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| Public Act 100-0402 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning finance.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and | ||||
Coal Resources
Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing | ||||
Section 6-5 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 687/6-5)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
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Sec. 6-5. Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
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Development Assistance Charge. | ||||
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-111 of the | ||||
Public
Utilities
Act but subject to subsection (e) of this | ||||
Section,
each
public utility, electric cooperative, as defined | ||||
in Section 3.4 of the Electric
Supplier
Act, and municipal | ||||
utility, as referenced in Section 3-105 of the Public
Utilities | ||||
Act,
that is engaged in the delivery of electricity or the | ||||
distribution of natural
gas within
the State of Illinois shall, | ||||
effective January 1, 1998, assess each of its
customer
accounts | ||||
a monthly Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
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Development Assistance Charge. The delivering public utility, | ||||
municipal
electric or
gas utility, or electric or gas | ||||
cooperative for a self-assessing purchaser
remains
subject to | ||||
the collection of the fee imposed by this Section. The monthly
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charge
shall be as follows:
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(1) $0.05 per month on each account for residential
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electric service as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
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Assistance Act;
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(2) $0.05 per month on each account for residential
gas | ||
service as defined in Section 13 of the
Energy Assistance | ||
Act;
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(3) $0.50 per month on each account for
nonresidential | ||
electric service, as defined in Section 13
of the Energy | ||
Assistance Act, which had less than 10
megawatts of peak | ||
demand during the previous calendar
year;
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(4) $0.50 per month on each account for
nonresidential | ||
gas service, as defined in Section 13 of
the Energy | ||
Assistance Act, which had distributed to it
less than | ||
4,000,000
therms of gas during the previous calendar year;
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(5) $37.50 per month on each account for
nonresidential | ||
electric service, as defined in Section 13
of the Energy | ||
Assistance Act, which had 10 megawatts
or greater of peak | ||
demand during the previous calendar
year; and
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(6) $37.50 per month on each account for
nonresidential | ||
gas service, as defined in Section 13 of
the Energy | ||
Assistance Act, which had 4,000,000 or
more therms of gas | ||
distributed to it during the previous
calendar year.
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(b) The Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology | ||
Development
Assistance
Charge assessed by electric and gas | ||
public utilities shall be considered a
charge
for public | ||
utility service.
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(c) Fifty percent of the moneys collected pursuant to
this | ||
Section shall be deposited in the Renewable Energy
Resources | ||
Trust Fund by the Department of Revenue. From those funds, | ||
$2,000,000 may be used annually by the Department to provide | ||
grants to the Illinois Green Economy Network for the purposes | ||
of funding education and training for renewable energy and | ||
energy efficiency technology and for the operation and services | ||
of the Illinois Green Economy Network. The remaining 50 percent
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of the moneys
collected pursuant to this Section shall be | ||
deposited in the
Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund by | ||
the Department of Revenue
for the exclusive purposes of (1) | ||
capturing or sequestering carbon emissions produced by coal | ||
combustion; (2) supporting research on the capture and | ||
sequestration of carbon emissions produced by coal combustion; | ||
and (3) improving coal miner safety.
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(d) By the 20th day of the month following the month in | ||
which the charges
imposed by this Section were collected, each | ||
utility
and alternative retail electric
supplier collecting | ||
charges
pursuant to this Section shall remit
to the Department | ||
of Revenue for deposit in the
Renewable Energy Resources Trust | ||
Fund and the Coal Technology Development
Assistance Fund all
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moneys received as payment of the charge provided for in this
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Section on a return prescribed and furnished by the Department | ||
of Revenue
showing such information as the Department of | ||
Revenue may reasonably require.
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(e) The charges imposed by this Section shall only apply
to | ||
customers of municipal electric or gas utilities and electric | ||
or gas
cooperatives if the municipal electric or gas utility or | ||
electric or
gas
cooperative makes an affirmative decision to | ||
impose the
charge.
If a municipal electric or gas utility or an | ||
electric or gas cooperative
makes an
affirmative decision to | ||
impose the charge provided by this Section, the
municipal
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electric or gas utility or electric or gas cooperative shall | ||
inform the
Department of
Revenue in writing of such decision | ||
when it begins to impose the charge.
If a municipal electric or | ||
gas utility or electric or gas
cooperative does not assess this | ||
charge, its customers shall
not be eligible for the Renewable | ||
Energy Resources Program.
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(f) The Department of Revenue may establish such rules as | ||
it deems
necessary to implement this Section.
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(Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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