101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3225

 

Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/16-108.12

    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an electric utility that serves more than 3,000,000 customers in the State shall fund the construction of 5 employment training centers at a cost to be determined by the utility. Provides that the employment training centers shall be located in: the west side of Chicago; Ford Heights; Waukegan; Bloomington; and Peoria.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
5Section 16-108.12 as follows:
 
6    (220 ILCS 5/16-108.12)
7    Sec. 16-108.12. Utility job training program.
8    (a) An electric utility that serves more than 3,000,000
9customers in the State shall spend $10,000,000 per year in
102017, 2021, and 2025 to fund the programs described in this
11Section.
12        (1) The utility shall fund a solar training pipeline
13    program in the amount of $3,000,000. The utility may
14    administer the program or contract with another entity to
15    administer the program. The program shall be designed to
16    establish a solar installer training pipeline for projects
17    authorized under Section 1-56 of the Illinois Power Agency
18    Act and to establish a pool of trained installers who will
19    be able to install solar projects authorized under
20    subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency
21    Act and otherwise. The program may include single event
22    training programs. The program described in this paragraph
23    (1) shall be designed to ensure that entities that offer

 

 

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1    training are located in, and trainees are recruited from,
2    the same communities that the program aims to serve and
3    that the program provides trainees with the opportunity to
4    obtain real-world experience. The program described in
5    this paragraph (1) shall also be designed to assist
6    trainees so that they can obtain applicable certifications
7    or participate in an apprenticeship program. The utility or
8    administrator shall include funding for programs that
9    provide training to individuals who are or were foster
10    children or that target persons with a record who are
11    transitioning with job training and job placement
12    programs. The program shall include an incentive to
13    facilitate an increase of hiring of qualified persons who
14    are or were foster children and persons with a record. It
15    is a goal of the program described in this paragraph (1)
16    that at least 50% of the trainees in this program come from
17    within environmental justice communities and that 2,000
18    jobs are created for persons who are or were foster
19    children and persons with a record.
20        (2) The utility shall fund a craft apprenticeship
21    program in the amount of $3,000,000. The program shall be
22    an accredited or otherwise recognized apprenticeship
23    program over a period not to exceed 4 years, for particular
24    crafts, trades, or skills in the electric industry that
25    may, but need not, be related to solar installation.
26        (3) The utility shall fund multi-cultural jobs

 

 

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1    programs in the amount of $4,000,000. The funding shall be
2    allocated in the applicable year to individual programs as
3    set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of this
4    paragraph (3) and may, but need not, be related to solar
5    installation, over a period not to exceed 4 years, by
6    diversity-focused community organizations that have a
7    record of successfully delivering job training.
8            (A) $1,000,000 to a community-based civil rights
9        and human services not-for-profit organization that
10        provides economic development, human capital, and
11        education program services.
12            (B) $500,000 to a not-for-profit organization that
13        is also an education institution that offers training
14        programs approved by the Illinois State Board of
15        Education and United States Department of Education
16        with the goal of providing workforce initiatives
17        leading to economic independence.
18            (C) $500,000 to a not-for-profit organization
19        dedicated to developing the educational and leadership
20        capacity of minority youth through the operation of
21        schools, youth leadership clubs and youth development
22        centers.
23            (D) $1,000,000 to a not-for-profit organization
24        dedicated to providing equal access to opportunities
25        in the construction industry that offer training
26        programs that include Occupational Safety and Health

 

 

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1        Administration 10 and 30 certifications, Environmental
2        Protection Agency Renovation, Repair and Painting
3        Certification and Leadership in Energy and
4        Environmental Design Accredited Green Associate Exam
5        preparation courses.
6            (E) $500,000 to a non-profit organization that has
7        a proven record of successfully implementing utility
8        industry training programs, with expertise in creating
9        programs that strengthen the economics of communities
10        including technical training workshops and economic
11        development through community and financial partners.
12            (F) $500,000 to a nonprofit organization that
13        provides family services, housing education, job and
14        career education opportunities that has successfully
15        partnered with the utility on electric industry job
16        training.
17        (4) The utility shall fund the construction of 5
18    employment training centers at a cost to be determined by
19    the utility. The employment training centers shall be
20    located in the following Illinois cities or areas: (A) the
21    west side of Chicago; (B) Ford Heights; (C) Waukegan; (D)
22    Bloomington; and (E) Peoria.
23    For the purposes of this Section, "person with a record"
24means any person who (1) has been convicted of a crime in this
25State or of an offense in any other jurisdiction, not including
26an offense or attempted offense that would subject a person to

 

 

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1registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act; (2) has a
2record of an arrest or an arrest that did not result in
3conviction for any crime in this State or of an offense in any
4other jurisdiction; or (3) has a juvenile delinquency
5adjudication.
6    (b) Within 60 days after the effective date of this
7amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, an electric
8utility that serves more than 3,000,000 customers in the State
9shall file with the Commission a plan to implement this
10Section. Within 60 days after the plan is filed, the Commission
11shall enter an order approving the plan if it is consistent
12with this Section or, if the plan is not consistent with this
13Section, the Commission shall explain the deficiencies, after
14which time the utility shall file a new plan. The utility shall
15use the funds described in subparagraph (O) of paragraph (1) of
16subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act
17to pay for the Commission approved programs under this Section.
18(Source: P.A. 99-906, eff. 6-1-17.)