commerce | 25 |
| Commission of such failure. The
Illinois Commerce Commission | 26 |
| may then revoke the certification of that electric
utility. |
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| This Section is repealed on January 1, 2014 2009 .
| 2 |
| (Source: P.A. 92-600, eff. 6-28-02.)
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| ARTICLE 10. | 4 |
| Section 10-5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 16-125 as follows:
| 6 |
| (220 ILCS 5/16-125)
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| Sec. 16-125. Transmission and distribution reliability
| 8 |
| requirements.
| 9 |
| (a) To assure the reliable delivery of electricity to all
| 10 |
| customers in this State and the effective implementation of
the | 11 |
| provisions of this Article, the Commission shall, within
180 | 12 |
| days of the effective date of this Article, adopt rules
and | 13 |
| regulations for assessing and assuring the reliability of
the | 14 |
| transmission and distribution systems and facilities that
are | 15 |
| under the Commission's jurisdiction.
| 16 |
| (b) These rules and regulations shall require each electric | 17 |
| utility or
alternative retail electric supplier owning, | 18 |
| controlling, or operating
transmission and distribution | 19 |
| facilities and equipment subject to the
Commission's | 20 |
| jurisdiction, referred to in this Section as "jurisdictional
| 21 |
| entities", to adopt and implement procedures for restoring | 22 |
| transmission and
distribution services to customers after | 23 |
| transmission or distribution outages
on a nondiscriminatory |
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| basis without regard to whether a customer has chosen
the | 2 |
| electric utility, an affiliate of the electric utility, or | 3 |
| another entity
as its provider of electric power and energy. | 4 |
| These rules and regulations
shall also, at a minimum, | 5 |
| specifically require each jurisdictional entity to
submit | 6 |
| annually to the Commission.
| 7 |
| (1) the number and duration of planned and
unplanned | 8 |
| outages during the prior year and their impacts
on | 9 |
| customers;
| 10 |
| (2) outages that were controllable and outages that
| 11 |
| were exacerbated in scope or duration by the condition of
| 12 |
| facilities, equipment or premises or by the actions or
| 13 |
| inactions of operating personnel or agents;
| 14 |
| (3) customer service interruptions that were due
| 15 |
| solely to the actions or inactions of an alternative
retail | 16 |
| electric supplier or a public utility in supplying
power or | 17 |
| energy;
| 18 |
| (4) a detailed report of the age, current
condition, | 19 |
| reliability and performance of the
jurisdictional entity's | 20 |
| existing transmission and
distribution facilities, which | 21 |
| shall include, without
limitation, the following data:
| 22 |
| (i) a summary of the jurisdictional entity's
| 23 |
| outages and voltage variances reportable under the
| 24 |
| Commission's rules;
| 25 |
| (ii) the jurisdictional entity's expenditures
for | 26 |
| transmission construction and maintenance, the
ratio |
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| of those expenditures to the jurisdictional
entity's | 2 |
| transmission investment, and the average
remaining | 3 |
| depreciation lives of the entity's
transmission | 4 |
| facilities, expressed as a percentage
of total | 5 |
| depreciation lives;
| 6 |
| (iii) the jurisdictional entity's expenditures
for | 7 |
| distribution construction and maintenance, the
ratio | 8 |
| of those expenditures to the jurisdictional
entity's | 9 |
| distribution investment, and the average
remaining | 10 |
| depreciation lives of the entity's
distribution | 11 |
| facilities, expressed as a percentage
of total | 12 |
| depreciation lives;
| 13 |
| (iv) a customer satisfaction survey covering,
| 14 |
| among other areas identified in Commission rules,
| 15 |
| reliability, customer service, and understandability
| 16 |
| of the jurisdictional entity's services and prices;
| 17 |
| and
| 18 |
| (v) the corresponding information, in the same
| 19 |
| format, for the previous 3 years, if available;
| 20 |
| (5) a plan for future investment and reliability
| 21 |
| improvements for the jurisdictional entity's transmission
| 22 |
| and distribution facilities that will ensure continued
| 23 |
| reliable delivery of energy to customers and provide the
| 24 |
| delivery reliability needed for fair and open competition; | 25 |
| and
| 26 |
| (6) a report of the jurisdictional entity's
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| implementation of its plan filed pursuant to subparagraph | 2 |
| (5)
for the previous reporting period.
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| (c) The Commission rules shall set forth the criteria
that | 4 |
| will be used to assess each jurisdictional entity's annual | 5 |
| report and
evaluate its reliability performance. Such criteria
| 6 |
| must take into account, at a minimum: the items required to be
| 7 |
| reported in subsection (b); the relevant characteristics of
the | 8 |
| area served; the age and condition of the system's
equipment | 9 |
| and facilities; good engineering practices; the
costs of | 10 |
| potential actions; and the benefits of avoiding the
risks of | 11 |
| service disruption.
| 12 |
| (d) At least every 3 years, beginning in the year
the | 13 |
| Commission issues the rules required by subsection
(a) or the | 14 |
| following year if the rules are issued after June
1, the | 15 |
| Commission shall assess the annual report of each
| 16 |
| jurisdictional entity and evaluate its reliability | 17 |
| performance. The
Commission's evaluation shall
include | 18 |
| specific identification of, and recommendations
concerning, | 19 |
| any potential reliability problems that it has
identified as a | 20 |
| result of its evaluation.
| 21 |
| (e) In the event that more than either (i) 30,000 (or some | 22 |
| other number, but only as provided by statute) of the total | 23 |
| customers or (ii) 0.8% (or some other percentage, but only as | 24 |
| provided by statute) of the total customers , whichever is less, | 25 |
| of an electric
utility are subjected to a continuous power | 26 |
| interruption of
4 hours or more that results in the |
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| transmission of power
at less than 50% of the standard voltage, | 2 |
| or that results in
the total loss of power transmission, the | 3 |
| utility shall be
responsible for compensating customers | 4 |
| affected by that interruption for 4
hours or more for all
| 5 |
| actual damages, which shall not include consequential
damages, | 6 |
| suffered as a result of the power interruption.
The utility | 7 |
| shall also reimburse the affected municipality,
county, or | 8 |
| other unit of local government in which the power
interruption | 9 |
| has taken place for all
emergency and contingency expenses | 10 |
| incurred by the unit of
local government as a result of the | 11 |
| interruption. A waiver
of the requirements of this subsection | 12 |
| may be granted by the
Commission in instances in which the | 13 |
| utility can show that
the power interruption was a result of | 14 |
| any
one or more of the following causes:
| 15 |
| (1) Unpreventable damage due to weather events or
| 16 |
| conditions.
| 17 |
| (2) Customer tampering.
| 18 |
| (3) Unpreventable damage due to civil or
international | 19 |
| unrest or animals.
| 20 |
| (4) Damage to utility equipment or other actions by a | 21 |
| party other
than the utility, its employees, agents, or
| 22 |
| contractors.
| 23 |
| Loss of revenue and expenses incurred in complying with this
| 24 |
| subsection may not be recovered from ratepayers.
| 25 |
| (f) In the event of a power surge or other fluctuation
that | 26 |
| causes damage and affects more than either (i) 30,000 (or some |
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| other number, but only as provided by statute) of the total | 2 |
| customers or (ii) 0.8% (or some other percentage, but only as | 3 |
| provided by statute) of the total customers, whichever is less, | 4 |
| the electric utility
shall pay to
affected customers the | 5 |
| replacement value of all goods
damaged as a result of the power | 6 |
| surge or other fluctuation
unless the utility can show that the | 7 |
| power surge or other
fluctuation was due to one or more of the | 8 |
| following causes:
| 9 |
| (1) Unpreventable damage due to weather events or
| 10 |
| conditions.
| 11 |
| (2) Customer tampering.
| 12 |
| (3) Unpreventable damage due to civil or
international | 13 |
| unrest or animals.
| 14 |
| (4) Damage to utility equipment or other actions by a | 15 |
| party other
than the utility, its employees, agents, or
| 16 |
| contractors.
| 17 |
| Loss of revenue and expenses incurred in complying with this
| 18 |
| subsection may not be recovered from ratepayers. Customers with | 19 |
| respect to
whom a waiver has been granted by the Commission | 20 |
| pursuant to subparagraphs
(1)-(4) of subsections (e) and (f) | 21 |
| shall not count toward the either (i) 30,000 (or some other | 22 |
| number, but only as provided by statute) of the total customers | 23 |
| or (ii) 0.8% (or some other percentage, but only as provided by | 24 |
| statute) of the total customers
required therein.
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| (g) Whenever an electric utility must perform
planned or | 26 |
| routine maintenance or repairs on its equipment
that will |
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| result in transmission of power at less than 50%
of the | 2 |
| standard voltage, loss of power, or power fluctuation
(as | 3 |
| defined in subsection (f)), the utility shall make
reasonable | 4 |
| efforts to notify potentially affected customers
no less than | 5 |
| 24 hours in advance of performance of the
repairs or | 6 |
| maintenance.
| 7 |
| (h) Remedies provided for under this Section may be
sought | 8 |
| exclusively through the Illinois Commerce Commission
as | 9 |
| provided under Section 10-109 of this Act. Damages
awarded | 10 |
| under this Section for a power interruption shall be
limited to | 11 |
| actual damages, which shall not include
consequential damages, | 12 |
| and litigation costs. A utility's request for a waiver of this | 13 |
| Section shall be timely if filed no later than 30 days after | 14 |
| the date on which a claim is filed with the Commission seeking | 15 |
| damages or expense reimbursement under this Section. No utility | 16 |
| shall be liable under this Section while a request for waiver | 17 |
| is pending. Damage awards
may not be paid out of utility rate | 18 |
| funds.
| 19 |
| (i) The provisions of this Section shall not in any way
| 20 |
| diminish or replace other civil or administrative remedies
| 21 |
| available to a customer or a class of customers.
| 22 |
| (j) The Commission shall by rule require an electric
| 23 |
| utility to maintain service records detailing
information on | 24 |
| each instance of transmission of power at
less than 50% of the | 25 |
| standard voltage, loss of power, or
power fluctuation (as | 26 |
| defined in subsection (f)), that
affects 10 or more customers. |
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| Occurrences that are
momentary shall not be required to be | 2 |
| recorded or reported.
The service record shall include, for | 3 |
| each occurrence, the
following information:
| 4 |
| (1) The date.
| 5 |
| (2) The time of occurrence.
| 6 |
| (3) The duration of the incident.
| 7 |
| (4) The number of customers affected.
| 8 |
| (5) A description of the cause.
| 9 |
| (6) The geographic area affected.
| 10 |
| (7) The specific equipment involved in the
fluctuation | 11 |
| or interruption.
| 12 |
| (8) A description of measures taken to restore
service.
| 13 |
| (9) A description of measures taken to remedy the
cause | 14 |
| of the power interruption or fluctuation.
| 15 |
| (10) A description of measures taken to prevent
future | 16 |
| occurrence.
| 17 |
| (11) The amount of remuneration, if any, paid to
| 18 |
| affected customers.
| 19 |
| (12) A statement of whether the fixed charge was
waived | 20 |
| for affected customers.
| 21 |
| Copies of the records containing this information shall
be | 22 |
| available for public inspection at the utility's offices,
and | 23 |
| copies thereof may be obtained upon payment of a fee not
| 24 |
| exceeding the reasonable cost of reproduction. A copy of
each | 25 |
| record shall be filed with the Commission and shall be
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| available for public inspection. Copies of the records may
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reasonable | 2 |
| cost of reproduction.
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| (k) The requirements of subsections (e) through (j) of
this | 4 |
| Section shall apply only to an electric public utility
having | 5 |
| 100,000 1,000,000 or more customers.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
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| ARTICLE 15 | 8 |
| Section 15-5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by | 9 |
| changing Section 2-202 as follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/2-202) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-202)
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| Sec. 2-202. Policy; Public Utility Fund; tax.
| 12 |
| (a) It is declared to be the public policy of this State | 13 |
| that
in order to maintain and foster the effective regulation | 14 |
| of public
utilities under this Act in the interests of the | 15 |
| People of the State of
Illinois and the public utilities as | 16 |
| well, the public utilities subject
to regulation under this Act | 17 |
| and which enjoy the privilege of operating
as public utilities | 18 |
| in this State, shall bear the expense of
administering this Act | 19 |
| by means of a tax on such privilege measured by the
annual | 20 |
| gross revenue of such public utilities in the manner provided | 21 |
| in
this Section. For purposes of this Section, "expense of
| 22 |
| administering this Act" includes any costs incident to studies, | 23 |
| whether
made by the Commission or under contract entered into |
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| by the Commission,
concerning environmental pollution problems | 2 |
| caused or contributed to by
public utilities and the means for | 3 |
| eliminating or abating those
problems. Such proceeds shall be | 4 |
| deposited in the Public Utility Fund in
the State treasury.
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| (b) All of the ordinary and contingent expenses of the
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| Commission incident to the administration of this Act shall be | 7 |
| paid out
of the Public Utility Fund except the compensation of | 8 |
| the members of the
Commission which shall be paid from the | 9 |
| General Revenue Fund.
Notwithstanding other provisions of this | 10 |
| Act to the contrary, the
ordinary and contingent expenses of | 11 |
| the Commission incident to the
administration of the Illinois | 12 |
| Commercial Transportation Law may be paid
from appropriations | 13 |
| from the Public Utility Fund through the end of fiscal
year | 14 |
| 1986.
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| (c) A tax is imposed upon each public utility subject to | 16 |
| the
provisions of this Act equal to .08% of its gross revenue | 17 |
| for each
calendar year commencing with the calendar year | 18 |
| beginning January 1, 1982,
except that the Commission may, by | 19 |
| rule, establish a different rate no
greater than 0.1%.
For | 20 |
| purposes of this Section, "gross revenue" shall not include
| 21 |
| revenue from the production, transmission, distribution, sale,
| 22 |
| delivery, or furnishing of electricity.
"Gross revenue" shall | 23 |
| not include amounts paid by telecommunications retailers
under | 24 |
| the Telecommunications Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Act.
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| (d) Annual gross revenue returns shall be filed in | 26 |
| accordance with
paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection (d).
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| (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this | 2 |
| subsection (d), on
or before January 10 of each year each | 3 |
| public utility
subject to the provisions of this Act shall | 4 |
| file with the Commission an
estimated annual gross revenue | 5 |
| return containing an estimate of the amount
of its gross | 6 |
| revenue for the calendar year commencing January 1 of said
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| year and a statement of the amount of tax due for said | 8 |
| calendar year on the
basis of that estimate. Public | 9 |
| utilities may also file revised returns
containing updated | 10 |
| estimates and updated amounts of tax due during the
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| calendar year. These revised returns, if filed, shall form | 12 |
| the basis for
quarterly payments due during the remainder | 13 |
| of the calendar year. In
addition, on or before March 31 of | 14 |
| each year, each public
utility shall
file an amended return | 15 |
| showing the actual amount of gross revenues shown by
the | 16 |
| company's books and records as of December 31 of the | 17 |
| previous year.
Forms and instructions for such estimated, | 18 |
| revised, and amended returns
shall be devised and supplied | 19 |
| by the Commission.
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| (2) Beginning with returns due after January 1, 2002, | 21 |
| the
requirements of paragraph (1) of
this subsection (d) | 22 |
| shall not apply to any public utility in any calendar year
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| for which the total tax the public utility owes under this | 24 |
| Section is less than
$10,000. For such public utilities | 25 |
| with respect to such years,
the public
utility shall file | 26 |
| with the Commission, on or before March 31
of the
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| year, an annual gross revenue return for the year and a | 2 |
| statement of
the amount of tax due for that year on the | 3 |
| basis of such a return. Forms and
instructions for such | 4 |
| returns and corrected returns shall be devised and
supplied | 5 |
| by the Commission.
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| (e) All returns submitted to the Commission by a public | 7 |
| utility as
provided in this subsection (e) or subsection (d) of | 8 |
| this Section shall contain
or be verified by a written | 9 |
| declaration by an appropriate officer of the public
utility | 10 |
| that the return is made under the penalties of perjury. The | 11 |
| Commission
may audit each such return submitted and may, under | 12 |
| the provisions of Section
5-101 of this Act, take such measures | 13 |
| as are necessary to ascertain the
correctness of the returns | 14 |
| submitted. The Commission has the power to direct
the filing of | 15 |
| a corrected return by any utility which has filed an incorrect
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| return and to direct the filing of a return by any utility | 17 |
| which has failed to
submit a return. A taxpayer's signing a | 18 |
| fraudulent return under this Section
is perjury, as defined in | 19 |
| Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
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| (f) (1) For all public utilities subject to paragraph (1) | 21 |
| of
subsection (d), at least one quarter of the annual amount of | 22 |
| tax due
under subsection (c) shall be paid to the Commission on | 23 |
| or before the tenth day
of January, April, July, and October of | 24 |
| the calendar year subject to tax. In
the event that an | 25 |
| adjustment in the amount of tax due should be necessary as a
| 26 |
| result of the filing of an amended or corrected return under |
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| subsection (d) or
subsection (e) of this Section, the amount of | 2 |
| any deficiency shall be paid by
the public utility together | 3 |
| with the amended or corrected return and the amount
of any | 4 |
| excess shall, after the filing of a claim for credit by the | 5 |
| public
utility, be returned to the public utility in the form | 6 |
| of a credit memorandum
in the amount of such excess or be | 7 |
| refunded to the public utility in accordance
with the | 8 |
| provisions of subsection (k) of this Section. However, if such
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| deficiency or excess is less than $1, then the public utility | 10 |
| need not pay the
deficiency and may not claim a credit.
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| (2) Any public utility subject to paragraph (2) of | 12 |
| subsection (d)
shall pay the amount of tax due under subsection | 13 |
| (c) on or before March
31 next following the end of the | 14 |
| calendar year subject to tax. In the
event that an adjustment | 15 |
| in the amount of tax due should be necessary as a
result of the | 16 |
| filing of a corrected return under subsection (e), the amount
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| of any deficiency shall be paid by the public utility at the | 18 |
| time the
corrected return is filed. Any excess tax payment by | 19 |
| the public utility shall
be returned to it after the filing of | 20 |
| a claim for credit, in the form of a
credit memorandum in the | 21 |
| amount of the excess. However, if such deficiency or
excess is | 22 |
| less than $1, the public utility need not pay the deficiency | 23 |
| and may
not claim a credit.
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| (g) Each installment or required payment of the tax imposed | 25 |
| by
subsection (c) becomes delinquent at midnight of the date | 26 |
| that it is due.
Failure to make a payment as required by this |
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imposition of a late payment | 2 |
| penalty, an underestimation penalty, or both,
as provided by | 3 |
| this subsection. The late payment penalty shall be the
greater | 4 |
| of:
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| (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month that the | 6 |
| installment or
required payment is unpaid or
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| (2) an amount equal to the difference between what | 8 |
| should have been paid
on the due date, based upon the most | 9 |
| recently filed estimated, annual, or
amended return, and | 10 |
| what was
actually paid, times 1%, for each month or portion | 11 |
| of a
month that
the installment or required payment goes | 12 |
| unpaid. This penalty may be
assessed as soon as the | 13 |
| installment or required payment becomes delinquent.
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| The underestimation penalty shall apply to those public | 15 |
| utilities
subject to paragraph (1) of subsection (d) and shall | 16 |
| be calculated after
the filing of the amended return. It shall | 17 |
| be imposed if the amount actually
paid on any of the dates | 18 |
| specified in subsection (f) is not equal to at least
one-fourth | 19 |
| of the amount actually due for the year, and shall equal the | 20 |
| greater
of:
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| (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month that the | 22 |
| amount due is unpaid
or
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| (2) an amount equal to the difference between what | 24 |
| should have been
paid, based on the amended return, and | 25 |
| what was actually paid as of the
date specified in | 26 |
| subsection (f), times a percentage equal to 1/12 of the
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| of 10% and the percentage most recently established by the | 2 |
| Commission
for interest to be paid on customer deposits | 3 |
| under 83 Ill. Adm. Code
280.70(e)(1), for each month or | 4 |
| portion of a month that the amount due goes
unpaid, except | 5 |
| that no underestimation penalty shall be assessed if the
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| amount actually paid on or before each of the dates | 7 |
| specified in subsection
(f) was
based on an estimate of | 8 |
| gross revenues at least equal to the actual gross
revenues | 9 |
| for the previous year. The Commission may enforce the | 10 |
| collection
of any delinquent installment or payment, or | 11 |
| portion thereof by legal
action or in any other manner by | 12 |
| which the collection of debts due the
State of Illinois may | 13 |
| be enforced under the laws of this State. The
executive | 14 |
| director or his designee may excuse the payment of an
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| assessed penalty or a portion of an assessed penalty if he | 16 |
| determines that
enforced collection of the penalty as | 17 |
| assessed
would be unjust.
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| (h) All sums collected by the Commission under the | 19 |
| provisions of
this Section shall be paid promptly after the | 20 |
| receipt of the same, accompanied
by a detailed statement | 21 |
| thereof, into the Public Utility Fund in the State
treasury.
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| (i) During the month of October of each odd-numbered year | 23 |
| the
Commission shall:
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| (1) determine the amount of all moneys deposited in the | 25 |
| Public Utility
Fund during the preceding fiscal biennium | 26 |
| plus the balance, if any, in that
fund at the beginning of |
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| (2) determine the sum total of the following items: (A) | 3 |
| all moneys
expended or obligated against appropriations | 4 |
| made from the Public Utility
Fund during the preceding | 5 |
| fiscal biennium, plus (B) the sum of the credit
memoranda | 6 |
| then outstanding against the Public Utility Fund, if any; | 7 |
| and
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| (3) determine the amount, if any, by which the sum | 9 |
| determined as
provided in item (1) exceeds the amount | 10 |
| determined as provided in item (2).
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| If the amount determined as provided in item (3) of this | 12 |
| subsection exceeds
50% of the previous fiscal year's | 13 |
| appropriation level $5,000,000 , the Commission shall then | 14 |
| compute the
proportionate amount, if
any, which (x) the tax | 15 |
| paid hereunder by each utility during the preceding
biennium, | 16 |
| and (y) the amount paid into the Public Utility Fund during the
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| preceding biennium by the Department of Revenue pursuant to | 18 |
| Sections 2-9 and
2-11
of the Electricity Excise Tax Law, bears | 19 |
| to the difference between the amount
determined as
provided in | 20 |
| item (3) of this subsection (i) and 50% of the previous fiscal | 21 |
| year's appropriation level $5,000,000 .
The
Commission
shall | 22 |
| cause the proportionate amount determined with respect to | 23 |
| payments
made under the Electricity Excise Tax Law to be | 24 |
| transferred into the General
Revenue Fund in the State | 25 |
| Treasury, and notify each
public utility that it may file | 26 |
| during the 3 month period after the date of
notification a |
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| claim for credit for the proportionate amount
determined with | 2 |
| respect to payments made hereunder by the public utility.
If | 3 |
| the
proportionate amount is less than $10, no notification will | 4 |
| be sent by the
Commission, and no right to a claim exists as to | 5 |
| that amount. Upon the
filing of a claim for credit within the | 6 |
| period provided, the Commission
shall issue a credit memorandum | 7 |
| in such amount to such public utility. Any
claim for credit | 8 |
| filed after the period provided for in this Section is void.
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| (j) Credit memoranda issued pursuant to subsection (f)
and | 10 |
| credit memoranda issued after notification and filing pursuant | 11 |
| to
subsection (i) may be applied for the 2 year period from the | 12 |
| date of issuance,
against the payment of any amount due during | 13 |
| that period under
the tax imposed by subsection (c), or, | 14 |
| subject to reasonable rule of the
Commission including | 15 |
| requirement of notification, may be assigned to any
other | 16 |
| public utility subject to regulation under this Act. Any | 17 |
| application
of credit memoranda after the period provided for | 18 |
| in this Section is void.
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| (k) The chairman or executive director may make refund of | 20 |
| fees, taxes or
other charges whenever he shall determine that | 21 |
| the person or public utility
will not be liable for payment of | 22 |
| such fees, taxes or charges during the
next 24 months and he | 23 |
| determines that the issuance of a credit memorandum
would be | 24 |
| unjust.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-11, eff. 6-11-01; 92-22, eff. 6-30-01; 92-526, | 26 |
| eff.
1-1-03.)
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| Section 15-10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 2 |
| changing Section 18c-1503 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/18c-1503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-1503)
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| Sec. 18c-1503. Legislative Intent. It is the intent of the | 5 |
| Legislature that the exercise of powers
under Sections 18c-1501 | 6 |
| and 18c-1502 of this Chapter shall not
diminish revenues to the | 7 |
| Commission, and that any surplus or
deficit of revenues in the | 8 |
| Transportation Regulatory Fund,
together with any projected | 9 |
| changes in the cost of administering
and enforcing this | 10 |
| Chapter, should be considered in establishing or
adjusting fees | 11 |
| and taxes in succeeding years. The Commission
shall administer | 12 |
| fees and taxes under this Chapter in such a manner
as to insure | 13 |
| that any surplus generated or accumulated in the
Transportation | 14 |
| Regulatory Fund does not exceed 50% of the previous fiscal | 15 |
| year's appropriation the surplus
accumulated in the Motor | 16 |
| Vehicle Fund during fiscal year 1984, and
shall adjust the | 17 |
| level of such fees and taxes to insure
compliance with this | 18 |
| provision.
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| (Source: P.A. 84-796.)
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| ARTICLE 99 | 21 |
| Section 99-97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are | 22 |
| severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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| Section 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June | 2 |
| 1, 2009.".
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