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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Lake Michigan Wind Energy Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 20 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (20 ILCS 896/20)
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| 7 | Sec. 20. Offshore Wind Energy Economic Development Policy | ||||||
| 8 | Task Force. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The Governor shall convene an Offshore Wind Energy | ||||||
| 10 | Economic Development Policy Task Force, to be chaired by the | ||||||
| 11 | Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or his or her | ||||||
| 12 | designee, to analyze and evaluate policy and economic options | ||||||
| 13 | to facilitate the development of offshore wind energy, and to | ||||||
| 14 | propose an appropriate Illinois mechanism for purchasing and | ||||||
| 15 | selling power from possible offshore wind energy projects. The | ||||||
| 16 | Task Force shall examine mechanisms used in other states and | ||||||
| 17 | jurisdictions, including, without limitation, feed-in tariffs, | ||||||
| 18 | renewable energy certificates, renewable energy certificate | ||||||
| 19 | carve-outs, power purchase agreements, and pilot projects. The | ||||||
| 20 | Task Force shall report its findings and recommendations to the | ||||||
| 21 | Governor and General Assembly within 12 months of convening by | ||||||
| 22 | December 31, 2013.
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| 23 | (b) The Director of the Illinois Power Agency (or his or | ||||||
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| 1 | her designee), the Executive Director of the Illinois Commerce | ||||||
| 2 | Commission (or his or her designee), the Director of Natural | ||||||
| 3 | Resources (or his or her designee), and the Attorney General | ||||||
| 4 | (or his or her designee) shall serve as ex officio members of | ||||||
| 5 | the Task Force.
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| 6 | (c) The Governor shall appoint within 90 days of the | ||||||
| 7 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||||||
| 8 | Assembly, the following public members to serve on the Task | ||||||
| 9 | Force:
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| 10 | (1) one individual from an institution of higher | ||||||
| 11 | education in Illinois representing the discipline of | ||||||
| 12 | economics with experience in the study of renewable energy;
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| 13 | (2) one individual representing an energy industry | ||||||
| 14 | with experience in renewable energy markets;
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| 15 | (3) one individual representing a Statewide consumer | ||||||
| 16 | or electric ratepayer organization;
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| 17 | (4) one individual representing the offshore wind | ||||||
| 18 | energy industry;
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| 19 | (5) one individual representing the wind energy supply | ||||||
| 20 | chain industry;
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| 21 | (6) one individual representing an Illinois electrical | ||||||
| 22 | cooperative, municipal electrical utility, or association | ||||||
| 23 | of such cooperatives or utilities;
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| 24 | (7) one individual representing an Illinois industrial | ||||||
| 25 | union involved in the construction, maintenance, or | ||||||
| 26 | transportation of electrical generation, distribution, or | ||||||
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| 1 | transmission equipment or components;
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| 2 | (8) one individual representing an Illinois commercial | ||||||
| 3 | or industrial electrical consumer;
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| 4 | (9) one individual representing an Illinois public | ||||||
| 5 | education electrical consumer;
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| 6 | (10) one individual representing an independent | ||||||
| 7 | transmission company;
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| 8 | (11) one individual from the Illinois legal community | ||||||
| 9 | with experience in contracts, utility law, municipal law, | ||||||
| 10 | and constitutional law;
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| 11 | (12) one individual representing a Great Lakes | ||||||
| 12 | regional organization with experience assessing or | ||||||
| 13 | studying wind energy;
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| 14 | (13) one individual representing a Statewide | ||||||
| 15 | environmental organization; | ||||||
| 16 | (14) one resident of the State representing an | ||||||
| 17 | organization advocating for persons of low or limited | ||||||
| 18 | incomes;
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| 19 | (15) one individual representing Argonne National | ||||||
| 20 | Laboratory; and
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| 21 | (16) one individual representing a local community | ||||||
| 22 | that has aggregated the purchase of electricity.
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| 23 | (d) The Governor may appoint additional public members to | ||||||
| 24 | the Task Force. | ||||||
| 25 | (e) The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Minority | ||||||
| 26 | Leader of the House of Representatives,
Senate President, and | ||||||
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| 1 | Minority Leader of the Senate shall each appoint one member of | ||||||
| 2 | the General Assembly to serve on the Task Force.
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| 3 | (f) Members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
| 4 | compensation.
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| 5 | (Source: P.A. 98-447, eff. 8-16-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
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| 6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 7 | becoming law.
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