102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1734

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. LaToya Greenwood - Lawrence Walsh, Jr. - Ryan Spain - Jay Hoffman - Jehan Gordon-Booth, et al.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
See Index

    Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. In provisions concerning the renewable portfolio standards, specifies the goals for procurement of renewable energy credits and cost-effective renewable energy resources that shall be included in the long-term renewable resources procurement plan and makes other changes concerning these procurements and provides for the calculation of the cost of equity for the purposes of recovering all reasonable and prudently incurred costs of energy efficiency measures from retail customers. Provides that savings of fuels other than electricity achieved by measures that educate about, incentivize, encourage, or otherwise support the use of electricity to power vehicles shall count towards the applicable annual incremental goal and shall not be included in determining certain limits. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an electric utility that serves less than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 customers in this State may plan for, construct, install, control, own, manage, or operate photovoltaic electricity production facilities and any energy storage facilities that are planned for, constructed, installed, controlled, owned, managed, or operated in connection with photovoltaic electricity production facilities without obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity subject to specified terms and conditions. Provides that a public utility that provided electric service to at least 1,000,000 retail customers in Illinois and gas service to at least 500,000 retail customers in Illinois may elect to recover its natural gas delivery services costs through a performance-based rate. Provides that, beginning in 2022, without obtaining any approvals from the Commission or any other agency, regardless of whether any such approval would otherwise be required, a participating utility that is a combination utility shall pay $1,000,000 per year for 10 years to the energy low-income and support program. Adds provisions authorizing certain utilities to plan for, construct, install, control, own, manage, or operate electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Amends the Prevailing Wage Act to include specified facilities financed in whole or in part with renewable energy resources in the definition of "public works". Makes other changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Findings.
5    (a) Over the last decade, the General Assembly has
6empowered the State of Illinois to become a national leader in
7the implementation of a progressive energy policy. The General
8Assembly has enacted laws to increase investment in equitable
9energy efficiency, clean and renewable energy, and continued
10modernization of the electric grid. The General Assembly has
11further encouraged and enabled investment in the clean energy
12economy in Illinois to ensure that the State and its citizens,
13including low-income individuals, are equipped to enjoy the
14opportunities and benefits of a smart grid and smart metering
15infrastructure platform, adopt and deploy cost-effective
16distributed energy resource technologies and devices, and
17benefit from investments in job training and job creation. To
18ensure this progress can be sustained, the General Assembly
19finds and declares the following:
20        (1) The State of Illinois is a geographically large
21    and diverse State and communities in central and southern
22    Illinois have different strengths and needs than those in
23    the northern region of the State.
24        (2) The changing energy marketplace is having a

 

 

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1    measurable effect on employment, economic development,
2    business growth, non-profit health, school funding, local
3    government stability, and community development in central
4    and southern Illinois, and updated policies are needed to
5    address those impacts.
6        (3) The State should accelerate the development and
7    adoption of technologies and facilities in central and
8    southern Illinois so that there are greater opportunities
9    for investment in clean energy, electric vehicles, energy
10    storage facilities, management of peak load, and grid
11    stability and reliability.
12        (4) Continuing the transparent, predictable, and
13    accountable policy that allows electric utilities to
14    undertake needed system investments and earn a fair return
15    on their investments in an efficient manner is the best
16    method for building a smart, reliable grid that is
17    equipped for the clean energy future.
18    (b) The General Assembly therefore finds that it is
19necessary to develop an energy policy for central and southern
20Illinois that accelerates achievement of the State's renewable
21portfolio standard by creating new opportunities for
22investments in solar assets, building an electric vehicle
23charging infrastructure across hundreds of miles of roads,
24increasing research and deployment of new clean energy
25technology, and continuing to utilize transparent annual
26reviews to recover costs and set reasonable rates.
 

 

 

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1    Section 5. The Illinois Power Agency Act is amended by
2changing Sections 1-10 and 1-75 as follows:
 
3    (20 ILCS 3855/1-10)
4    Sec. 1-10. Definitions.
5    "Agency" means the Illinois Power Agency.
6    "Agency loan agreement" means any agreement pursuant to
7which the Illinois Finance Authority agrees to loan the
8proceeds of revenue bonds issued with respect to a project to
9the Agency upon terms providing for loan repayment
10installments at least sufficient to pay when due all principal
11of, interest and premium, if any, on those revenue bonds, and
12providing for maintenance, insurance, and other matters in
13respect of the project.
14    "Authority" means the Illinois Finance Authority.
15    "Brownfield site photovoltaic project" means photovoltaics
16that are:
17        (1) interconnected to an electric utility as defined
18    in this Section, a municipal utility as defined in this
19    Section, a public utility as defined in Section 3-105 of
20    the Public Utilities Act, or an electric cooperative, as
21    defined in Section 3-119 of the Public Utilities Act; and
22        (2) located at a site that is regulated by any of the
23    following entities under the following programs:
24            (A) the United States Environmental Protection

 

 

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1        Agency under the federal Comprehensive Environmental
2        Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
3        amended;
4            (B) the United States Environmental Protection
5        Agency under the Corrective Action Program of the
6        federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as
7        amended;
8            (C) the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
9        under the Illinois Site Remediation Program; or
10            (D) the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
11        under the Illinois Solid Waste Program.
12    "Clean coal facility" means an electric generating
13facility that uses primarily coal as a feedstock and that
14captures and sequesters carbon dioxide emissions at the
15following levels: at least 50% of the total carbon dioxide
16emissions that the facility would otherwise emit if, at the
17time construction commences, the facility is scheduled to
18commence operation before 2016, at least 70% of the total
19carbon dioxide emissions that the facility would otherwise
20emit if, at the time construction commences, the facility is
21scheduled to commence operation during 2016 or 2017, and at
22least 90% of the total carbon dioxide emissions that the
23facility would otherwise emit if, at the time construction
24commences, the facility is scheduled to commence operation
25after 2017. The power block of the clean coal facility shall
26not exceed allowable emission rates for sulfur dioxide,

 

 

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1nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulates and mercury for
2a natural gas-fired combined-cycle facility the same size as
3and in the same location as the clean coal facility at the time
4the clean coal facility obtains an approved air permit. All
5coal used by a clean coal facility shall have high volatile
6bituminous rank and greater than 1.7 pounds of sulfur per
7million btu content, unless the clean coal facility does not
8use gasification technology and was operating as a
9conventional coal-fired electric generating facility on June
101, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 95-1027).
11    "Clean coal SNG brownfield facility" means a facility that
12(1) has commenced construction by July 1, 2015 on an urban
13brownfield site in a municipality with at least 1,000,000
14residents; (2) uses a gasification process to produce
15substitute natural gas; (3) uses coal as at least 50% of the
16total feedstock over the term of any sourcing agreement with a
17utility and the remainder of the feedstock may be either
18petroleum coke or coal, with all such coal having a high
19bituminous rank and greater than 1.7 pounds of sulfur per
20million Btu content unless the facility reasonably determines
21that it is necessary to use additional petroleum coke to
22deliver additional consumer savings, in which case the
23facility shall use coal for at least 35% of the total feedstock
24over the term of any sourcing agreement; and (4) captures and
25sequesters at least 85% of the total carbon dioxide emissions
26that the facility would otherwise emit.

 

 

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1    "Clean coal SNG facility" means a facility that uses a
2gasification process to produce substitute natural gas, that
3sequesters at least 90% of the total carbon dioxide emissions
4that the facility would otherwise emit, that uses at least 90%
5coal as a feedstock, with all such coal having a high
6bituminous rank and greater than 1.7 pounds of sulfur per
7million btu content, and that has a valid and effective permit
8to construct emission sources and air pollution control
9equipment and approval with respect to the federal regulations
10for Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality
11(PSD) for the plant pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act;
12provided, however, a clean coal SNG brownfield facility shall
13not be a clean coal SNG facility.
14    "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
15    "Community renewable generation project" means an electric
16generating facility that:
17        (1) is powered by wind, solar thermal energy,
18    photovoltaic cells or panels, biodiesel, crops and
19    untreated and unadulterated organic waste biomass, tree
20    waste, and hydropower that does not involve new
21    construction or significant expansion of hydropower dams;
22        (2) is interconnected at the distribution system level
23    of an electric utility as defined in this Section, a
24    municipal utility as defined in this Section that owns or
25    operates electric distribution facilities, a public
26    utility as defined in Section 3-105 of the Public

 

 

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1    Utilities Act, or an electric cooperative, as defined in
2    Section 3-119 of the Public Utilities Act;
3        (3) credits the value of electricity generated by the
4    facility to the subscribers of the facility; and
5        (4) is limited in nameplate capacity to less than or
6    equal to 2,000 kilowatts.
7    "Costs incurred in connection with the development and
8construction of a facility" means:
9        (1) the cost of acquisition of all real property,
10    fixtures, and improvements in connection therewith and
11    equipment, personal property, and other property, rights,
12    and easements acquired that are deemed necessary for the
13    operation and maintenance of the facility;
14        (2) financing costs with respect to bonds, notes, and
15    other evidences of indebtedness of the Agency;
16        (3) all origination, commitment, utilization,
17    facility, placement, underwriting, syndication, credit
18    enhancement, and rating agency fees;
19        (4) engineering, design, procurement, consulting,
20    legal, accounting, title insurance, survey, appraisal,
21    escrow, trustee, collateral agency, interest rate hedging,
22    interest rate swap, capitalized interest, contingency, as
23    required by lenders, and other financing costs, and other
24    expenses for professional services; and
25        (5) the costs of plans, specifications, site study and
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1    and estimates of costs, and other expenses necessary or
2    incidental to determining the feasibility of any project,
3    together with such other expenses as may be necessary or
4    incidental to the financing, insuring, acquisition, and
5    construction of a specific project and starting up,
6    commissioning, and placing that project in operation.
7    "Delivery services" has the same definition as found in
8Section 16-102 of the Public Utilities Act.
9    "Delivery year" means the consecutive 12-month period
10beginning June 1 of a given year and ending May 31 of the
11following year.
12    "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
13Opportunity.
14    "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Power
15Agency.
16    "Demand-response" means measures that decrease peak
17electricity demand or shift demand from peak to off-peak
18periods.
19    "Distributed renewable energy generation device" means a
20device that is:
21        (1) powered by wind, solar thermal energy,
22    photovoltaic cells or panels, biodiesel, crops and
23    untreated and unadulterated organic waste biomass, tree
24    waste, and hydropower that does not involve new
25    construction or significant expansion of hydropower dams;
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1    either an electric utility as defined in this Section, a
2    municipal utility as defined in this Section that owns or
3    operates electric distribution facilities, or a rural
4    electric cooperative as defined in Section 3-119 of the
5    Public Utilities Act;
6        (3) located on the customer side of the customer's
7    electric meter and is primarily used to offset that
8    customer's electricity load; and
9        (4) limited in nameplate capacity to less than or
10    equal to 2,000 kilowatts.
11    "Energy efficiency" means measures that reduce the amount
12of electricity or natural gas consumed in order to achieve a
13given end use. "Energy efficiency" includes voltage
14optimization measures that optimize the voltage at points on
15the electric distribution voltage system and thereby reduce
16electricity consumption by electric customers' end use
17devices. "Energy efficiency" also includes measures that
18reduce the total Btus of electricity, natural gas, and other
19fuels needed to meet the end use or uses. For electric
20utilities that serve less than 3,000,000 retail customers but
21more than 500,000 retail customers in this State, energy
22efficiency measures that reduce the total Btus of electricity,
23natural gas, or other fuels needed to meet the end use or uses,
24shall include, but are not limited to, measures that educate
25about, incentivize, encourage, or otherwise support the use of
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1including, but not limited to, cars, trucks, buses, trains,
2trolleys, boats, on-road or off-road vehicles, or other
3equipment or methods of transporting goods or people, and such
4measures shall include, but are not limited to, measures that
5educate about, incentivize, encourage, or otherwise support
6the adoption of electric vehicles by retail customers of all
7customer classes.
8    "Electric utility" has the same definition as found in
9Section 16-102 of the Public Utilities Act.
10    "Facility" means an electric generating unit or a
11co-generating unit that produces electricity along with
12related equipment necessary to connect the facility to an
13electric transmission or distribution system.
14    "Governmental aggregator" means one or more units of local
15government that individually or collectively procure
16electricity to serve residential retail electrical loads
17located within its or their jurisdiction.
18    "Local government" means a unit of local government as
19defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois
20Constitution.
21    "Municipality" means a city, village, or incorporated
22town.
23    "Municipal utility" means a public utility owned and
24operated by any subdivision or municipal corporation of this
25State.
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1nameplate capacity in kilowatts AC.
2    "Person" means any natural person, firm, partnership,
3corporation, either domestic or foreign, company, association,
4limited liability company, joint stock company, or association
5and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal
6representative thereof.
7    "Project" means the planning, bidding, and construction of
8a facility.
9    "Public utility" has the same definition as found in
10Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act.
11    "Real property" means any interest in land together with
12all structures, fixtures, and improvements thereon, including
13lands under water and riparian rights, any easements,
14covenants, licenses, leases, rights-of-way, uses, and other
15interests, together with any liens, judgments, mortgages, or
16other claims or security interests related to real property.
17    "Renewable energy credit" means a tradable credit that
18represents the environmental attributes of one megawatt hour
19of energy produced from a renewable energy resource.
20    "Renewable energy resources" includes energy and its
21associated renewable energy credit or renewable energy credits
22from wind, solar thermal energy, photovoltaic cells and
23panels, biodiesel, anaerobic digestion, crops and untreated
24and unadulterated organic waste biomass, tree waste, and
25hydropower that does not involve new construction or
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1Act, landfill gas produced in the State is considered a
2renewable energy resource. "Renewable energy resources" does
3not include the incineration or burning of tires, garbage,
4general household, institutional, and commercial waste,
5industrial lunchroom or office waste, landscape waste other
6than tree waste, railroad crossties, utility poles, or
7construction or demolition debris, other than untreated and
8unadulterated waste wood.
9    "Retail customer" has the same definition as found in
10Section 16-102 of the Public Utilities Act.
11    "Revenue bond" means any bond, note, or other evidence of
12indebtedness issued by the Authority, the principal and
13interest of which is payable solely from revenues or income
14derived from any project or activity of the Agency.
15    "Sequester" means permanent storage of carbon dioxide by
16injecting it into a saline aquifer, a depleted gas reservoir,
17or an oil reservoir, directly or through an enhanced oil
18recovery process that may involve intermediate storage,
19regardless of whether these activities are conducted by a
20clean coal facility, a clean coal SNG facility, a clean coal
21SNG brownfield facility, or a party with which a clean coal
22facility, clean coal SNG facility, or clean coal SNG
23brownfield facility has contracted for such purposes.
24    "Service area" has the same definition as found in Section
2516-102 of the Public Utilities Act.
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1utility, an agreement between the owner of a clean coal
2facility and such electric utility, which agreement shall have
3terms and conditions meeting the requirements of paragraph (3)
4of subsection (d) of Section 1-75, (ii) in the case of an
5alternative retail electric supplier, an agreement between the
6owner of a clean coal facility and such alternative retail
7electric supplier, which agreement shall have terms and
8conditions meeting the requirements of Section 16-115(d)(5) of
9the Public Utilities Act, and (iii) in case of a gas utility,
10an agreement between the owner of a clean coal SNG brownfield
11facility and the gas utility, which agreement shall have the
12terms and conditions meeting the requirements of subsection
13(h-1) of Section 9-220 of the Public Utilities Act.
14    "Subscriber" means a person who (i) takes delivery service
15from an electric utility, and (ii) has a subscription of no
16less than 200 watts to a community renewable generation
17project that is located in the electric utility's service
18area. No subscriber's subscriptions may total more than 40% of
19the nameplate capacity of an individual community renewable
20generation project. Entities that are affiliated by virtue of
21a common parent shall not represent multiple subscriptions
22that total more than 40% of the nameplate capacity of an
23individual community renewable generation project.
24    "Subscription" means an interest in a community renewable
25generation project expressed in kilowatts, which is sized
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1electricity usage.
2    "Substitute natural gas" or "SNG" means a gas manufactured
3by gasification of hydrocarbon feedstock, which is
4substantially interchangeable in use and distribution with
5conventional natural gas.
6    "Total resource cost test" or "TRC test" means a standard
7that is met if, for an investment in energy efficiency or
8demand-response measures, the benefit-cost ratio is greater
9than one. The benefit-cost ratio is the ratio of the net
10present value of the total benefits of the program to the net
11present value of the total costs as calculated over the
12lifetime of the measures. A total resource cost test compares
13the sum of avoided electric utility costs, representing the
14benefits that accrue to the system and the participant in the
15delivery of those efficiency measures and including avoided
16costs associated with reduced use of natural gas or other
17fuels, avoided costs associated with reduced water
18consumption, and avoided costs associated with reduced
19operation and maintenance costs, as well as other quantifiable
20societal benefits, to the sum of all incremental costs of
21end-use measures that are implemented due to the program
22(including both utility and participant contributions), plus
23costs to administer, deliver, and evaluate each demand-side
24program, to quantify the net savings obtained by substituting
25the demand-side program for supply resources. In calculating
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1would otherwise have had to acquire, reasonable estimates
2shall be included of financial costs likely to be imposed by
3future regulations and legislation on emissions of greenhouse
4gases. In discounting future societal costs and benefits for
5the purpose of calculating net present values, a societal
6discount rate based on actual, long-term Treasury bond yields
7should be used. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the
8TRC test shall not include or take into account a calculation
9of market price suppression effects or demand reduction
10induced price effects.
11    "Utility-scale solar project" means an electric generating
12facility that:
13        (1) generates electricity using photovoltaic cells;
14    and
15        (2) has a nameplate capacity that is greater than
16    2,000 kilowatts.
17    "Utility-scale wind project" means an electric generating
18facility that:
19        (1) generates electricity using wind; and
20        (2) has a nameplate capacity that is greater than
21    2,000 kilowatts.
22    "Zero emission credit" means a tradable credit that
23represents the environmental attributes of one megawatt hour
24of energy produced from a zero emission facility.
25    "Zero emission facility" means a facility that: (1) is
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1Interconnection, LLC or the Midcontinent Independent System
2Operator, Inc., or their successors.
3(Source: P.A. 98-90, eff. 7-15-13; 99-906, eff. 6-1-17.)
 
4    (20 ILCS 3855/1-75)
5    Sec. 1-75. Planning and Procurement Bureau. The Planning
6and Procurement Bureau has the following duties and
7responsibilities:
8    (a) The Planning and Procurement Bureau shall each year,
9beginning in 2008, develop procurement plans and conduct
10competitive procurement processes in accordance with the
11requirements of Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act
12for the eligible retail customers of electric utilities that
13on December 31, 2005 provided electric service to at least
14100,000 customers in Illinois. Beginning with the delivery
15year commencing on June 1, 2017, the Planning and Procurement
16Bureau shall develop plans and processes for the procurement
17of zero emission credits from zero emission facilities in
18accordance with the requirements of subsection (d-5) of this
19Section. The Planning and Procurement Bureau shall also
20develop procurement plans and conduct competitive procurement
21processes in accordance with the requirements of Section
2216-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act for the eligible retail
23customers of small multi-jurisdictional electric utilities
24that (i) on December 31, 2005 served less than 100,000
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1their Illinois jurisdictional load. This Section shall not
2apply to a small multi-jurisdictional utility until such time
3as a small multi-jurisdictional utility requests the Agency to
4prepare a procurement plan for their Illinois jurisdictional
5load. For the purposes of this Section, the term "eligible
6retail customers" has the same definition as found in Section
716-111.5(a) of the Public Utilities Act.
8    Beginning with the plan or plans to be implemented in the
92017 delivery year, the Agency shall no longer include the
10procurement of renewable energy resources in the annual
11procurement plans required by this subsection (a), except as
12provided in subsection (q) of Section 16-111.5 of the Public
13Utilities Act, and shall instead develop a long-term renewable
14resources procurement plan in accordance with subsection (c)
15of this Section and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
16Act.
17        (1) The Agency shall each year, beginning in 2008, as
18    needed, issue a request for qualifications for experts or
19    expert consulting firms to develop the procurement plans
20    in accordance with Section 16-111.5 of the Public
21    Utilities Act. In order to qualify an expert or expert
22    consulting firm must have:
23            (A) direct previous experience assembling
24        large-scale power supply plans or portfolios for
25        end-use customers;
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1        engineering, risk management, or a related area of
2        study;
3            (C) 10 years of experience in the electricity
4        sector, including managing supply risk;
5            (D) expertise in wholesale electricity market
6        rules, including those established by the Federal
7        Energy Regulatory Commission and regional transmission
8        organizations;
9            (E) expertise in credit protocols and familiarity
10        with contract protocols;
11            (F) adequate resources to perform and fulfill the
12        required functions and responsibilities; and
13            (G) the absence of a conflict of interest and
14        inappropriate bias for or against potential bidders or
15        the affected electric utilities.
16        (2) The Agency shall each year, as needed, issue a
17    request for qualifications for a procurement administrator
18    to conduct the competitive procurement processes in
19    accordance with Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
20    Act. In order to qualify an expert or expert consulting
21    firm must have:
22            (A) direct previous experience administering a
23        large-scale competitive procurement process;
24            (B) an advanced degree in economics, mathematics,
25        engineering, or a related area of study;
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1        sector, including risk management experience;
2            (D) expertise in wholesale electricity market
3        rules, including those established by the Federal
4        Energy Regulatory Commission and regional transmission
5        organizations;
6            (E) expertise in credit and contract protocols;
7            (F) adequate resources to perform and fulfill the
8        required functions and responsibilities; and
9            (G) the absence of a conflict of interest and
10        inappropriate bias for or against potential bidders or
11        the affected electric utilities.
12        (3) The Agency shall provide affected utilities and
13    other interested parties with the lists of qualified
14    experts or expert consulting firms identified through the
15    request for qualifications processes that are under
16    consideration to develop the procurement plans and to
17    serve as the procurement administrator. The Agency shall
18    also provide each qualified expert's or expert consulting
19    firm's response to the request for qualifications. All
20    information provided under this subparagraph shall also be
21    provided to the Commission. The Agency may provide by rule
22    for fees associated with supplying the information to
23    utilities and other interested parties. These parties
24    shall, within 5 business days, notify the Agency in
25    writing if they object to any experts or expert consulting
26    firms on the lists. Objections shall be based on:

 

 

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1            (A) failure to satisfy qualification criteria;
2            (B) identification of a conflict of interest; or
3            (C) evidence of inappropriate bias for or against
4        potential bidders or the affected utilities.
5        The Agency shall remove experts or expert consulting
6    firms from the lists within 10 days if there is a
7    reasonable basis for an objection and provide the updated
8    lists to the affected utilities and other interested
9    parties. If the Agency fails to remove an expert or expert
10    consulting firm from a list, an objecting party may seek
11    review by the Commission within 5 days thereafter by
12    filing a petition, and the Commission shall render a
13    ruling on the petition within 10 days. There is no right of
14    appeal of the Commission's ruling.
15        (4) The Agency shall issue requests for proposals to
16    the qualified experts or expert consulting firms to
17    develop a procurement plan for the affected utilities and
18    to serve as procurement administrator.
19        (5) The Agency shall select an expert or expert
20    consulting firm to develop procurement plans based on the
21    proposals submitted and shall award contracts of up to 5
22    years to those selected.
23        (6) The Agency shall select an expert or expert
24    consulting firm, with approval of the Commission, to serve
25    as procurement administrator based on the proposals
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1    Agency's selection, the Agency shall submit another
2    recommendation within 3 days based on the proposals
3    submitted. The Agency shall award a 5-year contract to the
4    expert or expert consulting firm so selected with
5    Commission approval.
6    (b) The experts or expert consulting firms retained by the
7Agency shall, as appropriate, prepare procurement plans, and
8conduct a competitive procurement process as prescribed in
9Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act, to ensure
10adequate, reliable, affordable, efficient, and environmentally
11sustainable electric service at the lowest total cost over
12time, taking into account any benefits of price stability, for
13eligible retail customers of electric utilities that on
14December 31, 2005 provided electric service to at least
15100,000 customers in the State of Illinois, and for eligible
16Illinois retail customers of small multi-jurisdictional
17electric utilities that (i) on December 31, 2005 served less
18than 100,000 customers in Illinois and (ii) request a
19procurement plan for their Illinois jurisdictional load.
20    (c) Renewable portfolio standard.
21        (1)(A) The Agency shall develop a long-term renewable
22    resources procurement plan that shall include procurement
23    programs and competitive procurement events necessary to
24    meet the goals set forth in this subsection (c). The
25    initial long-term renewable resources procurement plan
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1    June 1, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 99-906).
2    The Agency shall review, and may revise on an expedited
3    basis, the long-term renewable resources procurement plan
4    at least every 2 years, which shall be conducted in
5    conjunction with the procurement plan under Section
6    16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act to the extent
7    practicable to minimize administrative expense. The
8    long-term renewable resources procurement plans shall be
9    subject to review and approval by the Commission under
10    Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act.
11        (B) Subject to subparagraph (F) of this paragraph (1),
12    for electric utilities that serve more than 3,000,000
13    retail customers in this State or less than 500,000 retail
14    customers in this State, the long-term renewable resources
15    procurement plan shall include the goals for procurement
16    of renewable energy credits to meet at least the following
17    overall percentages: 13% by the 2017 delivery year;
18    increasing by at least 1.5% each delivery year thereafter
19    to at least 25% by the 2025 delivery year; and continuing
20    at no less than 25% for each delivery year thereafter and
21    for electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000
22    retail customers but more than 500,000 retail customers in
23    this State, the long-term renewable resources procurement
24    plan shall include the goals for procurement of renewable
25    energy credits to meet at least the following overall
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1    at least 1.5% each delivery year thereafter to at least
2    25% by the 2025 delivery year, and by at least 1.5% every
3    year thereafter to at least 32.5% by the 2030 delivery
4    year; and continuing at no less than 32.5% for each
5    delivery year thereafter. In the event of a conflict
6    between these goals and the new wind and new photovoltaic
7    procurement requirements described in items (i) through
8    (iii) of subparagraph (C) of this paragraph (1), the
9    long-term plan shall prioritize compliance with the new
10    wind and new photovoltaic procurement requirements
11    described in items (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (C)
12    of this paragraph (1) over the annual percentage targets
13    described in this subparagraph (B).
14        For the delivery year beginning June 1, 2017, the
15    procurement plan shall include cost-effective renewable
16    energy resources equal to at least 13% of each utility's
17    load for eligible retail customers and 13% of the
18    applicable portion of each utility's load for retail
19    customers who are not eligible retail customers, which
20    applicable portion shall equal 50% of the utility's load
21    for retail customers who are not eligible retail customers
22    on February 28, 2017.
23        For the delivery year beginning June 1, 2018, the
24    procurement plan shall include cost-effective renewable
25    energy resources equal to at least 14.5% of each utility's
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1    applicable portion of each utility's load for retail
2    customers who are not eligible retail customers, which
3    applicable portion shall equal 75% of the utility's load
4    for retail customers who are not eligible retail customers
5    on February 28, 2017.
6        For the delivery year beginning June 1, 2019, and for
7    each year thereafter, the procurement plans shall include
8    cost-effective renewable energy resources equal to a
9    minimum percentage of each utility's load for all retail
10    customers as follows: for electric utilities that serve
11    more than 3,000,000 retail customers in this State or less
12    than 500,000 retail customers in this State, 16% by June
13    1, 2019; increasing by 1.5% each year thereafter to 25% by
14    June 1, 2025; and 25% by June 1, 2026 and each year
15    thereafter and for electric utilities that serve less than
16    3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail
17    customers in this State, 16% by June 1, 2019; increasing
18    by 1.5% each year thereafter to 32.5% by June 1, 2030; and
19    32.5% by June 1, 2031 and each year thereafter.
20        For each delivery year, the Agency shall first
21    recognize each utility's obligations for that delivery
22    year under existing contracts. Any renewable energy
23    credits under existing contracts, including renewable
24    energy credits as part of renewable energy resources,
25    shall be used to meet the goals set forth in this
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1        (C) Of the renewable energy credits procured under
2    this subsection (c), at least 75% shall come from wind and
3    photovoltaic projects. The long-term renewable resources
4    procurement plan described in subparagraph (A) of this
5    paragraph (1) shall include the procurement of renewable
6    energy credits in amounts equal to at least the following:
7            (i) By the end of the 2020 delivery year:
8                At least 2,000,000 renewable energy credits
9            for each delivery year shall come from new wind
10            projects; and
11                At least 2,000,000 renewable energy credits
12            for each delivery year shall come from new
13            photovoltaic projects; of that amount, to the
14            extent possible, the Agency shall procure: at
15            least 50% from solar photovoltaic projects using
16            the program outlined in subparagraph (K) of this
17            paragraph (1) from distributed renewable energy
18            generation devices or community renewable
19            generation projects; at least 40% from
20            utility-scale solar projects; at least 2% from
21            brownfield site photovoltaic projects that are not
22            community renewable generation projects; and the
23            remainder shall be determined through the
24            long-term planning process described in
25            subparagraph (A) of this paragraph (1); however,
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1            plan includes the procurement of more than
2            2,000,000 renewable energy credits from new
3            photovoltaic projects, then the foregoing
4            allocations of renewable energy credits from the
5            program outlined in subparagraph (K) of this
6            paragraph (1), utility-scale solar projects, and
7            brownfield site photovoltaic projects that are not
8            community renewable generation projects shall not
9            apply to the portion of the renewable energy
10            credits procured in excess of the 2,000,000
11            renewable energy credits procured on behalf of
12            electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000
13            retail customers but more than 500,000 retail
14            customers in this State and the allocation of such
15            procurement on behalf of electric utilities that
16            serve less than 3,000,000 retail customers but
17            more than 500,000 retail customers in this State
18            shall instead be based on the mix that produces
19            the lowest cost for the renewable energy credits
20            procured.
21            (ii) By the end of the 2025 delivery year:
22                At least 3,000,000 renewable energy credits
23            for each delivery year shall come from new wind
24            projects; and
25                At least 3,000,000 renewable energy credits
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1            photovoltaic projects; of that amount, to the
2            extent possible, the Agency shall procure: at
3            least 50% from solar photovoltaic projects using
4            the program outlined in subparagraph (K) of this
5            paragraph (1) from distributed renewable energy
6            devices or community renewable generation
7            projects; at least 40% from utility-scale solar
8            projects; at least 2% from brownfield site
9            photovoltaic projects that are not community
10            renewable generation projects; and the remainder
11            shall be determined through the long-term planning
12            process described in subparagraph (A) of this
13            paragraph (1); however, if the long-term renewable
14            resources procurement plan includes the
15            procurement of more than 3,000,000 renewable
16            energy credits from new photovoltaic projects,
17            then the foregoing allocations of renewable energy
18            credits from the program outlined in subparagraph
19            (K) of this paragraph (1), utility-scale solar
20            projects, and brownfield site photovoltaic
21            projects that are not community renewable
22            generation projects shall not apply to the portion
23            of the renewable energy credits procured in excess
24            of the 3,000,000 renewable energy credits procured
25            on behalf of electric utilities that serve less
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1            500,000 retail customers in this State and the
2            allocation of such procurement on behalf of
3            electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000
4            retail customers but more than 500,000 retail
5            customers in this State shall instead be based on
6            the mix that produced the lowest cost for the
7            renewable energy credits procured.
8            (iii) By the end of the 2030 delivery year:
9                At least 4,000,000 renewable energy credits
10            for each delivery year shall come from new wind
11            projects; and
12                At least 4,000,000 renewable energy credits
13            for each delivery year shall come from new
14            photovoltaic projects; of that amount, to the
15            extent possible, the Agency shall procure: at
16            least 50% from solar photovoltaic projects using
17            the program outlined in subparagraph (K) of this
18            paragraph (1) from distributed renewable energy
19            devices or community renewable generation
20            projects; at least 40% from utility-scale solar
21            projects; at least 2% from brownfield site
22            photovoltaic projects that are not community
23            renewable generation projects; and the remainder
24            shall be determined through the long-term planning
25            process described in subparagraph (A) of this
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1            resources procurement plan includes the
2            procurement of more than 4,000,000 renewable
3            energy credits from new photovoltaic projects,
4            then the foregoing allocations of renewable energy
5            credits from the program outlined in subparagraph
6            (K) of this paragraph (1), utility-scale solar
7            projects, and brownfield site photovoltaic
8            projects that are not community renewable
9            generation projects shall not apply to the portion
10            of the renewable energy credits procured in excess
11            of the 4,000,000 renewable energy credits procured
12            on behalf of electric utilities that serve less
13            than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than
14            500,000 retail customers in this State and the
15            allocation of such procurement on behalf of
16            electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000
17            retail customers but more than 500,000 retail
18            customers in this State shall instead be based on
19            the mix that produced the lowest cost for the
20            renewable energy credits procured.
21            For purposes of this Section:
22                "New wind projects" means wind renewable
23            energy facilities that are energized after June 1,
24            2017 for the delivery year commencing June 1, 2017
25            or within 3 years after the date the Commission
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1                "New photovoltaic projects" means photovoltaic
2            renewable energy facilities that are energized
3            after June 1, 2017. Photovoltaic projects
4            developed under Section 1-56 of this Act shall not
5            apply towards the new photovoltaic project
6            requirements in this subparagraph (C).
7        (D) Renewable energy credits shall be cost effective.
8    For purposes of this subsection (c), "cost effective"
9    means that the costs of procuring renewable energy
10    resources do not cause the limit stated in subparagraph
11    (E) of this paragraph (1) to be exceeded and, for
12    renewable energy credits procured through a competitive
13    procurement event, do not exceed benchmarks based on
14    market prices for like products in the region. For
15    purposes of this subsection (c), "like products" means
16    contracts for renewable energy credits from the same or
17    substantially similar technology, same or substantially
18    similar vintage (new or existing), the same or
19    substantially similar quantity, and the same or
20    substantially similar contract length and structure.
21    Benchmarks shall be developed by the procurement
22    administrator, in consultation with the Commission staff,
23    Agency staff, and the procurement monitor and shall be
24    subject to Commission review and approval. If price
25    benchmarks for like products in the region are not
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1    price benchmarks based on publicly available data on
2    regional technology costs and expected current and future
3    regional energy prices. The benchmarks in this Section
4    shall not be used to curtail or otherwise reduce
5    contractual obligations entered into by or through the
6    Agency prior to June 1, 2017 (the effective date of Public
7    Act 99-906).
8        (E) For purposes of this subsection (c), the required
9    procurement of cost-effective renewable energy resources
10    for a particular year commencing prior to June 1, 2017
11    shall be measured as a percentage of the actual amount of
12    electricity (megawatt-hours) supplied by the electric
13    utility to eligible retail customers in the delivery year
14    ending immediately prior to the procurement, and, for
15    delivery years commencing on and after June 1, 2017, the
16    required procurement of cost-effective renewable energy
17    resources for a particular year shall be measured as a
18    percentage of the actual amount of electricity
19    (megawatt-hours) delivered by the electric utility in the
20    delivery year ending immediately prior to the procurement,
21    to all retail customers in its service territory. For
22    purposes of this subsection (c), the amount paid per
23    kilowatthour means the total amount paid for electric
24    service expressed on a per kilowatthour basis. For
25    purposes of this subsection (c), the total amount paid for
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1    for supply, transmission, distribution, surcharges, and
2    add-on taxes.
3        Notwithstanding the requirements of this subsection
4    (c), the total of renewable energy resources procured
5    under the procurement plan for any single year shall be
6    subject to the limitations of this subparagraph (E). Such
7    procurement shall be reduced for all retail customers
8    based on the amount necessary to limit the annual
9    estimated average net increase due to the costs of these
10    resources included in the amounts paid by eligible retail
11    customers in connection with electric service to no more
12    than the greater of 2.015% of the amount paid per
13    kilowatthour by those customers during the year ending May
14    31, 2007 or the incremental amount per kilowatthour paid
15    for these resources in 2011; however, procurements that
16    occur for procurement periods that begin on or after June
17    1, 2026 shall be reduced for all retail customers of
18    electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000 retail
19    customers but more than 500,000 retail customers in this
20    State only by an amount necessary to limit the annual
21    estimated average net increase due to the costs of these
22    resources included in the amounts paid by eligible retail
23    customers in connection with electric service to no more
24    than the greater of 2.515% of the amount paid per
25    kilowatthour by those customers during the year ending May
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1    for these resources in 2011. To arrive at a maximum dollar
2    amount of renewable energy resources to be procured for
3    the particular delivery year, the resulting per
4    kilowatthour amount shall be applied to the actual amount
5    of kilowatthours of electricity delivered, or applicable
6    portion of such amount as specified in paragraph (1) of
7    this subsection (c), as applicable, by the electric
8    utility in the delivery year immediately prior to the
9    procurement to all retail customers in its service
10    territory. The calculations required by this subparagraph
11    (E) shall be made only once for each delivery year at the
12    time that the renewable energy resources are procured.
13    Once the determination as to the amount of renewable
14    energy resources to procure is made based on the
15    calculations set forth in this subparagraph (E) and the
16    contracts procuring those amounts are executed, no
17    subsequent rate impact determinations shall be made and no
18    adjustments to those contract amounts shall be allowed.
19    All costs incurred under such contracts shall be fully
20    recoverable by the electric utility as provided in this
21    Section.
22        (F) If the limitation on the amount of renewable
23    energy resources procured in subparagraph (E) of this
24    paragraph (1) prevents the Agency from meeting all of the
25    goals in this subsection (c), the Agency's long-term plan
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1    subsection (c) regarding renewable energy credits in the
2    following order:
3            (i) renewable energy credits under existing
4        contractual obligations;
5            (i-5) funding for the Illinois Solar for All
6        Program, as described in subparagraph (O) of this
7        paragraph (1);
8            (ii) renewable energy credits necessary to comply
9        with the new wind and new photovoltaic procurement
10        requirements described in items (i) through (iii) of
11        subparagraph (C) of this paragraph (1); and
12            (iii) renewable energy credits necessary to meet
13        the remaining requirements of this subsection (c).
14        (G) The following provisions shall apply to the
15    Agency's procurement of renewable energy credits under
16    this subsection (c):
17            (i) Notwithstanding whether a long-term renewable
18        resources procurement plan has been approved, the
19        Agency shall conduct an initial forward procurement
20        for renewable energy credits from new utility-scale
21        wind projects within 160 days after June 1, 2017 (the
22        effective date of Public Act 99-906). For the purposes
23        of this initial forward procurement, the Agency shall
24        solicit 15-year contracts for delivery of 1,000,000
25        renewable energy credits delivered annually from new
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1        1, 2019, if available, but not later than June 1, 2021,
2        unless the project has delays in the establishment of
3        an operating interconnection with the applicable
4        transmission or distribution system as a result of the
5        actions or inactions of the transmission or
6        distribution provider, or other causes for force
7        majeure as outlined in the procurement contract, in
8        which case, not later than June 1, 2022. Payments to
9        suppliers of renewable energy credits shall commence
10        upon delivery. Renewable energy credits procured under
11        this initial procurement shall be included in the
12        Agency's long-term plan and shall apply to all
13        renewable energy goals in this subsection (c).
14            (ii) Notwithstanding whether a long-term renewable
15        resources procurement plan has been approved, the
16        Agency shall conduct an initial forward procurement
17        for renewable energy credits from new utility-scale
18        solar projects and brownfield site photovoltaic
19        projects within one year after June 1, 2017 (the
20        effective date of Public Act 99-906). For the purposes
21        of this initial forward procurement, the Agency shall
22        solicit 15-year contracts for delivery of 1,000,000
23        renewable energy credits delivered annually from new
24        utility-scale solar projects and brownfield site
25        photovoltaic projects to begin delivery on June 1,
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1        unless the project has delays in the establishment of
2        an operating interconnection with the applicable
3        transmission or distribution system as a result of the
4        actions or inactions of the transmission or
5        distribution provider, or other causes for force
6        majeure as outlined in the procurement contract, in
7        which case, not later than June 1, 2022. The Agency may
8        structure this initial procurement in one or more
9        discrete procurement events. Payments to suppliers of
10        renewable energy credits shall commence upon delivery.
11        Renewable energy credits procured under this initial
12        procurement shall be included in the Agency's
13        long-term plan and shall apply to all renewable energy
14        goals in this subsection (c).
15            (iii) Subsequent forward procurements for
16        utility-scale wind projects shall solicit at least
17        1,000,000 renewable energy credits delivered annually
18        per procurement event and shall be planned, scheduled,
19        and designed such that the cumulative amount of
20        renewable energy credits delivered from all new wind
21        projects in each delivery year shall not exceed the
22        Agency's projection of the cumulative amount of
23        renewable energy credits that will be delivered from
24        all new photovoltaic projects, including utility-scale
25        and distributed photovoltaic devices, in the same
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1        delivery.
2            (iv) If, at any time after the time set for
3        delivery of renewable energy credits pursuant to the
4        initial procurements in items (i) and (ii) of this
5        subparagraph (G), the cumulative amount of renewable
6        energy credits projected to be delivered from all new
7        wind projects in a given delivery year exceeds the
8        cumulative amount of renewable energy credits
9        projected to be delivered from all new photovoltaic
10        projects in that delivery year by 200,000 or more
11        renewable energy credits, then the Agency shall within
12        60 days adjust the procurement programs in the
13        long-term renewable resources procurement plan to
14        ensure that the projected cumulative amount of
15        renewable energy credits to be delivered from all new
16        wind projects does not exceed the projected cumulative
17        amount of renewable energy credits to be delivered
18        from all new photovoltaic projects by 200,000 or more
19        renewable energy credits, provided that nothing in
20        this Section shall preclude the projected cumulative
21        amount of renewable energy credits to be delivered
22        from all new photovoltaic projects from exceeding the
23        projected cumulative amount of renewable energy
24        credits to be delivered from all new wind projects in
25        each delivery year and provided further that nothing
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1        executed contract. The Agency shall update, on a
2        quarterly basis, its projection of the renewable
3        energy credits to be delivered from all projects in
4        each delivery year. Notwithstanding anything to the
5        contrary, the Agency may adjust the timing of
6        procurement events conducted under this subparagraph
7        (G). The long-term renewable resources procurement
8        plan shall set forth the process by which the
9        adjustments may be made.
10            (v) All procurements under this subparagraph (G)
11        shall comply with the geographic requirements in
12        subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (1) and shall
13        follow the procurement processes and procedures
14        described in this Section and Section 16-111.5 of the
15        Public Utilities Act to the extent practicable, and
16        these processes and procedures may be expedited to
17        accommodate the schedule established by this
18        subparagraph (G).
19        (H) The procurement of renewable energy resources for
20    a given delivery year shall be reduced as described in
21    this subparagraph (H) if an alternative retail electric
22    supplier meets the requirements described in this
23    subparagraph (H).
24            (i) Within 45 days after June 1, 2017 (the
25        effective date of Public Act 99-906), an alternative
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1        an informational filing to the Illinois Commerce
2        Commission certifying that, as of December 31, 2015,
3        the alternative retail electric supplier owned one or
4        more electric generating facilities that generates
5        renewable energy resources as defined in Section 1-10
6        of this Act, provided that such facilities are not
7        powered by wind or photovoltaics, and the facilities
8        generate one renewable energy credit for each
9        megawatthour of energy produced from the facility.
10            The informational filing shall identify each
11        facility that was eligible to satisfy the alternative
12        retail electric supplier's obligations under Section
13        16-115D of the Public Utilities Act as described in
14        this item (i).
15            (ii) For a given delivery year, the alternative
16        retail electric supplier may elect to supply its
17        retail customers with renewable energy credits from
18        the facility or facilities described in item (i) of
19        this subparagraph (H) that continue to be owned by the
20        alternative retail electric supplier.
21            (iii) The alternative retail electric supplier
22        shall notify the Agency and the applicable utility, no
23        later than February 28 of the year preceding the
24        applicable delivery year or 15 days after June 1, 2017
25        (the effective date of Public Act 99-906), whichever
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1        subparagraph (H) to supply renewable energy credits to
2        retail customers of the utility. Such election shall
3        identify the amount of renewable energy credits to be
4        supplied by the alternative retail electric supplier
5        to the utility's retail customers and the source of
6        the renewable energy credits identified in the
7        informational filing as described in item (i) of this
8        subparagraph (H), subject to the following
9        limitations:
10                For the delivery year beginning June 1, 2018,
11            the maximum amount of renewable energy credits to
12            be supplied by an alternative retail electric
13            supplier under this subparagraph (H) shall be 68%
14            multiplied by 25% multiplied by 14.5% multiplied
15            by the amount of metered electricity
16            (megawatt-hours) delivered by the alternative
17            retail electric supplier to Illinois retail
18            customers during the delivery year ending May 31,
19            2016.
20                For delivery years beginning June 1, 2019 and
21            each year thereafter, the maximum amount of
22            renewable energy credits to be supplied by an
23            alternative retail electric supplier under this
24            subparagraph (H) shall be 68% multiplied by 50%
25            multiplied by 16% multiplied by the amount of
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1            the alternative retail electric supplier to
2            Illinois retail customers during the delivery year
3            ending May 31, 2016, provided that the 16% value
4            shall increase by 1.5% each delivery year
5            thereafter to 25% by the delivery year beginning
6            June 1, 2025, and thereafter the 25% value shall
7            apply to each delivery year.
8            For each delivery year, the total amount of
9        renewable energy credits supplied by all alternative
10        retail electric suppliers under this subparagraph (H)
11        shall not exceed 9% of the Illinois target renewable
12        energy credit quantity. The Illinois target renewable
13        energy credit quantity for the delivery year beginning
14        June 1, 2018 is 14.5% multiplied by the total amount of
15        metered electricity (megawatt-hours) delivered in the
16        delivery year immediately preceding that delivery
17        year, provided that the 14.5% shall increase by 1.5%
18        each delivery year thereafter to 25% by the delivery
19        year beginning June 1, 2025, and thereafter the 25%
20        value shall apply to each delivery year.
21            If the requirements set forth in items (i) through
22        (iii) of this subparagraph (H) are met, the charges
23        that would otherwise be applicable to the retail
24        customers of the alternative retail electric supplier
25        under paragraph (6) of this subsection (c) for the
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1        of the quantity of renewable energy credits supplied
2        by the alternative retail electric supplier compared
3        to that supplier's target renewable energy credit
4        quantity. The supplier's target renewable energy
5        credit quantity for the delivery year beginning June
6        1, 2018 is 14.5% multiplied by the total amount of
7        metered electricity (megawatt-hours) delivered by the
8        alternative retail supplier in that delivery year,
9        provided that the 14.5% shall increase by 1.5% each
10        delivery year thereafter to 25% by the delivery year
11        beginning June 1, 2025, and thereafter the 25% value
12        shall apply to each delivery year.
13            On or before April 1 of each year, the Agency shall
14        annually publish a report on its website that
15        identifies the aggregate amount of renewable energy
16        credits supplied by alternative retail electric
17        suppliers under this subparagraph (H).
18        (I) The Agency shall design its long-term renewable
19    energy procurement plan to maximize the State's interest
20    in the health, safety, and welfare of its residents,
21    including but not limited to minimizing sulfur dioxide,
22    nitrogen oxide, particulate matter and other pollution
23    that adversely affects public health in this State,
24    increasing fuel and resource diversity in this State,
25    enhancing the reliability and resiliency of the
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1    goals to limit carbon dioxide emissions under federal or
2    State law, and contributing to a cleaner and healthier
3    environment for the citizens of this State, while
4    balancing these goals with the requirement to minimize the
5    cost to customers attributable to the procurement of
6    renewable energy credits set forth in subparagraph (C) of
7    paragraph (1) of this subsection (c). In order to further
8    these legislative purposes, renewable energy credits shall
9    be eligible to be counted toward the renewable energy
10    requirements of this subsection (c) if they are generated
11    from facilities located in this State. The Agency may
12    qualify renewable energy credits from facilities located
13    in states adjacent to Illinois if the generator
14    demonstrates and the Agency determines that the operation
15    of such facility or facilities will help promote the
16    State's interest in the health, safety, and welfare of its
17    residents based on the public interest criteria described
18    above. To ensure that the public interest criteria are
19    applied to the procurement and given full effect, the
20    Agency's long-term procurement plan shall describe in
21    detail how each public interest factor shall be considered
22    and weighted for facilities located in states adjacent to
23    Illinois.
24        (J) In order to promote the competitive development of
25    renewable energy resources in furtherance of the State's
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1    residents, renewable energy credits shall not be eligible
2    to be counted toward the renewable energy requirements of
3    this subsection (c) if they are sourced from a generating
4    unit whose costs were being recovered through rates
5    regulated by this State or any other state or states on or
6    after January 1, 2017. Each contract executed to purchase
7    renewable energy credits under this subsection (c) shall
8    provide for the contract's termination if the costs of the
9    generating unit supplying the renewable energy credits
10    subsequently begin to be recovered through rates regulated
11    by this State or any other state or states; and each
12    contract shall further provide that, in that event, the
13    supplier of the credits must return 110% of all payments
14    received under the contract. Amounts returned under the
15    requirements of this subparagraph (J) shall be retained by
16    the utility and all of these amounts shall be used for the
17    procurement of additional renewable energy credits from
18    new wind or new photovoltaic resources as defined in this
19    subsection (c). The long-term plan shall provide that
20    these renewable energy credits shall be procured in the
21    next procurement event.
22        Notwithstanding the limitations of this subparagraph
23    (J), renewable energy credits sourced from generating
24    units that are constructed, purchased, owned, or leased by
25    an electric utility as part of an approved project,
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1    eligible to be counted toward the renewable energy
2    requirements of this subsection (c), regardless of how the
3    costs of these units are recovered.
4        (K) The long-term renewable resources procurement plan
5    developed by the Agency in accordance with subparagraph
6    (A) of this paragraph (1) shall include an Adjustable
7    Block program for the procurement of renewable energy
8    credits from new photovoltaic projects that are
9    distributed renewable energy generation devices or new
10    photovoltaic community renewable generation projects on
11    behalf of electric utilities that serve more than
12    3,000,000 retail customers or less than 500,000 retail
13    customers in this State and a competitive procurement
14    process for the procurement of new photovoltaic community
15    renewable generation projects on behalf of electric
16    utilities that serve less than 3,000,000 retail customers
17    but more than 500,000 retail customers in this State. The
18    Adjustable Block program shall be designed to provide a
19    transparent schedule of prices and quantities to enable
20    the photovoltaic market to scale up and for renewable
21    energy credit prices to adjust at a predictable rate over
22    time. The prices set by the Adjustable Block program can
23    be reflected as a set value or as the product of a formula.
24        The Adjustable Block program shall include for each
25    category of eligible projects: a schedule of standard
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1    with associated nameplate capacity and purchase prices
2    that adjust from step to step; and automatic opening of
3    the next step as soon as the nameplate capacity and
4    available purchase prices for an open step are fully
5    committed or reserved. Only projects energized on or after
6    June 1, 2017 shall be eligible for the Adjustable Block
7    program. For each block group the Agency shall determine
8    the number of blocks, the amount of generation capacity in
9    each block, and the purchase price for each block,
10    provided that the purchase price provided and the total
11    amount of generation in all blocks for all block groups
12    shall be sufficient to meet the goals in this subsection
13    (c). The Agency may periodically review its prior
14    decisions establishing the number of blocks, the amount of
15    generation capacity in each block, and the purchase price
16    for each block, and may propose, on an expedited basis,
17    changes to these previously set values, including but not
18    limited to redistributing these amounts and the available
19    funds as necessary and appropriate, subject to Commission
20    approval as part of the periodic plan revision process
21    described in Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act.
22    The Agency may define different block sizes, purchase
23    prices, or other distinct terms and conditions for
24    projects located in different utility service territories
25    if the Agency deems it necessary to meet the goals in this
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1    on behalf of electric utilities that serve less than
2    3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail
3    customers in this State, the quantity of renewable energy
4    credits sought by eligible projects exceeds the quantity
5    of renewable energy credits defined by the Agency for the
6    block, the Agency shall lower the price applicable to the
7    block and require eligible projects to affirm the
8    commitment to the quantity of renewable energy credits
9    sought. The Agency shall employ a stepped process of
10    lowering the price applicable to the block so as to
11    identify a price at which the quantity of renewable energy
12    credits sought by eligible projects balances with the
13    renewable energy credits sought by the Agency for the
14    block.
15        The competitive procurement process used for the
16    procurement of new photovoltaic community renewable
17    generation projects on behalf of electric utilities that
18    serve less than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than
19    500,000 retail customers in this State shall define the
20    quantity of renewable energy credits to be procured and
21    allow bidders to submit price offers to the Agency. The
22    Agency shall conduct the competitive procurement process
23    in a manner that results in the lowest cost for the
24    renewable energy credits procured.
25        The Adjustable Block program and competitive
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1    block groups in at least the following amounts, which may
2    be adjusted upon review by the Agency and approval by the
3    Commission as described in this subparagraph (K):
4            (i) At least 25% from distributed renewable energy
5        generation devices with a nameplate capacity of no
6        more than 10 kilowatts.
7            (ii) At least 25% from distributed renewable
8        energy generation devices with a nameplate capacity of
9        more than 10 kilowatts and no more than 2,000
10        kilowatts. The Agency may create sub-categories within
11        this category to account for the differences between
12        projects for small commercial customers, large
13        commercial customers, and public or non-profit
14        customers.
15            (iii) At least 25% from photovoltaic community
16        renewable generation projects.
17            (iv) The remaining 25% shall be allocated as
18        specified by the Agency in the long-term renewable
19        resources procurement plan.
20        The Adjustable Block program shall be designed to
21    ensure that renewable energy credits are procured from
22    photovoltaic distributed renewable energy generation
23    devices and new photovoltaic community renewable energy
24    generation projects in diverse locations and are not
25    concentrated in a few geographic areas.
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1    credits under items (i) through (iv) of subparagraph (K)
2    of this paragraph (1) shall be subject to the following
3    contract and payment terms:
4            (i) The Agency shall procure contracts of at least
5        15 years in length.
6            (ii) For those renewable energy credits that
7        qualify and are procured under item (i) of
8        subparagraph (K) of this paragraph (1), the renewable
9        energy credit purchase price shall be paid in full by
10        the contracting utilities at the time that the
11        facility producing the renewable energy credits is
12        interconnected at the distribution system level of the
13        utility and energized. The electric utility shall
14        receive and retire all renewable energy credits
15        generated by the project for the first 15 years of
16        operation.
17            (iii) For those renewable energy credits that
18        qualify and are procured under item (ii) and (iii) of
19        subparagraph (K) of this paragraph (1) and any
20        additional categories of distributed generation
21        included in the long-term renewable resources
22        procurement plan and approved by the Commission, 20
23        percent of the renewable energy credit purchase price
24        shall be paid by the contracting utilities at the time
25        that the facility producing the renewable energy
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1        level of the utility and energized. The remaining
2        portion shall be paid ratably over the subsequent
3        4-year period. The electric utility shall receive and
4        retire all renewable energy credits generated by the
5        project for the first 15 years of operation.
6            (iv) Each contract shall include provisions to
7        ensure the delivery of the renewable energy credits
8        for the full term of the contract.
9            (v) The utility shall be the counterparty to the
10        contracts executed under this subparagraph (L) that
11        are approved by the Commission under the process
12        described in Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
13        Act. No contract shall be executed for an amount that
14        is less than one renewable energy credit per year.
15            (vi) If, at any time, approved applications for
16        the Adjustable Block program exceed funds collected by
17        the electric utility or would cause the Agency to
18        exceed the limitation described in subparagraph (E) of
19        this paragraph (1) on the amount of renewable energy
20        resources that may be procured, then the Agency shall
21        consider future uncommitted funds to be reserved for
22        these contracts on a first-come, first-served basis,
23        with the delivery of renewable energy credits required
24        beginning at the time that the reserved funds become
25        available.
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1        utility to advance any payment or pay any amounts that
2        exceed the actual amount of revenues collected by the
3        utility under paragraph (6) of this subsection (c) and
4        subsection (k) of Section 16-108 of the Public
5        Utilities Act, and contracts executed under this
6        Section shall expressly incorporate this limitation.
7        (M) The Agency shall be authorized to retain one or
8    more experts or expert consulting firms to develop,
9    administer, implement, operate, and evaluate the
10    Adjustable Block program described in subparagraph (K) of
11    this paragraph (1), and the Agency shall retain the
12    consultant or consultants in the same manner, to the
13    extent practicable, as the Agency retains others to
14    administer provisions of this Act, including, but not
15    limited to, the procurement administrator. The selection
16    of experts and expert consulting firms and the procurement
17    process described in this subparagraph (M) are exempt from
18    the requirements of Section 20-10 of the Illinois
19    Procurement Code, under Section 20-10 of that Code. The
20    Agency shall strive to minimize administrative expenses in
21    the implementation of the Adjustable Block program.
22        The Agency and its consultant or consultants shall
23    monitor block activity, share program activity with
24    stakeholders and conduct regularly scheduled meetings to
25    discuss program activity and market conditions. If
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1    adjustments to the Adjustable Block program design, such
2    as redistributing available funds or making adjustments to
3    purchase prices as necessary to achieve the goals of this
4    subsection (c). Program modifications to any price,
5    capacity block, or other program element that do not
6    deviate from the Commission's approved value by more than
7    25% shall take effect immediately and are not subject to
8    Commission review and approval. Program modifications to
9    any price, capacity block, or other program element that
10    deviate more than 25% from the Commission's approved value
11    must be approved by the Commission as a long-term plan
12    amendment under Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
13    Act. The Agency shall consider stakeholder feedback when
14    making adjustments to the Adjustable Block design and
15    shall notify stakeholders in advance of any planned
16    changes.
17        (N) The long-term renewable resources procurement plan
18    required by this subsection (c) shall include a community
19    renewable generation program. The Agency shall establish
20    the terms, conditions, and program requirements for
21    community renewable generation projects with a goal to
22    expand renewable energy generating facility access to a
23    broader group of energy consumers, to ensure robust
24    participation opportunities for residential and small
25    commercial customers and those who cannot install
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1    approved by the Commission shall allow subscriptions to
2    community renewable generation projects to be portable and
3    transferable. For purposes of this subparagraph (N),
4    "portable" means that subscriptions may be retained by the
5    subscriber even if the subscriber relocates or changes its
6    address within the same utility service territory; and
7    "transferable" means that a subscriber may assign or sell
8    subscriptions to another person within the same utility
9    service territory.
10        Electric utilities shall provide a monetary credit to
11    a subscriber's subsequent bill for service for the
12    proportional output of a community renewable generation
13    project attributable to that subscriber as specified in
14    Section 16-107.5 of the Public Utilities Act.
15        The Agency shall purchase renewable energy credits
16    from subscribed shares of photovoltaic community renewable
17    generation projects through the Adjustable Block program
18    and the competitive procurement process described in
19    subparagraph (K) of this paragraph (1) or through the
20    Illinois Solar for All Program described in Section 1-56
21    of this Act. The electric utility shall purchase any
22    unsubscribed energy from community renewable generation
23    projects that are Qualifying Facilities ("QF") under the
24    electric utility's tariff for purchasing the output from
25    QFs under Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of
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1        The owners of and any subscribers to a community
2    renewable generation project shall not be considered
3    public utilities or alternative retail electricity
4    suppliers under the Public Utilities Act solely as a
5    result of their interest in or subscription to a community
6    renewable generation project and shall not be required to
7    become an alternative retail electric supplier by
8    participating in a community renewable generation project
9    with a public utility.
10        (O) For the delivery year beginning June 1, 2018, the
11    long-term renewable resources procurement plan required by
12    this subsection (c) shall provide for the Agency to
13    procure contracts to continue offering the Illinois Solar
14    for All Program described in subsection (b) of Section
15    1-56 of this Act, and the contracts approved by the
16    Commission shall be executed by the utilities that are
17    subject to this subsection (c). The long-term renewable
18    resources procurement plan shall allocate 5% of the funds
19    available under the plan for the applicable delivery year,
20    or $10,000,000 per delivery year, whichever is greater, to
21    fund the programs, and the plan shall determine the amount
22    of funding to be apportioned to the programs identified in
23    subsection (b) of Section 1-56 of this Act; provided that
24    for the delivery years beginning June 1, 2017, June 1,
25    2021, and June 1, 2025, the long-term renewable resources
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1    under the plan for the applicable delivery year, or
2    $20,000,000 per delivery year, whichever is greater, and
3    $10,000,000 of such funds in such year shall be used by an
4    electric utility that serves more than 3,000,000 retail
5    customers in the State to implement a Commission-approved
6    plan under Section 16-108.12 of the Public Utilities Act.
7    In making the determinations required under this
8    subparagraph (O), the Commission shall consider the
9    experience and performance under the programs and any
10    evaluation reports. The Commission shall also provide for
11    an independent evaluation of those programs on a periodic
12    basis that are funded under this subparagraph (O).
13        (2) (Blank).
14        (3) (Blank).
15        (4) The electric utility shall retire all renewable
16    energy credits used to comply with the standard.
17        (5) Beginning with the 2010 delivery year and ending
18    June 1, 2017, an electric utility subject to this
19    subsection (c) shall apply the lesser of the maximum
20    alternative compliance payment rate or the most recent
21    estimated alternative compliance payment rate for its
22    service territory for the corresponding compliance period,
23    established pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 16-115D
24    of the Public Utilities Act to its retail customers that
25    take service pursuant to the electric utility's hourly
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1    retain all amounts collected as a result of the
2    application of the alternative compliance payment rate or
3    rates to such customers, and, beginning in 2011, the
4    utility shall include in the information provided under
5    item (1) of subsection (d) of Section 16-111.5 of the
6    Public Utilities Act the amounts collected under the
7    alternative compliance payment rate or rates for the prior
8    year ending May 31. Notwithstanding any limitation on the
9    procurement of renewable energy resources imposed by item
10    (2) of this subsection (c), the Agency shall increase its
11    spending on the purchase of renewable energy resources to
12    be procured by the electric utility for the next plan year
13    by an amount equal to the amounts collected by the utility
14    under the alternative compliance payment rate or rates in
15    the prior year ending May 31.
16        (6) The electric utility shall be entitled to recover
17    all of its costs associated with the procurement of
18    renewable energy credits under plans approved under this
19    Section and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act.
20    These costs shall include associated reasonable expenses
21    for implementing the procurement programs, including, but
22    not limited to, the costs of administering and evaluating
23    the Adjustable Block program, through an automatic
24    adjustment clause tariff in accordance with subsection (k)
25    of Section 16-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
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1    photovoltaic projects or new distributed renewable energy
2    generation devices under this Section after June 1, 2017
3    (the effective date of Public Act 99-906) must be procured
4    from devices installed by a qualified person in compliance
5    with the requirements of Section 16-128A of the Public
6    Utilities Act and any rules or regulations adopted
7    thereunder.
8        In meeting the renewable energy requirements of this
9    subsection (c), to the extent feasible and consistent with
10    State and federal law, the renewable energy credit
11    procurements, Adjustable Block solar program, and
12    community renewable generation program shall provide
13    employment opportunities for all segments of the
14    population and workforce, including minority-owned and
15    woman-owned female-owned business enterprises, and shall
16    not, consistent with State and federal law, discriminate
17    based on race or socioeconomic status.
18        As part of any renewable resources procurement plan
19    required by this subsection (c), the Agency will compile
20    and publish a list of any seller of renewable energy
21    resources procured by the Agency that is not, as of
22    January 1 of the calendar year in which the procurement
23    plan will be filed for approval with the Commission, in
24    compliance with the reporting obligations of Section 5-117
25    of the Public Utilities Act, and the Agency shall not
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1    in compliance with the reporting obligations of Section
2    5-117 of the Public Utilities Act in the procurement plan.
3        Any entity that submits a bid to provide renewable
4    energy resources in any procurement event conducted
5    pursuant to this Section occurring after the effective
6    date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly
7    shall certify that not less than the prevailing wage, as
8    determined pursuant to the Prevailing Wage Act, was or
9    will be paid to employees who are engaged in construction
10    activities associated with the renewable energy resources,
11    and the Agency shall not procure any renewable resources
12    from any entity not providing such a certification. Every
13    contract for the procurement of renewable energy resources
14    pursuant to this Section shall provide that failure to
15    comply with the terms of such certification shall
16    constitute an event of default, subject to termination of
17    the contract.
18    (d) Clean coal portfolio standard.
19        (1) The procurement plans shall include electricity
20    generated using clean coal. Each utility shall enter into
21    one or more sourcing agreements with the initial clean
22    coal facility, as provided in paragraph (3) of this
23    subsection (d), covering electricity generated by the
24    initial clean coal facility representing at least 5% of
25    each utility's total supply to serve the load of eligible
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1    described in paragraph (3) of this subsection (d), subject
2    to the limits specified in paragraph (2) of this
3    subsection (d). It is the goal of the State that by January
4    1, 2025, 25% of the electricity used in the State shall be
5    generated by cost-effective clean coal facilities. For
6    purposes of this subsection (d), "cost-effective" means
7    that the expenditures pursuant to such sourcing agreements
8    do not cause the limit stated in paragraph (2) of this
9    subsection (d) to be exceeded and do not exceed cost-based
10    benchmarks, which shall be developed to assess all
11    expenditures pursuant to such sourcing agreements covering
12    electricity generated by clean coal facilities, other than
13    the initial clean coal facility, by the procurement
14    administrator, in consultation with the Commission staff,
15    Agency staff, and the procurement monitor and shall be
16    subject to Commission review and approval.
17        A utility party to a sourcing agreement shall
18    immediately retire any emission credits that it receives
19    in connection with the electricity covered by such
20    agreement.
21        Utilities shall maintain adequate records documenting
22    the purchases under the sourcing agreement to comply with
23    this subsection (d) and shall file an accounting with the
24    load forecast that must be filed with the Agency by July 15
25    of each year, in accordance with subsection (d) of Section
26    16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act.

 

 

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1        A utility shall be deemed to have complied with the
2    clean coal portfolio standard specified in this subsection
3    (d) if the utility enters into a sourcing agreement as
4    required by this subsection (d).
5        (2) For purposes of this subsection (d), the required
6    execution of sourcing agreements with the initial clean
7    coal facility for a particular year shall be measured as a
8    percentage of the actual amount of electricity
9    (megawatt-hours) supplied by the electric utility to
10    eligible retail customers in the planning year ending
11    immediately prior to the agreement's execution. For
12    purposes of this subsection (d), the amount paid per
13    kilowatthour means the total amount paid for electric
14    service expressed on a per kilowatthour basis. For
15    purposes of this subsection (d), the total amount paid for
16    electric service includes without limitation amounts paid
17    for supply, transmission, distribution, surcharges and
18    add-on taxes.
19        Notwithstanding the requirements of this subsection
20    (d), the total amount paid under sourcing agreements with
21    clean coal facilities pursuant to the procurement plan for
22    any given year shall be reduced by an amount necessary to
23    limit the annual estimated average net increase due to the
24    costs of these resources included in the amounts paid by
25    eligible retail customers in connection with electric
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1            (A) in 2010, no more than 0.5% of the amount paid
2        per kilowatthour by those customers during the year
3        ending May 31, 2009;
4            (B) in 2011, the greater of an additional 0.5% of
5        the amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers
6        during the year ending May 31, 2010 or 1% of the amount
7        paid per kilowatthour by those customers during the
8        year ending May 31, 2009;
9            (C) in 2012, the greater of an additional 0.5% of
10        the amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers
11        during the year ending May 31, 2011 or 1.5% of the
12        amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers during
13        the year ending May 31, 2009;
14            (D) in 2013, the greater of an additional 0.5% of
15        the amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers
16        during the year ending May 31, 2012 or 2% of the amount
17        paid per kilowatthour by those customers during the
18        year ending May 31, 2009; and
19            (E) thereafter, the total amount paid under
20        sourcing agreements with clean coal facilities
21        pursuant to the procurement plan for any single year
22        shall be reduced by an amount necessary to limit the
23        estimated average net increase due to the cost of
24        these resources included in the amounts paid by
25        eligible retail customers in connection with electric
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1        the amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers
2        during the year ending May 31, 2009 or (ii) the
3        incremental amount per kilowatthour paid for these
4        resources in 2013. These requirements may be altered
5        only as provided by statute.
6        No later than June 30, 2015, the Commission shall
7    review the limitation on the total amount paid under
8    sourcing agreements, if any, with clean coal facilities
9    pursuant to this subsection (d) and report to the General
10    Assembly its findings as to whether that limitation unduly
11    constrains the amount of electricity generated by
12    cost-effective clean coal facilities that is covered by
13    sourcing agreements.
14        (3) Initial clean coal facility. In order to promote
15    development of clean coal facilities in Illinois, each
16    electric utility subject to this Section shall execute a
17    sourcing agreement to source electricity from a proposed
18    clean coal facility in Illinois (the "initial clean coal
19    facility") that will have a nameplate capacity of at least
20    500 MW when commercial operation commences, that has a
21    final Clean Air Act permit on June 1, 2009 (the effective
22    date of Public Act 95-1027), and that will meet the
23    definition of clean coal facility in Section 1-10 of this
24    Act when commercial operation commences. The sourcing
25    agreements with this initial clean coal facility shall be
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1    facility by the General Assembly and satisfaction of the
2    requirements of paragraph (4) of this subsection (d) and
3    shall be executed within 90 days after any such approval
4    by the General Assembly. The Agency and the Commission
5    shall have authority to inspect all books and records
6    associated with the initial clean coal facility during the
7    term of such a sourcing agreement. A utility's sourcing
8    agreement for electricity produced by the initial clean
9    coal facility shall include:
10            (A) a formula contractual price (the "contract
11        price") approved pursuant to paragraph (4) of this
12        subsection (d), which shall:
13                (i) be determined using a cost of service
14            methodology employing either a level or deferred
15            capital recovery component, based on a capital
16            structure consisting of 45% equity and 55% debt,
17            and a return on equity as may be approved by the
18            Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which in any
19            case may not exceed the lower of 11.5% or the rate
20            of return approved by the General Assembly
21            pursuant to paragraph (4) of this subsection (d);
22            and
23                (ii) provide that all miscellaneous net
24            revenue, including but not limited to net revenue
25            from the sale of emission allowances, if any,
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1            support provided by the State of Illinois or the
2            United States Government, firm transmission
3            rights, if any, by-products produced by the
4            facility, energy or capacity derived from the
5            facility and not covered by a sourcing agreement
6            pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection (d)
7            or item (5) of subsection (d) of Section 16-115 of
8            the Public Utilities Act, whether generated from
9            the synthesis gas derived from coal, from SNG, or
10            from natural gas, shall be credited against the
11            revenue requirement for this initial clean coal
12            facility;
13            (B) power purchase provisions, which shall:
14                (i) provide that the utility party to such
15            sourcing agreement shall pay the contract price
16            for electricity delivered under such sourcing
17            agreement;
18                (ii) require delivery of electricity to the
19            regional transmission organization market of the
20            utility that is party to such sourcing agreement;
21                (iii) require the utility party to such
22            sourcing agreement to buy from the initial clean
23            coal facility in each hour an amount of energy
24            equal to all clean coal energy made available from
25            the initial clean coal facility during such hour
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1            utility's retail market sales of electricity
2            (expressed in kilowatthours sold) in the State
3            during the prior calendar month and the
4            denominator of which is the total retail market
5            sales of electricity (expressed in kilowatthours
6            sold) in the State by utilities during such prior
7            month and the sales of electricity (expressed in
8            kilowatthours sold) in the State by alternative
9            retail electric suppliers during such prior month
10            that are subject to the requirements of this
11            subsection (d) and paragraph (5) of subsection (d)
12            of Section 16-115 of the Public Utilities Act,
13            provided that the amount purchased by the utility
14            in any year will be limited by paragraph (2) of
15            this subsection (d); and
16                (iv) be considered pre-existing contracts in
17            such utility's procurement plans for eligible
18            retail customers;
19            (C) contract for differences provisions, which
20        shall:
21                (i) require the utility party to such sourcing
22            agreement to contract with the initial clean coal
23            facility in each hour with respect to an amount of
24            energy equal to all clean coal energy made
25            available from the initial clean coal facility
26            during such hour times a fraction, the numerator

 

 

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1            of which is such utility's retail market sales of
2            electricity (expressed in kilowatthours sold) in
3            the utility's service territory in the State
4            during the prior calendar month and the
5            denominator of which is the total retail market
6            sales of electricity (expressed in kilowatthours
7            sold) in the State by utilities during such prior
8            month and the sales of electricity (expressed in
9            kilowatthours sold) in the State by alternative
10            retail electric suppliers during such prior month
11            that are subject to the requirements of this
12            subsection (d) and paragraph (5) of subsection (d)
13            of Section 16-115 of the Public Utilities Act,
14            provided that the amount paid by the utility in
15            any year will be limited by paragraph (2) of this
16            subsection (d);
17                (ii) provide that the utility's payment
18            obligation in respect of the quantity of
19            electricity determined pursuant to the preceding
20            clause (i) shall be limited to an amount equal to
21            (1) the difference between the contract price
22            determined pursuant to subparagraph (A) of
23            paragraph (3) of this subsection (d) and the
24            day-ahead price for electricity delivered to the
25            regional transmission organization market of the
26            utility that is party to such sourcing agreement

 

 

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1            (or any successor delivery point at which such
2            utility's supply obligations are financially
3            settled on an hourly basis) (the "reference
4            price") on the day preceding the day on which the
5            electricity is delivered to the initial clean coal
6            facility busbar, multiplied by (2) the quantity of
7            electricity determined pursuant to the preceding
8            clause (i); and
9                (iii) not require the utility to take physical
10            delivery of the electricity produced by the
11            facility;
12            (D) general provisions, which shall:
13                (i) specify a term of no more than 30 years,
14            commencing on the commercial operation date of the
15            facility;
16                (ii) provide that utilities shall maintain
17            adequate records documenting purchases under the
18            sourcing agreements entered into to comply with
19            this subsection (d) and shall file an accounting
20            with the load forecast that must be filed with the
21            Agency by July 15 of each year, in accordance with
22            subsection (d) of Section 16-111.5 of the Public
23            Utilities Act;
24                (iii) provide that all costs associated with
25            the initial clean coal facility will be
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1            Regulatory Commission and to purchasers in
2            accordance with applicable laws governing
3            cost-based wholesale power contracts;
4                (iv) permit the Illinois Power Agency to
5            assume ownership of the initial clean coal
6            facility, without monetary consideration and
7            otherwise on reasonable terms acceptable to the
8            Agency, if the Agency so requests no less than 3
9            years prior to the end of the stated contract
10            term;
11                (v) require the owner of the initial clean
12            coal facility to provide documentation to the
13            Commission each year, starting in the facility's
14            first year of commercial operation, accurately
15            reporting the quantity of carbon emissions from
16            the facility that have been captured and
17            sequestered and report any quantities of carbon
18            released from the site or sites at which carbon
19            emissions were sequestered in prior years, based
20            on continuous monitoring of such sites. If, in any
21            year after the first year of commercial operation,
22            the owner of the facility fails to demonstrate
23            that the initial clean coal facility captured and
24            sequestered at least 50% of the total carbon
25            emissions that the facility would otherwise emit
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1            years has failed, resulting in the release of
2            carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the owner of
3            the facility must offset excess emissions. Any
4            such carbon offsets must be permanent, additional,
5            verifiable, real, located within the State of
6            Illinois, and legally and practicably enforceable.
7            The cost of such offsets for the facility that are
8            not recoverable shall not exceed $15 million in
9            any given year. No costs of any such purchases of
10            carbon offsets may be recovered from a utility or
11            its customers. All carbon offsets purchased for
12            this purpose and any carbon emission credits
13            associated with sequestration of carbon from the
14            facility must be permanently retired. The initial
15            clean coal facility shall not forfeit its
16            designation as a clean coal facility if the
17            facility fails to fully comply with the applicable
18            carbon sequestration requirements in any given
19            year, provided the requisite offsets are
20            purchased. However, the Attorney General, on
21            behalf of the People of the State of Illinois, may
22            specifically enforce the facility's sequestration
23            requirement and the other terms of this contract
24            provision. Compliance with the sequestration
25            requirements and offset purchase requirements
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1            shall be reviewed annually by an independent
2            expert retained by the owner of the initial clean
3            coal facility, with the advance written approval
4            of the Attorney General. The Commission may, in
5            the course of the review specified in item (vii),
6            reduce the allowable return on equity for the
7            facility if the facility willfully fails to comply
8            with the carbon capture and sequestration
9            requirements set forth in this item (v);
10                (vi) include limits on, and accordingly
11            provide for modification of, the amount the
12            utility is required to source under the sourcing
13            agreement consistent with paragraph (2) of this
14            subsection (d);
15                (vii) require Commission review: (1) to
16            determine the justness, reasonableness, and
17            prudence of the inputs to the formula referenced
18            in subparagraphs (A)(i) through (A)(iii) of
19            paragraph (3) of this subsection (d), prior to an
20            adjustment in those inputs including, without
21            limitation, the capital structure and return on
22            equity, fuel costs, and other operations and
23            maintenance costs and (2) to approve the costs to
24            be passed through to customers under the sourcing
25            agreement by which the utility satisfies its
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1            occur no less than every 3 years, regardless of
2            whether any adjustments have been proposed, and
3            shall be completed within 9 months;
4                (viii) limit the utility's obligation to such
5            amount as the utility is allowed to recover
6            through tariffs filed with the Commission,
7            provided that neither the clean coal facility nor
8            the utility waives any right to assert federal
9            pre-emption or any other argument in response to a
10            purported disallowance of recovery costs;
11                (ix) limit the utility's or alternative retail
12            electric supplier's obligation to incur any
13            liability until such time as the facility is in
14            commercial operation and generating power and
15            energy and such power and energy is being
16            delivered to the facility busbar;
17                (x) provide that the owner or owners of the
18            initial clean coal facility, which is the
19            counterparty to such sourcing agreement, shall
20            have the right from time to time to elect whether
21            the obligations of the utility party thereto shall
22            be governed by the power purchase provisions or
23            the contract for differences provisions;
24                (xi) append documentation showing that the
25            formula rate and contract, insofar as they relate
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1            approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory
2            Commission pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal
3            Power Act;
4                (xii) provide that any changes to the terms of
5            the contract, insofar as such changes relate to
6            the power purchase provisions, are subject to
7            review under the public interest standard applied
8            by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
9            pursuant to Sections 205 and 206 of the Federal
10            Power Act; and
11                (xiii) conform with customary lender
12            requirements in power purchase agreements used as
13            the basis for financing non-utility generators.
14        (4) Effective date of sourcing agreements with the
15    initial clean coal facility. Any proposed sourcing
16    agreement with the initial clean coal facility shall not
17    become effective unless the following reports are prepared
18    and submitted and authorizations and approvals obtained:
19            (i) Facility cost report. The owner of the initial
20        clean coal facility shall submit to the Commission,
21        the Agency, and the General Assembly a front-end
22        engineering and design study, a facility cost report,
23        method of financing (including but not limited to
24        structure and associated costs), and an operating and
25        maintenance cost quote for the facility (collectively
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1        accordance with the requirements of this paragraph (4)
2        of subsection (d) of this Section, and shall provide
3        the Commission and the Agency access to the work
4        papers, relied upon documents, and any other backup
5        documentation related to the facility cost report.
6            (ii) Commission report. Within 6 months following
7        receipt of the facility cost report, the Commission,
8        in consultation with the Agency, shall submit a report
9        to the General Assembly setting forth its analysis of
10        the facility cost report. Such report shall include,
11        but not be limited to, a comparison of the costs
12        associated with electricity generated by the initial
13        clean coal facility to the costs associated with
14        electricity generated by other types of generation
15        facilities, an analysis of the rate impacts on
16        residential and small business customers over the life
17        of the sourcing agreements, and an analysis of the
18        likelihood that the initial clean coal facility will
19        commence commercial operation by and be delivering
20        power to the facility's busbar by 2016. To assist in
21        the preparation of its report, the Commission, in
22        consultation with the Agency, may hire one or more
23        experts or consultants, the costs of which shall be
24        paid for by the owner of the initial clean coal
25        facility. The Commission and Agency may begin the
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1        to receipt of the facility cost report.
2            (iii) General Assembly approval. The proposed
3        sourcing agreements shall not take effect unless,
4        based on the facility cost report and the Commission's
5        report, the General Assembly enacts authorizing
6        legislation approving (A) the projected price, stated
7        in cents per kilowatthour, to be charged for
8        electricity generated by the initial clean coal
9        facility, (B) the projected impact on residential and
10        small business customers' bills over the life of the
11        sourcing agreements, and (C) the maximum allowable
12        return on equity for the project; and
13            (iv) Commission review. If the General Assembly
14        enacts authorizing legislation pursuant to
15        subparagraph (iii) approving a sourcing agreement, the
16        Commission shall, within 90 days of such enactment,
17        complete a review of such sourcing agreement. During
18        such time period, the Commission shall implement any
19        directive of the General Assembly, resolve any
20        disputes between the parties to the sourcing agreement
21        concerning the terms of such agreement, approve the
22        form of such agreement, and issue an order finding
23        that the sourcing agreement is prudent and reasonable.
24        The facility cost report shall be prepared as follows:
25            (A) The facility cost report shall be prepared by
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1        detailing the estimated capital costs payable to one
2        or more contractors or suppliers for the engineering,
3        procurement and construction of the components
4        comprising the initial clean coal facility and the
5        estimated costs of operation and maintenance of the
6        facility. The facility cost report shall include:
7                (i) an estimate of the capital cost of the
8            core plant based on one or more front end
9            engineering and design studies for the
10            gasification island and related facilities. The
11            core plant shall include all civil, structural,
12            mechanical, electrical, control, and safety
13            systems.
14                (ii) an estimate of the capital cost of the
15            balance of the plant, including any capital costs
16            associated with sequestration of carbon dioxide
17            emissions and all interconnects and interfaces
18            required to operate the facility, such as
19            transmission of electricity, construction or
20            backfeed power supply, pipelines to transport
21            substitute natural gas or carbon dioxide, potable
22            water supply, natural gas supply, water supply,
23            water discharge, landfill, access roads, and coal
24            delivery.
25            The quoted construction costs shall be expressed
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1        prepared and shall include capitalized financing costs
2        during construction, taxes, insurance, and other
3        owner's costs, and an assumed escalation in materials
4        and labor beyond the date as of which the construction
5        cost quote is expressed.
6            (B) The front end engineering and design study for
7        the gasification island and the cost study for the
8        balance of plant shall include sufficient design work
9        to permit quantification of major categories of
10        materials, commodities and labor hours, and receipt of
11        quotes from vendors of major equipment required to
12        construct and operate the clean coal facility.
13            (C) The facility cost report shall also include an
14        operating and maintenance cost quote that will provide
15        the estimated cost of delivered fuel, personnel,
16        maintenance contracts, chemicals, catalysts,
17        consumables, spares, and other fixed and variable
18        operations and maintenance costs. The delivered fuel
19        cost estimate will be provided by a recognized third
20        party expert or experts in the fuel and transportation
21        industries. The balance of the operating and
22        maintenance cost quote, excluding delivered fuel
23        costs, will be developed based on the inputs provided
24        by duly licensed engineering and construction firms
25        performing the construction cost quote, potential
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1        operating agreements, or recognized third party plant
2        operator or operators.
3            The operating and maintenance cost quote
4        (including the cost of the front end engineering and
5        design study) shall be expressed in nominal dollars as
6        of the date that the quote is prepared and shall
7        include taxes, insurance, and other owner's costs, and
8        an assumed escalation in materials and labor beyond
9        the date as of which the operating and maintenance
10        cost quote is expressed.
11            (D) The facility cost report shall also include an
12        analysis of the initial clean coal facility's ability
13        to deliver power and energy into the applicable
14        regional transmission organization markets and an
15        analysis of the expected capacity factor for the
16        initial clean coal facility.
17            (E) Amounts paid to third parties unrelated to the
18        owner or owners of the initial clean coal facility to
19        prepare the core plant construction cost quote,
20        including the front end engineering and design study,
21        and the operating and maintenance cost quote will be
22        reimbursed through Coal Development Bonds.
23        (5) Re-powering and retrofitting coal-fired power
24    plants previously owned by Illinois utilities to qualify
25    as clean coal facilities. During the 2009 procurement
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1    Commission shall consider sourcing agreements covering
2    electricity generated by power plants that were previously
3    owned by Illinois utilities and that have been or will be
4    converted into clean coal facilities, as defined by
5    Section 1-10 of this Act. Pursuant to such procurement
6    planning process, the owners of such facilities may
7    propose to the Agency sourcing agreements with utilities
8    and alternative retail electric suppliers required to
9    comply with subsection (d) of this Section and item (5) of
10    subsection (d) of Section 16-115 of the Public Utilities
11    Act, covering electricity generated by such facilities. In
12    the case of sourcing agreements that are power purchase
13    agreements, the contract price for electricity sales shall
14    be established on a cost of service basis. In the case of
15    sourcing agreements that are contracts for differences,
16    the contract price from which the reference price is
17    subtracted shall be established on a cost of service
18    basis. The Agency and the Commission may approve any such
19    utility sourcing agreements that do not exceed cost-based
20    benchmarks developed by the procurement administrator, in
21    consultation with the Commission staff, Agency staff and
22    the procurement monitor, subject to Commission review and
23    approval. The Commission shall have authority to inspect
24    all books and records associated with these clean coal
25    facilities during the term of any such contract.
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1    pursuant to a contract entered into under this subsection
2    (d) shall be deemed prudently incurred and reasonable in
3    amount and the electric utility shall be entitled to full
4    cost recovery pursuant to the tariffs filed with the
5    Commission.
6    (d-5) Zero emission standard.
7        (1) Beginning with the delivery year commencing on
8    June 1, 2017, the Agency shall, for electric utilities
9    that serve at least 100,000 retail customers in this
10    State, procure contracts with zero emission facilities
11    that are reasonably capable of generating cost-effective
12    zero emission credits in an amount approximately equal to
13    16% of the actual amount of electricity delivered by each
14    electric utility to retail customers in the State during
15    calendar year 2014. For an electric utility serving fewer
16    than 100,000 retail customers in this State that
17    requested, under Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
18    Act, that the Agency procure power and energy for all or a
19    portion of the utility's Illinois load for the delivery
20    year commencing June 1, 2016, the Agency shall procure
21    contracts with zero emission facilities that are
22    reasonably capable of generating cost-effective zero
23    emission credits in an amount approximately equal to 16%
24    of the portion of power and energy to be procured by the
25    Agency for the utility. The duration of the contracts
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1    of 10 years ending May 31, 2027. The quantity of zero
2    emission credits to be procured under the contracts shall
3    be all of the zero emission credits generated by the zero
4    emission facility in each delivery year; however, if the
5    zero emission facility is owned by more than one entity,
6    then the quantity of zero emission credits to be procured
7    under the contracts shall be the amount of zero emission
8    credits that are generated from the portion of the zero
9    emission facility that is owned by the winning supplier.
10        The 16% value identified in this paragraph (1) is the
11    average of the percentage targets in subparagraph (B) of
12    paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of this Section for the 5
13    delivery years beginning June 1, 2017.
14        The procurement process shall be subject to the
15    following provisions:
16            (A) Those zero emission facilities that intend to
17        participate in the procurement shall submit to the
18        Agency the following eligibility information for each
19        zero emission facility on or before the date
20        established by the Agency:
21                (i) the in-service date and remaining useful
22            life of the zero emission facility;
23                (ii) the amount of power generated annually
24            for each of the years 2005 through 2015, and the
25            projected zero emission credits to be generated
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1            emission facility, which shall be used to
2            determine the capability of each facility;
3                (iii) the annual zero emission facility cost
4            projections, expressed on a per megawatthour
5            basis, over the next 6 delivery years, which shall
6            include the following: operation and maintenance
7            expenses; fully allocated overhead costs, which
8            shall be allocated using the methodology developed
9            by the Institute for Nuclear Power Operations;
10            fuel expenditures; non-fuel capital expenditures;
11            spent fuel expenditures; a return on working
12            capital; the cost of operational and market risks
13            that could be avoided by ceasing operation; and
14            any other costs necessary for continued
15            operations, provided that "necessary" means, for
16            purposes of this item (iii), that the costs could
17            reasonably be avoided only by ceasing operations
18            of the zero emission facility; and
19                (iv) a commitment to continue operating, for
20            the duration of the contract or contracts executed
21            under the procurement held under this subsection
22            (d-5), the zero emission facility that produces
23            the zero emission credits to be procured in the
24            procurement.
25            The information described in item (iii) of this
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1        basis and shall be treated and maintained by the
2        Agency, the procurement administrator, and the
3        Commission as confidential and proprietary and exempt
4        from disclosure under subparagraphs (a) and (g) of
5        paragraph (1) of Section 7 of the Freedom of
6        Information Act. The Office of Attorney General shall
7        have access to, and maintain the confidentiality of,
8        such information pursuant to Section 6.5 of the
9        Attorney General Act.
10            (B) The price for each zero emission credit
11        procured under this subsection (d-5) for each delivery
12        year shall be in an amount that equals the Social Cost
13        of Carbon, expressed on a price per megawatthour
14        basis. However, to ensure that the procurement remains
15        affordable to retail customers in this State if
16        electricity prices increase, the price in an
17        applicable delivery year shall be reduced below the
18        Social Cost of Carbon by the amount ("Price
19        Adjustment") by which the market price index for the
20        applicable delivery year exceeds the baseline market
21        price index for the consecutive 12-month period ending
22        May 31, 2016. If the Price Adjustment is greater than
23        or equal to the Social Cost of Carbon in an applicable
24        delivery year, then no payments shall be due in that
25        delivery year. The components of this calculation are
26        defined as follows:

 

 

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1                (i) Social Cost of Carbon: The Social Cost of
2            Carbon is $16.50 per megawatthour, which is based
3            on the U.S. Interagency Working Group on Social
4            Cost of Carbon's price in the August 2016
5            Technical Update using a 3% discount rate,
6            adjusted for inflation for each year of the
7            program. Beginning with the delivery year
8            commencing June 1, 2023, the price per
9            megawatthour shall increase by $1 per
10            megawatthour, and continue to increase by an
11            additional $1 per megawatthour each delivery year
12            thereafter.
13                (ii) Baseline market price index: The baseline
14            market price index for the consecutive 12-month
15            period ending May 31, 2016 is $31.40 per
16            megawatthour, which is based on the sum of (aa)
17            the average day-ahead energy price across all
18            hours of such 12-month period at the PJM
19            Interconnection LLC Northern Illinois Hub, (bb)
20            50% multiplied by the Base Residual Auction, or
21            its successor, capacity price for the rest of the
22            RTO zone group determined by PJM Interconnection
23            LLC, divided by 24 hours per day, and (cc) 50%
24            multiplied by the Planning Resource Auction, or
25            its successor, capacity price for Zone 4
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1            Operator, Inc., divided by 24 hours per day.
2                (iii) Market price index: The market price
3            index for a delivery year shall be the sum of
4            projected energy prices and projected capacity
5            prices determined as follows:
6                    (aa) Projected energy prices: the
7                projected energy prices for the applicable
8                delivery year shall be calculated once for the
9                year using the forward market price for the
10                PJM Interconnection, LLC Northern Illinois
11                Hub. The forward market price shall be
12                calculated as follows: the energy forward
13                prices for each month of the applicable
14                delivery year averaged for each trade date
15                during the calendar year immediately preceding
16                that delivery year to produce a single energy
17                forward price for the delivery year. The
18                forward market price calculation shall use
19                data published by the Intercontinental
20                Exchange, or its successor.
21                    (bb) Projected capacity prices:
22                        (I) For the delivery years commencing
23                    June 1, 2017, June 1, 2018, and June 1,
24                    2019, the projected capacity price shall
25                    be equal to the sum of (1) 50% multiplied
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1                    successor, price for the rest of the RTO
2                    zone group as determined by PJM
3                    Interconnection LLC, divided by 24 hours
4                    per day and, (2) 50% multiplied by the
5                    resource auction price determined in the
6                    resource auction administered by the
7                    Midcontinent Independent System Operator,
8                    Inc., in which the largest percentage of
9                    load cleared for Local Resource Zone 4,
10                    divided by 24 hours per day, and where
11                    such price is determined by the
12                    Midcontinent Independent System Operator,
13                    Inc.
14                        (II) For the delivery year commencing
15                    June 1, 2020, and each year thereafter,
16                    the projected capacity price shall be
17                    equal to the sum of (1) 50% multiplied by
18                    the Base Residual Auction, or its
19                    successor, price for the ComEd zone as
20                    determined by PJM Interconnection LLC,
21                    divided by 24 hours per day, and (2) 50%
22                    multiplied by the resource auction price
23                    determined in the resource auction
24                    administered by the Midcontinent
25                    Independent System Operator, Inc., in
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1                    cleared for Local Resource Zone 4, divided
2                    by 24 hours per day, and where such price
3                    is determined by the Midcontinent
4                    Independent System Operator, Inc.
5            For purposes of this subsection (d-5):
6                "Rest of the RTO" and "ComEd Zone" shall have
7            the meaning ascribed to them by PJM
8            Interconnection, LLC.
9                "RTO" means regional transmission
10            organization.
11            (C) No later than 45 days after June 1, 2017 (the
12        effective date of Public Act 99-906), the Agency shall
13        publish its proposed zero emission standard
14        procurement plan. The plan shall be consistent with
15        the provisions of this paragraph (1) and shall provide
16        that winning bids shall be selected based on public
17        interest criteria that include, but are not limited
18        to, minimizing carbon dioxide emissions that result
19        from electricity consumed in Illinois and minimizing
20        sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and particulate matter
21        emissions that adversely affect the citizens of this
22        State. In particular, the selection of winning bids
23        shall take into account the incremental environmental
24        benefits resulting from the procurement, such as any
25        existing environmental benefits that are preserved by
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1        would cease to exist if the procurements were not
2        held, including the preservation of zero emission
3        facilities. The plan shall also describe in detail how
4        each public interest factor shall be considered and
5        weighted in the bid selection process to ensure that
6        the public interest criteria are applied to the
7        procurement and given full effect.
8            For purposes of developing the plan, the Agency
9        shall consider any reports issued by a State agency,
10        board, or commission under House Resolution 1146 of
11        the 98th General Assembly and paragraph (4) of
12        subsection (d) of this Section, as well as publicly
13        available analyses and studies performed by or for
14        regional transmission organizations that serve the
15        State and their independent market monitors.
16            Upon publishing of the zero emission standard
17        procurement plan, copies of the plan shall be posted
18        and made publicly available on the Agency's website.
19        All interested parties shall have 10 days following
20        the date of posting to provide comment to the Agency on
21        the plan. All comments shall be posted to the Agency's
22        website. Following the end of the comment period, but
23        no more than 60 days later than June 1, 2017 (the
24        effective date of Public Act 99-906), the Agency shall
25        revise the plan as necessary based on the comments
26        received and file its zero emission standard

 

 

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1        procurement plan with the Commission.
2            If the Commission determines that the plan will
3        result in the procurement of cost-effective zero
4        emission credits, then the Commission shall, after
5        notice and hearing, but no later than 45 days after the
6        Agency filed the plan, approve the plan or approve
7        with modification. For purposes of this subsection
8        (d-5), "cost effective" means the projected costs of
9        procuring zero emission credits from zero emission
10        facilities do not cause the limit stated in paragraph
11        (2) of this subsection to be exceeded.
12            (C-5) As part of the Commission's review and
13        acceptance or rejection of the procurement results,
14        the Commission shall, in its public notice of
15        successful bidders:
16                (i) identify how the winning bids satisfy the
17            public interest criteria described in subparagraph
18            (C) of this paragraph (1) of minimizing carbon
19            dioxide emissions that result from electricity
20            consumed in Illinois and minimizing sulfur
21            dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and particulate matter
22            emissions that adversely affect the citizens of
23            this State;
24                (ii) specifically address how the selection of
25            winning bids takes into account the incremental
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1            procurement, including any existing environmental
2            benefits that are preserved by the procurements
3            held under Public Act 99-906 and would have ceased
4            to exist if the procurements had not been held,
5            such as the preservation of zero emission
6            facilities;
7                (iii) quantify the environmental benefit of
8            preserving the resources identified in item (ii)
9            of this subparagraph (C-5), including the
10            following:
11                    (aa) the value of avoided greenhouse gas
12                emissions measured as the product of the zero
13                emission facilities' output over the contract
14                term multiplied by the U.S. Environmental
15                Protection Agency eGrid subregion carbon
16                dioxide emission rate and the U.S. Interagency
17                Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon's price
18                in the August 2016 Technical Update using a 3%
19                discount rate, adjusted for inflation for each
20                delivery year; and
21                    (bb) the costs of replacement with other
22                zero carbon dioxide resources, including wind
23                and photovoltaic, based upon the simple
24                average of the following:
25                        (I) the price, or if there is more
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1                    paid for renewable energy credits from new
2                    utility-scale wind projects in the
3                    procurement events specified in item (i)
4                    of subparagraph (G) of paragraph (1) of
5                    subsection (c) of this Section; and
6                        (II) the price, or if there is more
7                    than one price, the average of the prices,
8                    paid for renewable energy credits from new
9                    utility-scale solar projects and
10                    brownfield site photovoltaic projects in
11                    the procurement events specified in item
12                    (ii) of subparagraph (G) of paragraph (1)
13                    of subsection (c) of this Section and,
14                    after January 1, 2015, renewable energy
15                    credits from photovoltaic distributed
16                    generation projects in procurement events
17                    held under subsection (c) of this Section.
18            Each utility shall enter into binding contractual
19        arrangements with the winning suppliers.
20            The procurement described in this subsection
21        (d-5), including, but not limited to, the execution of
22        all contracts procured, shall be completed no later
23        than May 10, 2017. Based on the effective date of
24        Public Act 99-906, the Agency and Commission may, as
25        appropriate, modify the various dates and timelines
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1        of this paragraph (1). The procurement and plan
2        approval processes required by this subsection (d-5)
3        shall be conducted in conjunction with the procurement
4        and plan approval processes required by subsection (c)
5        of this Section and Section 16-111.5 of the Public
6        Utilities Act, to the extent practicable.
7        Notwithstanding whether a procurement event is
8        conducted under Section 16-111.5 of the Public
9        Utilities Act, the Agency shall immediately initiate a
10        procurement process on June 1, 2017 (the effective
11        date of Public Act 99-906).
12            (D) Following the procurement event described in
13        this paragraph (1) and consistent with subparagraph
14        (B) of this paragraph (1), the Agency shall calculate
15        the payments to be made under each contract for the
16        next delivery year based on the market price index for
17        that delivery year. The Agency shall publish the
18        payment calculations no later than May 25, 2017 and
19        every May 25 thereafter.
20            (E) Notwithstanding the requirements of this
21        subsection (d-5), the contracts executed under this
22        subsection (d-5) shall provide that the zero emission
23        facility may, as applicable, suspend or terminate
24        performance under the contracts in the following
25        instances:
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1            from its performance under the contract for any
2            cause beyond the control of the resource,
3            including, but not restricted to, acts of God,
4            flood, drought, earthquake, storm, fire,
5            lightning, epidemic, war, riot, civil disturbance
6            or disobedience, labor dispute, labor or material
7            shortage, sabotage, acts of public enemy,
8            explosions, orders, regulations or restrictions
9            imposed by governmental, military, or lawfully
10            established civilian authorities, which, in any of
11            the foregoing cases, by exercise of commercially
12            reasonable efforts the zero emission facility
13            could not reasonably have been expected to avoid,
14            and which, by the exercise of commercially
15            reasonable efforts, it has been unable to
16            overcome. In such event, the zero emission
17            facility shall be excused from performance for the
18            duration of the event, including, but not limited
19            to, delivery of zero emission credits, and no
20            payment shall be due to the zero emission facility
21            during the duration of the event.
22                (ii) A zero emission facility shall be
23            permitted to terminate the contract if legislation
24            is enacted into law by the General Assembly that
25            imposes or authorizes a new tax, special
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1            electricity, the ownership or leasehold of a
2            generating unit, or the privilege or occupation of
3            such generation, ownership, or leasehold of
4            generation units by a zero emission facility.
5            However, the provisions of this item (ii) do not
6            apply to any generally applicable tax, special
7            assessment or fee, or requirements imposed by
8            federal law.
9                (iii) A zero emission facility shall be
10            permitted to terminate the contract in the event
11            that the resource requires capital expenditures in
12            excess of $40,000,000 that were neither known nor
13            reasonably foreseeable at the time it executed the
14            contract and that a prudent owner or operator of
15            such resource would not undertake.
16                (iv) A zero emission facility shall be
17            permitted to terminate the contract in the event
18            the Nuclear Regulatory Commission terminates the
19            resource's license.
20            (F) If the zero emission facility elects to
21        terminate a contract under subparagraph (E) of this
22        paragraph (1), then the Commission shall reopen the
23        docket in which the Commission approved the zero
24        emission standard procurement plan under subparagraph
25        (C) of this paragraph (1) and, after notice and
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1        termination election if such termination is consistent
2        with the provisions of this subsection (d-5).
3        (2) For purposes of this subsection (d-5), the amount
4    paid per kilowatthour means the total amount paid for
5    electric service expressed on a per kilowatthour basis.
6    For purposes of this subsection (d-5), the total amount
7    paid for electric service includes, without limitation,
8    amounts paid for supply, transmission, distribution,
9    surcharges, and add-on taxes.
10        Notwithstanding the requirements of this subsection
11    (d-5), the contracts executed under this subsection (d-5)
12    shall provide that the total of zero emission credits
13    procured under a procurement plan shall be subject to the
14    limitations of this paragraph (2). For each delivery year,
15    the contractual volume receiving payments in such year
16    shall be reduced for all retail customers based on the
17    amount necessary to limit the net increase that delivery
18    year to the costs of those credits included in the amounts
19    paid by eligible retail customers in connection with
20    electric service to no more than 1.65% of the amount paid
21    per kilowatthour by eligible retail customers during the
22    year ending May 31, 2009. The result of this computation
23    shall apply to and reduce the procurement for all retail
24    customers, and all those customers shall pay the same
25    single, uniform cents per kilowatthour charge under
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1    Act. To arrive at a maximum dollar amount of zero emission
2    credits to be paid for the particular delivery year, the
3    resulting per kilowatthour amount shall be applied to the
4    actual amount of kilowatthours of electricity delivered by
5    the electric utility in the delivery year immediately
6    prior to the procurement, to all retail customers in its
7    service territory. Unpaid contractual volume for any
8    delivery year shall be paid in any subsequent delivery
9    year in which such payments can be made without exceeding
10    the amount specified in this paragraph (2). The
11    calculations required by this paragraph (2) shall be made
12    only once for each procurement plan year. Once the
13    determination as to the amount of zero emission credits to
14    be paid is made based on the calculations set forth in this
15    paragraph (2), no subsequent rate impact determinations
16    shall be made and no adjustments to those contract amounts
17    shall be allowed. All costs incurred under those contracts
18    and in implementing this subsection (d-5) shall be
19    recovered by the electric utility as provided in this
20    Section.
21        No later than June 30, 2019, the Commission shall
22    review the limitation on the amount of zero emission
23    credits procured under this subsection (d-5) and report to
24    the General Assembly its findings as to whether that
25    limitation unduly constrains the procurement of
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1        (3) Six years after the execution of a contract under
2    this subsection (d-5), the Agency shall determine whether
3    the actual zero emission credit payments received by the
4    supplier over the 6-year period exceed the Average ZEC
5    Payment. In addition, at the end of the term of a contract
6    executed under this subsection (d-5), or at the time, if
7    any, a zero emission facility's contract is terminated
8    under subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of this subsection
9    (d-5), then the Agency shall determine whether the actual
10    zero emission credit payments received by the supplier
11    over the term of the contract exceed the Average ZEC
12    Payment, after taking into account any amounts previously
13    credited back to the utility under this paragraph (3). If
14    the Agency determines that the actual zero emission credit
15    payments received by the supplier over the relevant period
16    exceed the Average ZEC Payment, then the supplier shall
17    credit the difference back to the utility. The amount of
18    the credit shall be remitted to the applicable electric
19    utility no later than 120 days after the Agency's
20    determination, which the utility shall reflect as a credit
21    on its retail customer bills as soon as practicable;
22    however, the credit remitted to the utility shall not
23    exceed the total amount of payments received by the
24    facility under its contract.
25        For purposes of this Section, the Average ZEC Payment
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1    emission credits delivered under the contract times the
2    average contract price. The average contract price shall
3    be determined by subtracting the amount calculated under
4    subparagraph (B) of this paragraph (3) from the amount
5    calculated under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph (3),
6    as follows:
7            (A) The average of the Social Cost of Carbon, as
8        defined in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of this
9        subsection (d-5), during the term of the contract.
10            (B) The average of the market price indices, as
11        defined in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of this
12        subsection (d-5), during the term of the contract,
13        minus the baseline market price index, as defined in
14        subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of this subsection
15        (d-5).
16        If the subtraction yields a negative number, then the
17    Average ZEC Payment shall be zero.
18        (4) Cost-effective zero emission credits procured from
19    zero emission facilities shall satisfy the applicable
20    definitions set forth in Section 1-10 of this Act.
21        (5) The electric utility shall retire all zero
22    emission credits used to comply with the requirements of
23    this subsection (d-5).
24        (6) Electric utilities shall be entitled to recover
25    all of the costs associated with the procurement of zero
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1    tariff in accordance with subsection (k) and (m) of
2    Section 16-108 of the Public Utilities Act, and the
3    contracts executed under this subsection (d-5) shall
4    provide that the utilities' payment obligations under such
5    contracts shall be reduced if an adjustment is required
6    under subsection (m) of Section 16-108 of the Public
7    Utilities Act.
8        (7) This subsection (d-5) shall become inoperative on
9    January 1, 2028.
10    (e) The draft procurement plans are subject to public
11comment, as required by Section 16-111.5 of the Public
12Utilities Act.
13    (f) The Agency shall submit the final procurement plan to
14the Commission. The Agency shall revise a procurement plan if
15the Commission determines that it does not meet the standards
16set forth in Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act.
17    (g) The Agency shall assess fees to each affected utility
18to recover the costs incurred in preparation of the annual
19procurement plan for the utility.
20    (h) The Agency shall assess fees to each bidder to recover
21the costs incurred in connection with a competitive
22procurement process.
23    (i) A renewable energy credit, carbon emission credit, or
24zero emission credit can only be used once to comply with a
25single portfolio or other standard as set forth in subsection
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1respectively. A renewable energy credit, carbon emission
2credit, or zero emission credit cannot be used to satisfy the
3requirements of more than one standard. If more than one type
4of credit is issued for the same megawatt hour of energy, only
5one credit can be used to satisfy the requirements of a single
6standard. After such use, the credit must be retired together
7with any other credits issued for the same megawatt hour of
8energy.
9(Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19;
10101-113, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
11    Section 10. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
12changing Sections 5-117, 8-103B, 16-102, 16-107.6, 16-108.5,
1316-111.5, and 16-128A and by adding Sections 8-218, 9-244.5,
1416-108.19 and 16-108.20 as follows:
 
15    (220 ILCS 5/5-117)
16    Sec. 5-117. Supplier diversity goals.
17    (a) The public policy of this State is to collaboratively
18work with companies that serve Illinois residents to improve
19their supplier diversity in a non-antagonistic manner.
20    (b) The Commission shall require all gas, electric, and
21water companies with at least 100,000 customers under its
22authority, as well as suppliers of wind energy, solar energy,
23hydroelectricity, nuclear energy, and any other supplier of
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1party selling renewable energy resources procured by the
2Illinois Power Agency pursuant to Section 16-111.5 of this Act
3and Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act, to submit an
4annual report by April 15, 2015 and every April 15 thereafter,
5in a searchable Adobe PDF format, on all procurement goals and
6actual spending for woman-owned female-owned, minority-owned,
7veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in the previous
8calendar year. These goals shall be expressed as a percentage
9of the total work performed by the entity submitting the
10report, and the actual spending for all woman-owned
11female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small
12business enterprises shall also be expressed as a percentage
13of the total work performed by the entity submitting the
14report. Nothing in this subsection (b) shall require any
15entity that was not required to file a report pursuant to this
16subsection (b) prior to the effective date of this amendatory
17Act of the 102nd General Assembly to file reports for calendar
18years prior to 2021.
19    (c) Each participating company in its annual report shall
20include the following information:
21        (1) an explanation of the plan for the next year to
22    increase participation;
23        (2) an explanation of the plan to increase the goals;
24        (3) the areas of procurement each company shall be
25    actively seeking more participation in in the next year;
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1    potential vendors in that area to seek business from the
2    company;
3        (5) an explanation of the challenges faced in finding
4    quality vendors and offer any suggestions for what the
5    Commission could do to be helpful to identify those
6    vendors;
7        (6) a list of the certifications the company
8    recognizes;
9        (7) the point of contact for any potential vendor who
10    wishes to do business with the company and explain the
11    process for a vendor to enroll with the company as a
12    minority-owned, women-owned, or veteran-owned company; and
13        (8) any particular success stories to encourage other
14    companies to emulate best practices.
15    (d) Each annual report shall include as much
16State-specific data as possible. If the submitting entity does
17not submit State-specific data, then the company shall include
18any national data it does have and explain why it could not
19submit State-specific data and how it intends to do so in
20future reports, if possible.
21    (e) Each annual report shall include the rules,
22regulations, and definitions used for the procurement goals in
23the company's annual report.
24    (f) The Commission and all participating entities shall
25hold an annual workshop open to the public in 2015 and every
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1collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to
2achieving stated goals, including testimony from each
3participating entity as well as subject matter experts and
4advocates. The Commission shall publish a database on its
5website of the point of contact for each participating entity
6for supplier diversity, along with a list of certifications
7each company recognizes from the information submitted in each
8annual report. The Commission shall publish each annual report
9on its website and shall maintain each annual report for at
10least 5 years.
11(Source: P.A. 98-1056, eff. 8-26-14; 99-906, eff. 6-1-17;
12revised 7-22-19.)
 
13    (220 ILCS 5/8-103B)
14    Sec. 8-103B. Energy efficiency and demand-response
15measures.
16    (a) It is the policy of the State that electric utilities
17are required to use cost-effective energy efficiency and
18demand-response measures to reduce the total Btus of
19electricity, natural gas, or other fuels needed to meet the
20end use or uses for all retail customers delivery load.
21Requiring investment in cost-effective energy efficiency and
22demand-response measures will reduce direct and indirect costs
23to consumers by decreasing environmental impacts and by
24avoiding or delaying the need for new generation,
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1public interest to allow electric utilities to recover costs
2for reasonably and prudently incurred expenditures for energy
3efficiency and demand-response measures. As used in this
4Section, "cost-effective" means that the measures satisfy the
5total resource cost test. The low-income measures described in
6subsection (c) of this Section shall not be required to meet
7the total resource cost test. For purposes of this Section,
8the terms "energy-efficiency", "demand-response", "electric
9utility", and "total resource cost test" have the meanings set
10forth in the Illinois Power Agency Act.
11    (a-5) This Section applies to electric utilities serving
12more than 500,000 retail customers in the State for those
13multi-year plans commencing after December 31, 2017.
14    (b) For purposes of this Section, electric utilities
15subject to this Section that serve more than 3,000,000 retail
16customers in the State shall be deemed to have achieved a
17cumulative persisting annual savings of 6.6% from energy
18efficiency measures and programs implemented during the period
19beginning January 1, 2012 and ending December 31, 2017, which
20percent is based on the deemed average weather normalized
21sales of electric power and energy during calendar years 2014,
222015, and 2016 of 88,000,000 MWhs. For the purposes of this
23subsection (b) and subsection (b-5), the 88,000,000 MWhs of
24deemed electric power and energy sales shall be reduced by the
25number of MWhs equal to the sum of the annual consumption of
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1this Section under subsection (l) of this Section, as averaged
2across the calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016. After 2017,
3the deemed value of cumulative persisting annual savings from
4energy efficiency measures and programs implemented during the
5period beginning January 1, 2012 and ending December 31, 2017,
6shall be reduced each year, as follows, and the applicable
7value shall be applied to and count toward the utility's
8achievement of the cumulative persisting annual savings goals
9set forth in subsection (b-5):
10        (1) 5.8% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
11    for the year ending December 31, 2018;
12        (2) 5.2% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
13    for the year ending December 31, 2019;
14        (3) 4.5% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
15    for the year ending December 31, 2020;
16        (4) 4.0% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
17    for the year ending December 31, 2021;
18        (5) 3.5% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
19    for the year ending December 31, 2022;
20        (6) 3.1% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
21    for the year ending December 31, 2023;
22        (7) 2.8% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
23    for the year ending December 31, 2024;
24        (8) 2.5% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
25    for the year ending December 31, 2025;
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1    for the year ending December 31, 2026;
2        (10) 2.1% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
3    for the year ending December 31, 2027;
4        (11) 1.8% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
5    for the year ending December 31, 2028;
6        (12) 1.7% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
7    for the year ending December 31, 2029; and
8        (13) 1.5% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
9    for the year ending December 31, 2030.
10    For purposes of this Section, "cumulative persisting
11annual savings" means the total electric energy savings in a
12given year from measures installed in that year or in previous
13years, but no earlier than January 1, 2012, that are still
14operational and providing savings in that year because the
15measures have not yet reached the end of their useful lives.
16    (b-5) Beginning in 2018, electric utilities subject to
17this Section that serve more than 3,000,000 retail customers
18in the State shall achieve the following cumulative persisting
19annual savings goals, as modified by subsection (f) of this
20Section and as compared to the deemed baseline of 88,000,000
21MWhs of electric power and energy sales set forth in
22subsection (b), as reduced by the number of MWhs equal to the
23sum of the annual consumption of customers that are exempt
24from subsections (a) through (j) of this Section under
25subsection (l) of this Section as averaged across the calendar
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1energy efficiency measures during the applicable year and in
2prior years, but no earlier than January 1, 2012:
3        (1) 7.8% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
4    year ending December 31, 2018;
5        (2) 9.1% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
6    year ending December 31, 2019;
7        (3) 10.4% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
8    year ending December 31, 2020;
9        (4) 11.8% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
10    year ending December 31, 2021;
11        (5) 13.1% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
12    year ending December 31, 2022;
13        (6) 14.4% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
14    year ending December 31, 2023;
15        (7) 15.7% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
16    year ending December 31, 2024;
17        (8) 17% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
18    year ending December 31, 2025;
19        (9) 17.9% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
20    year ending December 31, 2026;
21        (10) 18.8% cumulative persisting annual savings for
22    the year ending December 31, 2027;
23        (11) 19.7% cumulative persisting annual savings for
24    the year ending December 31, 2028;
25        (12) 20.6% cumulative persisting annual savings for
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1        (13) 21.5% cumulative persisting annual savings for
2    the year ending December 31, 2030.
3    (b-10) For purposes of this Section, electric utilities
4subject to this Section that serve less than 3,000,000 retail
5customers but more than 500,000 retail customers in the State
6shall be deemed to have achieved a cumulative persisting
7annual savings of 6.6% from energy efficiency measures and
8programs implemented during the period beginning January 1,
92012 and ending December 31, 2017, which is based on the deemed
10average weather normalized sales of electric power and energy
11during calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016 of 36,900,000 MWhs.
12For the purposes of this subsection (b-10) and subsection
13(b-15), the 36,900,000 MWhs of deemed electric power and
14energy sales shall be reduced by the number of MWhs equal to
15the sum of the annual consumption of customers that are exempt
16from subsections (a) through (j) of this Section under
17subsection (l) of this Section, as averaged across the
18calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016. After 2017, the deemed
19value of cumulative persisting annual savings from energy
20efficiency measures and programs implemented during the period
21beginning January 1, 2012 and ending December 31, 2017, shall
22be reduced each year, as follows, and the applicable value
23shall be applied to and count toward the utility's achievement
24of the cumulative persisting annual savings goals set forth in
25subsection (b-15):
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1    for the year ending December 31, 2018;
2        (2) 5.2% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
3    for the year ending December 31, 2019;
4        (3) 4.5% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
5    for the year ending December 31, 2020;
6        (4) 4.0% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
7    for the year ending December 31, 2021;
8        (5) 3.5% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
9    for the year ending December 31, 2022;
10        (6) 3.1% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
11    for the year ending December 31, 2023;
12        (7) 2.8% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
13    for the year ending December 31, 2024;
14        (8) 2.5% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
15    for the year ending December 31, 2025;
16        (9) 2.3% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
17    for the year ending December 31, 2026;
18        (10) 2.1% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
19    for the year ending December 31, 2027;
20        (11) 1.8% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
21    for the year ending December 31, 2028;
22        (12) 1.7% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
23    for the year ending December 31, 2029; and
24        (13) 1.5% deemed cumulative persisting annual savings
25    for the year ending December 31, 2030.
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1this Section that serve less than 3,000,000 retail customers
2but more than 500,000 retail customers in the State shall
3achieve the following cumulative persisting annual savings
4goals, as modified by subsection (b-20) and subsection (f) of
5this Section and as compared to the deemed baseline as reduced
6by the number of MWhs equal to the sum of the annual
7consumption of customers that are exempt from subsections (a)
8through (j) of this Section under subsection (l) of this
9Section as averaged across the calendar years 2014, 2015, and
102016, through the implementation of energy efficiency measures
11during the applicable year and in prior years, but no earlier
12than January 1, 2012:
13        (1) 7.4% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
14    year ending December 31, 2018;
15        (2) 8.2% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
16    year ending December 31, 2019;
17        (3) 9.0% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
18    year ending December 31, 2020;
19        (4) 9.8% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
20    year ending December 31, 2021;
21        (5) 10.6% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
22    year ending December 31, 2022;
23        (6) 11.4% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
24    year ending December 31, 2023;
25        (7) 12.2% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
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1        (8) 13% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
2    year ending December 31, 2025;
3        (9) 13.6% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
4    year ending December 31, 2026;
5        (10) 14.2% cumulative persisting annual savings for
6    the year ending December 31, 2027;
7        (11) 14.8% cumulative persisting annual savings for
8    the year ending December 31, 2028;
9        (12) 15.4% cumulative persisting annual savings for
10    the year ending December 31, 2029; and
11        (13) 16% cumulative persisting annual savings for the
12    year ending December 31, 2030.
13    The difference between the cumulative persisting annual
14savings goal for the applicable calendar year and the
15cumulative persisting annual savings goal for the immediately
16preceding calendar year is 0.8% for the period of January 1,
172018 through December 31, 2025 and 0.6% for the period of
18January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2030.
19    (b-20) Each electric utility subject to this Section may
20include cost-effective voltage optimization measures in its
21plans submitted under subsections (f) and (g) of this Section,
22and the costs incurred by a utility to implement the measures
23under a Commission-approved plan shall be recovered under the
24provisions of Article IX or Section 16-108.5 of this Act. For
25purposes of this Section, the measure life of voltage
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1period is independent of the depreciation rate of the voltage
2optimization assets deployed.
3    Within 270 days after June 1, 2017 (the effective date of
4Public Act 99-906), an electric utility that serves less than
53,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail
6customers in the State shall file a plan with the Commission
7that identifies the cost-effective voltage optimization
8investment the electric utility plans to undertake through
9December 31, 2024. The Commission, after notice and hearing,
10shall approve or approve with modification the plan within 120
11days after the plan's filing and, in the order approving or
12approving with modification the plan, the Commission shall
13adjust the applicable cumulative persisting annual savings
14goals set forth in subsection (b-15) to reflect any amount of
15cost-effective energy savings approved by the Commission that
16is greater than or less than the following cumulative
17persisting annual savings values attributable to voltage
18optimization for the applicable year:
19        (1) 0.0% of cumulative persisting annual savings for
20    the year ending December 31, 2018;
21        (2) 0.17% of cumulative persisting annual savings for
22    the year ending December 31, 2019;
23        (3) 0.17% of cumulative persisting annual savings for
24    the year ending December 31, 2020;
25        (4) 0.33% of cumulative persisting annual savings for
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1        (5) 0.5% of cumulative persisting annual savings for
2    the year ending December 31, 2022;
3        (6) 0.67% of cumulative persisting annual savings for
4    the year ending December 31, 2023;
5        (7) 0.83% of cumulative persisting annual savings for
6    the year ending December 31, 2024; and
7        (8) 1.0% of cumulative persisting annual savings for
8    the year ending December 31, 2025.
9    (b-25) In the event an electric utility jointly offers an
10energy efficiency measure or program with a gas utility under
11plans approved under this Section and Section 8-104 of this
12Act, the electric utility may continue offering the program,
13including the gas energy efficiency measures, in the event the
14gas utility discontinues funding the program. In that event,
15the energy savings value associated with such other fuels
16shall be converted to electric energy savings on an equivalent
17Btu basis for the premises. However, the electric utility
18shall prioritize programs for low-income residential customers
19to the extent practicable. An electric utility may recover the
20costs of offering the gas energy efficiency measures under
21this subsection (b-25).
22    For those energy efficiency measures or programs that save
23both electricity and other fuels but are not jointly offered
24with a gas utility under plans approved under this Section and
25Section 8-104 or not offered with an affiliated gas utility
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1Act, or for those energy efficiency measures that achieve
2savings of fuels other than electricity, an the electric
3utility may count savings of fuels other than electricity
4toward the achievement of its annual savings goal, and the
5energy savings value associated with such other fuels shall be
6converted to electric energy savings on an equivalent Btu
7basis at the premises.
8    In no event shall more than 10% of each year's applicable
9annual incremental goal as defined in paragraph (7) of
10subsection (g) of this Section be met through savings of fuels
11other than electricity; however, savings of fuels other than
12electricity achieved by measures that educate about,
13incentivize, encourage, or otherwise support the use of
14electricity to power, in whole or in part, vehicles,
15including, but not limited to, cars, trucks, buses, trains,
16trolleys, boats, on-road or off-road vehicles, or other
17equipment or methods of transporting goods or people, shall
18count towards the applicable annual incremental goal and shall
19not be included in the 10% limit set forth in this subsection
20(b-25). Such measures shall include, but are not limited to,
21measures that educate about, incentivize, encourage, or
22otherwise support the adoption of electric vehicles by retail
23customers of all customer classes.
24    (c) Electric utilities shall be responsible for overseeing
25the design, development, and filing of energy efficiency plans
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1outsource various aspects of program development and
2implementation. A minimum of 10%, for electric utilities that
3serve more than 3,000,000 retail customers in the State, and a
4minimum of 7%, for electric utilities that serve less than
53,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail
6customers in the State, of the utility's entire portfolio
7funding level for a given year shall be used to procure
8cost-effective energy efficiency measures from units of local
9government, municipal corporations, school districts, public
10housing, and community college districts, provided that a
11minimum percentage of available funds shall be used to procure
12energy efficiency from public housing, which percentage shall
13be equal to public housing's share of public building energy
14consumption.
15    The utilities shall also implement energy efficiency
16measures targeted at low-income households, which, for
17purposes of this Section, shall be defined as households at or
18below 80% of area median income, and expenditures to implement
19the measures shall be no less than $25,000,000 per year for
20electric utilities that serve more than 3,000,000 retail
21customers in the State and no less than $8,350,000 per year for
22electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000 retail
23customers but more than 500,000 retail customers in the State.
24    Each electric utility shall assess opportunities to
25implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures and
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1located in its service territory. If such opportunities are
2identified, the utility shall propose such measures and
3programs to address the opportunities. Expenditures to address
4such opportunities shall be credited toward the minimum
5procurement and expenditure requirements set forth in this
6subsection (c).
7    Implementation of energy efficiency measures and programs
8targeted at low-income households should be contracted, when
9it is practicable, to independent third parties that have
10demonstrated capabilities to serve such households, with a
11preference for not-for-profit entities and government agencies
12that have existing relationships with or experience serving
13low-income communities in the State.
14    Each electric utility shall develop and implement
15reporting procedures that address and assist in determining
16the amount of energy savings that can be applied to the
17low-income procurement and expenditure requirements set forth
18in this subsection (c).
19    The electric utilities shall also convene a low-income
20energy efficiency advisory committee to assist in the design
21and evaluation of the low-income energy efficiency programs.
22The committee shall be comprised of the electric utilities
23subject to the requirements of this Section, the gas utilities
24subject to the requirements of Section 8-104 of this Act, the
25utilities' low-income energy efficiency implementation
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1organizations.
2    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
3contrary, a utility providing approved energy efficiency
4measures and, if applicable, demand-response measures in the
5State shall be permitted to recover all reasonable and
6prudently incurred costs of those measures from all retail
7customers, except as provided in subsection (l) of this
8Section, as follows, provided that nothing in this subsection
9(d) permits the double recovery of such costs from customers:
10        (1) The utility may recover its costs through an
11    automatic adjustment clause tariff filed with and approved
12    by the Commission. The tariff shall be established outside
13    the context of a general rate case. Each year the
14    Commission shall initiate a review to reconcile any
15    amounts collected with the actual costs and to determine
16    the required adjustment to the annual tariff factor to
17    match annual expenditures. To enable the financing of the
18    incremental capital expenditures, including regulatory
19    assets, for electric utilities that serve less than
20    3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail
21    customers in the State, the utility's actual year-end
22    capital structure that includes a common equity ratio,
23    excluding goodwill, of up to and including 54% 50% of the
24    total capital structure shall be deemed reasonable and
25    used to set rates.
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1    efficiency formula rate approved by the Commission under a
2    filing under subsections (f) and (g) of this Section,
3    which shall specify the cost components that form the
4    basis of the rate charged to customers with sufficient
5    specificity to operate in a standardized manner and be
6    updated annually with transparent information that
7    reflects the utility's actual costs to be recovered during
8    the applicable rate year, which is the period beginning
9    with the first billing day of January and extending
10    through the last billing day of the following December.
11    The energy efficiency formula rate shall be implemented
12    through a tariff filed with the Commission under
13    subsections (f) and (g) of this Section that is consistent
14    with the provisions of this paragraph (2) and that shall
15    be applicable to all delivery services customers. The
16    Commission shall conduct an investigation of the tariff in
17    a manner consistent with the provisions of this paragraph
18    (2), subsections (f) and (g) of this Section, and the
19    provisions of Article IX of this Act to the extent they do
20    not conflict with this paragraph (2). The energy
21    efficiency formula rate approved by the Commission shall
22    remain in effect at the discretion of the utility and
23    shall do the following:
24            (A) Provide for the recovery of the utility's
25        actual costs incurred under this Section that are
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1        with Commission practice and law. The sole fact that a
2        cost differs from that incurred in a prior calendar
3        year or that an investment is different from that made
4        in a prior calendar year shall not imply the
5        imprudence or unreasonableness of that cost or
6        investment.
7            (B) Reflect the utility's actual year-end capital
8        structure for the applicable calendar year, excluding
9        goodwill, subject to a determination of prudence and
10        reasonableness consistent with Commission practice and
11        law. To enable the financing of the incremental
12        capital expenditures, including regulatory assets, for
13        electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000
14        retail customers but more than 500,000 retail
15        customers in the State, a participating electric
16        utility's actual year-end capital structure that
17        includes a common equity ratio, excluding goodwill, of
18        up to and including 54% 50% of the total capital
19        structure shall be deemed reasonable and used to set
20        rates.
21            (C) Include a cost of equity, which in all
22        calendar years for electric utilities that serve
23        3,000,000 or more retail customers in this State, and
24        in each calendar year commencing before January 1,
25        2021 for electric utilities that serve less than
26        3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000

 

 

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1        retail customers in this State, shall be calculated as
2        the sum of the following:
3                (i) the average for the applicable calendar
4            year of the monthly average yields of 30-year U.S.
5            Treasury bonds published by the Board of Governors
6            of the Federal Reserve System in its weekly H.15
7            Statistical Release or successor publication; and
8                (ii) 580 basis points.
9            For electric utilities that serve less than
10        3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000
11        retail customers in this State, for each calendar year
12        commencing after December 31, 2020, the cost of equity
13        shall be equal to the national average cost of equity
14        as calculated under this subparagraph (C) of this
15        paragraph (2). For purposes of this subparagraph (C)
16        of this paragraph (2), the national average cost of
17        equity for an applicable calendar year shall be the
18        simple average of the cost of equity specified and
19        approved in each order of a state regulatory
20        commission, other than the Commission, issued during
21        such calendar year that is applicable to base rates
22        for retail electric service provided by an
23        investor-owned public utility company operating in the
24        United States. No order shall be excluded from the
25        national average cost of equity calculated under this
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1        that it was arrived at by stipulation or agreement or
2        is subject to rehearing or appeal. In its final order
3        in the proceeding, occurring pursuant to subsection
4        (d) of this Section during calendar year 2021, the
5        Commission shall set the cost of equity using the
6        method applicable to calendar years commencing prior
7        to January 1, 2021. In its final orders in the
8        proceedings, occurring pursuant to subsection (d) of
9        this Section in years subsequent to calendar year
10        2021, including the reconciliation of the 2021 rate
11        year, the Commission shall set the cost of equity
12        using the method applicable to calendar years
13        commencing after December 31, 2020. If, for any
14        calendar year, there are fewer than 15 applicable
15        orders of state regulatory commissions with which to
16        compute the average cost of equity under this
17        subparagraph (C) of this paragraph (2), the Commission
18        shall include in the calculation of the national
19        average the number of state regulatory orders from the
20        year or years immediately preceding such calendar year
21        necessary to reach a total of 15, beginning with the
22        most recently issued and proceeding in reverse
23        chronological order.
24            At such time as the Board of Governors of the
25        Federal Reserve System ceases to include the monthly
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1        weekly H.15 Statistical Release or successor
2        publication, the monthly average yields of the U.S.
3        Treasury bonds then having the longest duration
4        published by the Board of Governors in its weekly H.15
5        Statistical Release or successor publication shall
6        instead be used for purposes of this paragraph (2).
7            (D) Permit and set forth protocols, subject to a
8        determination of prudence and reasonableness
9        consistent with Commission practice and law, for the
10        following:
11                (i) recovery of incentive compensation expense
12            that is based on the achievement of operational
13            metrics, including metrics related to budget
14            controls, outage duration and frequency, safety,
15            customer service, efficiency and productivity, and
16            environmental compliance; however, this protocol
17            shall not apply if such expense related to costs
18            incurred under this Section is recovered under
19            Article IX or Section 16-108.5 of this Act;
20            incentive compensation expense that is based on
21            net income or an affiliate's earnings per share
22            shall not be recoverable under the energy
23            efficiency formula rate;
24                (ii) recovery of pension and other
25            post-employment benefits expense, provided that
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1            however, this protocol shall not apply if such
2            expense related to costs incurred under this
3            Section is recovered under Article IX or Section
4            16-108.5 of this Act;
5                (iii) recovery of existing regulatory assets
6            over the periods previously authorized by the
7            Commission;
8                (iv) as described in subsection (e),
9            amortization of costs incurred under this Section;
10            and
11                (v) projected, weather normalized billing
12            determinants for the applicable rate year.
13            (E) Provide for an annual reconciliation, as
14        described in paragraph (3) of this subsection (d),
15        less any deferred taxes related to the reconciliation,
16        with interest at an annual rate of return equal to the
17        utility's weighted average cost of capital, including
18        a revenue conversion factor calculated to recover or
19        refund all additional income taxes that may be payable
20        or receivable as a result of that return, of the energy
21        efficiency revenue requirement reflected in rates for
22        each calendar year, beginning with the calendar year
23        in which the utility files its energy efficiency
24        formula rate tariff under this paragraph (2), with
25        what the revenue requirement would have been had the
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1        year been available at the filing date.
2        The utility shall file, together with its tariff, the
3    projected costs to be incurred by the utility during the
4    rate year under the utility's multi-year plan approved
5    under subsections (f) and (g) of this Section, including,
6    but not limited to, the projected capital investment costs
7    and projected regulatory asset balances with
8    correspondingly updated depreciation and amortization
9    reserves and expense, that shall populate the energy
10    efficiency formula rate and set the initial rates under
11    the formula.
12        The Commission shall review the proposed tariff in
13    conjunction with its review of a proposed multi-year plan,
14    as specified in paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this
15    Section. The review shall be based on the same evidentiary
16    standards, including, but not limited to, those concerning
17    the prudence and reasonableness of the costs incurred by
18    the utility, the Commission applies in a hearing to review
19    a filing for a general increase in rates under Article IX
20    of this Act. The initial rates shall take effect beginning
21    with the January monthly billing period following the
22    Commission's approval.
23        The tariff's rate design and cost allocation across
24    customer classes shall be consistent with the utility's
25    automatic adjustment clause tariff in effect on June 1,
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1    the Commission may revise the tariff's rate design and
2    cost allocation in subsequent proceedings under paragraph
3    (3) of this subsection (d).
4        If the energy efficiency formula rate is terminated,
5    the then current rates shall remain in effect until such
6    time as the energy efficiency costs are incorporated into
7    new rates that are set under this subsection (d) or
8    Article IX of this Act, subject to retroactive rate
9    adjustment, with interest, to reconcile rates charged with
10    actual costs.
11        (3) The provisions of this paragraph (3) shall only
12    apply to an electric utility that has elected to file an
13    energy efficiency formula rate under paragraph (2) of this
14    subsection (d). Subsequent to the Commission's issuance of
15    an order approving the utility's energy efficiency formula
16    rate structure and protocols, and initial rates under
17    paragraph (2) of this subsection (d), the utility shall
18    file, on or before June 1 of each year, with the Chief
19    Clerk of the Commission its updated cost inputs to the
20    energy efficiency formula rate for the applicable rate
21    year and the corresponding new charges, as well as the
22    information described in paragraph (9) of subsection (g)
23    of this Section. Each such filing shall conform to the
24    following requirements and include the following
25    information:
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1        rate for the applicable rate year shall be based on the
2        projected costs to be incurred by the utility during
3        the rate year under the utility's multi-year plan
4        approved under subsections (f) and (g) of this
5        Section, including, but not limited to, projected
6        capital investment costs and projected regulatory
7        asset balances with correspondingly updated
8        depreciation and amortization reserves and expense.
9        The filing shall also include a reconciliation of the
10        energy efficiency revenue requirement that was in
11        effect for the prior rate year (as set by the cost
12        inputs for the prior rate year) with the actual
13        revenue requirement for the prior rate year
14        (determined using a year-end rate base) that uses
15        amounts reflected in the applicable FERC Form 1 that
16        reports the actual costs for the prior rate year. Any
17        over-collection or under-collection indicated by such
18        reconciliation shall be reflected as a credit against,
19        or recovered as an additional charge to, respectively,
20        with interest calculated at a rate equal to the
21        utility's weighted average cost of capital approved by
22        the Commission for the prior rate year, the charges
23        for the applicable rate year. Such over-collection or
24        under-collection shall be adjusted to remove any
25        deferred taxes related to the reconciliation, for
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1        return equal to the utility's weighted average cost of
2        capital approved by the Commission for the prior rate
3        year, including a revenue conversion factor calculated
4        to recover or refund all additional income taxes that
5        may be payable or receivable as a result of that
6        return. Each reconciliation shall be certified by the
7        participating utility in the same manner that FERC
8        Form 1 is certified. The filing shall also include the
9        charge or credit, if any, resulting from the
10        calculation required by subparagraph (E) of paragraph
11        (2) of this subsection (d).
12            Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
13        contrary, the intent of the reconciliation is to
14        ultimately reconcile both the revenue requirement
15        reflected in rates for each calendar year, beginning
16        with the calendar year in which the utility files its
17        energy efficiency formula rate tariff under paragraph
18        (2) of this subsection (d), with what the revenue
19        requirement determined using a year-end rate base for
20        the applicable calendar year would have been had the
21        actual cost information for the applicable calendar
22        year been available at the filing date.
23            For purposes of this Section, "FERC Form 1" means
24        the Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities,
25        Licensees and Others that electric utilities are
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1        Commission under the Federal Power Act, Sections 3,
2        4(a), 304 and 209, modified as necessary to be
3        consistent with 83 Ill. Admin. Code Part 415 as of May
4        1, 2011. Nothing in this Section is intended to allow
5        costs that are not otherwise recoverable to be
6        recoverable by virtue of inclusion in FERC Form 1.
7            (B) The new charges shall take effect beginning on
8        the first billing day of the following January billing
9        period and remain in effect through the last billing
10        day of the next December billing period regardless of
11        whether the Commission enters upon a hearing under
12        this paragraph (3).
13            (C) The filing shall include relevant and
14        necessary data and documentation for the applicable
15        rate year. Normalization adjustments shall not be
16        required.
17        Within 45 days after the utility files its annual
18    update of cost inputs to the energy efficiency formula
19    rate, the Commission shall with reasonable notice,
20    initiate a proceeding concerning whether the projected
21    costs to be incurred by the utility and recovered during
22    the applicable rate year, and that are reflected in the
23    inputs to the energy efficiency formula rate, are
24    consistent with the utility's approved multi-year plan
25    under subsections (f) and (g) of this Section and whether
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1    year were prudent and reasonable. The Commission shall
2    also have the authority to investigate the information and
3    data described in paragraph (9) of subsection (g) of this
4    Section, including the proposed adjustment to the
5    utility's return on equity component of its weighted
6    average cost of capital. During the course of the
7    proceeding, each objection shall be stated with
8    particularity and evidence provided in support thereof,
9    after which the utility shall have the opportunity to
10    rebut the evidence. Discovery shall be allowed consistent
11    with the Commission's Rules of Practice, which Rules of
12    Practice shall be enforced by the Commission or the
13    assigned administrative law judge. The Commission shall
14    apply the same evidentiary standards, including, but not
15    limited to, those concerning the prudence and
16    reasonableness of the costs incurred by the utility,
17    during the proceeding as it would apply in a proceeding to
18    review a filing for a general increase in rates under
19    Article IX of this Act. The Commission shall not, however,
20    have the authority in a proceeding under this paragraph
21    (3) to consider or order any changes to the structure or
22    protocols of the energy efficiency formula rate approved
23    under paragraph (2) of this subsection (d). In a
24    proceeding under this paragraph (3), the Commission shall
25    enter its order no later than the earlier of 195 days after
26    the utility's filing of its annual update of cost inputs

 

 

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1    to the energy efficiency formula rate or December 15. The
2    utility's proposed return on equity calculation, as
3    described in paragraphs (7) through (9) of subsection (g)
4    of this Section, shall be deemed the final, approved
5    calculation on December 15 of the year in which it is filed
6    unless the Commission enters an order on or before
7    December 15, after notice and hearing, that modifies such
8    calculation consistent with this Section. The Commission's
9    determinations of the prudence and reasonableness of the
10    costs incurred, and determination of such return on equity
11    calculation, for the applicable calendar year shall be
12    final upon entry of the Commission's order and shall not
13    be subject to reopening, reexamination, or collateral
14    attack in any other Commission proceeding, case, docket,
15    order, rule, or regulation; however, nothing in this
16    paragraph (3) shall prohibit a party from petitioning the
17    Commission to rehear or appeal to the courts the order
18    under the provisions of this Act.
19    (e) Beginning on June 1, 2017 (the effective date of
20Public Act 99-906), a utility subject to the requirements of
21this Section may elect to defer, as a regulatory asset, up to
22the full amount of its expenditures incurred under this
23Section for each annual period, including, but not limited to,
24any expenditures incurred above the funding level set by
25subsection (f) of this Section for a given year. The total
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1shall be amortized and recovered over a period that is equal to
2the weighted average of the energy efficiency measure lives
3implemented for that year that are reflected in the regulatory
4asset. The unamortized balance shall be recognized as of
5December 31 for a given year. The utility shall also earn a
6return on the total of the unamortized balances of all of the
7energy efficiency regulatory assets, less any deferred taxes
8related to those unamortized balances, at an annual rate equal
9to the utility's weighted average cost of capital that
10includes, based on a year-end capital structure, the utility's
11actual cost of debt for the applicable calendar year and a cost
12of equity, which shall be calculated in accordance with the
13calculations set forth in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of
14subsection (d) of this Section as the sum of the (i) the
15average for the applicable calendar year of the monthly
16average yields of 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds published by the
17Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in its weekly
18H.15 Statistical Release or successor publication; and (ii)
19580 basis points, including a revenue conversion factor
20calculated to recover or refund all additional income taxes
21that may be payable or receivable as a result of that return.
22Capital investment costs shall be depreciated and recovered
23over their useful lives consistent with generally accepted
24accounting principles. The weighted average cost of capital
25shall be applied to the capital investment cost balance, less
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1taxes, as of December 31 for a given year.
2    When an electric utility creates a regulatory asset under
3the provisions of this Section, the costs are recovered over a
4period during which customers also receive a benefit which is
5in the public interest. Accordingly, it is the intent of the
6General Assembly that an electric utility that elects to
7create a regulatory asset under the provisions of this Section
8shall recover all of the associated costs as set forth in this
9Section. After the Commission has approved the prudence and
10reasonableness of the costs that comprise the regulatory
11asset, the electric utility shall be permitted to recover all
12such costs, and the value and recoverability through rates of
13the associated regulatory asset shall not be limited, altered,
14impaired, or reduced.
15    (f) Beginning in 2017, each electric utility shall file an
16energy efficiency plan with the Commission to meet the energy
17efficiency standards for the next applicable multi-year period
18beginning January 1 of the year following the filing,
19according to the schedule set forth in paragraphs (1) through
20(3) of this subsection (f). If a utility does not file such a
21plan on or before the applicable filing deadline for the plan,
22it shall face a penalty of $100,000 per day until the plan is
23filed.
24        (1) No later than 30 days after June 1, 2017 (the
25    effective date of Public Act 99-906), each electric
26    utility shall file a 4-year energy efficiency plan

 

 

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1    commencing on January 1, 2018 that is designed to achieve
2    the cumulative persisting annual savings goals specified
3    in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (b-5) of this
4    Section or in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection
5    (b-15) of this Section, as applicable, through
6    implementation of energy efficiency measures; however, the
7    goals may be reduced if the utility's expenditures are
8    limited pursuant to subsection (m) of this Section or, for
9    a utility that serves less than 3,000,000 retail
10    customers, if each of the following conditions are met:
11    (A) the plan's analysis and forecasts of the utility's
12    ability to acquire energy savings demonstrate that
13    achievement of such goals is not cost effective; and (B)
14    the amount of energy savings achieved by the utility as
15    determined by the independent evaluator for the most
16    recent year for which savings have been evaluated
17    preceding the plan filing was less than the average annual
18    amount of savings required to achieve the goals for the
19    applicable 4-year plan period. Except as provided in
20    subsection (m) of this Section, annual increases in
21    cumulative persisting annual savings goals during the
22    applicable 4-year plan period shall not be reduced to
23    amounts that are less than the maximum amount of
24    cumulative persisting annual savings that is forecast to
25    be cost-effectively achievable during the 4-year plan
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1    reduction as part of its review and approval of the
2    utility's proposed plan.
3        (2) No later than March 1, 2021, each electric utility
4    shall file a 4-year energy efficiency plan commencing on
5    January 1, 2022 that is designed to achieve the cumulative
6    persisting annual savings goals specified in paragraphs
7    (5) through (8) of subsection (b-5) of this Section or in
8    paragraphs (5) through (8) of subsection (b-15) of this
9    Section, as applicable, through implementation of energy
10    efficiency measures; however, the goals may be reduced if
11    the utility's expenditures are limited pursuant to
12    subsection (m) of this Section or, each of the following
13    conditions are met: (A) the plan's analysis and forecasts
14    of the utility's ability to acquire energy savings
15    demonstrate that achievement of such goals is not cost
16    effective; and (B) the amount of energy savings achieved
17    by the utility as determined by the independent evaluator
18    for the most recent year for which savings have been
19    evaluated preceding the plan filing was less than the
20    average annual amount of savings required to achieve the
21    goals for the applicable 4-year plan period. Except as
22    provided in subsection (m) of this Section, annual
23    increases in cumulative persisting annual savings goals
24    during the applicable 4-year plan period shall not be
25    reduced to amounts that are less than the maximum amount
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1    to be cost-effectively achievable during the 4-year plan
2    period. The Commission shall review any proposed goal
3    reduction as part of its review and approval of the
4    utility's proposed plan.
5        (3) No later than March 1, 2025, each electric utility
6    shall file a 5-year energy efficiency plan commencing on
7    January 1, 2026 that is designed to achieve the cumulative
8    persisting annual savings goals specified in paragraphs
9    (9) through (13) of subsection (b-5) of this Section or in
10    paragraphs (9) through (13) of subsection (b-15) of this
11    Section, as applicable, through implementation of energy
12    efficiency measures; however, the goals may be reduced if
13    the utility's expenditures are limited pursuant to
14    subsection (m) of this Section or, each of the following
15    conditions are met: (A) the plan's analysis and forecasts
16    of the utility's ability to acquire energy savings
17    demonstrate that achievement of such goals is not cost
18    effective; and (B) the amount of energy savings achieved
19    by the utility as determined by the independent evaluator
20    for the most recent year for which savings have been
21    evaluated preceding the plan filing was less than the
22    average annual amount of savings required to achieve the
23    goals for the applicable 5-year plan period. Except as
24    provided in subsection (m) of this Section, annual
25    increases in cumulative persisting annual savings goals
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1    reduced to amounts that are less than the maximum amount
2    of cumulative persisting annual savings that is forecast
3    to be cost-effectively achievable during the 5-year plan
4    period. The Commission shall review any proposed goal
5    reduction as part of its review and approval of the
6    utility's proposed plan.
7    Each utility's plan shall set forth the utility's
8proposals to meet the energy efficiency standards identified
9in subsection (b-5) or (b-15), as applicable and as such
10standards may have been modified under this subsection (f),
11taking into account the unique circumstances of the utility's
12service territory. For those plans commencing on January 1,
132018, the Commission shall seek public comment on the
14utility's plan and shall issue an order approving or
15disapproving each plan no later than 105 days after June 1,
162017 (the effective date of Public Act 99-906). For those
17plans commencing after December 31, 2021, the Commission shall
18seek public comment on the utility's plan and shall issue an
19order approving or disapproving each plan within 6 months
20after its submission. If the Commission disapproves a plan,
21the Commission shall, within 30 days, describe in detail the
22reasons for the disapproval and describe a path by which the
23utility may file a revised draft of the plan to address the
24Commission's concerns satisfactorily. If the utility does not
25refile with the Commission within 60 days, the utility shall
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1plan is filed. This process shall continue, and penalties
2shall accrue, until the utility has successfully filed a
3portfolio of energy efficiency and demand-response measures.
4Penalties shall be deposited into the Energy Efficiency Trust
5Fund.
6    (g) In submitting proposed plans and funding levels under
7subsection (f) of this Section to meet the savings goals
8identified in subsection (b-5) or (b-15) of this Section, as
9applicable, the utility shall:
10        (1) Demonstrate that its proposed energy efficiency
11    measures will achieve the applicable requirements that are
12    identified in subsection (b-5) or (b-15) of this Section,
13    as modified by subsection (f) of this Section.
14        (2) Present specific proposals to implement new
15    building and appliance standards that have been placed
16    into effect.
17        (3) Demonstrate that its overall portfolio of
18    measures, not including low-income programs described in
19    subsection (c) of this Section, is cost-effective using
20    the total resource cost test or complies with paragraphs
21    (1) through (3) of subsection (f) of this Section and
22    represents a diverse cross-section of opportunities for
23    customers of all rate classes, other than those customers
24    described in subsection (l) of this Section, to
25    participate in the programs. Individual measures need not
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1        (4) Present a third-party energy efficiency
2    implementation program subject to the following
3    requirements:
4            (A) beginning with the year commencing January 1,
5        2019, electric utilities that serve more than
6        3,000,000 retail customers in the State shall fund
7        third-party energy efficiency programs in an amount
8        that is no less than $25,000,000 per year, and
9        electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000
10        retail customers but more than 500,000 retail
11        customers in the State shall fund third-party energy
12        efficiency programs in an amount that is no less than
13        $8,350,000 per year;
14            (B) during 2018, the utility shall conduct a
15        solicitation process for purposes of requesting
16        proposals from third-party vendors for those
17        third-party energy efficiency programs to be offered
18        during one or more of the years commencing January 1,
19        2019, January 1, 2020, and January 1, 2021; for those
20        multi-year plans commencing on January 1, 2022 and
21        January 1, 2026, the utility shall conduct a
22        solicitation process during 2021 and 2025,
23        respectively, for purposes of requesting proposals
24        from third-party vendors for those third-party energy
25        efficiency programs to be offered during one or more
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1        each solicitation process, the utility shall identify
2        the sector, technology, or geographical area for which
3        it is seeking requests for proposals;
4            (C) the utility shall propose the bidder
5        qualifications, performance measurement process, and
6        contract structure, which must include a performance
7        payment mechanism and general terms and conditions;
8        the proposed qualifications, process, and structure
9        shall be subject to Commission approval; and
10            (D) the utility shall retain an independent third
11        party to score the proposals received through the
12        solicitation process described in this paragraph (4),
13        rank them according to their cost per lifetime
14        kilowatt-hours saved, and assemble the portfolio of
15        third-party programs.
16        The electric utility shall recover all costs
17    associated with Commission-approved, third-party
18    administered programs regardless of the success of those
19    programs.
20        (4.5) Implement cost-effective demand-response
21    measures to reduce peak demand by 0.1% over the prior year
22    for eligible retail customers, as defined in Section
23    16-111.5 of this Act, and for customers that elect hourly
24    service from the utility pursuant to Section 16-107 of
25    this Act, provided those customers have not been declared
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1    2026.
2        (5) Include a proposed or revised cost-recovery tariff
3    mechanism, as provided for under subsection (d) of this
4    Section, to fund the proposed energy efficiency and
5    demand-response measures and to ensure the recovery of the
6    prudently and reasonably incurred costs of
7    Commission-approved programs.
8        (6) Provide for an annual independent evaluation of
9    the performance of the cost-effectiveness of the utility's
10    portfolio of measures, as well as a full review of the
11    multi-year plan results of the broader net program impacts
12    and, to the extent practical, for adjustment of the
13    measures on a going-forward basis as a result of the
14    evaluations. For purposes of evaluating the
15    cost-effectiveness of measures that incentivize,
16    encourage, or otherwise support the purchase of vehicles
17    that use electricity for power, in whole or in part,
18    including, but not limited to, cars, trucks, buses,
19    trains, trolleys, boats, on-road or off-road vehicles, or
20    other equipment or methods of transporting goods or
21    people, including, but not limited to, measures that
22    incentivize, encourage, or otherwise support the adoption
23    of electric vehicles by retail customers of all customer
24    classes, the independent evaluation shall include
25    valuation and consideration of the reduction of carbon
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1    in fossil fuel consumption associated with the measures.
2    The resources dedicated to evaluation shall not exceed 3%
3    of portfolio resources in any given year.
4        (7) For electric utilities that serve more than
5    3,000,000 retail customers in the State:
6            (A) Through December 31, 2025, provide for an
7        adjustment to the return on equity component of the
8        utility's weighted average cost of capital calculated
9        under subsection (d) of this Section:
10                (i) If the independent evaluator determines
11            that the utility achieved a cumulative persisting
12            annual savings that is less than the applicable
13            annual incremental goal, then the return on equity
14            component shall be reduced by a maximum of 200
15            basis points in the event that the utility
16            achieved no more than 75% of such goal. If the
17            utility achieved more than 75% of the applicable
18            annual incremental goal but less than 100% of such
19            goal, then the return on equity component shall be
20            reduced by 8 basis points for each percent by
21            which the utility failed to achieve the goal.
22                (ii) If the independent evaluator determines
23            that the utility achieved a cumulative persisting
24            annual savings that is more than the applicable
25            annual incremental goal, then the return on equity
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1            basis points in the event that the utility
2            achieved at least 125% of such goal. If the
3            utility achieved more than 100% of the applicable
4            annual incremental goal but less than 125% of such
5            goal, then the return on equity component shall be
6            increased by 8 basis points for each percent by
7            which the utility achieved above the goal. If the
8            applicable annual incremental goal was reduced
9            under paragraphs (1) or (2) of subsection (f) of
10            this Section, then the following adjustments shall
11            be made to the calculations described in this item
12            (ii):
13                    (aa) the calculation for determining
14                achievement that is at least 125% of the
15                applicable annual incremental goal shall use
16                the unreduced applicable annual incremental
17                goal to set the value; and
18                    (bb) the calculation for determining
19                achievement that is less than 125% but more
20                than 100% of the applicable annual incremental
21                goal shall use the reduced applicable annual
22                incremental goal to set the value for 100%
23                achievement of the goal and shall use the
24                unreduced goal to set the value for 125%
25                achievement. The 8 basis point value shall
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1                200 basis points are evenly apportioned among
2                each percentage point value between 100% and
3                125% achievement.
4            (B) For the period January 1, 2026 through
5        December 31, 2030, provide for an adjustment to the
6        return on equity component of the utility's weighted
7        average cost of capital calculated under subsection
8        (d) of this Section:
9                (i) If the independent evaluator determines
10            that the utility achieved a cumulative persisting
11            annual savings that is less than the applicable
12            annual incremental goal, then the return on equity
13            component shall be reduced by a maximum of 200
14            basis points in the event that the utility
15            achieved no more than 66% of such goal. If the
16            utility achieved more than 66% of the applicable
17            annual incremental goal but less than 100% of such
18            goal, then the return on equity component shall be
19            reduced by 6 basis points for each percent by
20            which the utility failed to achieve the goal.
21                (ii) If the independent evaluator determines
22            that the utility achieved a cumulative persisting
23            annual savings that is more than the applicable
24            annual incremental goal, then the return on equity
25            component shall be increased by a maximum of 200
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1            achieved at least 134% of such goal. If the
2            utility achieved more than 100% of the applicable
3            annual incremental goal but less than 134% of such
4            goal, then the return on equity component shall be
5            increased by 6 basis points for each percent by
6            which the utility achieved above the goal. If the
7            applicable annual incremental goal was reduced
8            under paragraph (3) of subsection (f) of this
9            Section, then the following adjustments shall be
10            made to the calculations described in this item
11            (ii):
12                    (aa) the calculation for determining
13                achievement that is at least 134% of the
14                applicable annual incremental goal shall use
15                the unreduced applicable annual incremental
16                goal to set the value; and
17                    (bb) the calculation for determining
18                achievement that is less than 134% but more
19                than 100% of the applicable annual incremental
20                goal shall use the reduced applicable annual
21                incremental goal to set the value for 100%
22                achievement of the goal and shall use the
23                unreduced goal to set the value for 134%
24                achievement. The 6 basis point value shall
25                also be modified, as necessary, so that the
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1                each percentage point value between 100% and
2                134% achievement.
3        (7.5) For purposes of this Section, the term
4    "applicable annual incremental goal" means the difference
5    between the cumulative persisting annual savings goal for
6    the calendar year that is the subject of the independent
7    evaluator's determination and the cumulative persisting
8    annual savings goal for the immediately preceding calendar
9    year, as such goals are defined in subsections (b-5) and
10    (b-15) of this Section and as these goals may have been
11    modified as provided for under subsection (b-20) and
12    paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (f) of this
13    Section. Under subsections (b), (b-5), (b-10), and (b-15)
14    of this Section, a utility must first replace energy
15    savings from measures that have reached the end of their
16    measure lives and would otherwise have to be replaced to
17    meet the applicable savings goals identified in subsection
18    (b-5) or (b-15) of this Section before any progress
19    towards achievement of its applicable annual incremental
20    goal may be counted. Notwithstanding anything else set
21    forth in this Section, the difference between the actual
22    annual incremental savings achieved in any given year,
23    including the replacement of energy savings from measures
24    that have expired, and the applicable annual incremental
25    goal shall not affect adjustments to the return on equity
26    for subsequent calendar years under this subsection (g).

 

 

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1        (8) For electric utilities that serve less than
2    3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail
3    customers in the State:
4            (A) Through December 31, 2025, the applicable
5        annual incremental goal shall be compared to the
6        annual incremental savings as determined by the
7        independent evaluator.
8                (i) The return on equity component shall be
9            reduced by 8 basis points for each percent by
10            which the utility did not achieve 84.4% of the
11            applicable annual incremental goal.
12                (ii) The return on equity component shall be
13            increased by 8 basis points for each percent by
14            which the utility exceeded 100% of the applicable
15            annual incremental goal.
16                (iii) The return on equity component shall not
17            be increased or decreased if the annual
18            incremental savings as determined by the
19            independent evaluator is greater than 84.4% of the
20            applicable annual incremental goal and less than
21            100% of the applicable annual incremental goal.
22                (iv) The return on equity component shall not
23            be increased or decreased by an amount greater
24            than 200 basis points pursuant to this
25            subparagraph (A).
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1        December 31, 2030, the applicable annual incremental
2        goal shall be compared to the annual incremental
3        savings as determined by the independent evaluator.
4                (i) The return on equity component shall be
5            reduced by 6 basis points for each percent by
6            which the utility did not achieve 100% of the
7            applicable annual incremental goal.
8                (ii) The return on equity component shall be
9            increased by 6 basis points for each percent by
10            which the utility exceeded 100% of the applicable
11            annual incremental goal.
12                (iii) The return on equity component shall not
13            be increased or decreased by an amount greater
14            than 200 basis points pursuant to this
15            subparagraph (B).
16            (C) If the applicable annual incremental goal was
17        reduced under paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of subsection
18        (f) of this Section, then the following adjustments
19        shall be made to the calculations described in
20        subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph (8):
21                (i) The calculation for determining
22            achievement that is at least 125% or 134%, as
23            applicable, of the applicable annual incremental
24            goal shall use the unreduced applicable annual
25            incremental goal to set the value.
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1            the calculation for determining achievement that
2            is less than 125% but more than 100% of the
3            applicable annual incremental goal shall use the
4            reduced applicable annual incremental goal to set
5            the value for 100% achievement of the goal and
6            shall use the unreduced goal to set the value for
7            125% achievement. The 8 basis point value shall
8            also be modified, as necessary, so that the 200
9            basis points are evenly apportioned among each
10            percentage point value between 100% and 125%
11            achievement.
12                (iii) For the period of January 1, 2026
13            through December 31, 2030, the calculation for
14            determining achievement that is less than 134% but
15            more than 100% of the applicable annual
16            incremental goal shall use the reduced applicable
17            annual incremental goal to set the value for 100%
18            achievement of the goal and shall use the
19            unreduced goal to set the value for 125%
20            achievement. The 6 basis point value shall also be
21            modified, as necessary, so that the 200 basis
22            points are evenly apportioned among each
23            percentage point value between 100% and 134%
24            achievement.
25        (8.5) Electric utilities that serve less than
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1    customers in this State may identify, at the electric
2    utility's sole discretion, cost-effective measures that
3    educate about, incentivize, encourage, or otherwise
4    support the use of electricity to power, in whole or in
5    part, vehicles, including, but not limited to, cars,
6    trucks, buses, trains, trolleys, boats, on-road or
7    off-road vehicles, or other equipment or methods of
8    transporting goods or people. Such measures may include,
9    but are not limited to, measures that educate about,
10    incentivize, encourage, or otherwise support the adoption
11    of electric vehicles by retail customers of all rate
12    classes.
13        (9) The utility shall submit the energy savings data
14    to the independent evaluator no later than 30 days after
15    the close of the plan year. The independent evaluator
16    shall determine the cumulative persisting annual savings
17    for a given plan year no later than 120 days after the
18    close of the plan year. The utility shall submit an
19    informational filing to the Commission no later than 160
20    days after the close of the plan year that attaches the
21    independent evaluator's final report identifying the
22    cumulative persisting annual savings for the year and
23    calculates, under paragraph (7) or (8) of this subsection
24    (g), as applicable, any resulting change to the utility's
25    return on equity component of the weighted average cost of
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1    the January monthly billing period and extending through
2    the December monthly billing period. However, if the
3    utility recovers the costs incurred under this Section
4    under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (d) of this
5    Section, then the utility shall not be required to submit
6    such informational filing, and shall instead submit the
7    information that would otherwise be included in the
8    informational filing as part of its filing under paragraph
9    (3) of such subsection (d) that is due on or before June 1
10    of each year.
11        For those utilities that must submit the informational
12    filing, the Commission may, on its own motion or by
13    petition, initiate an investigation of such filing,
14    provided, however, that the utility's proposed return on
15    equity calculation shall be deemed the final, approved
16    calculation on December 15 of the year in which it is filed
17    unless the Commission enters an order on or before
18    December 15, after notice and hearing, that modifies such
19    calculation consistent with this Section.
20        The adjustments to the return on equity component
21    described in paragraphs (7) and (8) of this subsection (g)
22    shall be applied as described in such paragraphs through a
23    separate tariff mechanism, which shall be filed by the
24    utility under subsections (f) and (g) of this Section.
25    (h) Other than measures authorized by subsection (n) of
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1subsection (g) of this Section, no No more than 6% of energy
2efficiency and demand-response program revenue may be
3allocated for research, development, or pilot deployment of
4new equipment or measures.
5    (i) When practicable, electric utilities shall incorporate
6advanced metering infrastructure data into the planning,
7implementation, and evaluation of energy efficiency measures
8and programs, subject to the data privacy and confidentiality
9protections of applicable law.
10    (j) The independent evaluator shall follow the guidelines
11and use the savings set forth in Commission-approved energy
12efficiency policy manuals and technical reference manuals, as
13each may be updated from time to time. Until such time as
14measure life values for energy efficiency measures implemented
15for low-income households under subsection (c) of this Section
16are incorporated into such Commission-approved manuals, the
17low-income measures shall have the same measure life values
18that are established for same measures implemented in
19households that are not low-income households.
20    Commencing on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
21the 102nd General Assembly, the following provisions shall
22apply to electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000
23retail customers but more than 500,000 retail customers in
24this State:
25        (1) Starting in the year in which this amendatory Act
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1    for a period of 5 calendar years thereafter, the savings
2    achieved by energy efficiency measures authorized by
3    subsection (n) of this Section or identified pursuant to
4    paragraph (8.5) of subsection (g) of this Section, shall
5    be evaluated using the following parameters:
6            (A) the evaluation shall use a factor of 1.50
7        pounds of carbon dioxide emitted per kilowatt hour of
8        electric energy used for vehicle operation, adjusted
9        each year starting with the year in which this
10        amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly takes
11        effect to reflect the annual increase of renewable
12        resource procurement as set forth in subsection (c) of
13        Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act;
14            (B) the evaluation shall use a heat rate of fossil
15        fuel electric generating units of 7,939 Btu per
16        kilowatt hour, adjusted each year starting with the
17        year in which this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
18        Assembly takes effect to reflect the annual increase
19        of renewable resource procurement as set forth in
20        subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
21        Agency Act;
22            (C) the evaluation shall include any netting of
23        electricity used by the electric vehicle, as
24        calculated using the parameters provided for in
25        paragraph (2) of this subsection (j);
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1        of 1.0 for each measure evaluated; and
2            (E) all savings achieved by the measures evaluated
3        shall persist for the life of the measure, without
4        degradation.
5        (2) Starting in the year in which this amendatory Act
6    of the 102nd General Assembly takes effect and continuing
7    for a period of 5 calendar years thereafter, the savings
8    achieved by energy efficiency measures authorized by
9    subsection (n) of this Section or identified pursuant to
10    paragraph (8.5) of subsection (g) of this Section that are
11    applicable to passenger vehicles shall, in addition to the
12    parameters identified in paragraph (1) of this subsection
13    (j), be evaluated using the following parameters:
14            (A) the measure life of measures that incentivize
15        or otherwise encourage the purchase of electric
16        vehicles shall be 13 years from the date of original
17        purchase by the customer;
18            (B) the evaluation shall use a value of 11,500
19        vehicle miles traveled for annual vehicle operation;
20            (C) the evaluation shall use a fossil fuel vehicle
21        economy value equal to 28 miles per gallon of fossil
22        fuel used for vehicle operation;
23            (D) the evaluation shall use a conversion factor
24        of 120,429 Btus per gallon of fossil fuel used for
25        vehicle operation;
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1        pounds of carbon dioxide emitted per million Btu of
2        fossil fuel used for vehicle operation;
3            (F) the evaluation shall use a factor of 8.78
4        kilograms of carbon dioxide emitted per gallon of
5        fossil fuel used for vehicle operation;
6            (G) the evaluation shall use an annual value of
7        fossil fuel saved of 50 MMBtu; and
8            (H) the evaluation shall use an electric vehicle
9        efficiency value of 30 kilowatt hours per 100 miles
10        traveled for vehicle operation.
11        (3) Any additional evaluation criteria not identified
12    in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection (j) used to
13    evaluate savings achieved by energy efficiency measures
14    authorized by subsection (n) of this Section or identified
15    pursuant to paragraph (8.5) of subsection (g) of this
16    Section shall follow the guidelines and use the savings
17    set forth in Commission-approved energy efficiency policy
18    manuals and technical reference manuals, as each may be
19    updated from time to time.
20    (k) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
21an electric utility subject to the requirements of this
22Section may file a tariff cancelling an automatic adjustment
23clause tariff in effect under this Section or Section 8-103,
24which shall take effect no later than one business day after
25the date such tariff is filed. Thereafter, the utility shall
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1under this Section through a new tariff authorized under
2subsection (d) of this Section or in the utility's next rate
3case under Article IX or Section 16-108.5 of this Act, with
4interest at an annual rate equal to the utility's weighted
5average cost of capital as approved by the Commission in such
6case. If the utility elects to file a new tariff under
7subsection (d) of this Section, the utility may file the
8tariff within 10 days after June 1, 2017 (the effective date of
9Public Act 99-906), and the cost inputs to such tariff shall be
10based on the projected costs to be incurred by the utility
11during the calendar year in which the new tariff is filed and
12that were not recovered under the tariff that was cancelled as
13provided for in this subsection. Such costs shall include
14those incurred or to be incurred by the utility under its
15multi-year plan approved under subsections (f) and (g) of this
16Section, including, but not limited to, projected capital
17investment costs and projected regulatory asset balances with
18correspondingly updated depreciation and amortization reserves
19and expense. The Commission shall, after notice and hearing,
20approve, or approve with modification, such tariff and cost
21inputs no later than 75 days after the utility filed the
22tariff, provided that such approval, or approval with
23modification, shall be consistent with the provisions of this
24Section to the extent they do not conflict with this
25subsection (k). The tariff approved by the Commission shall
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1its order approving the tariff.
2    No later than 60 days after the effective date of the
3tariff cancelling the utility's automatic adjustment clause
4tariff, the utility shall file a reconciliation that
5reconciles the moneys collected under its automatic adjustment
6clause tariff with the costs incurred during the period
7beginning June 1, 2016 and ending on the date that the electric
8utility's automatic adjustment clause tariff was cancelled. In
9the event the reconciliation reflects an under-collection, the
10utility shall recover the costs as specified in this
11subsection (k). If the reconciliation reflects an
12over-collection, the utility shall apply the amount of such
13over-collection as a one-time credit to retail customers'
14bills.
15    (l) For the calendar years covered by a multi-year plan
16commencing after December 31, 2017, subsections (a) through
17(j) of this Section do not apply to any retail customers of an
18electric utility that serves more than 3,000,000 retail
19customers in the State and whose total highest 30 minute
20demand was more than 10,000 kilowatts, or any retail customers
21of an electric utility that serves less than 3,000,000 retail
22customers but more than 500,000 retail customers in the State
23and whose total highest 15 minute demand was more than 10,000
24kilowatts. For purposes of this subsection (l), "retail
25customer" has the meaning set forth in Section 16-102 of this
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1to a customer shall be made for each multi-year plan beginning
2after December 31, 2017. The criteria for determining whether
3this subsection (l) is applicable to a retail customer shall
4be based on the 12 consecutive billing periods prior to the
5start of the first year of each such multi-year plan.
6    (m) Notwithstanding the requirements of this Section, as
7part of a proceeding to approve a multi-year plan under
8subsections (f) and (g) of this Section, the Commission shall
9reduce the amount of energy efficiency measures implemented
10for any single year, and whose costs are recovered under
11subsection (d) of this Section, by an amount necessary to
12limit the estimated average net increase due to the cost of the
13measures to no more than
14        (1) 3.5% for each of the 4 years beginning January 1,
15    2018,
16        (2) 3.75% for each of the 4 years beginning January 1,
17    2022, and
18        (3) 4% for each of the 5 years beginning January 1,
19    2026,
20of the average amount paid per kilowatthour by residential
21eligible retail customers during calendar year 2015. To
22determine the total amount that may be spent by an electric
23utility in any single year, the applicable percentage of the
24average amount paid per kilowatthour shall be multiplied by
25the total amount of energy delivered by such electric utility
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1of the utility's load attributable to customers who are exempt
2from subsections (a) through (j) of this Section under
3subsection (l) of this Section. For purposes of this
4subsection (m), the amount paid per kilowatthour includes,
5without limitation, estimated amounts paid for supply,
6transmission, distribution, surcharges, and add-on taxes. For
7purposes of this Section, "eligible retail customers" shall
8have the meaning set forth in Section 16-111.5 of this Act.
9Once the Commission has approved a plan under subsections (f)
10and (g) of this Section, no subsequent rate impact
11determinations shall be made.
12    (n) Starting on the effective date of this amendatory Act
13of the 102nd General Assembly, electric utilities that serve
14less than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000
15retail customers in this State may administer programs and
16implement cost-effective measures that educate about,
17incentivize, encourage, or otherwise support the use of
18electricity to power, in whole or in part, vehicles,
19including, but not limited to, cars, trucks, buses, trains,
20trolleys, boats, on-road or off-road vehicles, or other
21equipment or methods of transporting goods or people. Such
22programs and measures may be implemented as part of a plan
23approved pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section and may
24include, but are not limited to, measures that educate about,
25incentivize, encourage, or otherwise support the adoption of
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1Programs and measures authorized by this subsection (n) and
2identified pursuant to paragraph (8.5) of subsection (g) shall
3not be prohibited by the Commission as promotional practices
4under any rules or policies of the Commission, including, but
5not limited to, 83 Ill. Adm. Code Part 275.
6(Source: P.A. 100-840, eff. 8-13-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
 
7    (220 ILCS 5/8-218 new)
8    Sec. 8-218. Electric photovoltaic generating facilities.
9    (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that the
10citizens and businesses of the State of Illinois would be
11well-served by the development of photovoltaic electricity
12production facilities in this State, which would both bring
13economic benefits and environmental benefits to the State and
14further expand access to renewable energy resources at an
15affordable cost to Illinois residents, particularly in those
16areas of the State that have been significantly and adversely
17affected by the retirement of coal-fired electric generating
18plants. To that end, the General Assembly seeks to encourage
19further development of photovoltaic electric production
20facilities of all scales in an efficient and cost-effective
21manner. Accordingly, the General Assembly finds that,
22notwithstanding other provisions of this Act to the contrary,
23it would be both prudent and reasonable for electric utilities
24in this State to plan for, construct, install, control, own,
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1facilities pursuant to the provisions of this Section.
2    (b) An electric utility that serves less than 3,000,000
3retail customers but more than 500,000 customers in this
4State, may plan for, construct, install, control, own, manage,
5or operate photovoltaic electricity production facilities and
6any energy storage facilities as authorized under Section
716-108.20 of this Act that are planned for, constructed,
8installed, controlled, owned, managed, or operated in
9connection with photovoltaic electricity production facilities
10authorized under this Section without obtaining a certificate
11of public convenience and necessity pursuant to Section 8-406
12of this Act, subject to the following terms and conditions:
13        (1) the electric utility may plan for, construct,
14    install, control, own, manage, or operate photovoltaic
15    electricity production facilities of any type or scale,
16    including, but not limited to, large scale (greater than 2
17    MW), small scale (less than or equal to 2 MW), and
18    community solar projects; for purposes of this Section,
19    "community solar projects" includes community solar
20    facilities with a nameplate capacity up to and including
21    10,000 kilowatts that are connected to either the
22    distribution system or transmission system of the electric
23    utility;
24        (2) photovoltaic electricity production facilities
25    authorized pursuant to this Section shall be deemed for
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1    useful, including under the provisions of Section 9-212 of
2    this Act, and, subject to the provisions set forth in this
3    Section, the Commission may not limit recovery of any
4    portion of the reasonable costs of the photovoltaic
5    electricity production facilities authorized pursuant to
6    this Section on the grounds that the facilities are not
7    prudent or used and useful;
8        (3) the electric utility's costs of planning for,
9    constructing, installing, controlling, owning, managing,
10    or operating the photovoltaic electricity production
11    facilities shall be recovered, on a kilowatt hour basis,
12    in the electric utility's rates for delivery service
13    established pursuant to Article XVI or Article IX of this
14    Act, and for purposes of cost recovery the photovoltaic
15    electricity production facilities, shall be treated as
16    distribution assets, provided: (1) the Commission shall
17    have the authority to determine the reasonableness of the
18    costs of the facilities, (2) any monetary value of power
19    and energy from the facilities shall be credited against
20    the delivery services revenue requirement, and (3) all
21    renewable energy credits associated with the photovoltaic
22    electricity production facilities shall be retired on
23    behalf of the electric utility's distribution customers
24    and may not be sold or used for any other purposes by the
25    electric utility other than satisfying the electric
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1    1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act;
2        (4) the annual quantity of renewable energy credits
3    generated from the photovoltaic electricity production
4    facilities placed in service by an electric utility
5    pursuant to this Section after the effective date of this
6    amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly shall not
7    exceed 20% of the electric utility's requirements under
8    subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
9    Agency Act; and
10        (5) the electric utility shall certify that not less
11    than the prevailing wage, as determined pursuant to the
12    Prevailing Wage Act, was or will be paid to employees who
13    are engaged in construction activities associated with the
14    photovoltaic electric production facilities authorized
15    under this Section.
16    If an electric utility requires approval under Section
177-101 or 7-102 of this Act in connection with the
18construction, installation, control, ownership, management, or
19operation of photovoltaic electricity production facilities
20pursuant to this Section, the Commission shall issue its Order
21granting or denying such approval within 150 days after a
22petition for such approval is filed.
23    For purposes of this Section, "electric utility" has the
24meaning set forth in Section 16-102 of this Act.
25    (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
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1Agency shall apply any renewable energy credits associated
2with photovoltaic electricity production facilities meeting
3the criteria set forth in subsection (b) of this Section to the
4electric utility's requirements under subsection (c) of
5Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act. No cost
6associated with facilities placed in service pursuant to this
7Section shall be included when calculating the limitation
8under subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of
9Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.
 
10    (220 ILCS 5/9-244.5 new)
11    Sec. 9-244.5. Natural gas investment and modernization;
12regulatory reform.
13    (a) The General Assembly finds that regulatory reform
14measures that increase predictability, stability, and
15transparency in the ratemaking process are needed to promote
16prudent, long-term infrastructure investment and to mutually
17benefit the State's natural gas utilities and their customers,
18regulators, and investors.
19    (b) For purposes of this Section, "participating gas
20utility" means a public utility that, as of January 1, 2020,
21provided electric service to at least 1,000,000 retail
22customers in Illinois and gas service to at least 500,000
23retail customers in Illinois.
24    (c) A participating gas utility may elect to recover its
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1performance-based rate, which shall be approved by the
2Commission and which shall specify the cost components that
3form the basis of the rate charged to customers with
4sufficient specificity to operate in a standardized manner and
5be updated annually with transparent information that reflects
6the participating gas utility's actual costs to be recovered
7during the applicable year, which is the period beginning with
8the first billing day of January and extending through the
9last billing day of the following December. In the event the
10participating gas utility recovers a portion of its costs
11through automatic adjustment clause tariffs on the effective
12date of the Act, other than a surcharge tariff under paragraph
13(3) of subsection (a) of Section 9-220.3, the participating
14gas utility may elect to continue to recover these costs
15through such tariffs, but such costs shall not be recovered
16through the performance based rate as long as the
17participating gas utility elects to recover such costs through
18such automatic adjustment clause tariffs.
19    The performance-based rate shall be implemented through a
20tariff filed with the Commission consistent with the
21provisions of this subsection (c) that shall be applicable to
22all natural gas delivery services customers. The Commission
23shall initiate and conduct an investigation of the tariff in a
24manner consistent with the provisions of this subsection (c)
25and the provisions of Article IX of this Act to the extent they
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1performance-based rate shall remain in effect at the
2discretion of the participating gas utility.
3    The performance-based rate approved by the Commission
4shall do the following:
5        (1) Provide for the recovery of the participating gas
6    utility's actual costs of natural gas delivery services
7    that are prudently incurred and reasonable in amount
8    consistent with Commission practice and law. The sole fact
9    that a cost differs from that incurred in a prior calendar
10    year or that an investment is different from that made in a
11    prior calendar year shall not imply the imprudence or
12    unreasonableness of that cost or investment.
13        (2) Reflect the utility's actual year-end capital
14    structure for the applicable calendar year, excluding
15    goodwill, subject to a determination of prudence and
16    reasonableness consistent with Commission practice and
17    law. To enable the financing of the incremental capital
18    expenditures, including regulatory assets, a participating
19    gas utility's actual year-end capital structure that
20    includes a common equity ratio, excluding goodwill, of up
21    to and including 54% of the total capital structure shall
22    be deemed reasonable and used to set rates.
23        (3) Include a cost of equity equal to the national
24    average cost of equity. For purposes of this paragraph (3)
25    of this subsection (c), the national average cost of
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1    average of the cost of equity specified and approved in
2    each order of a state regulatory commission, other than
3    the Commission, issued during such calendar year that is
4    applicable to base rates for retail natural gas delivery
5    service provided by an investor-owned public utility
6    company operating in the United States. No order shall be
7    excluded from the national average cost of equity
8    calculated under this paragraph (3) on the grounds that it
9    was arrived at by stipulation or agreement or is subject
10    to rehearing or appeal. If, for any calendar year, there
11    are fewer than 15 applicable orders of state regulatory
12    commissions with which to compute the average cost of
13    equity, the Commission shall include in the calculation of
14    the national average the number of state regulatory orders
15    from the year or years immediately preceding such calendar
16    year necessary to reach a total of 15, beginning with the
17    most recently issued and proceeding in reverse
18    chronological order.
19        (4) Permit and set forth protocols, subject to a
20    determination of prudence and reasonableness consistent
21    with Commission practice and law, for the following:
22            (A) irrespective of the form of award, recovery of
23        expense of incentive compensation that is awarded
24        based on non-financial criteria such as the
25        achievement of operational metrics, including metrics
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1        efficiency and productivity, and environmental
2        compliance. The expense of incentive compensation
3        expense that is awarded based on net income or an
4        affiliate's earnings per share shall not be
5        recoverable under the performance-based rate;
6            (B) recovery of pension and other post-employment
7        benefits expense, provided that such costs are
8        supported by an actuarial study;
9            (C) recovery of severance costs, provided that if
10        the amount is over $2,500,000, then the full amount
11        shall be amortized consistent with subparagraph (F) of
12        this paragraph (4);
13            (D) investment return at a rate equal to the
14        participating gas utility's weighted average cost of
15        long-term debt on the pension assets as, and in the
16        amount, reported in Account 182.3 and 186 (or in such
17        other Account or Accounts as such asset may
18        subsequently be recorded) of the utility's most
19        recently filed ICC Form 21, FERC Form 1, or FERC Form
20        2, as applicable, net of deferred tax benefits;
21            (E) recovery of the expenses related to the
22        Commission proceeding under this subsection (c) to
23        approve this performance-based rate and initial rates
24        or to subsequent proceedings related to the formula,
25        provided that the recovery shall be amortized over a
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1        annual Commission proceedings under subsection (e) of
2        this Section to review the inputs to the
3        performance-based rate shall be expensed and recovered
4        through the performance-based rate;
5            (F) amortization over a 5-year period of the full
6        amount of each charge or credit that exceeds the
7        amount specified in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph
8        (4) and that relates to a workforce reduction
9        program's severance costs, changes in accounting
10        rules, changes in law, compliance with any
11        Commission-initiated audit, or other extraordinary
12        expense, provided that any unamortized balance shall
13        be reflected in rate base. For purposes of this
14        subparagraph (F), changes in law include any
15        enactment, repeal, or amendment in a law, ordinance,
16        rule, regulation, interpretation, permit, license,
17        consent, or order, including those relating to taxes,
18        accounting, or to environmental matters, or in the
19        interpretation or application thereof by any
20        governmental authority occurring after the effective
21        date of the Act;
22            (G) recovery of existing regulatory assets over
23        the periods previously authorized by the Commission;
24            (H) historical weather normalized billing
25        determinants; and
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1        (5) Provide that if the participating gas utility's
2    earned rate of return on common equity related to the
3    provision of natural gas delivery services for the prior
4    rate year (calculated using costs and capital structure
5    approved by the Commission as provided in subparagraphs
6    (2) and (3) of this subsection (c), consistent with this
7    Section, in accordance with Commission rules and orders,
8    including, but not limited to, adjustments for goodwill,
9    and after any Commission-ordered disallowances and taxes)
10    is higher than the rate of return on common equity
11    calculated pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection
12    (c) (after any adjustments to the rate of return on common
13    equity applied pursuant to the performance metrics
14    provision of subsection (g) or (h) of this Section, as
15    applicable), then the participating gas utility shall
16    apply a credit through the performance-based rate that
17    reflects an amount equal to the value of that portion of
18    the earned rate of return on common equity that is higher
19    than the rate of return on common equity calculated
20    pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection (c) (after
21    any adjustments to the rate of return on common equity
22    applied pursuant to the performance metrics provision of
23    subsection (g) or (h) of this Section, as applicable) for
24    the prior rate year, adjusted for taxes. If the
25    participating gas utility's earned rate of return on
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1    delivery services for the prior rate year (calculated
2    using costs and capital structure approved by the
3    Commission as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this
4    subsection (c), consistent with this Section, in
5    accordance with Commission rules and orders, including,
6    but not limited to, adjustments for goodwill, and after
7    any Commission-ordered disallowances and taxes) is less
8    than the return on common equity calculated pursuant to
9    paragraph (3) of this subsection (c) (after any
10    adjustments to the rate of return on common equity applied
11    pursuant to the performance metrics provision of
12    subsections (g) or (h) of this Section, as applicable),
13    then the participating gas utility shall apply a charge
14    through the performance-based rate that reflects an amount
15    equal to the value of that portion of the earned rate of
16    return on common equity that is less than the rate of
17    return on common equity calculated pursuant to paragraph
18    (3) of this subsection (c) (after any adjustments to the
19    rate of return on common equity applied pursuant to the
20    performance metrics provision of subsections (g) or (h) of
21    this Section, as applicable) for the prior rate year,
22    adjusted for taxes.
23        (6) Provide for annual reconciliations, as described
24    in subsection (e) of this Section, with interest, of the
25    revenue requirement reflected in rates for each calendar
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1    participating gas utility files its performance-based rate
2    tariff pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, with
3    what the revenue requirement would have been had the
4    actual cost information for the applicable calendar year
5    been available at the filing date.
6        (7) Any surcharge tariff of a participating gas
7    utility authorized by paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of
8    Section 9-220.3 of the Act that is in effect as of the
9    effective date of the performance-based rate tariff
10    approved by the Commission for that utility pursuant to
11    the provisions of this Section will be suspended by
12    operation of law as of the effective date of that
13    performance-based rate tariff. Notwithstanding anything in
14    paragraph (4) of subsection (a) and paragraph (2) of
15    subsection (e) of Section 9-220.3, a participating gas
16    utility shall not file a petition to initiate a final
17    reconciliation of amounts collected under such a surcharge
18    tariff on account of qualifying infrastructure investment
19    (as that term is defined in Section 9-220.3(b)) that
20    occurred during any calendar year for which a
21    reconciliation will be made under subsection (c), and no
22    adjustment to the participating gas utility's initial
23    rates as calculated under paragraph (1) of subsection (c)
24    shall be made based on the fact that the utility had such a
25    tariff in effect or recovered any portion of its revenue
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1    The participating gas utility shall file, together with
2its tariff, final data based on its most recently filed ICC
3Form 21, FERC Form 1, or FERC Form 2, as applicable, subject to
4the adjustments specified in subsection (c), plus projected
5plant additions and correspondingly updated depreciation
6reserve and expense for the calendar year in which the tariff
7and data are filed, that shall populate the performance-based
8rate and set the initial gas delivery services rates under the
9formula. For purposes of this Section, "ICC Form 21" means the
10"Annual Report of Electric Utilities and/or Natural Gas
11Utilities" or any successor to that report that natural gas
12utilities are required to file with the Commission under
13Section 5-109 of this Act. Nothing in this Section is intended
14to allow costs that are not otherwise recoverable to be
15recoverable by virtue of inclusion in ICC Form 21, FERC Form 1,
16or FERC Form 2.
17    After the participating gas utility files its proposed
18performance-based rate structure and protocols and initial
19rates, the Commission shall initiate a docket to review the
20filing. The Commission shall enter an order approving, or
21approving as modified, the performance-based rate, including
22the initial rates, as just and reasonable within 270 days
23after the date on which the tariff was filed. Such review shall
24be based on the same evidentiary standards, including, but not
25limited to, those concerning the prudence and reasonableness
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1in a hearing to review a filing for a general increase in rates
2under Article IX of this Act. The initial rates shall take
3effect within 30 days after the Commission's order approving
4the performance-based rate tariff.
5    Until the Commission approves a different rate design and
6cost allocation pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section,
7rate design and cost allocation across customer classes shall
8be consistent with the Commission's most recent order
9regarding the participating gas utility's request for a
10general increase in its delivery services rates.
11    Subsequent changes to the performance-based rate structure
12or protocols shall be made as set forth in Section 9-201 of
13this Act, but nothing in this subsection (c) is intended to
14limit the Commission's authority under Article IX and other
15provisions of this Act to initiate an investigation of a
16participating gas utility's performance-based rate tariff,
17provided that any such changes shall be consistent with
18paragraphs (1) through (7) of this subsection (c). Any change
19ordered by the Commission shall be made at the same time new
20rates take effect following the Commission's next order
21pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, provided that the
22new rates take effect no less than 30 days after the date on
23which the Commission issues an order adopting the change.
24    In the event the performance-based rate is terminated, the
25then current rates shall remain in effect until such time as
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1to retroactive rate adjustment, with interest, to reconcile
2rates charged with actual costs.
3    (d) Beginning in the first calendar year following the
4year in which this reporting requirement becomes effective, a
5participating gas utility shall, within 45 days after the
6close of each of the participating gas utility's fiscal
7quarters, submit to the Commission a report that summarizes
8the additions to utility plant that were placed into service
9during the prior quarter, which for purposes of the report
10shall be the most recently closed fiscal quarter, as well as
11what utility plant the participating gas utility projects will
12place into service through the end of the calendar year in
13which the report is filed. The quarterly report provided will
14be used for informational purposes only, and any estimates
15therein shall not bind or limit the participating gas
16utility's future decisions to invest in any utility plant or
17other projects and may not be used in any Commission
18proceeding to support any finding as to imprudence,
19unreasonableness, or lack of use or usefulness of any
20individual or aggregate level of utility plant or other
21investment. Within 7 days of receiving a quarterly report, the
22Commission shall make such report available to the public.
23Each quarterly report shall include the following detail:
24        (1) the total dollar value of the additions to utility
25    plant placed in service during the prior quarter;
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1    placed in service during the prior quarter, including the
2    total dollar amount for the work reflected in each
3    standing work order as of the last day of the quarterly
4    reporting period, and a summary description of the
5    standing work order;
6        (3) a list of specific work orders for utility plant
7    placed in service during the prior quarter for utility
8    plant placed in service with a total dollar value as of the
9    last day of the quarterly reporting period that is equal
10    to or greater than $500,000, inclusive of the dollar
11    amount reflected in each specific work order, and a
12    summary description of the specific work order;
13        (4) the estimated total dollar value of the additions
14    to utility plant projected to be placed in service through
15    the end of the calendar year in which the report is filed;
16        (5) a list of standing work orders for utility plant
17    projected to be placed in service through the end of the
18    calendar year in which the report is filed, including the
19    estimated dollar amount for the work reflected in each
20    standing work order, and a summary description of the
21    standing work order; and
22        (6) a list of specific work orders for utility plant
23    projected to be placed in service through the end of the
24    calendar year in which the report is filed with an
25    estimated dollar value that is equal to or greater than
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1    work reflected in each specific work order, and a summary
2    description of the specific work order.
3    (e) Subsequent to the Commission's issuance of an order
4approving the participating gas utility's performance-based
5rate structure and protocols, and initial rates under
6subsection (c) of this Section, the utility shall file, on or
7before May 1 of each year, with the Chief Clerk of the
8Commission its updated cost inputs to the performance-based
9rate for the applicable rate year and the corresponding new
10charges. Each such filing shall conform to the following
11requirements and include the following information:
12        (1) The inputs to the performance-based rate for the
13    applicable rate year shall be based on final historical
14    data reflected in the participating gas utility's most
15    recently filed annual ICC Form 21, or FERC Form 1, or FERC
16    Form 2, as applicable, subject to adjustments specified in
17    subsection (c) of this Section, plus projected plant
18    additions and correspondingly updated depreciation reserve
19    and expense for the calendar year in which the inputs are
20    filed. The filing shall also include a reconciliation of
21    the revenue requirement that was in effect for the prior
22    rate year (as set by the cost inputs for the prior rate
23    year) with the actual revenue requirement for the prior
24    rate year (determined using a year-end rate base) that
25    uses amounts reflected in the applicable ICC Form 21, FERC
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1    the prior rate year. Any over-collection or
2    under-collection indicated by such reconciliation shall be
3    reflected as a credit against, or recovered as an
4    additional charge to, respectively, with interest
5    calculated at a rate equal to the participating gas
6    utility's weighted average cost of capital approved by the
7    Commission for the prior rate year, the charges for the
8    applicable rate year. Provided, however, that the first
9    such reconciliation shall be for the calendar year in
10    which the participating gas utility files its
11    performance-based rate tariff pursuant to subsection (c)
12    of this Section and shall reconcile (i) the revenue
13    requirement or revenue requirements established by the
14    rate order or rate orders in effect from time to time
15    during such calendar year (weighted, as applicable),
16    including any surcharge tariff authorized for the
17    participating gas utility pursuant to paragraph (3) of
18    subsection (a) of Section 9-220.3 of the Act with (ii) the
19    revenue requirement determined using a year-end rate base
20    for that calendar year calculated pursuant to the
21    performance-based rate using actual costs for that year as
22    reflected in the applicable ICC Form 21, FERC Form 1, or
23    FERC Form 2, as applicable, subject to adjustments
24    specified in subsection (c) of this Section. The first
25    such reconciliation is not intended to provide for the
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1    a prior Commission order finding of imprudence or
2    unreasonableness. Each reconciliation shall be certified
3    by the participating gas utility in the same manner that
4    ICC Form 21 is certified. The filing shall also include
5    the charge or credit, if any, resulting from the
6    calculation required by paragraph (6) of subsection (c) of
7    this Section.
8        Notwithstanding anything that may be to the contrary,
9    the intent of the reconciliations is to ultimately
10    reconcile the revenue requirement reflected in rates for
11    such calendar year, beginning with the calendar year in
12    which the participating gas utility files its
13    performance-based rate tariff pursuant to subsection (c)
14    of this Section, with what the revenue requirement
15    determined using a year-end rate base for the applicable
16    calendar year would have been had actual cost information
17    for the applicable calendar year been available at the
18    filing date.
19        (2) The new charges shall take effect beginning on the
20    first billing day of the following January billing period
21    and remain in effect through the last billing day of the
22    next December billing period regardless of whether the
23    Commission enters upon a hearing pursuant to this
24    subsection (e).
25        (3) The filing shall include relevant and necessary
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1    is consistent with the Commission's rules applicable to a
2    filing for a general increase in rates or any rules
3    adopted by the Commission to implement this Section.
4    Normalization adjustments shall not be required.
5    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or Act
6    or any rule or other requirement adopted by the
7    Commission, a participating gas utility with more than one
8    rate zone shall not be required to file a separate set of
9    such data and documentation for each rate zone and may
10    combine such data and documentation into a single set of
11    schedules.
12    Within 45 days after the participating gas utility files
13its annual update of cost inputs to the performance-based
14rate, the Commission shall have the authority, either upon
15complaint or its own initiative, but with reasonable notice,
16to enter upon a hearing concerning the prudence and
17reasonableness of the costs incurred by the participating gas
18utility to be recovered during the applicable rate year that
19are reflected in the inputs to the performance-based rate
20derived from the participating gas utility's ICC Form 21, FERC
21Form 1, or FERC Form 2. During the course of the hearing, each
22objection shall be stated with particularity and evidence
23provided in support thereof, after which the utility shall
24have the opportunity to rebut the evidence. Discovery shall be
25allowed consistent with the Commission's Rules of Practice,
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1assigned administrative law judge. The Commission shall apply
2the same evidentiary standards, including, but not limited to,
3those concerning the prudence and reasonableness of the costs
4incurred by the participating gas utility, in the hearing as
5it would apply in a hearing to review a filing for a general
6increase in rates under Article IX of this Act. The Commission
7shall not, however, have the authority in a proceeding under
8this subsection (e) to consider or order any changes to the
9structure or protocols of the performance-based rate approved
10pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section. In a proceeding
11under this subsection (e), the Commission shall enter its
12order no later than the earlier of 240 days after the utility's
13filing of its annual update of cost inputs to the
14performance-based rate or December 31. The Commission's
15determinations of the prudence and reasonableness of the costs
16incurred for the applicable calendar year shall be final upon
17entry of the Commission's order and shall not be subject to
18reopening, reexamination, or collateral attack in any other
19Commission proceeding, case, docket, order, rule, or
20regulation, provided, however, that nothing in this subsection
21(e) shall prohibit a party from petitioning the Commission to
22rehear or appeal to the courts the order pursuant to the
23provisions of this Act.
24    In the event the Commission does not, either upon
25complaint or its own initiative, enter upon a hearing within
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1update of cost inputs to its performance-based rate, then the
2costs incurred for the applicable calendar year shall be
3deemed prudent and reasonable, and the filed charges shall not
4be subject to reopening, reexamination, or collateral attack
5in any other proceeding, case, docket, order, rule, or
6regulation.
7    A participating gas utility's first filing of the updated
8cost inputs, and any Commission investigation of such inputs
9pursuant to this subsection (e) shall proceed notwithstanding
10the fact that the Commission's investigation under subsection
11(c) of this Section is still pending and notwithstanding any
12other law, order, rule, or Commission practice to the
13contrary.
14    (f) Nothing in subsections (c) or (e) of this Section
15shall prohibit the Commission from investigating, or a
16participating gas utility from filing, revenue-neutral tariff
17changes related to rate design of a performance-based rate
18that has been placed into effect for the utility. Following
19approval of a participating gas utility's performance-based
20rate tariff pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, the
21utility shall make a filing with the Commission within one
22year after the effective date of the performance-based rate
23tariff that proposes changes to the tariff to incorporate the
24findings of any final rate design orders of the Commission
25applicable to the participating gas utility and entered
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1Commission shall, after notice and hearing, enter its order
2approving, or approving with modification, the proposed
3changes to the performance-based rate tariff within 240 days
4after the utility's filing. Following such approval, the
5utility shall make a filing with the Commission during each
6subsequent 3-year period that either proposes revenue-neutral
7tariff changes or re-files the existing tariffs without
8change, which shall present the Commission with an opportunity
9to suspend the tariffs and consider revenue-neutral tariff
10changes related to rate design.
11    (g) Within 30 days after the filing of a tariff pursuant to
12subsection (c) of this Section, each participating gas utility
13shall develop and file with the Commission multi-year metrics.
14For each participating gas utility, the following metrics
15shall be designed to achieve, ratably (in equal annual
16segments, unless otherwise specified) over a 10-year period,
17improvement over baseline performance values as follows:
18        (1) System Integrity, Reliability, and Pipeline Safety
19    Improvement (under 49 CFR Part 192): Reduce the number of
20    outstanding, underground gas leaks on a participating gas
21    utility's gas system by 50% resulting in reduced methane
22    emissions into the environment, using a baseline of year
23    end 2020.
24        (2) System Integrity, Reliability, and Pipeline Safety
25    Improvement (under 49 CFR Part 192): Reduce the number of
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1    utility's gas system by 50% resulting in reduced methane
2    emissions into the environment, using a baseline of year
3    end 2020.
4        (3) System Integrity, Reliability and Pipeline Safety
5    Improvement: Reduce the known quantity of gas transmission
6    pipeline facilities (including mains and associated
7    facilities) that do not have complete records to support
8    the maximum allowable operating pressures in accordance
9    with Federal Department of Transportation pipeline safety
10    regulations by 50% using a baseline of year end 2020.
11        (4) System Integrity, Reliability, and Pipeline Safety
12    Improvement: Reduce the known quantity of mechanically
13    coupled steel gas distribution pipeline facilities
14    (including mains, services, and associated facilities)
15    that are prone to leakage by 70% using a baseline of year
16    end 2020.
17        (5) Opportunities for minority-owned, woman-owned, and
18    veteran-owned business enterprises: design a performance
19    metric regarding the creation of opportunities for
20    minority-owned, woman-owned and veteran-owned business
21    enterprises consistent with State and federal law using a
22    base performance value of the percentage of the
23    participating gas utility's capital expenditures that were
24    paid to minority-owned, woman-owned and veteran-owned
25    business enterprises in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020.
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1for each year of the 10-year period, which shall be designed to
2demonstrate that the participating gas utility is on track to
3achieve the performance goal in each category at the end of the
410-year period. The participating gas utility shall elect when
5the 10-year period shall commence for the metrics set forth in
6this subsection (g), provided that it begins no later than 14
7months following the date on which the participating gas
8utility files a tariff pursuant to subsection (c).
9    (h) The financial adjustments applicable to the metrics
10described in subparagraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (g),
11as applicable, shall be applied through an adjustment to the
12participating gas utility's return on equity of no more than a
13total of 40 basis points in any year, as follows:
14        (1) With respect to the incremental annual performance
15    goal established pursuant to subparagraph (1) of
16    subsection (g), for each year that a participating gas
17    utility does not achieve at least 95% of such goal, the
18    participating gas utility's return on equity shall be
19    reduced by 10 basis points; and for each year in which the
20    participating utility achieves 105% or more of such goal,
21    the participating gas utility's return on equity shall be
22    increased by 10 basis points.
23        (2) With respect to the incremental annual performance
24    goal established pursuant to subparagraph (2) of
25    subsection (g), for each year that a participating gas
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1    participating gas utility's return on equity shall be
2    reduced by 10 basis points; and for each year that a
3    participating gas utility achieves 105% or more of such
4    goal, the participating gas utility's return on equity
5    shall be increased by 10 basis points.
6        (3) With respect to the incremental annual performance
7    goal established pursuant to subparagraph (3) of
8    subsection (g), for each year that a participating gas
9    utility does not achieve at least 95% of such goal, the
10    participating gas utility's return on equity shall be
11    reduced by 10 basis points; and for each year that a
12    participating gas utility achieves 105% or more of such
13    goal, the participating gas utility's return on equity
14    shall be increased by 10 basis points.
15        (4) With respect to the incremental annual performance
16    goals established pursuant to subparagraph (4) of
17    subsection (g), for each year that a participating gas
18    utility does not achieve at least 95% of such goal, the
19    participating gas utility's return on equity shall be
20    reduced by 10 basis points; and for each year that a
21    participating gas utility achieves 105% or more of such
22    goal, the participating gas utility's return on equity
23    shall be increased by 10 basis points.
24    (i) The financial adjustments shall be applied as
25described in subsection (h), as applicable, for the 12-month
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1mechanism, which shall be filed by the participating gas
2utility together with its metrics. In the event the
3performance-based formula rate tariff established pursuant to
4subsection (c) of this Section terminates, the participating
5gas utility's obligations under subsection (g), as applicable,
6and subsection (h), as applicable, of this Section and this
7subsection (i) shall also terminate; provided, however, that
8the tariff mechanism established pursuant to subsection (g) of
9this Section and subsection (h), as applicable, and this
10subsection (i) shall remain in effect until the remaining
11balance of any financial adjustments at the time of such
12termination is fully amortized.
13    The Commission shall, after notice and hearing, enter an
14order within 120 days after the metrics are filed approving,
15or approving with modification, a participating gas utility's
16tariff or mechanism to satisfy the metrics set forth in
17subsection (g), as applicable, of this Section and subsection
18(h), as applicable, of this Section. On June 1 of each
19subsequent year, each participating gas utility shall file a
20report with the Commission that includes, among other things,
21a description of how the participating gas utility performed
22under each metric and an identification of any extraordinary
23events that adversely impacted the participating gas utility's
24performance. Whenever a participating gas utility's report on
25its performance shows that a financial adjustment is warranted
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1after notice and hearing, enter an order approving any
2financial adjustments in accordance with subsection (h) of
3this Section. The Commission-approved financial adjustments
4shall be applied beginning with the next rate year.
5    (j) This Section, other than this subsection (j), is
6inoperative after December 31, 2032, for every participating
7gas utility, after which time a participating gas utility
8shall no longer be eligible to annually update the
9performance-based rate tariff pursuant to subsection (e) of
10this Section. At such time, the then current rates shall
11remain in effect until such time as new rates are set pursuant
12to Article IX of this Act, subject to retroactive adjustment,
13with interest, to reconcile rates charged with actual costs.
14    The fact that this Section becomes inoperative as set
15forth in this subsection shall not be construed to mean that
16the Commission may reexamine or otherwise reopen prudence or
17reasonableness determinations already made.
 
18    (220 ILCS 5/16-102)
19    Sec. 16-102. Definitions. For the purposes of this Article
20the following terms shall be defined as set forth in this
21Section.
22    "Alternative retail electric supplier" means every person,
23cooperative, corporation, municipal corporation, company,
24association, joint stock company or association, firm,
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1trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, that
2offers electric power or energy for sale, lease or in exchange
3for other value received to one or more retail customers, or
4that engages in the delivery or furnishing of electric power
5or energy to such retail customers, and shall include, without
6limitation, resellers, aggregators and power marketers, but
7shall not include (i) electric utilities (or any agent of the
8electric utility to the extent the electric utility provides
9tariffed services to retail customers through that agent),
10(ii) any electric cooperative or municipal system as defined
11in Section 17-100 to the extent that the electric cooperative
12or municipal system is serving retail customers within any
13area in which it is or would be entitled to provide service
14under the law in effect immediately prior to the effective
15date of this amendatory Act of 1997, (iii) a public utility
16that is owned and operated by any public institution of higher
17education of this State, or a public utility that is owned by
18such public institution of higher education and operated by
19any of its lessees or operating agents, within any area in
20which it is or would be entitled to provide service under the
21law in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this
22amendatory Act of 1997, (iv) a retail customer to the extent
23that customer obtains its electric power and energy from that
24customer's own cogeneration or self-generation facilities, (v)
25an entity that owns, operates, sells, or arranges for the
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1self-generation facilities, but only to the extent the entity
2is engaged in owning, selling or arranging for the
3installation of such facility, or operating the facility on
4behalf of such customer, provided however that any such third
5party owner or operator of a facility built after January 1,
61999, complies with the labor provisions of Section 16-128(a)
7as though such third party were an alternative retail electric
8supplier, or (vi) an industrial or manufacturing customer that
9owns its own distribution facilities, to the extent that the
10customer provides service from that distribution system to a
11third-party contractor located on the customer's premises that
12is integrally and predominantly engaged in the customer's
13industrial or manufacturing process; provided, that if the
14industrial or manufacturing customer has elected delivery
15services, the customer shall pay transition charges applicable
16to the electric power and energy consumed by the third-party
17contractor unless such charges are otherwise paid by the third
18party contractor, which shall be calculated based on the usage
19of, and the base rates or the contract rates applicable to, the
20third-party contractor in accordance with Section 16-102.
21    An entity that furnishes the service of charging electric
22vehicles does not and shall not be deemed to sell electricity
23and is not and shall not be deemed an alternative retail
24electric supplier, and is not subject to regulation as such
25under this Act notwithstanding the basis on which the service
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1deemed an alternative retail electric supplier under this Act,
2or is otherwise subject to regulation under this Act, then
3that entity is not exempt from and remains subject to the
4otherwise applicable provisions of this Act. The installation,
5maintenance, and repair of an electric vehicle charging
6station shall comply with the requirements of subsection (a)
7of Section 16-128 and Section 16-128A of this Act.
8    For purposes of this Section, the term "electric vehicles"
9has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 10 of the
10Electric Vehicle Act.
11    "Base rates" means the rates for those tariffed services
12that the electric utility is required to offer pursuant to
13subsection (a) of Section 16-103 and that were identified in a
14rate order for collection of the electric utility's base rate
15revenue requirement, excluding (i) separate automatic rate
16adjustment riders then in effect, (ii) special or negotiated
17contract rates, (iii) delivery services tariffs filed pursuant
18to Section 16-108, (iv) real-time pricing, or (v) tariffs that
19were in effect prior to October 1, 1996 and that based charges
20for services on an index or average of other utilities'
21charges, but including (vi) any subsequent redesign of such
22rates for tariffed services that is authorized by the
23Commission after notice and hearing.
24    "Competitive service" includes (i) any service that has
25been declared to be competitive pursuant to Section 16-113 of
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1than tariffed services, that are related to, but not necessary
2for, the provision of electric power and energy or delivery
3services.
4    "Contract service" means (1) services, including the
5provision of electric power and energy or other services, that
6are provided by mutual agreement between an electric utility
7and a retail customer that is located in the electric
8utility's service area, provided that, delivery services shall
9not be a contract service until such services are declared
10competitive pursuant to Section 16-113; and also means (2) the
11provision of electric power and energy by an electric utility
12to retail customers outside the electric utility's service
13area pursuant to Section 16-116. Provided, however, contract
14service does not include electric utility services provided
15pursuant to (i) contracts that retail customers are required
16to execute as a condition of receiving tariffed services, or
17(ii) special or negotiated rate contracts for electric utility
18services that were entered into between an electric utility
19and a retail customer prior to the effective date of this
20amendatory Act of 1997 and filed with the Commission.
21    "Delivery services" means those services provided by the
22electric utility that are necessary in order for the
23transmission and distribution systems to function so that
24retail customers located in the electric utility's service
25area can receive electric power and energy from suppliers
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1limitation, standard metering and billing services.
2    "Electric utility" means a public utility, as defined in
3Section 3-105 of this Act, that has a franchise, license,
4permit or right to furnish or sell electricity to retail
5customers within a service area.
6    "Electric vehicle" means: (i) a battery-powered vehicle
7operated solely by electricity that can be recharged from an
8external source; or (ii) a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
9that operates on electricity and another fuel and has a
10battery that can be recharged from an external source.
11    "Electric vehicle charging station" means any facility,
12infrastructure, or equipment that is used to charge a battery
13or other energy storage device of an electric vehicle.
14    "Energy storage" or "storage" means any infrastructure,
15facility, technology, or device used to store energy for use
16on an electric distribution or transmission system and shall
17not include or be considered energy generation.
18    "Mandatory transition period" means the period from the
19effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 through January
201, 2007.
21    "Municipal system" shall have the meaning set forth in
22Section 17-100.
23    "Real-time pricing" means tariffed retail charges for
24delivered electric power and energy that vary hour-to-hour and
25are determined from wholesale market prices using a
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1    "Retail customer" means a single entity using electric
2power or energy at a single premises and that (A) either (i) is
3receiving or is eligible to receive tariffed services from an
4electric utility, or (ii) that is served by a municipal system
5or electric cooperative within any area in which the municipal
6system or electric cooperative is or would be entitled to
7provide service under the law in effect immediately prior to
8the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, or (B) an
9entity which on the effective date of this Act was receiving
10electric service from a public utility and (i) was engaged in
11the practice of resale and redistribution of such electricity
12within a building prior to January 2, 1957, or (ii) was
13providing lighting services to tenants in a multi-occupancy
14building, but only to the extent such resale, redistribution
15or lighting service is authorized by the electric utility's
16tariffs that were on file with the Commission on the effective
17date of this Act.
18    "Service area" means (i) the geographic area within which
19an electric utility was lawfully entitled to provide electric
20power and energy to retail customers as of the effective date
21of this amendatory Act of 1997, and includes (ii) the location
22of any retail customer to which the electric utility was
23lawfully providing electric utility services on such effective
24date.
25    "Small commercial retail customer" means those
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1consuming 15,000 kilowatt-hours or less of electricity
2annually in its service area.
3    "Tariffed service" means services provided to retail
4customers by an electric utility as defined by its rates on
5file with the Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article
6IX of this Act, but shall not include competitive services.
7    "Transition charge" means a charge expressed in cents per
8kilowatt-hour that is calculated for a customer or class of
9customers as follows for each year in which an electric
10utility is entitled to recover transition charges as provided
11in Section 16-108:
12        (1) the amount of revenue that an electric utility
13    would receive from the retail customer or customers if it
14    were serving such customers' electric power and energy
15    requirements as a tariffed service based on (A) all of the
16    customers' actual usage during the 3 years ending 90 days
17    prior to the date on which such customers were first
18    eligible for delivery services pursuant to Section 16-104,
19    and (B) on (i) the base rates in effect on October 1, 1996
20    (adjusted for the reductions required by subsection (b) of
21    Section 16-111, for any reduction resulting from a rate
22    decrease under Section 16-101(b), for any restatement of
23    base rates made in conjunction with an elimination of the
24    fuel adjustment clause pursuant to subsection (b), (d), or
25    (f) of Section 9-220 and for any removal of
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1    16-114) and any separate automatic rate adjustment riders
2    (other than a decommissioning rate as defined in Section
3    16-114) under which the customers were receiving or, had
4    they been customers, would have received electric power
5    and energy from the electric utility during the year
6    immediately preceding the date on which such customers
7    were first eligible for delivery service pursuant to
8    Section 16-104, or (ii) to the extent applicable, any
9    contract rates, including contracts or rates for
10    consolidated or aggregated billing, under which such
11    customers were receiving electric power and energy from
12    the electric utility during such year;
13        (2) less the amount of revenue, other than revenue
14    from transition charges and decommissioning rates, that
15    the electric utility would receive from such retail
16    customers for delivery services provided by the electric
17    utility, assuming such customers were taking delivery
18    services for all of their usage, based on the delivery
19    services tariffs in effect during the year for which the
20    transition charge is being calculated and on the usage
21    identified in paragraph (1);
22        (3) less the market value for the electric power and
23    energy that the electric utility would have used to supply
24    all of such customers' electric power and energy
25    requirements, as a tariffed service, based on the usage
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1    determined in accordance with Section 16-112 of this Act;
2        (4) less the following amount which represents the
3    amount to be attributed to new revenue sources and cost
4    reductions by the electric utility through the end of the
5    period for which transition costs are recovered pursuant
6    to Section 16-108, referred to in this Article XVI as a
7    "mitigation factor":
8            (A) for nonresidential retail customers, an amount
9        equal to the greater of (i) 0.5 cents per
10        kilowatt-hour during the period October 1, 1999
11        through December 31, 2004, 0.6 cents per kilowatt-hour
12        in calendar year 2005, and 0.9 cents per kilowatt-hour
13        in calendar year 2006, multiplied in each year by the
14        usage identified in paragraph (1), or (ii) an amount
15        equal to the following percentages of the amount
16        produced by applying the applicable base rates
17        (adjusted as described in subparagraph (1)(B)) or
18        contract rate to the usage identified in paragraph
19        (1): 8% for the period October 1, 1999 through
20        December 31, 2002, 10% in calendar years 2003 and
21        2004, 11% in calendar year 2005 and 12% in calendar
22        year 2006; and
23            (B) for residential retail customers, an amount
24        equal to the following percentages of the amount
25        produced by applying the base rates in effect on
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1        (1)(B)) to the usage identified in paragraph (1): (i)
2        6% from May 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002, (ii) 7%
3        in calendar years 2003 and 2004, (iii) 8% in calendar
4        year 2005, and (iv) 10% in calendar year 2006;
5        (5) divided by the usage of such customers identified
6    in paragraph (1),
7provided that the transition charge shall never be less than
8zero.
9    "Unbundled service" means a component or constituent part
10of a tariffed service which the electric utility subsequently
11offers separately to its customers.
12(Source: P.A. 97-1128, eff. 8-28-12.)
 
13    (220 ILCS 5/16-107.6)
14    Sec. 16-107.6. Distributed generation rebate.
15    (a) In this Section:
16    "Smart inverter" means a device that converts direct
17current into alternating current and can autonomously
18contribute to grid support during excursions from normal
19operating voltage and frequency conditions by providing each
20of the following: dynamic reactive and real power support,
21voltage and frequency ride-through, ramp rate controls,
22communication systems with ability to accept external
23commands, and other functions from the electric utility.
24    "Subscriber" has the meaning set forth in Section 1-10 of
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1    "Subscription" has the meaning set forth in Section 1-10
2of the Illinois Power Agency Act.
3    "Threshold date" means the date on which the load of an
4electricity provider's net metering customers equals 5% of the
5total peak demand supplied by that electricity provider during
6the previous year, as specified under subsection (j) of
7Section 16-107.5 of this Act.
8    (b) An electric utility that serves more than 200,000
9customers in the State shall file a petition with the
10Commission requesting approval of the utility's tariff to
11provide a rebate to a retail customer who owns or operates
12distributed generation that meets the following criteria:
13        (1) has a nameplate generating capacity no greater
14    than 2,000 kilowatts and is primarily used to offset that
15    customer's electricity load;
16        (2) is located on the customer's premises, for the
17    customer's own use, and not for commercial use or sales,
18    including, but not limited to, wholesale sales of electric
19    power and energy;
20        (3) is located in the electric utility's service
21    territory; and
22        (4) is interconnected under rules adopted by the
23    Commission by means of the inverter or smart inverter
24    required by this Section, as applicable.
25    For purposes of this Section, "distributed generation"
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1generation device set forth in Section 1-10 of the Illinois
2Power Agency Act to the extent such definition is consistent
3with the requirements of this Section.
4    In addition, any new photovoltaic distributed generation
5that is installed after the effective date of this amendatory
6Act of the 99th General Assembly must be installed by a
7qualified person, as defined by subsection (i) of Section 1-56
8of the Illinois Power Agency Act.
9    The tariff shall provide that the utility shall be
10permitted to operate and control the smart inverter associated
11with the distributed generation that is the subject of the
12rebate for the purpose of preserving reliability during
13distribution system reliability events and shall address the
14terms and conditions of the operation and the compensation
15associated with the operation. Nothing in this Section shall
16negate or supersede Institute of Electrical and Electronics
17Engineers interconnection requirements or standards or other
18similar standards or requirements. The tariff shall also
19provide for additional uses of the smart inverter that shall
20be separately compensated and which may include, but are not
21limited to, voltage and VAR support, regulation, and other
22grid services. As part of the proceeding described in
23subsection (e) of this Section, the Commission shall review
24and determine whether smart inverters can provide any
25additional uses or services. If the Commission determines that
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1Commission shall determine the terms and conditions of the
2operation and how the use or service should be separately
3compensated.
4    (c) The proposed tariff authorized by subsection (b) of
5this Section shall include the following participation terms
6and formulae to calculate the value of the rebates to be
7applied under this Section for distributed generation that
8satisfies the criteria set forth in subsection (b) of this
9Section:
10        (1) Until the utility files its tariff or tariffs to
11    place into effect the rebate values established by the
12    Commission under subsection (e) of this Section,
13    non-residential customers that are taking service under a
14    net metering program offered by an electricity provider
15    under the terms of Section 16-107.5 of this Act may apply
16    for a rebate as provided for in this Section. The value of
17    the rebate shall be $250 per kilowatt of nameplate
18    generating capacity, measured as nominal DC power output,
19    of a non-residential customer's distributed generation.
20        (2) After the utility's tariff or tariffs setting the
21    new rebate values established under subsection (d) of this
22    Section take effect, retail customers may, as applicable,
23    make the following elections:
24            (A) Residential customers that are taking service
25        under a net metering program offered by an electricity
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1        Act on the threshold date may elect to either continue
2        to take such service under the terms of such program as
3        in effect on such threshold date for the useful life of
4        the customer's eligible renewable electric generating
5        facility as defined in such Section, or file an
6        application to receive a rebate under the terms of
7        this Section, provided that such application must be
8        submitted within 6 months after the effective date of
9        the tariff approved under subsection (d) of this
10        Section. The value of the rebate shall be the amount
11        established by the Commission and reflected in the
12        utility's tariff pursuant to subsection (e) of this
13        Section.
14            (B) Non-residential customers that are taking
15        service under a net metering program offered by an
16        electricity provider under the terms of Section
17        16-107.5 of this Act on the threshold date may apply
18        for a rebate as provided for in this Section. The value
19        of the rebate shall be the amount established by the
20        Commission and reflected in the utility's tariff
21        pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section.
22        (3) Upon approval of a rebate application submitted
23    under this subsection (c), the retail customer shall no
24    longer be entitled to receive any delivery service credits
25    for the excess electricity generated by its facility and
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1    Section 16-107.5 of this Act.
2        (4) To be eligible for a rebate described in this
3    subsection (c), customers who begin taking service after
4    the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th
5    General Assembly under a net metering program offered by
6    an electricity provider under the terms of Section
7    16-107.5 of this Act must have a smart inverter associated
8    with the customer's distributed generation.
9    (d) The Commission shall review the proposed tariff
10submitted under subsections (b) and (c) of this Section and
11may make changes to the tariff that are consistent with this
12Section and with the Commission's authority under Article IX
13of this Act, subject to notice and hearing. Following notice
14and hearing, the Commission shall issue an order approving, or
15approving with modification, such tariff no later than 240
16days after the utility files its tariff.
17    (e) When the total generating capacity of the electricity
18provider's net metering customers is equal to 3%, the
19Commission shall open an investigation into an annual process
20and formula for calculating the value of rebates for the
21retail customers described in subsections (b) and (f) of this
22Section that submit rebate applications after the threshold
23date for an electric utility that elected to file a tariff
24pursuant to this Section. The investigation shall include
25diverse sets of stakeholders, calculations for valuing
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1practices, and assessments of present and future technological
2capabilities of distributed energy resources. The value of
3such rebates shall reflect the value of the distributed
4generation to the distribution system at the location at which
5it is interconnected, taking into account the geographic,
6time-based, and performance-based benefits, as well as
7technological capabilities and present and future grid needs.
8No later than 10 days after the Commission enters its final
9order under this subsection (e), the utility shall file its
10tariff or tariffs in compliance with the order, and the
11Commission shall approve, or approve with modification, the
12tariff or tariffs within 45 days after the utility's filing.
13For those rebate applications filed after the threshold date
14but before the utility's tariff or tariffs filed pursuant to
15this subsection (e) take effect, the value of the rebate shall
16remain at the value established in subsection (c) of this
17Section until the tariff is approved.
18    (f) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
19contrary, the owner, developer, or subscriber of a generation
20facility that is part of a net metering program provided under
21subsection (l) of Section 16-107.5 shall also be eligible to
22apply for the rebate described in this Section. A subscriber
23to the generation facility may apply for a rebate in the amount
24of the subscriber's subscription only if the owner, developer,
25or previous subscriber to the same panel or panels has not
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1the subscriber is a residential or non-residential customer,
2may be allowed the amount identified in paragraph (1) of
3subsection (c) or in subsection (e) of this Section applicable
4to such customer on the date that the application is
5submitted. An application for a rebate for a portion of a
6project described in this subsection (f) may be submitted at
7or after the time that a related request for net metering is
8made.
9    (g) No later than 60 days after the utility receives an
10application for a rebate under its tariff approved under
11subsection (d) or (e) of this Section, the utility shall issue
12a rebate to the applicant under the terms of the tariff. In the
13event the application is incomplete or the utility is
14otherwise unable to calculate the payment based on the
15information provided by the owner, the utility shall issue the
16payment no later than 60 days after the application is
17complete or all requested information is received.
18    (h) An electric utility shall recover from its retail
19customers all of the costs of the rebates made under a tariff
20or tariffs placed into effect under this Section, including,
21but not limited to, the value of the rebates and all costs
22incurred by the utility to comply with and implement this
23Section, consistent with the following provisions:
24        (1) The utility shall defer the full amount of its
25    costs incurred under this Section as a regulatory asset.
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1    amortized over a 15-year period. The unamortized balance
2    shall be recognized as of December 31 for a given year. The
3    utility shall also earn a return on the total of the
4    unamortized balance of the regulatory assets, less any
5    deferred taxes related to the unamortized balance, at an
6    annual rate equal to the utility's weighted average cost
7    of capital that includes, based on a year-end capital
8    structure, the utility's actual cost of debt for the
9    applicable calendar year and a cost of equity, which in
10    all years for electric utilities that serve more than
11    3,000,000 retail customers in this State, and in each
12    calendar year commencing before January 1, 2021 for
13    electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000 retail
14    customers but more than 500,000 retail customers in this
15    State, shall be calculated as the sum of (i) the average
16    for the applicable calendar year of the monthly average
17    yields of 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds published by the
18    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in its
19    weekly H.15 Statistical Release or successor publication;
20    and (ii) 580 basis points, including a revenue conversion
21    factor calculated to recover or refund all additional
22    income taxes that may be payable or receivable as a result
23    of that return. For electric utilities that serve less
24    than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000
25    retail customers in this State, for each calendar year
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1    shall be equal to the national average cost of equity as
2    calculated under this paragraph (1). For purposes of this
3    paragraph (1), the national average cost of equity for an
4    applicable calendar year shall be the simple average of
5    the cost of equity specified and approved in each order of
6    a state regulatory commission, other than the Commission,
7    issued during such calendar year that is applicable to
8    base rates for retail electric service provided by an
9    investor-owned public utility company operating in the
10    United States. No order shall be excluded from the
11    national average cost of equity calculated under this
12    paragraph (1) on the grounds that it was arrived at by
13    stipulation or agreement or is subject to rehearing or
14    appeal. In its final order in the proceeding occurring
15    pursuant to this subsection (h) of this Section during
16    calendar year 2021, the Commission shall set the cost of
17    equity using the method applicable to calendar years
18    commencing prior to January 1, 2021. In its final orders
19    in the proceedings occurring pursuant to subsection (h) of
20    this Section in years subsequent to calendar year 2021,
21    including the reconciliation of the 2021 rate year, the
22    Commission shall set the cost of equity using the method
23    applicable to calendar years commencing after December 31,
24    2020. If, for any calendar year, there are fewer than 15
25    applicable orders of state regulatory commissions with
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1    Commission shall include in the calculation of the
2    national average the number of state regulatory orders
3    from the year or years immediately preceding such calendar
4    year necessary to reach a total of 15, beginning with the
5    most recently issued and proceeding in reverse
6    chronological order.
7        When an electric utility creates a regulatory asset
8    under the provisions of this Section, the costs are
9    recovered over a period during which customers also
10    receive a benefit, which is in the public interest.
11    Accordingly, it is the intent of the General Assembly that
12    an electric utility that elects to create a regulatory
13    asset under the provisions of this Section shall recover
14    all of the associated costs, including, but not limited
15    to, its cost of capital as set forth in this Section. After
16    the Commission has approved the prudence and
17    reasonableness of the costs that comprise the regulatory
18    asset, the electric utility shall be permitted to recover
19    all such costs, and the value and recoverability through
20    rates of the associated regulatory asset shall not be
21    limited, altered, impaired, or reduced. To enable the
22    financing of the incremental capital expenditures,
23    including regulatory assets, for electric utilities that
24    serve less than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than
25    500,000 retail customers in the State, the utility's
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1    equity ratio, excluding goodwill, of up to and including
2    54% 50% of the total capital structure shall be deemed
3    reasonable and used to set rates.
4        (2) The utility, at its election, may recover all of
5    the costs it incurs under this Section as part of a filing
6    for a general increase in rates under Article IX of this
7    Act, as part of an annual filing to update a
8    performance-based formula rate under subsection (d) of
9    Section 16-108.5 of this Act, or through an automatic
10    adjustment clause tariff, provided that nothing in this
11    paragraph (2) permits the double recovery of such costs
12    from customers. If the utility elects to recover the costs
13    it incurs under this Section through an automatic
14    adjustment clause tariff, the utility may file its
15    proposed tariff together with the tariff it files under
16    subsection (b) of this Section or at a later time. The
17    proposed tariff shall provide for an annual
18    reconciliation, less any deferred taxes related to the
19    reconciliation, with interest at an annual rate of return
20    equal to the utility's weighted average cost of capital as
21    calculated under paragraph (1) of this subsection (h),
22    including a revenue conversion factor calculated to
23    recover or refund all additional income taxes that may be
24    payable or receivable as a result of that return, of the
25    revenue requirement reflected in rates for each calendar
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1    utility files its automatic adjustment clause tariff under
2    this subsection (h), with what the revenue requirement
3    would have been had the actual cost information for the
4    applicable calendar year been available at the filing
5    date. The Commission shall review the proposed tariff and
6    may make changes to the tariff that are consistent with
7    this Section and with the Commission's authority under
8    Article IX of this Act, subject to notice and hearing.
9    Following notice and hearing, the Commission shall issue
10    an order approving, or approving with modification, such
11    tariff no later than 240 days after the utility files its
12    tariff.
13    (i) No later than 90 days after the Commission enters an
14order, or order on rehearing, whichever is later, approving an
15electric utility's proposed tariff under subsection (d) of
16this Section, the electric utility shall provide notice of the
17availability of rebates under this Section. Subsequent to the
18utility's notice, any entity that offers in the State, for
19sale or lease, distributed generation and estimates the dollar
20saving attributable to such distributed generation shall
21provide estimates based on both delivery service credits and
22the rebates available under this Section.
23(Source: P.A. 99-906, eff. 6-1-17.)
 
24    (220 ILCS 5/16-108.5)
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1modernization; regulatory reform.
2    (a) (Blank).
3    (b) For purposes of this Section, "participating utility"
4means an electric utility or a combination utility serving
5more than 1,000,000 customers in Illinois that voluntarily
6elects and commits to undertake (i) the infrastructure
7investment program consisting of the commitments and
8obligations described in this subsection (b) and (ii) the
9customer assistance program consisting of the commitments and
10obligations described in subsection (b-10) of this Section,
11notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act and without
12obtaining any approvals from the Commission or any other
13agency other than as set forth in this Section, regardless of
14whether any such approval would otherwise be required.
15"Combination utility" means a utility that, as of January 1,
162011, provided electric service to at least one million retail
17customers in Illinois and gas service to at least 500,000
18retail customers in Illinois. A participating utility shall
19recover the expenditures made under the infrastructure
20investment program through the ratemaking process, including,
21but not limited to, the performance-based formula rate and
22process set forth in this Section.
23    During the infrastructure investment program's peak
24program year, a participating utility other than a combination
25utility shall create 2,000 full-time equivalent jobs in
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1utility shall create 450 full-time equivalent jobs in Illinois
2related to the provision of electric service. These jobs shall
3include direct jobs, contractor positions, and induced jobs,
4but shall not include any portion of a job commitment, not
5specifically contingent on an amendatory Act of the 97th
6General Assembly becoming law, between a participating utility
7and a labor union that existed on December 30, 2011 (the
8effective date of Public Act 97-646) and that has not yet been
9fulfilled. A portion of the full-time equivalent jobs created
10by each participating utility shall include incremental
11personnel hired subsequent to December 30, 2011 (the effective
12date of Public Act 97-646). For purposes of this Section,
13"peak program year" means the consecutive 12-month period with
14the highest number of full-time equivalent jobs that occurs
15between the beginning of investment year 2 and the end of
16investment year 4.
17    A participating utility shall meet one of the following
18commitments, as applicable:
19        (1) Beginning no later than 180 days after a
20    participating utility other than a combination utility
21    files a performance-based formula rate tariff pursuant to
22    subsection (c) of this Section, or, beginning no later
23    than January 1, 2012 if such utility files such
24    performance-based formula rate tariff within 14 days of
25    October 26, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act
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1    provided in subsection (b-5):
2            (A) over a 5-year period, invest an estimated
3        $1,300,000,000 in electric system upgrades,
4        modernization projects, and training facilities,
5        including, but not limited to:
6                (i) distribution infrastructure improvements
7            totaling an estimated $1,000,000,000, including
8            underground residential distribution cable
9            injection and replacement and mainline cable
10            system refurbishment and replacement projects;
11                (ii) training facility construction or upgrade
12            projects totaling an estimated $10,000,000,
13            provided that, at a minimum, one such facility
14            shall be located in a municipality having a
15            population of more than 2 million residents and
16            one such facility shall be located in a
17            municipality having a population of more than
18            150,000 residents but fewer than 170,000
19            residents; any such new facility located in a
20            municipality having a population of more than 2
21            million residents must be designed for the purpose
22            of obtaining, and the owner of the facility shall
23            apply for, certification under the United States
24            Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy
25            Efficiency Design Green Building Rating System;
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1            replacement programs;
2                (iv) an estimated $200,000,000 for reducing
3            the susceptibility of certain circuits to
4            storm-related damage, including, but not limited
5            to, high winds, thunderstorms, and ice storms;
6            improvements may include, but are not limited to,
7            overhead to underground conversion and other
8            engineered outcomes for circuits; the
9            participating utility shall prioritize the
10            selection of circuits based on each circuit's
11            historical susceptibility to storm-related damage
12            and the ability to provide the greatest customer
13            benefit upon completion of the improvements; to be
14            eligible for improvement, the participating
15            utility's ability to maintain proper tree
16            clearances surrounding the overhead circuit must
17            not have been impeded by third parties; and
18            (B) over a 10-year period, invest an estimated
19        $1,300,000,000 to upgrade and modernize its
20        transmission and distribution infrastructure and in
21        Smart Grid electric system upgrades, including, but
22        not limited to:
23                (i) additional smart meters;
24                (ii) distribution automation;
25                (iii) associated cyber secure data
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1                (iv) substation micro-processor relay
2            upgrades.
3        (2) Beginning no later than 180 days after a
4    participating utility that is a combination utility files
5    a performance-based formula rate tariff pursuant to
6    subsection (c) of this Section, or, beginning no later
7    than January 1, 2012 if such utility files such
8    performance-based formula rate tariff within 14 days of
9    October 26, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act
10    97-616), the participating utility shall, except as
11    provided in subsection (b-5):
12            (A) over a 10-year period, invest an estimated
13        $265,000,000 in electric system upgrades,
14        modernization projects, and training facilities,
15        including, but not limited to:
16                (i) distribution infrastructure improvements
17            totaling an estimated $245,000,000, which may
18            include bulk supply substations, transformers,
19            reconductoring, and rebuilding overhead
20            distribution and sub-transmission lines,
21            underground residential distribution cable
22            injection and replacement and mainline cable
23            system refurbishment and replacement projects;
24                (ii) training facility construction or upgrade
25            projects totaling an estimated $1,000,000; any
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1            of obtaining, and the owner of the facility shall
2            apply for, certification under the United States
3            Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy
4            Efficiency Design Green Building Rating System;
5            and
6                (iii) wood pole inspection, treatment, and
7            replacement programs; and
8            (B) over a 10-year period, invest an estimated
9        $360,000,000 to upgrade and modernize its transmission
10        and distribution infrastructure and in Smart Grid
11        electric system upgrades, including, but not limited
12        to:
13                (i) additional smart meters;
14                (ii) distribution automation;
15                (iii) associated cyber secure data
16            communication network; and
17                (iv) substation micro-processor relay
18            upgrades.
19    For purposes of this Section, "Smart Grid electric system
20upgrades" shall have the meaning set forth in subsection (a)
21of Section 16-108.6 of this Act.
22    The investments in the infrastructure investment program
23described in this subsection (b) shall be incremental to the
24participating utility's annual capital investment program, as
25defined by, for purposes of this subsection (b), the
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1years 2008, 2009, and 2010 as reported in the applicable
2Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Form 1; provided
3that where one or more utilities have merged, the average
4capital spend shall be determined using the aggregate of the
5merged utilities' capital spend reported in FERC Form 1 for
6the years 2008, 2009, and 2010. A participating utility may
7add reasonable construction ramp-up and ramp-down time to the
8investment periods specified in this subsection (b). For each
9such investment period, the ramp-up and ramp-down time shall
10not exceed a total of 6 months.
11    Within 60 days after filing a tariff under subsection (c)
12of this Section, a participating utility shall submit to the
13Commission its plan, including scope, schedule, and staffing,
14for satisfying its infrastructure investment program
15commitments pursuant to this subsection (b). The submitted
16plan shall include a schedule and staffing plan for the next
17calendar year. The plan shall also include a plan for the
18creation, operation, and administration of a Smart Grid test
19bed as described in subsection (c) of Section 16-108.8. The
20plan need not allocate the work equally over the respective
21periods, but should allocate material increments throughout
22such periods commensurate with the work to be undertaken. No
23later than April 1 of each subsequent year, the utility shall
24submit to the Commission a report that includes any updates to
25the plan, a schedule for the next calendar year, the
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1cumulatively, and the number of full-time equivalent jobs
2created for the prior calendar year and cumulatively. If the
3utility is materially deficient in satisfying a schedule or
4staffing plan, then the report must also include a corrective
5action plan to address the deficiency. The fact that the plan,
6implementation of the plan, or a schedule changes shall not
7imply the imprudence or unreasonableness of the infrastructure
8investment program, plan, or schedule. Further, no later than
945 days following the last day of the first, second, and third
10quarters of each year of the plan, a participating utility
11shall submit to the Commission a verified quarterly report for
12the prior quarter that includes (i) the total number of
13full-time equivalent jobs created during the prior quarter,
14(ii) the total number of employees as of the last day of the
15prior quarter, (iii) the total number of full-time equivalent
16hours in each job classification or job title, (iv) the total
17number of incremental employees and contractors in support of
18the investments undertaken pursuant to this subsection (b) for
19the prior quarter, and (v) any other information that the
20Commission may require by rule.
21    With respect to the participating utility's peak job
22commitment, if, after considering the utility's corrective
23action plan and compliance thereunder, the Commission enters
24an order finding, after notice and hearing, that a
25participating utility did not satisfy its peak job commitment
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1reasonably within its control, then the Commission shall also
2determine, after consideration of the evidence, including, but
3not limited to, evidence submitted by the Department of
4Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the utility, the
5deficiency in the number of full-time equivalent jobs during
6the peak program year due to such failure. The Commission
7shall notify the Department of any proceeding that is
8initiated pursuant to this paragraph. For each full-time
9equivalent job deficiency during the peak program year that
10the Commission finds as set forth in this paragraph, the
11participating utility shall, within 30 days after the entry of
12the Commission's order, pay $6,000 to a fund for training
13grants administered under Section 605-800 of the Department of
14Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law, which shall not be a
15recoverable expense.
16    With respect to the participating utility's investment
17amount commitments, if, after considering the utility's
18corrective action plan and compliance thereunder, the
19Commission enters an order finding, after notice and hearing,
20that a participating utility is not satisfying its investment
21amount commitments described in this subsection (b), then the
22utility shall no longer be eligible to annually update the
23performance-based formula rate tariff pursuant to subsection
24(d) of this Section. In such event, the then current rates
25shall remain in effect until such time as new rates are set
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1adjustment, with interest, to reconcile rates charged with
2actual costs.
3    If the Commission finds that a participating utility is no
4longer eligible to update the performance-based formula rate
5tariff pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section, or the
6performance-based formula rate is otherwise terminated, then
7the participating utility's voluntary commitments and
8obligations under this subsection (b) shall immediately
9terminate, except for the utility's obligation to pay an
10amount already owed to the fund for training grants pursuant
11to a Commission order.
12    In meeting the obligations of this subsection (b), to the
13extent feasible and consistent with State and federal law, the
14investments under the infrastructure investment program should
15provide employment opportunities for all segments of the
16population and workforce, including minority-owned and
17woman-owned female-owned business enterprises, and shall not,
18consistent with State and federal law, discriminate based on
19race or socioeconomic status.
20    (b-5) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the
21Commission from investigating the prudence and reasonableness
22of the expenditures made under the infrastructure investment
23program during the annual review required by subsection (d) of
24this Section and shall, as part of such investigation,
25determine whether the utility's actual costs under the program
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1utility invests more than the minimum amounts specified in
2subsection (b) of this Section or its plan shall not imply
3imprudence or unreasonableness.
4    If the participating utility finds that it is implementing
5its plan for satisfying the infrastructure investment program
6commitments described in subsection (b) of this Section at a
7cost below the estimated amounts specified in subsection (b)
8of this Section, then the utility may file a petition with the
9Commission requesting that it be permitted to satisfy its
10commitments by spending less than the estimated amounts
11specified in subsection (b) of this Section. The Commission
12shall, after notice and hearing, enter its order approving, or
13approving as modified, or denying each such petition within
14150 days after the filing of the petition.
15    In no event, absent General Assembly approval, shall the
16capital investment costs incurred by a participating utility
17other than a combination utility in satisfying its
18infrastructure investment program commitments described in
19subsection (b) of this Section exceed $3,000,000,000 or, for a
20participating utility that is a combination utility,
21$720,000,000. If the participating utility's updated cost
22estimates for satisfying its infrastructure investment program
23commitments described in subsection (b) of this Section exceed
24the limitation imposed by this subsection (b-5), then it shall
25submit a report to the Commission that identifies the
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1increased costs no later than the year in which the utility
2estimates it will exceed the limitation. The Commission shall
3review the report and shall, within 90 days after the
4participating utility files the report, report to the General
5Assembly its findings regarding the participating utility's
6report. If the General Assembly does not amend the limitation
7imposed by this subsection (b-5), then the utility may modify
8its plan so as not to exceed the limitation imposed by this
9subsection (b-5) and may propose corresponding changes to the
10metrics established pursuant to subparagraphs (5) through (8)
11of subsection (f) of this Section, and the Commission may
12modify the metrics and incremental savings goals established
13pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section accordingly.
14    (b-10) All participating utilities shall make
15contributions for an energy low-income and support program in
16accordance with this subsection. Beginning no later than 180
17days after a participating utility files a performance-based
18formula rate tariff pursuant to subsection (c) of this
19Section, or beginning no later than January 1, 2012 if such
20utility files such performance-based formula rate tariff
21within 14 days of December 30, 2011 (the effective date of
22Public Act 97-646), and without obtaining any approvals from
23the Commission or any other agency other than as set forth in
24this Section, regardless of whether any such approval would
25otherwise be required, a participating utility other than a
26combination utility shall pay $10,000,000 per year for 5 years

 

 

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1and a participating utility that is a combination utility
2shall pay $1,000,000 per year for 10 years to the energy
3low-income and support program, which is intended to fund
4customer assistance programs with the primary purpose being
5avoidance of imminent disconnection. Such programs may
6include:
7        (1) a residential hardship program that may partner
8    with community-based organizations, including senior
9    citizen organizations, and provides grants to low-income
10    residential customers, including low-income senior
11    citizens, who demonstrate a hardship;
12        (2) a program that provides grants and other bill
13    payment concessions to veterans with disabilities who
14    demonstrate a hardship and members of the armed services
15    or reserve forces of the United States or members of the
16    Illinois National Guard who are on active duty pursuant to
17    an executive order of the President of the United States,
18    an act of the Congress of the United States, or an order of
19    the Governor and who demonstrate a hardship;
20        (3) a budget assistance program that provides tools
21    and education to low-income senior citizens to assist them
22    with obtaining information regarding energy usage and
23    effective means of managing energy costs;
24        (4) a non-residential special hardship program that
25    provides grants to non-residential customers such as small
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1    hardship, including those providing services to senior
2    citizen and low-income customers; and
3        (5) a performance-based assistance program that
4    provides grants to encourage residential customers to make
5    on-time payments by matching a portion of the customer's
6    payments or providing credits towards arrearages.
7    The payments made by a participating utility pursuant to
8this subsection (b-10) shall not be a recoverable expense. A
9participating utility may elect to fund either new or existing
10customer assistance programs, including, but not limited to,
11those that are administered by the utility.
12    Programs that use funds that are provided by a
13participating utility to reduce utility bills may be
14implemented through tariffs that are filed with and reviewed
15by the Commission. If a utility elects to file tariffs with the
16Commission to implement all or a portion of the programs,
17those tariffs shall, regardless of the date actually filed, be
18deemed accepted and approved, and shall become effective on
19December 30, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act 97-646).
20The participating utilities whose customers benefit from the
21funds that are disbursed as contemplated in this Section shall
22file annual reports documenting the disbursement of those
23funds with the Commission. The Commission has the authority to
24audit disbursement of the funds to ensure they were disbursed
25consistently with this Section.
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1longer eligible to update the performance-based formula rate
2tariff pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section, or the
3performance-based formula rate is otherwise terminated, then
4the participating utility's voluntary commitments and
5obligations under this subsection (b-10) shall immediately
6terminate.
7    (b-15) Beginning in 2022, without obtaining any approvals
8from the Commission or any other agency, regardless of whether
9any such approval would otherwise be required, a participating
10utility that is a combination utility shall pay $1,000,000 per
11year for 10 years to the energy low-income and support
12program, which is intended to fund customer assistance
13programs with the primary purpose of avoidance of imminent
14disconnection and reconnecting customers who have been
15disconnected for nonpayment. Such programs may include those
16described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (b-10)
17of this Section.
18    The payments made by a participating utility pursuant to
19this subsection (b-15) is not a recoverable expense. A
20participating utility may elect to fund either new or existing
21customer assistance programs, including, but not limited to,
22those that are administered by the utility.
23    Programs that use funds that are provided by a
24participating utility to reduce utility bills may be
25implemented through tariffs that are filed with and reviewed
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1Commission to implement all or a portion of the programs,
2those tariffs shall, regardless of the date actually filed, be
3deemed accepted and approved, and shall become effective on
4the first business day after they are filed. The participating
5utilities whose customers benefit from the funds that are
6disbursed as contemplated in this subsection (b-15) shall file
7annual reports documenting the disbursement of those funds
8with the Commission. The Commission has the authority to audit
9disbursement of the funds to ensure they were disbursed
10consistently with this subsection (b-15).
11    If the Commission finds that a participating utility is no
12longer eligible to update the performance-based formula rate
13tariff pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section, or the
14performance-based formula rate is otherwise terminated, then
15the participating utility's voluntary commitments and
16obligations under this subsection (b-15) shall immediately
17terminate.
18    (c) A participating utility may elect to recover its
19delivery services costs through a performance-based formula
20rate approved by the Commission, which shall specify the cost
21components that form the basis of the rate charged to
22customers with sufficient specificity to operate in a
23standardized manner and be updated annually with transparent
24information that reflects the utility's actual costs to be
25recovered during the applicable rate year, which is the period
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1through the last billing day of the following December. In the
2event the utility recovers a portion of its costs through
3automatic adjustment clause tariffs on October 26, 2011 (the
4effective date of Public Act 97-616), the utility may elect to
5continue to recover these costs through such tariffs, but then
6these costs shall not be recovered through the
7performance-based formula rate. In the event the participating
8utility, prior to December 30, 2011 (the effective date of
9Public Act 97-646), filed electric delivery services tariffs
10with the Commission pursuant to Section 9-201 of this Act that
11are related to the recovery of its electric delivery services
12costs that are still pending on December 30, 2011 (the
13effective date of Public Act 97-646), the participating
14utility shall, at the time it files its performance-based
15formula rate tariff with the Commission, also file a notice of
16withdrawal with the Commission to withdraw the electric
17delivery services tariffs previously filed pursuant to Section
189-201 of this Act. Upon receipt of such notice, the Commission
19shall dismiss with prejudice any docket that had been
20initiated to investigate the electric delivery services
21tariffs filed pursuant to Section 9-201 of this Act, and such
22tariffs and the record related thereto shall not be the
23subject of any further hearing, investigation, or proceeding
24of any kind related to rates for electric delivery services.
25    The performance-based formula rate shall be implemented
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1provisions of this subsection (c) that shall be applicable to
2all delivery services customers. The Commission shall initiate
3and conduct an investigation of the tariff in a manner
4consistent with the provisions of this subsection (c) and the
5provisions of Article IX of this Act to the extent they do not
6conflict with this subsection (c). Except in the case where
7the Commission finds, after notice and hearing, that a
8participating utility is not satisfying its investment amount
9commitments under subsection (b) of this Section, the
10performance-based formula rate shall remain in effect at the
11discretion of the utility. The performance-based formula rate
12approved by the Commission shall do the following:
13        (1) Provide for the recovery of the utility's actual
14    costs of delivery services that are prudently incurred and
15    reasonable in amount consistent with Commission practice
16    and law. The sole fact that a cost differs from that
17    incurred in a prior calendar year or that an investment is
18    different from that made in a prior calendar year shall
19    not imply the imprudence or unreasonableness of that cost
20    or investment.
21        (2) Reflect the utility's actual year-end capital
22    structure for the applicable calendar year, excluding
23    goodwill, subject to a determination of prudence and
24    reasonableness consistent with Commission practice and
25    law. To enable the financing of the incremental capital
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1    utilities that serve less than 3,000,000 retail customers
2    but more than 500,000 retail customers in the State, a
3    participating electric utility's actual year-end capital
4    structure that includes a common equity ratio, excluding
5    goodwill, of up to and including 54% 50% of the total
6    capital structure shall be deemed reasonable and used to
7    set rates.
8        (3) Include a cost of equity, which in all years for a
9    participating utility that is not a combination utility,
10    and in each calendar year commencing before January 1,
11    2021 for a participating utility that is a combination
12    utility, shall be calculated as the sum of the following:
13            (A) the average for the applicable calendar year
14        of the monthly average yields of 30-year U.S. Treasury
15        bonds published by the Board of Governors of the
16        Federal Reserve System in its weekly H.15 Statistical
17        Release or successor publication; and
18            (B) 580 basis points.
19        For a participating utility that is a combination
20    utility, for each calendar year commencing after December
21    31, 2020, the cost of equity shall be equal to the national
22    average cost of equity as calculated under this paragraph
23    (3). For purposes of this paragraph (3), the national
24    average cost of equity for an applicable calendar year
25    shall be the simple average of the cost of equity
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1    commission, other than the Commission, issued during such
2    calendar year that is applicable to base rates for retail
3    electric service provided by an investor-owned public
4    utility company operating in the United States. No order
5    shall be excluded from the national average cost of equity
6    calculated under this paragraph (3) on the grounds that it
7    was arrived at by stipulation or agreement or is subject
8    to rehearing or appeal. In its final order in the
9    proceeding occurring pursuant to subsection (d) of this
10    Section during calendar year 2021, the Commission shall
11    set the cost of equity using the method applicable to
12    calendar years commencing prior to January 1, 2021. In its
13    final orders in the proceedings occurring pursuant to
14    subsection (d) of this Section in years subsequent to
15    calendar year 2021, including the reconciliation of the
16    2021 rate year, the Commission shall set the cost of
17    equity using the method applicable to calendar years
18    commencing after December 31, 2020. If, for any calendar
19    year, there are fewer than 15 applicable orders of state
20    regulatory commissions with which to compute the average
21    cost of equity, the Commission shall include in the
22    calculation of the national average the number of state
23    regulatory orders from the year or years immediately
24    preceding such calendar year necessary to reach a total of
25    15, beginning with the most recently issued and proceeding
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1        At such time as the Board of Governors of the Federal
2    Reserve System ceases to include the monthly average
3    yields of 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds in its weekly H.15
4    Statistical Release or successor publication, the monthly
5    average yields of the U.S. Treasury bonds then having the
6    longest duration published by the Board of Governors in
7    its weekly H.15 Statistical Release or successor
8    publication shall instead be used for purposes of this
9    paragraph (3).
10        (4) Permit and set forth protocols, subject to a
11    determination of prudence and reasonableness consistent
12    with Commission practice and law, for the following:
13            (A) recovery of incentive compensation expense
14        that is based on the achievement of operational
15        metrics, including metrics related to budget controls,
16        outage duration and frequency, safety, customer
17        service, efficiency and productivity, and
18        environmental compliance. Incentive compensation
19        expense that is based on net income or an affiliate's
20        earnings per share shall not be recoverable under the
21        performance-based formula rate;
22            (B) recovery of pension and other post-employment
23        benefits expense, provided that such costs are
24        supported by an actuarial study;
25            (C) recovery of severance costs, provided that if
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1        utility that is a combination utility or $10,000,000
2        for a participating utility that serves more than 3
3        million retail customers, then the full amount shall
4        be amortized consistent with subparagraph (F) of this
5        paragraph (4);
6            (D) investment return at a rate equal to the
7        utility's weighted average cost of long-term debt, on
8        the pension assets as, and in the amount, reported in
9        Account 186 (or in such other Account or Accounts as
10        such asset may subsequently be recorded) of the
11        utility's most recently filed FERC Form 1, net of
12        deferred tax benefits;
13            (E) recovery of the expenses related to the
14        Commission proceeding under this subsection (c) to
15        approve this performance-based formula rate and
16        initial rates or to subsequent proceedings related to
17        the formula, provided that the recovery shall be
18        amortized over a 3-year period; recovery of expenses
19        related to the annual Commission proceedings under
20        subsection (d) of this Section to review the inputs to
21        the performance-based formula rate shall be expensed
22        and recovered through the performance-based formula
23        rate;
24            (F) amortization over a 5-year period of the full
25        amount of each charge or credit that exceeds
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1        combination utility or $10,000,000 for a participating
2        utility that serves more than 3 million retail
3        customers in the applicable calendar year and that
4        relates to a workforce reduction program's severance
5        costs, changes in accounting rules, changes in law,
6        compliance with any Commission-initiated audit, or a
7        single storm or other similar expense, provided that
8        any unamortized balance shall be reflected in rate
9        base. For purposes of this subparagraph (F), changes
10        in law includes any enactment, repeal, or amendment in
11        a law, ordinance, rule, regulation, interpretation,
12        permit, license, consent, or order, including those
13        relating to taxes, accounting, or to environmental
14        matters, or in the interpretation or application
15        thereof by any governmental authority occurring after
16        October 26, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act
17        97-616);
18            (G) recovery of existing regulatory assets over
19        the periods previously authorized by the Commission;
20            (H) historical weather normalized billing
21        determinants; and
22            (I) allocation methods for common costs.
23        (5) Provide that if the participating utility's earned
24    rate of return on common equity related to the provision
25    of delivery services for the prior rate year (calculated
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1    Commission as provided in subparagraph (2) of this
2    subsection (c), consistent with this Section, in
3    accordance with Commission rules and orders, including,
4    but not limited to, adjustments for goodwill, and after
5    any Commission-ordered disallowances and taxes) is more
6    than 50 basis points higher than the rate of return on
7    common equity calculated pursuant to paragraph (3) of this
8    subsection (c) (after adjusting for any adjustments
9    penalties to the rate of return on common equity applied
10    pursuant to the performance metrics provision of
11    subsections subsection (f), (f-5), (f-10), or (f-15) of
12    this Section, as applicable), then the participating
13    utility shall apply a credit through the performance-based
14    formula rate that reflects an amount equal to the value of
15    that portion of the earned rate of return on common equity
16    that is more than 50 basis points higher than the rate of
17    return on common equity calculated pursuant to paragraph
18    (3) of this subsection (c) (after adjusting for any
19    adjustments penalties to the rate of return on common
20    equity applied pursuant to the performance metrics
21    provision of subsections subsection (f), (f-5), (f-10), or
22    (f-15) of this Section, as applicable) for the prior rate
23    year, adjusted for taxes. If the participating utility's
24    earned rate of return on common equity related to the
25    provision of delivery services for the prior rate year
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1    the Commission as provided in subparagraph (2) of this
2    subsection (c), consistent with this Section, in
3    accordance with Commission rules and orders, including,
4    but not limited to, adjustments for goodwill, and after
5    any Commission-ordered disallowances and taxes) is more
6    than 50 basis points less than the return on common equity
7    calculated pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection
8    (c) (after adjusting for any adjustments penalties to the
9    rate of return on common equity applied pursuant to the
10    performance metrics provision of subsections subsection
11    (f), (f-5), (f-10), or (f-15) of this Section, as
12    applicable), then the participating utility shall apply a
13    charge through the performance-based formula rate that
14    reflects an amount equal to the value of that portion of
15    the earned rate of return on common equity that is more
16    than 50 basis points less than the rate of return on common
17    equity calculated pursuant to paragraph (3) of this
18    subsection (c) (after adjusting for any adjustments
19    penalties to the rate of return on common equity applied
20    pursuant to the performance metrics provision of
21    subsections subsection (f), (f-5), (f-10), or (f-15) of
22    this Section, as applicable) for the prior rate year,
23    adjusted for taxes.
24        (6) Provide for an annual reconciliation, as described
25    in subsection (d) of this Section, with interest, of the
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1    year, beginning with the calendar year in which the
2    utility files its performance-based formula rate tariff
3    pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, with what the
4    revenue requirement would have been had the actual cost
5    information for the applicable calendar year been
6    available at the filing date.
7    The utility shall file, together with its tariff, final
8data based on its most recently filed FERC Form 1, plus
9projected plant additions and correspondingly updated
10depreciation reserve and expense for the calendar year in
11which the tariff and data are filed, that shall populate the
12performance-based formula rate and set the initial delivery
13services rates under the formula. For purposes of this
14Section, "FERC Form 1" means the Annual Report of Major
15Electric Utilities, Licensees and Others that electric
16utilities are required to file with the Federal Energy
17Regulatory Commission under the Federal Power Act, Sections 3,
184(a), 304 and 209, modified as necessary to be consistent with
1983 Ill. Admin. Code Part 415 as of May 1, 2011. Nothing in this
20Section is intended to allow costs that are not otherwise
21recoverable to be recoverable by virtue of inclusion in FERC
22Form 1.
23    After the utility files its proposed performance-based
24formula rate structure and protocols and initial rates, the
25Commission shall initiate a docket to review the filing. The
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1modified, the performance-based formula rate, including the
2initial rates, as just and reasonable within 270 days after
3the date on which the tariff was filed, or, if the tariff is
4filed within 14 days after October 26, 2011 (the effective
5date of Public Act 97-616), then by May 31, 2012. Such review
6shall be based on the same evidentiary standards, including,
7but not limited to, those concerning the prudence and
8reasonableness of the costs incurred by the utility, the
9Commission applies in a hearing to review a filing for a
10general increase in rates under Article IX of this Act. The
11initial rates shall take effect within 30 days after the
12Commission's order approving the performance-based formula
13rate tariff.
14    Until such time as the Commission approves a different
15rate design and cost allocation pursuant to subsection (e) of
16this Section, rate design and cost allocation across customer
17classes shall be consistent with the Commission's most recent
18order regarding the participating utility's request for a
19general increase in its delivery services rates.
20    Subsequent changes to the performance-based formula rate
21structure or protocols shall be made as set forth in Section
229-201 of this Act, but nothing in this subsection (c) is
23intended to limit the Commission's authority under Article IX
24and other provisions of this Act to initiate an investigation
25of a participating utility's performance-based formula rate
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1with paragraphs (1) through (6) of this subsection (c). Any
2change ordered by the Commission shall be made at the same time
3new rates take effect following the Commission's next order
4pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section, provided that the
5new rates take effect no less than 30 days after the date on
6which the Commission issues an order adopting the change.
7    A participating utility that files a tariff pursuant to
8this subsection (c) must submit a one-time $200,000 filing fee
9at the time the Chief Clerk of the Commission accepts the
10filing, which shall be a recoverable expense.
11    In the event the performance-based formula rate is
12terminated, the then current rates shall remain in effect
13until such time as new rates are set pursuant to Article IX of
14this Act, subject to retroactive rate adjustment, with
15interest, to reconcile rates charged with actual costs. At
16such time that the performance-based formula rate is
17terminated, the participating utility's voluntary commitments
18and obligations under subsection (b) of this Section shall
19immediately terminate, except for the utility's obligation to
20pay an amount already owed to the fund for training grants
21pursuant to a Commission order issued under subsection (b) of
22this Section.
23    (c-5) Beginning in the first calendar year following the
24year in which this reporting requirement becomes effective, a
25participating utility that is a combination utility shall,
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1utility that is a combination utility's fiscal quarters,
2submit to the Commission a report that summarizes the
3additions to utility plant that were placed into service
4during the prior quarter, which for purposes of the report
5shall be the most recently closed fiscal quarter, as well as
6what utility plant the participating utility that is a
7combination utility projects will place into service through
8the end of the calendar year in which the report is filed. The
9quarterly report provided will be used for informational
10purposes only, and any estimates therein shall not bind or
11limit the participating utility that is a combination
12utility's future decisions to invest in any utility plant or
13other projects and may not be used in any Commission
14proceeding to support any finding as to imprudence,
15unreasonableness, or lack of use or usefulness of any
16individual or aggregate level of utility plant or other
17investment. Within 7 days of receiving a quarterly report, the
18Commission shall make the report available to the public. Each
19quarterly report shall include the following detail:
20        (1) the total dollar value of the additions to utility
21    plant placed in service during the prior quarter;
22        (2) a list of standing work orders for utility plant
23    placed in service during the prior quarter, including the
24    total dollar amount for the work reflected in each
25    standing work order as of the last day of the quarterly
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1    work order;
2        (3) a list of specific work orders for utility plant
3    placed in service during the prior quarter for utility
4    plant placed in service with a total dollar value as of the
5    last day of the quarterly reporting period that is equal
6    to or greater than $500,000, inclusive of the dollar
7    amount reflected in each specific work order and a summary
8    description of the specific work order;
9        (4) the estimated total dollar value of the additions
10    to utility plant projected to be placed in service through
11    the end of the calendar year in which the report is filed;
12        (5) a list of standing work orders for utility plant
13    projected to be placed in service through the end of the
14    calendar year in which the report is filed, including the
15    estimated dollar amount for the work reflected in each
16    standing work order and a summary description of the
17    standing work order; and
18        (6) a list of specific work orders for utility plant
19    projected to be placed in service through the end of the
20    calendar year in which the report is filed with an
21    estimated dollar value that is equal to or greater than
22    $500,000, inclusive of the estimated dollar amount for the
23    work reflected in each specific work order and a summary
24    description of the specific work order.
25    (d) Subsequent to the Commission's issuance of an order
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1structure and protocols, and initial rates under subsection
2(c) of this Section, the utility shall file, on or before May 1
3of each year, with the Chief Clerk of the Commission its
4updated cost inputs to the performance-based formula rate for
5the applicable rate year and the corresponding new charges.
6Each such filing shall conform to the following requirements
7and include the following information:
8        (1) The inputs to the performance-based formula rate
9    for the applicable rate year shall be based on final
10    historical data reflected in the utility's most recently
11    filed annual FERC Form 1 plus projected plant additions
12    and correspondingly updated depreciation reserve and
13    expense for the calendar year in which the inputs are
14    filed. The filing shall also include a reconciliation of
15    the revenue requirement that was in effect for the prior
16    rate year (as set by the cost inputs for the prior rate
17    year) with the actual revenue requirement for the prior
18    rate year (determined using a year-end rate base) that
19    uses amounts reflected in the applicable FERC Form 1 that
20    reports the actual costs for the prior rate year. Any
21    over-collection or under-collection indicated by such
22    reconciliation shall be reflected as a credit against, or
23    recovered as an additional charge to, respectively, with
24    interest calculated at a rate equal to the utility's
25    weighted average cost of capital approved by the
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1    applicable rate year. Provided, however, that the first
2    such reconciliation shall be for the calendar year in
3    which the utility files its performance-based formula rate
4    tariff pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section and
5    shall reconcile (i) the revenue requirement or
6    requirements established by the rate order or orders in
7    effect from time to time during such calendar year
8    (weighted, as applicable) with (ii) the revenue
9    requirement determined using a year-end rate base for that
10    calendar year calculated pursuant to the performance-based
11    formula rate using (A) actual costs for that year as
12    reflected in the applicable FERC Form 1, and (B) for the
13    first such reconciliation only, the cost of equity, which
14    shall be calculated as the sum of 590 basis points plus the
15    average for the applicable calendar year of the monthly
16    average yields of 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds published by
17    the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in
18    its weekly H.15 Statistical Release or successor
19    publication. The first such reconciliation is not intended
20    to provide for the recovery of costs previously excluded
21    from rates based on a prior Commission order finding of
22    imprudence or unreasonableness. Each reconciliation shall
23    be certified by the participating utility in the same
24    manner that FERC Form 1 is certified. The filing shall
25    also include the charge or credit, if any, resulting from
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1    (c) of this Section.
2        Notwithstanding anything that may be to the contrary,
3    the intent of the reconciliation is to ultimately
4    reconcile the revenue requirement reflected in rates for
5    each calendar year, beginning with the calendar year in
6    which the utility files its performance-based formula rate
7    tariff pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, with
8    what the revenue requirement determined using a year-end
9    rate base for the applicable calendar year would have been
10    had the actual cost information for the applicable
11    calendar year been available at the filing date.
12        (2) The new charges shall take effect beginning on the
13    first billing day of the following January billing period
14    and remain in effect through the last billing day of the
15    next December billing period regardless of whether the
16    Commission enters upon a hearing pursuant to this
17    subsection (d).
18        (3) The filing shall include relevant and necessary
19    data and documentation for the applicable rate year that
20    is consistent with the Commission's rules applicable to a
21    filing for a general increase in rates or any rules
22    adopted by the Commission to implement this Section.
23    Normalization adjustments shall not be required.
24    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or Act
25    or any rule or other requirement adopted by the
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1    utility with more than one rate zone shall not be required
2    to file a separate set of such data and documentation for
3    each rate zone and may combine such data and documentation
4    into a single set of schedules.
5    Within 45 days after the utility files its annual update
6of cost inputs to the performance-based formula rate, the
7Commission shall have the authority, either upon complaint or
8its own initiative, but with reasonable notice, to enter upon
9a hearing concerning the prudence and reasonableness of the
10costs incurred by the utility to be recovered during the
11applicable rate year that are reflected in the inputs to the
12performance-based formula rate derived from the utility's FERC
13Form 1. During the course of the hearing, each objection shall
14be stated with particularity and evidence provided in support
15thereof, after which the utility shall have the opportunity to
16rebut the evidence. Discovery shall be allowed consistent with
17the Commission's Rules of Practice, which Rules shall be
18enforced by the Commission or the assigned administrative law
19judge. The Commission shall apply the same evidentiary
20standards, including, but not limited to, those concerning the
21prudence and reasonableness of the costs incurred by the
22utility, in the hearing as it would apply in a hearing to
23review a filing for a general increase in rates under Article
24IX of this Act. The Commission shall not, however, have the
25authority in a proceeding under this subsection (d) to
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1the performance-based formula rate approved pursuant to
2subsection (c) of this Section. In a proceeding under this
3subsection (d), the Commission shall enter its order no later
4than the earlier of 240 days after the utility's filing of its
5annual update of cost inputs to the performance-based formula
6rate or December 31. The Commission's determinations of the
7prudence and reasonableness of the costs incurred for the
8applicable calendar year shall be final upon entry of the
9Commission's order and shall not be subject to reopening,
10reexamination, or collateral attack in any other Commission
11proceeding, case, docket, order, rule or regulation, provided,
12however, that nothing in this subsection (d) shall prohibit a
13party from petitioning the Commission to rehear or appeal to
14the courts the order pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
15    In the event the Commission does not, either upon
16complaint or its own initiative, enter upon a hearing within
1745 days after the utility files the annual update of cost
18inputs to its performance-based formula rate, then the costs
19incurred for the applicable calendar year shall be deemed
20prudent and reasonable, and the filed charges shall not be
21subject to reopening, reexamination, or collateral attack in
22any other proceeding, case, docket, order, rule, or
23regulation.
24    A participating utility's first filing of the updated cost
25inputs, and any Commission investigation of such inputs
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1the fact that the Commission's investigation under subsection
2(c) of this Section is still pending and notwithstanding any
3other law, order, rule, or Commission practice to the
4contrary.
5    (e) Nothing in subsections (c) or (d) of this Section
6shall prohibit the Commission from investigating, or a
7participating utility from filing, revenue-neutral tariff
8changes related to rate design of a performance-based formula
9rate that has been placed into effect for the utility.
10Following approval of a participating utility's
11performance-based formula rate tariff pursuant to subsection
12(c) of this Section, the utility shall make a filing with the
13Commission within one year after the effective date of the
14performance-based formula rate tariff that proposes changes to
15the tariff to incorporate the findings of any final rate
16design orders of the Commission applicable to the
17participating utility and entered subsequent to the
18Commission's approval of the tariff. The Commission shall,
19after notice and hearing, enter its order approving, or
20approving with modification, the proposed changes to the
21performance-based formula rate tariff within 240 days after
22the utility's filing. Following such approval, the utility
23shall make a filing with the Commission during each subsequent
243-year period that either proposes revenue-neutral tariff
25changes or re-files the existing tariffs without change, which
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1the tariffs and consider revenue-neutral tariff changes
2related to rate design.
3    (f) Within 30 days after the filing of a tariff pursuant to
4subsection (c) of this Section, each participating utility
5shall develop and file with the Commission multi-year metrics
6designed to achieve, ratably (i.e., in equal segments) over a
710-year period, improvement over baseline performance values
8as follows:
9        (1) Twenty percent improvement in the System Average
10    Interruption Frequency Index, using a baseline of the
11    average of the data from 2001 through 2010.
12        (2) Fifteen percent improvement in the system Customer
13    Average Interruption Duration Index, using a baseline of
14    the average of the data from 2001 through 2010.
15        (3) For a participating utility other than a
16    combination utility, 20% improvement in the System Average
17    Interruption Frequency Index for its Southern Region,
18    using a baseline of the average of the data from 2001
19    through 2010. For purposes of this paragraph (3), Southern
20    Region shall have the meaning set forth in the
21    participating utility's most recent report filed pursuant
22    to Section 16-125 of this Act.
23        (3.5) For a participating utility other than a
24    combination utility, 20% improvement in the System Average
25    Interruption Frequency Index for its Northeastern Region,
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1    through 2010. For purposes of this paragraph (3.5),
2    Northeastern Region shall have the meaning set forth in
3    the participating utility's most recent report filed
4    pursuant to Section 16-125 of this Act.
5        (4) Seventy-five percent improvement in the total
6    number of customers who exceed the service reliability
7    targets as set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of
8    paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of 83 Ill. Admin. Code
9    Part 411.140 as of May 1, 2011, using 2010 as the baseline
10    year.
11        (5) Reduction in issuance of estimated electric bills:
12    90% improvement for a participating utility other than a
13    combination utility, and 56% improvement for a
14    participating utility that is a combination utility, using
15    a baseline of the average number of estimated bills for
16    the years 2008 through 2010.
17        (6) Consumption on inactive meters: 90% improvement
18    for a participating utility other than a combination
19    utility, and 56% improvement for a participating utility
20    that is a combination utility, using a baseline of the
21    average unbilled kilowatthours for the years 2009 and
22    2010.
23        (7) Unaccounted for energy: 50% improvement for a
24    participating utility other than a combination utility
25    using a baseline of the non-technical line loss
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1        (8) Uncollectible expense: reduce uncollectible
2    expense by at least $30,000,000 for a participating
3    utility other than a combination utility and by at least
4    $3,500,000 for a participating utility that is a
5    combination utility, using a baseline of the average
6    uncollectible expense for the years 2008 through 2010.
7        (9) Opportunities for minority-owned and woman-owned
8    female-owned business enterprises: design a performance
9    metric regarding the creation of opportunities for
10    minority-owned and woman-owned female-owned business
11    enterprises consistent with State and federal law using a
12    base performance value of the percentage of the
13    participating utility's capital expenditures that were
14    paid to minority-owned and woman-owned female-owned
15    business enterprises in 2010.
16    The definitions set forth in 83 Ill. Admin. Code Part
17411.20 as of May 1, 2011 shall be used for purposes of
18calculating performance under paragraphs (1) through (3.5) of
19this subsection (f), provided, however, that the participating
20utility may exclude up to 9 extreme weather event days from
21such calculation for each year, and provided further that the
22participating utility shall exclude 9 extreme weather event
23days when calculating each year of the baseline period to the
24extent that there are 9 such days in a given year of the
25baseline period. For purposes of this Section, an extreme
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112:00 a.m. and ending at 11:59 p.m.) during which any weather
2event (e.g., storm, tornado) caused interruptions for 10,000
3or more of the participating utility's customers for 3 hours
4or more. If there are more than 9 extreme weather event days in
5a year, then the utility may choose no more than 9 extreme
6weather event days to exclude, provided that the same extreme
7weather event days are excluded from each of the calculations
8performed under paragraphs (1) through (3.5) of this
9subsection (f).
10    The metrics shall include incremental performance goals
11for each year of the 10-year period, which shall be designed to
12demonstrate that the utility is on track to achieve the
13performance goal in each category at the end of the 10-year
14period. The utility shall elect when the 10-year period shall
15commence for the metrics set forth in subparagraphs (1)
16through (4) and (9) of this subsection (f), provided that it
17begins no later than 14 months following the date on which the
18utility begins investing pursuant to subsection (b) of this
19Section, and when the 10-year period shall commence for the
20metrics set forth in subparagraphs (5) through (8) of this
21subsection (f), provided that it begins no later than 14
22months following the date on which the Commission enters its
23order approving the utility's Advanced Metering Infrastructure
24Deployment Plan pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 16-108.6
25of this Act.
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1subparagraphs (5) through (8) of this subsection (f) are based
2on the assumptions that the participating utility may fully
3implement the technology described in subsection (b) of this
4Section, including utilizing the full functionality of such
5technology and that there is no requirement for personal
6on-site notification. If the utility is unable to meet the
7metrics and performance goals set forth in subparagraphs (5)
8through (8) of this subsection (f) for such reasons, and the
9Commission so finds after notice and hearing, then the utility
10shall be excused from compliance, but only to the limited
11extent achievement of the affected metrics and performance
12goals was hindered by the less than full implementation.
13    (f-5) The financial penalties applicable to the metrics
14described in subparagraphs (1) through (8) of subsection (f)
15of this Section, as applicable, shall be applied through an
16adjustment to the participating utility's return on equity of
17no more than a total of 30 basis points in each of the first 3
18years, of no more than a total of 34 basis points in each of
19the 3 years thereafter, and of no more than a total of 38 basis
20points in each of the 4 years thereafter, as follows:
21        (1) With respect to each of the incremental annual
22    performance goals established pursuant to paragraph (1) of
23    subsection (f) of this Section,
24            (A) for each year that a participating utility
25        other than a combination utility does not achieve the
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1        equity shall be reduced as follows: during years 1
2        through 3, by 5 basis points; during years 4 through 6,
3        by 6 basis points; and during years 7 through 10, by 7
4        basis points; and
5            (B) for each year that a participating utility
6        that is a combination utility does not achieve the
7        annual goal, the participating utility's return on
8        equity shall be reduced as follows: during years 1
9        through 3, by 10 basis points; during years 4 through
10        6, by 12 basis points; and during years 7 through 10,
11        by 14 basis points.
12        (2) With respect to each of the incremental annual
13    performance goals established pursuant to paragraph (2) of
14    subsection (f) of this Section, for each year that the
15    participating utility does not achieve each such goal, the
16    participating utility's return on equity shall be reduced
17    as follows: during years 1 through 3, by 5 basis points;
18    during years 4 through 6, by 6 basis points; and during
19    years 7 through 10, by 7 basis points.
20        (3) With respect to each of the incremental annual
21    performance goals established pursuant to paragraphs (3)
22    and (3.5) of subsection (f) of this Section, for each year
23    that a participating utility other than a combination
24    utility does not achieve both such goals, the
25    participating utility's return on equity shall be reduced
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1    during years 4 through 6, by 6 basis points; and during
2    years 7 through 10, by 7 basis points.
3        (4) With respect to each of the incremental annual
4    performance goals established pursuant to paragraph (4) of
5    subsection (f) of this Section, for each year that the
6    participating utility does not achieve each such goal, the
7    participating utility's return on equity shall be reduced
8    as follows: during years 1 through 3, by 5 basis points;
9    during years 4 through 6, by 6 basis points; and during
10    years 7 through 10, by 7 basis points.
11        (5) With respect to each of the incremental annual
12    performance goals established pursuant to subparagraph (5)
13    of subsection (f) of this Section, for each year that the
14    participating utility does not achieve at least 95% of
15    each such goal, the participating utility's return on
16    equity shall be reduced by 5 basis points for each such
17    unachieved goal.
18        (6) With respect to each of the incremental annual
19    performance goals established pursuant to paragraphs (6),
20    (7), and (8) of subsection (f) of this Section, as
21    applicable, which together measure non-operational
22    customer savings and benefits relating to the
23    implementation of the Advanced Metering Infrastructure
24    Deployment Plan, as defined in Section 16-108.6 of this
25    Act, the performance under each such goal shall be
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1    achieved. The percentage of goal achieved for each of the
2    goals shall be aggregated, and an average percentage value
3    calculated, for each year of the 10-year period. If the
4    utility does not achieve an average percentage value in a
5    given year of at least 95%, the participating utility's
6    return on equity shall be reduced by 5 basis points.
7    The financial penalties shall be applied as described in
8this subsection (f-5) for the 12-month period in which the
9deficiency occurred through a separate tariff mechanism, which
10shall be filed by the utility together with its metrics. In the
11event the formula rate tariff established pursuant to
12subsection (c) of this Section terminates, the utility's
13obligations under subsection (f) of this Section and this
14subsection (f-5) shall also terminate, provided, however, that
15the tariff mechanism established pursuant to subsection (f) of
16this Section and this subsection (f-5) shall remain in effect
17until any penalties due and owing at the time of such
18termination are applied.
19    The Commission shall, after notice and hearing, enter an
20order within 120 days after the metrics are filed approving,
21or approving with modification, a participating utility's
22tariff or mechanism to satisfy the metrics set forth in
23subsection (f) of this Section. On June 1 of each subsequent
24year, each participating utility shall file a report with the
25Commission that includes, among other things, a description of
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1an identification of any extraordinary events that adversely
2impacted the utility's performance. Whenever a participating
3utility does not satisfy the metrics required pursuant to
4subsection (f) of this Section, the Commission shall, after
5notice and hearing, enter an order approving financial
6penalties in accordance with this subsection (f-5). The
7Commission-approved financial penalties shall be applied
8beginning with the next rate year. Nothing in this Section
9shall authorize the Commission to reduce or otherwise obviate
10the imposition of financial penalties for failing to achieve
11one or more of the metrics established pursuant to
12subparagraph (1) through (4) of subsection (f) of this
13Section.
14    (f-10) No later than December 31, 2021, a participating
15utility that is a combination utility shall revise the tariff
16it filed with the Commission pursuant to subsection (f) of
17this Section to include multi-year metrics designed to achieve
18ratably (in equal annual segments), where applicable, over the
1910-year period beginning January 1, 2023 through December 31,
202032, maintenance or improvement over baseline performance
21values as follows:
22        (1) Maintain the 20% improvement in the System Average
23    Interruption Frequency Index, using a baseline of the
24    average of the data from 2001 through 2010, achieved
25    during the initial 10-year performance period.
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1    Customer Average Interruption Duration Index, using a
2    baseline of the average of the data from 2001 through
3    2010, achieved during the initial 10-year performance
4    period.
5        (3) Increase the quantity of energy produced by solar
6    facilities owned and operated by the participating utility
7    to a level greater than or equal to 250,000 MWHs per year
8    by year 5 and 1,000,000 MWHs per year by year 10, using a
9    baseline of the data for the year end 2020.
10        (4) Increase the number of solar facilities owned and
11    operated by the participating utility, located, in whole
12    or part, within 5 miles of one or more of the 50 zip codes
13    in the participating utility's service territory that
14    include the largest percentage of households at or below
15    80% of area median income, to 10, by year 10, using a
16    baseline of year end 2020.
17        (5) Decrease the average driving distance between
18    publicly accessible Level III Fast DC charging locations
19    along major charging corridors (interstate and other major
20    travel routes) within the service territory of the
21    participating utility to 50 miles or less by year 5 using a
22    baseline of year end 2020.
23        (6) Increase the total number of publicly accessible
24    Level Two charging ports within the service territory of
25    the participating utility to 2,000 by year 5 using a
26    baseline of year end 2020.

 

 

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1        (7) Opportunities for minority-owned, woman-owned, and
2    veteran-owned business enterprises: design a performance
3    metric regarding the creation of opportunities for
4    minority-owned, woman-owned and veteran-owned business
5    enterprises consistent with State and federal law using a
6    base performance value of the percentage of the
7    participating utility's capital expenditures that were
8    paid to minority-owned, woman-owned and veteran-owned
9    business enterprises in the years 2018, 2019, and 2020.
10    The definitions set forth in 83 Ill. Adm. Code Part 411.20
11as of May 1, 2011 shall be used for purposes of calculating
12performance under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection
13(f-10), provided, however, that the participating utility may
14exclude up to 9 extreme weather event days from such
15calculation for each year, and provided further that the
16participating utility shall exclude 9 extreme weather event
17days when calculating each year of the baseline period to the
18extent that there are 9 such days in a given year of the
19baseline period. For purposes of this subsection (f-10), an
20extreme weather event day is a 24-hour calendar day, beginning
21at 12:00 a.m. and ending at 11:59 p.m., during which any
22weather event, including but not limited to a storm or
23tornado, caused interruptions for 3,500 or more of the
24participating utility's customers for 3 hours or more. If
25there are more than 9 extreme weather event days in a year,
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1event days to exclude, provided that the same extreme weather
2event days are excluded from each of the calculations
3performed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection
4(f-10).
5    (f-15) The performance-based financial adjustments
6applicable to the metrics described in subparagraphs (1)
7through (6) of subsection (f-10) of this Section, as
8applicable, shall be applied through an adjustment to the
9participating utility's return on equity of no more than a
10total of 40 basis points in each year of the 10-year
11performance period:
12        (1) With respect to the incremental annual performance
13    goals established pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection
14    (f-10) of this Section, for each year that a participating
15    utility does not achieve at least 95% of the annual goal,
16    the participating utility's return on equity shall be
17    reduced as follows: during years one through 5, by 8 basis
18    points; and during years 6 through 10, by 10 basis points;
19    for each year in which the participating utility achieves
20    105% or more of such goal, the participating utility's
21    return on equity shall be increased as follows: during
22    years one through 5, by 8 basis points; and during years 6
23    through 10, by 10 basis points.
24        (2) With respect to the incremental annual performance
25    goals established pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection
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1    utility does not achieve at least 95% of the annual goal,
2    the participating utility's return on equity shall be
3    reduced as follows: during years one through 5, by 8 basis
4    points; and during years 6 through 10, by 10 basis points;
5    for each year in which the participating utility achieves
6    105% or more of such goal, the participating utility's
7    return on equity shall be increased as follows: during
8    years one through 5, by 8 basis points; and during years 6
9    through 10, by 10 basis points.
10        (3) With respect to the incremental annual performance
11    goals established pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection
12    (f-10) of this Section, for each year that a participating
13    utility does not achieve at least 95% of the annual goal,
14    the participating utility's return on equity shall be
15    reduced as follows: during years one through 5, by 8 basis
16    points; and during years 6 through 10, by 10 basis points;
17    for each year in which the participating utility achieves
18    105% or more of such goal, the participating utility's
19    return on equity shall be increased as follows: during
20    years one through 5, by 8 basis points; and during years 6
21    through 10, by 10 basis points.
22        (4) With respect to the incremental annual performance
23    goals established pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection
24    (f-10) of this Section, for each year that a participating
25    utility does not achieve at least 95% of the annual goal,
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1    reduced as follows: during years one through 5, by 8 basis
2    points; and during years 6 through 10, by 10 basis points;
3    for each year in which the participating utility achieves
4    105% or more of such goal, the participating utility's
5    return on equity shall be increased as follows: during
6    years one through 5, by 8 basis points; and during years 6
7    through 10, by 10 basis points.
8        (5) With respect to each of the incremental annual
9    performance goals established pursuant to paragraphs (5)
10    and (6) of subsection (f-10) of this Section, the
11    performance under each such goal shall be calculated in
12    terms of the percentage of the goal achieved. The
13    percentage of the goal achieved for each of the goals
14    shall be aggregated, and an average percentage value
15    calculated. For each year that a participating utility
16    does not achieve at least 95% of the annual goal, the
17    participating utility's return on equity shall be reduced
18    as follows: during years one through 5, by 8 basis points;
19    and during years 6 through 10, by no basis points; for each
20    year in which the participating utility achieves 105% or
21    more of such goal, the participating utility's return on
22    equity shall be increased as follows: during years one
23    through 5, by 8 basis points; and during years 6 through
24    10, by no basis points.
25    The financial adjustments shall be applied as described in
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1performance occurred through a separate tariff mechanism,
2which shall be filed by the utility together with its metrics.
3In the event the performance based rate tariff established
4pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, terminates, the
5utility's obligations under subsection (f), (f-5), (f-10), and
6this subparagraph (f-15) shall also terminate, provided,
7however, that the tariff mechanism established pursuant to
8subsection (f-10) and this subsection (f-15) shall remain in
9effect until the remaining balance of any financial
10adjustments at the time of such termination is fully
11amortized.
12    (g) On or before July 31, 2014, each participating utility
13shall file a report with the Commission that sets forth the
14average annual increase in the average amount paid per
15kilowatthour for residential eligible retail customers,
16exclusive of the effects of energy efficiency programs,
17comparing the 12-month period ending May 31, 2012; the
1812-month period ending May 31, 2013; and the 12-month period
19ending May 31, 2014. For a participating utility that is a
20combination utility with more than one rate zone, the weighted
21average aggregate increase shall be provided. The report shall
22be filed together with a statement from an independent auditor
23attesting to the accuracy of the report. The cost of the
24independent auditor shall be borne by the participating
25utility and shall not be a recoverable expense. "The average
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1participating utility's tariffed rates actually in effect and
2shall not be calculated using any hypothetical rate or
3adjustments to actual charges (other than as specified for
4energy efficiency) as an input.
5    In the event that the average annual increase exceeds 2.5%
6as calculated pursuant to this subsection (g), then Sections
716-108.5, 16-108.6, 16-108.7, and 16-108.8 of this Act, other
8than this subsection, shall be inoperative as they relate to
9the utility and its service area as of the date of the report
10due to be submitted pursuant to this subsection and the
11utility shall no longer be eligible to annually update the
12performance-based formula rate tariff pursuant to subsection
13(d) of this Section. In such event, the then current rates
14shall remain in effect until such time as new rates are set
15pursuant to Article IX of this Act, subject to retroactive
16adjustment, with interest, to reconcile rates charged with
17actual costs, and the participating utility's voluntary
18commitments and obligations under subsection (b) of this
19Section shall immediately terminate, except for the utility's
20obligation to pay an amount already owed to the fund for
21training grants pursuant to a Commission order issued under
22subsection (b) of this Section.
23    In the event that the average annual increase is 2.5% or
24less as calculated pursuant to this subsection (g), then the
25performance-based formula rate shall remain in effect as set
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1    For purposes of this Section, the amount per kilowatthour
2means the total amount paid for electric service expressed on
3a per kilowatthour basis, and the total amount paid for
4electric service includes without limitation amounts paid for
5supply, transmission, distribution, surcharges, and add-on
6taxes exclusive of any increases in taxes or new taxes imposed
7after October 26, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act
897-616). For purposes of this Section, "eligible retail
9customers" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
1016-111.5 of this Act.
11    The fact that this Section becomes inoperative as set
12forth in this subsection shall not be construed to mean that
13the Commission may reexamine or otherwise reopen prudence or
14reasonableness determinations already made.
15    (h) By December 31, 2017, the Commission shall prepare and
16file with the General Assembly a report on the infrastructure
17program and the performance-based formula rate. The report
18shall include the change in the average amount per
19kilowatthour paid by residential customers between June 1,
202011 and May 31, 2017. If the change in the total average rate
21paid exceeds 2.5% compounded annually, the Commission shall
22include in the report an analysis that shows the portion of the
23change due to the delivery services component and the portion
24of the change due to the supply component of the rate. The
25report shall include separate sections for each participating
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1    This Section, other than this subsection (h), and Sections
216-108.5, 16-108.6, 16-108.7, and 16-108.8 of this Act, other
3than this subsection (h), are inoperative after December 31,
42022 for every participating utility other than a combination
5utility, after which time a participating utility other than a
6combination utility shall no longer be eligible to annually
7update the performance-based formula rate tariff pursuant to
8subsection (d) of this Section. At such time, the then current
9rates shall remain in effect until such time as new rates are
10set pursuant to Article IX of this Act, subject to retroactive
11adjustment, with interest, to reconcile rates charged with
12actual costs.
13    This Section, other than this subsection (h), and Sections
1416-108.6, 16-108.7, and 16-108.8 of this Act are inoperative
15after December 31, 2032 for every participating utility that
16is a combination utility, after which time a participating
17utility that is a combination utility shall no longer be
18eligible to annually update the performance-based formula rate
19tariff pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section. At such
20time, the then current rates shall remain in effect until such
21time as new rates are set pursuant to Article IX of this Act,
22subject to retroactive adjustment, with interest, to reconcile
23rates charged with actual costs.
24    The fact that this Section becomes inoperative as set
25forth in this subsection shall not be construed to mean that
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1reasonableness determinations already made.
2    (i) While a participating utility may use, develop, and
3maintain broadband systems and the delivery of broadband
4services, voice-over-internet-protocol services,
5telecommunications services, and cable and video programming
6services for use in providing delivery services and Smart Grid
7functionality or application to its retail customers,
8including, but not limited to, the installation,
9implementation and maintenance of Smart Grid electric system
10upgrades as defined in Section 16-108.6 of this Act, a
11participating utility is prohibited from offering to its
12retail customers broadband services or the delivery of
13broadband services, voice-over-internet-protocol services,
14telecommunications services, or cable or video programming
15services, unless they are part of a service directly related
16to delivery services or Smart Grid functionality or
17applications as defined in Section 16-108.6 of this Act, and
18from recovering the costs of such offerings from retail
19customers.
20    (j) Nothing in this Section is intended to legislatively
21overturn the opinion issued in Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Ill.
22Commerce Comm'n, Nos. 2-08-0959, 2-08-1037, 2-08-1137,
231-08-3008, 1-08-3030, 1-08-3054, 1-08-3313 cons. (Ill. App.
24Ct. 2d Dist. Sept. 30, 2010). Public Act 97-616 shall not be
25construed as creating a contract between the General Assembly
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1property right in the participating utility.
2    (k) The changes made in subsections (c) and (d) of this
3Section by Public Act 98-15 are intended to be a restatement
4and clarification of existing law, and intended to give
5binding effect to the provisions of House Resolution 1157
6adopted by the House of Representatives of the 97th General
7Assembly and Senate Resolution 821 adopted by the Senate of
8the 97th General Assembly that are reflected in paragraph (3)
9of this subsection. In addition, Public Act 98-15 preempts and
10supersedes any final Commission orders entered in Docket Nos.
1111-0721, 12-0001, 12-0293, and 12-0321 to the extent
12inconsistent with the amendatory language added to subsections
13(c) and (d).
14        (1) No earlier than 5 business days after May 22, 2013
15    (the effective date of Public Act 98-15), each
16    participating utility shall file any tariff changes
17    necessary to implement the amendatory language set forth
18    in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section by Public Act
19    98-15 and a revised revenue requirement under the
20    participating utility's performance-based formula rate.
21    The Commission shall enter a final order approving such
22    tariff changes and revised revenue requirement within 21
23    days after the participating utility's filing.
24        (2) Notwithstanding anything that may be to the
25    contrary, a participating utility may file a tariff to
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1    costs of delivery service that are no longer subject to
2    recovery through a reconciliation adjustment under
3    subsection (d) of this Section. This retroactive recovery
4    shall include any derivative adjustments resulting from
5    the changes to subsections (c) and (d) of this Section by
6    Public Act 98-15. Such tariff shall allow the utility to
7    assess, on current customer bills over a period of 12
8    monthly billing periods, a charge or credit related to
9    those unrecovered costs with interest at the utility's
10    weighted average cost of capital during the period in
11    which those costs were unrecovered. A participating
12    utility may file a tariff that implements a retroactive
13    charge or credit as described in this paragraph for
14    amounts not otherwise included in the tariff filing
15    provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection (k). The
16    Commission shall enter a final order approving such tariff
17    within 21 days after the participating utility's filing.
18        (3) The tariff changes described in paragraphs (1) and
19    (2) of this subsection (k) shall relate only to, and be
20    consistent with, the following provisions of Public Act
21    98-15: paragraph (2) of subsection (c) regarding year-end
22    capital structure, subparagraph (D) of paragraph (4) of
23    subsection (c) regarding pension assets, and subsection
24    (d) regarding the reconciliation components related to
25    year-end rate base and interest calculated at a rate equal
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1        (4) Nothing in this subsection is intended to effect a
2    dismissal of or otherwise affect an appeal from any final
3    Commission orders entered in Docket Nos. 11-0721, 12-0001,
4    12-0293, and 12-0321 other than to the extent of the
5    amendatory language contained in subsections (c) and (d)
6    of this Section of Public Act 98-15.
7    (l) Each participating utility shall be deemed to have
8been in full compliance with all requirements of subsection
9(b) of this Section, subsection (c) of this Section, Section
1016-108.6 of this Act, and all Commission orders entered
11pursuant to Sections 16-108.5 and 16-108.6 of this Act, up to
12and including May 22, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act
1398-15). The Commission shall not undertake any investigation
14of such compliance and no penalty shall be assessed or adverse
15action taken against a participating utility for noncompliance
16with Commission orders associated with subsection (b) of this
17Section, subsection (c) of this Section, and Section 16-108.6
18of this Act prior to such date. Each participating utility
19other than a combination utility shall be permitted, without
20penalty, a period of 12 months after such effective date to
21take actions required to ensure its infrastructure investment
22program is in compliance with subsection (b) of this Section
23and with Section 16-108.6 of this Act. Provided further, the
24following subparagraphs shall apply to a participating utility
25other than a combination utility:
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1    pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 16-108.6 of this Act
2    that is pending as of May 22, 2013 (the effective date of
3    Public Act 98-15), then the order entered in such
4    proceeding shall, after notice and hearing, accelerate the
5    commencement of the meter deployment schedule approved in
6    the final Commission order on rehearing entered in Docket
7    No. 12-0298;
8        (B) if the Commission has entered an order pursuant to
9    subsection (e) of Section 16-108.6 of this Act prior to
10    May 22, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-15) that
11    does not accelerate the commencement of the meter
12    deployment schedule approved in the final Commission order
13    on rehearing entered in Docket No. 12-0298, then the
14    utility shall file with the Commission, within 45 days
15    after such effective date, a plan for accelerating the
16    commencement of the utility's meter deployment schedule
17    approved in the final Commission order on rehearing
18    entered in Docket No. 12-0298; the Commission shall reopen
19    the proceeding in which it entered its order pursuant to
20    subsection (e) of Section 16-108.6 of this Act and shall,
21    after notice and hearing, enter an amendatory order that
22    approves or approves as modified such accelerated plan
23    within 90 days after the utility's filing; or
24        (C) if the Commission has not initiated a proceeding
25    pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 16-108.6 of this Act
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1    98-15), then the utility shall file with the Commission,
2    within 45 days after such effective date, a plan for
3    accelerating the commencement of the utility's meter
4    deployment schedule approved in the final Commission order
5    on rehearing entered in Docket No. 12-0298 and the
6    Commission shall, after notice and hearing, approve or
7    approve as modified such plan within 90 days after the
8    utility's filing.
9    Any schedule for meter deployment approved by the
10Commission pursuant to this subsection (l) shall take into
11consideration procurement times for meters and other equipment
12and operational issues. Nothing in Public Act 98-15 shall
13shorten or extend the end dates for the 5-year or 10-year
14periods set forth in subsection (b) of this Section or Section
1516-108.6 of this Act. Nothing in this subsection is intended
16to address whether a participating utility has, or has not,
17satisfied any or all of the metrics and performance goals
18established pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section.
19    (m) The provisions of Public Act 98-15 are severable under
20Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
21(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16;
2299-906, eff. 6-1-17; 100-840, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
23    (220 ILCS 5/16-108.19 new)
24    Sec. 16-108.19. Electric vehicle charging station
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1    (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act and
2without obtaining any approvals from the Commission or any
3other agency, including, but not limited to, approvals
4otherwise required under Section 8-406 of this Act, regardless
5of whether any such approval would otherwise be required,
6electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000 retail
7customers but more than 500,000 retail customers in this State
8are authorized to, but are not required to, plan for,
9construct, install, control, own, manage, or operate electric
10vehicle charging infrastructure, including, but not limited
11to, electric vehicle charging stations within their service
12territories. Electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000
13retail customers but more than 500,000 retail customers in
14this State may construct electric vehicle charging
15infrastructure on private property or publicly owned property;
16however, the Commission may not authorize an electric utility
17under Section 8-509 of this Act to acquire property rights by
18eminent domain for the construction of any electric vehicle
19charging station. Electric utilities that serve less than
203,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail
21customers in this State shall be allowed to recover all
22reasonable and prudent costs associated with investment in the
23electric vehicle charging infrastructure, including, but not
24limited to, costs to plan for, construct, install, control,
25own, manage, or operate under this Section through the
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1this Act.
2    (b) Electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000
3retail customers but more than 500,000 retail customers in
4this State may file with the Commission an electric vehicle
5charging infrastructure deployment and charging facility
6rebate plan, the purpose of which shall be to encourage the
7adoption of electric vehicles in this State, including in the
8service territory of the electric utilities subject to this
9Section. The plan filed by an electric utility subject to this
10Section shall identify a system of publicly accessible
11electric vehicle charging stations and a schedule of rebates
12that would be available to: (1) retail customers taking
13electric service from the electric utility at an address in
14the electric utility's service territory; and (2) any third
15party that would construct, own, or operate a publicly
16accessible electric vehicle charging station as authorized by
17this Section. The Commission shall review the plan for
18compliance with the provisions of this Section 16-108.19 and
19issue an order either approving or modifying the plan within
20180 days after the initial filing. If the Commission finds
21that the plan filed pursuant to this subsection (b) complies
22with the requirements of subsections (c) and (d) of this
23Section, the Commission shall approve the plan and the
24electric utility shall implement it in accordance with the
25Commission approval. If the Commission modifies the plan, the
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190 days after service of the Commission's order modifying the
2plan as to whether the electric utility accepts the
3Commission's modifications. If the electric utility notifies
4the Commission in writing that it does not accept the
5Commission's modifications, the electric utility shall have no
6further obligations with respect to the plan, including any
7obligation to implement the plan as modified and may, at its
8discretion, file a new plan with the Commission in the future.
9Upon approval by the Commission and acceptance by the electric
10utility of a plan filed under this subsection (b), no further
11approvals by the Commission other than those approvals set
12forth in this Section shall be necessary and the electric
13utility shall implement the approved plan in accordance with
14the Commission's approval.
15    (c) A plan filed under subsection (b) of this Section
16shall include, at a minimum, the following categories of
17information regarding the proposed deployment of electric
18vehicle charging stations:
19        (1) Identification of existing publicly accessible
20    electric vehicle charging station infrastructure installed
21    in the electric utility's service territory.
22        (2) Sufficient detail to identify the proposed general
23    location and type of electric vehicle charging station
24    infrastructure that could be installed on private or
25    publicly owned land along proposed electric vehicle
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1    electric utility's service territory, including the
2    general identification of any proposed location and type
3    of electric vehicle charging station infrastructure that
4    the electric utility proposes to be part of the
5    third-party request for proposals process set forth in
6    paragraph (3) of this subsection (c);
7        (3) A proposed request for proposals process to be
8    managed by the electric utility, which shall request
9    proposals from third parties to compete for utility
10    rebates for the construction, ownership, and operation of
11    the electric vehicle charging stations within the electric
12    utility's service territory. The request for proposals
13    process shall address at least the following information
14    for the proposed electric vehicle charging infrastructure:
15            (A) requirements for electric vehicle charging
16        station infrastructure owners and operators regarding
17        construction, installation, operation, and maintenance
18        for each proposed general location;
19            (B) criteria by which the bids will be reviewed
20        and assessed; however, bids shall address the proposed
21        ownership and ongoing operation of the electric
22        vehicle charging station and the bids may be
23        contingent on securing State or federal funds,
24        including any tax incentives, available for electric
25        vehicle charging station development or deployment;
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1        available to electric vehicle charging station winning
2        bidders, which shall be designed to encourage
3        participation in the request for proposals process and
4        actual construction, installation, ownership, and
5        operation of the electric vehicle charging station at
6        each proposed location; and
7            (D) a proposal that provides the electric utility
8        the option to plan for, construct, install, control,
9        own, manage, or operate any electric vehicle charging
10        infrastructure at any location identified for
11        inclusion in the request for proposals, but for which
12        no third-party bid was received or awarded under the
13        criteria identified pursuant to this paragraph (3).
14    (d) In addition to the information set forth in subsection
15(c) of this Section, a plan filed under subsection (b) of this
16Section shall also include the following categories of
17information:
18        (1) The proposed rebates offered by the electric
19    utility to customers taking service from the electric
20    utility at an address within its service territory for
21    electric vehicle charging infrastructure or facilities,
22    which should include, but not be limited to, the following
23    information:
24            (A) identification of available rebates for
25        electric utility residential customers who purchase
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1        charging facilities subsequent to the effective date
2        of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly;
3            (B) identification of available rebates for
4        multi-family residential buildings and non-residential
5        customers that, subsequent to the effective date of
6        this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly,
7        install and provide access to electric vehicle
8        charging facilities located in a common area generally
9        available to residents or the public;
10            (C) identification of available rebates designed
11        to promote the use of electric vehicles serving
12        low-income or moderate-income communities, including,
13        but not limited to, any rebates available to shared
14        electric vehicles, ride share electric vehicles, and
15        public transportation fleets or school districts using
16        electric vehicles; and
17            (D) the manner and timing of the payment of the
18        proposed rebates; however, the rebates identified
19        pursuant to this paragraph (1) may be paid through a
20        monthly bill credit spread fairly and reasonably
21        across a 12-month period, and provided any customer
22        receiving a rebate must sign up for and remain on a
23        3-part delivery service rate, if available.
24        (2) An estimated budget for the electric utility to
25    develop and implement an education and engagement strategy
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1    electric utility's service territory, including, but not
2    limited to, programs to be delivered to entities that
3    educate and promote the adoption of electric vehicles,
4    including, but not limited to, car dealerships and
5    elementary, middle, and high schools.
6    (e) An electric utility implementing a plan approved
7pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section, may update its
8plan at any time by filing such update with the Commission in
9the same docket in which the Commission originally approved
10the plan. Any updated filing made pursuant to this subsection
11(e) must identify the updates to be implemented and any
12updates shall be deemed approved as reasonable 45 days after
13the filing unless the Commission initiates an investigation
14into the updated actions. Any final order regarding the
15investigation initiated pursuant to this subsection (e) must
16be issued within 180 days of the initiating order.
17    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
18contrary, electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000
19retail customers but more than 500,000 retail customers in
20this State shall be permitted to recover all reasonable and
21prudently incurred costs incurred under this Section,
22including, but not limited to, any costs incurred to make any
23location identified pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of
24this Section ready for installation and connection of an
25electric vehicle charging station to the distribution system;
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1to subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this Section; the costs
2incurred to undertake the education and engagement activities
3authorized under this Section; and other costs incurred by the
4utility to comply with and implement the requirements of this
5Section, including any amounts that reasonably exceed any
6estimates provided as part of the plan filed pursuant to
7subsection (b) of this Section. Electric utilities that serve
8less than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000
9retail customers in this State are authorized to recover any
10costs identified in this subsection (f) by way of a tariff or
11tariffs approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission,
12consistent with the following provisions:
13        (1) An electric utility subject to this Section shall
14    be permitted to recover all reasonable and prudently
15    incurred costs incurred to make any location identified
16    pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section ready
17    for installation and connection of an electric vehicle
18    charging station to the distribution system through its
19    delivery service rates, as authorized by the applicable
20    provisions of Article IX or this Article XVI. For any
21    electric vehicle infrastructure identified in any plan
22    filed pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section,
23    distribution extension free allowances up to and including
24    $1,500 per kilowatt of connected electric vehicle charging
25    station equipment shall be deemed reasonable and shall not
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1    demonstrated to be more favorable and approved by the
2    Illinois Commerce Commission.
3        (2) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory
4    Act of the 102nd General Assembly, an electric utility
5    subject to this Section shall have authority to defer up
6    to the full amount of its costs incurred under this
7    Section, other than those costs being recovered pursuant
8    to paragraph (1) of this subsection (f), as a regulatory
9    asset, to be amortized over a 15-year period. The
10    unamortized balance shall be recognized as of December 31
11    for a given year. The utility shall also earn a return on
12    the total of the unamortized balance of the regulatory
13    asset authorized under this Section, less any deferred
14    taxes related to the unamortized balance, at an annual
15    rate equal to the utility's weighted average cost of
16    capital that includes, based on a year-end capital
17    structure, the utility's actual cost of debt for the
18    applicable calendar year and a cost of equity, which shall
19    be equal to the national average cost of equity as
20    calculated under this paragraph (2). For purposes of this
21    paragraph (2), the national average cost of equity for a
22    calendar year shall be the simple average of the cost of
23    equity specified and approved in each order of a state
24    regulatory commission, other than the Commission, issued
25    during such calendar year that is applicable to base rates
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1    public utility company operating in the United States. No
2    order shall be excluded from the national average cost of
3    equity calculated under this paragraph (2) on the grounds
4    that it was arrived at by stipulation or agreement or is
5    subject to rehearing or appeal. If, for any calendar year,
6    there are fewer than 15 applicable orders of state
7    regulatory commissions with which to compute the average
8    cost of equity, the Commission shall include in the
9    calculation of the national average the number of state
10    regulatory orders from the year or years immediately
11    preceding such calendar year necessary to reach a total of
12    15, beginning with the most recently issued and proceeding
13    in reverse chronological order.
14        (3) When an electric utility subject to this Section
15    creates a regulatory asset under the provisions of this
16    Section, the costs shall be recovered over a period during
17    which customers also receive a benefit, which is in the
18    public interest. Accordingly, it is the intent of the
19    General Assembly that an electric utility that elects to
20    create a regulatory asset under the provisions of this
21    Section shall recover all of the associated costs,
22    including, but not limited to, its cost of capital as set
23    forth in this Section. After the Commission has approved,
24    as set forth in this Section, the prudence and
25    reasonableness of the costs that comprise the regulatory
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1    all such costs, and the value and recoverability through
2    rates of the associated regulatory asset shall not be
3    limited, altered, impaired, or reduced. To enable the
4    financing of the incremental capital expenditures,
5    including regulatory assets, for electric utilities
6    subject to this Section, the utility's actual year-end
7    capital structure that includes a common equity ratio,
8    excluding goodwill, of up to and including 54% of the
9    total capital structure shall be deemed reasonable and
10    used to set rates.
11        (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection
12    (f), an electric utility subject to this Section may, at
13    its election, recover some or all of the costs it incurs
14    under this Section as part of a filing for a general
15    increase in rates under Article IX of this Act, as part of
16    an annual filing to update a performance-based formula
17    rate under subsection (d) of Section 16-108.5 of this Act
18    or subsection (d) of Section 8-103B, or through an
19    automatic adjustment clause tariff; provided that nothing
20    in this paragraph (4) of this subsection (f) permits the
21    double recovery of such costs from customers. Such costs
22    shall be allocated across all classes of retail customers
23    in proportion to delivery service revenue requirement
24    attributed to a class. If the electric utility elects to
25    recover the costs it incurs under this Section through an
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1    its proposed tariff together with the plan it files under
2    subsection (b) of this Section or at a later time. The
3    proposed tariff shall provide for an annual
4    reconciliation, less any deferred taxes related to the
5    reconciliation, with interest at an annual rate of return
6    equal to the utility's weighted average cost of capital as
7    calculated under paragraph (2) of this subsection (f),
8    including a revenue conversion factor calculated to
9    recover or refund all additional income taxes that may be
10    payable or receivable as a result of that return, of the
11    revenue requirement reflected in rates for each calendar
12    year, beginning with the calendar year in which the
13    utility files its automatic adjustment clause tariff under
14    this subsection (f), with what the revenue requirement
15    would have been had the actual cost information for the
16    applicable calendar year been available at the filing
17    date. The tariff may permit recovery of costs through a
18    single cents per kilowatt-hour charge applicable to each
19    retail class. The Commission shall review the proposed
20    tariff and may make changes to the tariff that are
21    consistent with this Section and with the Commission's
22    authority under Article IX of this Act, subject to notice
23    and hearing, as required. Following notice and hearing, as
24    required, the Commission shall issue an order approving,
25    or approving with modification, such tariff no later than
26    240 days after the electric utility files its tariff.

 

 

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1    (g) Any electric vehicle charging infrastructure,
2including, but not limited to, an electric vehicle charging
3station, constructed, installed, controlled, owned, managed,
4or operated by an electric utility pursuant to this Section
5shall be treated as jurisdictional distribution plant assets
6for ratemaking purposes. The investment in, and the costs to
7construct, install, control, own, manage, or operate electric
8vehicle charging infrastructure owned by the electric utility
9shall be fully recovered in delivery service rates. The
10electric utility shall charge, pursuant to a tariff on file
11with the Commission, market rates for electricity sold through
12every such electric vehicle charging station, and all revenue
13from such sales shall be credited to distribution customers in
14the applicable ratemaking process.
15    (h) In addition to the plan authorized in subsection (b),
16electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000 retail
17customers but more than 500,000 retail customers in this State
18shall be permitted to administer programs designed to
19encourage or incentivize the adoption of electric vehicles by
20Illinois electric consumers, and such programs shall not be
21prohibited by the Commission as promotional practices under
22any rules or policies of the Commission, including, but not
23limited to, 83 Ill. Adm. Code Part 275.
 
24    (220 ILCS 5/16-108.20 new)
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1    (a) An electric utility may plan for, construct, install,
2control, own, manage, or operate energy storage as part of its
3distribution system when such electric utility has reasonably
4and prudently assessed and determined that such energy storage
5will preserve, maintain, or improve stability and reliability
6of the electric utility's distribution system.
7    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
8contrary, an electric utility subject to this Section shall be
9permitted to recover all reasonable and prudently incurred
10costs incurred under this Section, including, but not limited
11to, the costs incurred to plan for, construct, control, own,
12manage, or operate the infrastructure and undertake activities
13identified in this Section in a reasonable and prudent manner
14pursuant to Article IX or this Article XVI, as applicable, and
15for purposes of cost recovery the energy storage facilities
16shall be treated as distribution assets; provided that: (1)
17the Commission shall have the authority to determine the
18reasonableness of the costs of the facilities; and (2) any
19monetary value of power and energy from the facilities shall
20be credited against the delivery services revenue requirement.
21An electric utility subject to this Section shall operate
22storage for the primary purpose of facilitating stable and
23reliable delivery service, and any loss incidental to the
24operation of storage facilities shall also be recoverable to
25the extent such losses were prudently incurred as a result of
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1    (220 ILCS 5/16-111.5)
2    Sec. 16-111.5. Provisions relating to procurement.
3    (a) An electric utility that on December 31, 2005 served
4at least 100,000 customers in Illinois shall procure power and
5energy for its eligible retail customers in accordance with
6the applicable provisions set forth in Section 1-75 of the
7Illinois Power Agency Act and this Section. Beginning with the
8delivery year commencing on June 1, 2017, such electric
9utility shall also procure zero emission credits from zero
10emission facilities in accordance with the applicable
11provisions set forth in Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
12Agency Act, and, for years beginning on or after June 1, 2017,
13the utility shall procure renewable energy resources in
14accordance with the applicable provisions set forth in Section
151-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act and this Section. A small
16multi-jurisdictional electric utility that on December 31,
172005 served less than 100,000 customers in Illinois may elect
18to procure power and energy for all or a portion of its
19eligible Illinois retail customers in accordance with the
20applicable provisions set forth in this Section and Section
211-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act. This Section shall not
22apply to a small multi-jurisdictional utility until such time
23as a small multi-jurisdictional utility requests the Illinois
24Power Agency to prepare a procurement plan for its eligible
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1of this Section means those retail customers that purchase
2power and energy from the electric utility under fixed-price
3bundled service tariffs, other than those retail customers
4whose service is declared or deemed competitive under Section
516-113 and those other customer groups specified in this
6Section, including self-generating customers, customers
7electing hourly pricing, or those customers who are otherwise
8ineligible for fixed-price bundled tariff service. For those
9customers that are excluded from the procurement plan's
10electric supply service requirements, and the utility shall
11procure any supply requirements, including capacity, ancillary
12services, and hourly priced energy, in the applicable markets
13as needed to serve those customers, provided that the utility
14may include in its procurement plan load requirements for the
15load that is associated with those retail customers whose
16service has been declared or deemed competitive pursuant to
17Section 16-113 of this Act to the extent that those customers
18are purchasing power and energy during one of the transition
19periods identified in subsection (b) of Section 16-113 of this
20Act.
21    (b) A procurement plan shall be prepared for each electric
22utility consistent with the applicable requirements of the
23Illinois Power Agency Act and this Section. For purposes of
24this Section, Illinois electric utilities that are affiliated
25by virtue of a common parent company are considered to be a
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1may request a procurement plan for a portion of or all of its
2Illinois load. Each procurement plan shall analyze the
3projected balance of supply and demand for those retail
4customers to be included in the plan's electric supply service
5requirements over a 5-year period, with the first planning
6year beginning on June 1 of the year following the year in
7which the plan is filed. The plan shall specifically identify
8the wholesale products to be procured following plan approval,
9and shall follow all the requirements set forth in the Public
10Utilities Act and all applicable State and federal laws,
11statutes, rules, or regulations, as well as Commission orders.
12Nothing in this Section precludes consideration of contracts
13longer than 5 years and related forecast data. Unless
14specified otherwise in this Section, in the procurement plan
15or in the implementing tariff, any procurement occurring in
16accordance with this plan shall be competitively bid through a
17request for proposals process. Approval and implementation of
18the procurement plan shall be subject to review and approval
19by the Commission according to the provisions set forth in
20this Section. A procurement plan shall include each of the
21following components:
22        (1) Hourly load analysis. This analysis shall include:
23            (i) multi-year historical analysis of hourly
24        loads;
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1            (iii) known or projected changes to future loads;
2        and
3            (iv) growth forecasts by customer class.
4        (2) Analysis of the impact of any demand side and
5    renewable energy initiatives. This analysis shall include:
6            (i) the impact of demand response programs and
7        energy efficiency programs, both current and
8        projected; for small multi-jurisdictional utilities,
9        the impact of demand response and energy efficiency
10        programs approved pursuant to Section 8-408 of this
11        Act, both current and projected; and
12            (ii) supply side needs that are projected to be
13        offset by purchases of renewable energy resources, if
14        any.
15        (3) A plan for meeting the expected load requirements
16    that will not be met through preexisting contracts. This
17    plan shall include:
18            (i) definitions of the different Illinois retail
19        customer classes for which supply is being purchased;
20            (ii) the proposed mix of demand-response products
21        for which contracts will be executed during the next
22        year. For small multi-jurisdictional electric
23        utilities that on December 31, 2005 served fewer than
24        100,000 customers in Illinois, these shall be defined
25        as demand-response products offered in an energy
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1        this Act. The cost-effective demand-response measures
2        shall be procured whenever the cost is lower than
3        procuring comparable capacity products, provided that
4        such products shall:
5                (A) be procured by a demand-response provider
6            from those retail customers included in the plan's
7            electric supply service requirements;
8                (B) at least satisfy the demand-response
9            requirements of the regional transmission
10            organization market in which the utility's service
11            territory is located, including, but not limited
12            to, any applicable capacity or dispatch
13            requirements;
14                (C) provide for customers' participation in
15            the stream of benefits produced by the
16            demand-response products;
17                (D) provide for reimbursement by the
18            demand-response provider of the utility for any
19            costs incurred as a result of the failure of the
20            supplier of such products to perform its
21            obligations thereunder; and
22                (E) meet the same credit requirements as apply
23            to suppliers of capacity, in the applicable
24            regional transmission organization market;
25            (iii) monthly forecasted system supply
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1        average values for the planning period;
2            (iv) the proposed mix and selection of standard
3        wholesale products for which contracts will be
4        executed during the next year, separately or in
5        combination, to meet that portion of its load
6        requirements not met through pre-existing contracts,
7        including but not limited to monthly 5 x 16 peak period
8        block energy, monthly off-peak wrap energy, monthly 7
9        x 24 energy, annual 5 x 16 energy, annual off-peak wrap
10        energy, annual 7 x 24 energy, monthly capacity, annual
11        capacity, peak load capacity obligations, capacity
12        purchase plan, and ancillary services;
13            (v) proposed term structures for each wholesale
14        product type included in the proposed procurement plan
15        portfolio of products; and
16            (vi) an assessment of the price risk, load
17        uncertainty, and other factors that are associated
18        with the proposed procurement plan; this assessment,
19        to the extent possible, shall include an analysis of
20        the following factors: contract terms, time frames for
21        securing products or services, fuel costs, weather
22        patterns, transmission costs, market conditions, and
23        the governmental regulatory environment; the proposed
24        procurement plan shall also identify alternatives for
25        those portfolio measures that are identified as having
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1        (4) Proposed procedures for balancing loads. The
2    procurement plan shall include, for load requirements
3    included in the procurement plan, the process for (i)
4    hourly balancing of supply and demand and (ii) the
5    criteria for portfolio re-balancing in the event of
6    significant shifts in load.
7        (5) Long-Term Renewable Resources Procurement Plan.
8    The Agency shall prepare a long-term renewable resources
9    procurement plan for the procurement of renewable energy
10    credits under Sections 1-56 and 1-75 of the Illinois Power
11    Agency Act for delivery beginning in the 2017 delivery
12    year.
13            (i) The initial long-term renewable resources
14        procurement plan and all subsequent revisions shall be
15        subject to review and approval by the Commission. For
16        the purposes of this Section, "delivery year" has the
17        same meaning as in Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power
18        Agency Act. For purposes of this Section, "Agency"
19        shall mean the Illinois Power Agency.
20            (ii) The long-term renewable resources planning
21        process shall be conducted as follows:
22                (A) Electric utilities shall provide a range
23            of load forecasts to the Illinois Power Agency
24            within 45 days of the Agency's request for
25            forecasts, which request shall specify the length
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1            not limited to, the quantity of distributed
2            generation expected to be interconnected for each
3            year.
4                (B) The Agency shall publish for comment the
5            initial long-term renewable resources procurement
6            plan no later than 120 days after the effective
7            date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General
8            Assembly and shall review, and may revise, the
9            plan at least every 2 years thereafter. To the
10            extent practicable, the Agency shall review and
11            propose any revisions to the long-term renewable
12            energy resources procurement plan in conjunction
13            with the Agency's other planning and approval
14            processes conducted under this Section. The
15            initial long-term renewable resources procurement
16            plan shall:
17                    (aa) Identify the procurement programs and
18                competitive procurement events consistent with
19                the applicable requirements of the Illinois
20                Power Agency Act and shall be designed to
21                achieve the goals set forth in subsection (c)
22                of Section 1-75 of that Act.
23                    (bb) Include a schedule for procurements
24                for renewable energy credits from
25                utility-scale wind projects, utility-scale
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1                photovoltaic projects consistent with
2                subparagraph (G) of paragraph (1) of
3                subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois
4                Power Agency Act.
5                    (cc) Identify the process whereby the
6                Agency will submit to the Commission for
7                review and approval the proposed contracts to
8                implement the programs required by such plan.
9                Copies of the initial long-term renewable
10            resources procurement plan and all subsequent
11            revisions shall be posted and made publicly
12            available on the Agency's and Commission's
13            websites, and copies shall also be provided to
14            each affected electric utility. As part of any
15            renewable resources procurement plan, the Agency
16            will compile and publish a list of any sellers of
17            renewable energy resources procured by the Agency
18            that are not, as of January 1 of the calendar year
19            in which the procurement plan will be filed for
20            approval with the Commission, in compliance with
21            the reporting obligations of Section 5-117 of the
22            Public Utilities Act, and the Agency shall not
23            procure any renewable energy resources from any
24            entity not in compliance with the reporting
25            obligations of Section 5-117 of the Public
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1            utility and other interested parties shall have 45
2            days following the date of posting to provide
3            comment to the Agency on the initial long-term
4            renewable resources procurement plan and all
5            subsequent revisions. All comments submitted to
6            the Agency shall be specific, supported by data or
7            other detailed analyses, and, if objecting to all
8            or a portion of the procurement plan, accompanied
9            by specific alternative wording or proposals. All
10            comments shall be posted on the Agency's and
11            Commission's websites. During this 45-day comment
12            period, the Agency shall hold at least one public
13            hearing within each utility's service area that is
14            subject to the requirements of this paragraph (5)
15            for the purpose of receiving public comment.
16            Within 21 days following the end of the 45-day
17            review period, the Agency may revise the long-term
18            renewable resources procurement plan based on the
19            comments received and shall file the plan with the
20            Commission for review and approval.
21                (C) Within 14 days after the filing of the
22            initial long-term renewable resources procurement
23            plan or any subsequent revisions, any person
24            objecting to the plan may file an objection with
25            the Commission. Within 21 days after the filing of
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1            hearing is necessary. The Commission shall enter
2            its order confirming or modifying the initial
3            long-term renewable resources procurement plan or
4            any subsequent revisions within 120 days after the
5            filing of the plan by the Illinois Power Agency.
6                (D) The Commission shall approve the initial
7            long-term renewable resources procurement plan and
8            any subsequent revisions, including expressly the
9            forecast used in the plan and taking into account
10            that funding will be limited to the amount of
11            revenues actually collected by the utilities, if
12            the Commission determines that the plan will
13            reasonably and prudently accomplish the
14            requirements of Section 1-56 and subsection (c) of
15            Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act. The
16            Commission shall also approve the process for the
17            submission, review, and approval of the proposed
18            contracts to procure renewable energy credits or
19            implement the programs authorized by the
20            Commission pursuant to a long-term renewable
21            resources procurement plan approved under this
22            Section.
23            (iii) The Agency or third parties contracted by
24        the Agency shall implement all programs authorized by
25        the Commission in an approved long-term renewable
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1        approval by the Commission. Third parties shall not
2        begin implementing any programs or receive any payment
3        under this Section until the Commission has approved
4        the contract or contracts under the process authorized
5        by the Commission in item (D) of subparagraph (ii) of
6        paragraph (5) of this subsection (b) and the third
7        party and the Agency or utility, as applicable, have
8        executed the contract. For those renewable energy
9        credits subject to procurement through a competitive
10        bid process under the plan or under the initial
11        forward procurements for wind and solar resources
12        described in subparagraph (G) of paragraph (1) of
13        subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
14        Agency Act, the Agency shall follow the procurement
15        process specified in the provisions relating to
16        electricity procurement in subsections (e) through (i)
17        of this Section.
18            (iv) An electric utility shall recover its costs
19        associated with the procurement of renewable energy
20        credits under this Section through an automatic
21        adjustment clause tariff under subsection (k) of
22        Section 16-108 of this Act. A utility shall not be
23        required to advance any payment or pay any amounts
24        under this Section that exceed the actual amount of
25        revenues collected by the utility under paragraph (6)
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1        Power Agency Act and subsection (k) of Section 16-108
2        of this Act, and contracts executed under this Section
3        shall expressly incorporate this limitation.
4            (v) For the public interest, safety, and welfare,
5        the Agency and the Commission may adopt rules to carry
6        out the provisions of this Section on an emergency
7        basis immediately following the effective date of this
8        amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly.
9            (vi) On or before July 1 of each year, the
10        Commission shall hold an informal hearing for the
11        purpose of receiving comments on the prior year's
12        procurement process and any recommendations for
13        change.
14    (c) The procurement process set forth in Section 1-75 of
15the Illinois Power Agency Act and subsection (e) of this
16Section shall be administered by a procurement administrator
17and monitored by a procurement monitor.
18        (1) The procurement administrator shall:
19            (i) design the final procurement process in
20        accordance with Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
21        Agency Act and subsection (e) of this Section
22        following Commission approval of the procurement plan;
23            (ii) develop benchmarks in accordance with
24        subsection (e)(3) to be used to evaluate bids; these
25        benchmarks shall be submitted to the Commission for
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1        the procurement event;
2            (iii) serve as the interface between the electric
3        utility and suppliers;
4            (iv) manage the bidder pre-qualification and
5        registration process;
6            (v) obtain the electric utilities' agreement to
7        the final form of all supply contracts and credit
8        collateral agreements;
9            (vi) administer the request for proposals process;
10            (vii) have the discretion to negotiate to
11        determine whether bidders are willing to lower the
12        price of bids that meet the benchmarks approved by the
13        Commission; any post-bid negotiations with bidders
14        shall be limited to price only and shall be completed
15        within 24 hours after opening the sealed bids and
16        shall be conducted in a fair and unbiased manner; in
17        conducting the negotiations, there shall be no
18        disclosure of any information derived from proposals
19        submitted by competing bidders; if information is
20        disclosed to any bidder, it shall be provided to all
21        competing bidders;
22            (viii) maintain confidentiality of supplier and
23        bidding information in a manner consistent with all
24        applicable laws, rules, regulations, and tariffs;
25            (ix) submit a confidential report to the
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1        bids;
2            (x) notify the utility of contract counterparties
3        and contract specifics; and
4            (xi) administer related contingency procurement
5        events.
6        (2) The procurement monitor, who shall be retained by
7    the Commission, shall:
8            (i) monitor interactions among the procurement
9        administrator, suppliers, and utility;
10            (ii) monitor and report to the Commission on the
11        progress of the procurement process;
12            (iii) provide an independent confidential report
13        to the Commission regarding the results of the
14        procurement event;
15            (iv) assess compliance with the procurement plans
16        approved by the Commission for each utility that on
17        December 31, 2005 provided electric service to at
18        least 100,000 customers in Illinois and for each small
19        multi-jurisdictional utility that on December 31, 2005
20        served less than 100,000 customers in Illinois;
21            (v) preserve the confidentiality of supplier and
22        bidding information in a manner consistent with all
23        applicable laws, rules, regulations, and tariffs;
24            (vi) provide expert advice to the Commission and
25        consult with the procurement administrator regarding
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1        protocols, and policy-related matters; and
2            (vii) consult with the procurement administrator
3        regarding the development and use of benchmark
4        criteria, standard form contracts, credit policies,
5        and bid documents.
6    (d) Except as provided in subsection (j), the planning
7process shall be conducted as follows:
8        (1) Beginning in 2008, each Illinois utility procuring
9    power pursuant to this Section shall annually provide a
10    range of load forecasts to the Illinois Power Agency by
11    July 15 of each year, or such other date as may be required
12    by the Commission or Agency. The load forecasts shall
13    cover the 5-year procurement planning period for the next
14    procurement plan and shall include hourly data
15    representing a high-load, low-load, and expected-load
16    scenario for the load of those retail customers included
17    in the plan's electric supply service requirements. The
18    utility shall provide supporting data and assumptions for
19    each of the scenarios.
20        (2) Beginning in 2008, the Illinois Power Agency shall
21    prepare a procurement plan by August 15th of each year, or
22    such other date as may be required by the Commission. The
23    procurement plan shall identify the portfolio of
24    demand-response and power and energy products to be
25    procured. Cost-effective demand-response measures shall be
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1    this Section. Copies of the procurement plan shall be
2    posted and made publicly available on the Agency's and
3    Commission's websites, and copies shall also be provided
4    to each affected electric utility. An affected utility
5    shall have 30 days following the date of posting to
6    provide comment to the Agency on the procurement plan.
7    Other interested entities also may comment on the
8    procurement plan. All comments submitted to the Agency
9    shall be specific, supported by data or other detailed
10    analyses, and, if objecting to all or a portion of the
11    procurement plan, accompanied by specific alternative
12    wording or proposals. All comments shall be posted on the
13    Agency's and Commission's websites. During this 30-day
14    comment period, the Agency shall hold at least one public
15    hearing within each utility's service area for the purpose
16    of receiving public comment on the procurement plan.
17    Within 14 days following the end of the 30-day review
18    period, the Agency shall revise the procurement plan as
19    necessary based on the comments received and file the
20    procurement plan with the Commission and post the
21    procurement plan on the websites.
22        (3) Within 5 days after the filing of the procurement
23    plan, any person objecting to the procurement plan shall
24    file an objection with the Commission. Within 10 days
25    after the filing, the Commission shall determine whether a
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1    confirming or modifying the procurement plan within 90
2    days after the filing of the procurement plan by the
3    Illinois Power Agency.
4        (4) The Commission shall approve the procurement plan,
5    including expressly the forecast used in the procurement
6    plan, if the Commission determines that it will ensure
7    adequate, reliable, affordable, efficient, and
8    environmentally sustainable electric service at the lowest
9    total cost over time, taking into account any benefits of
10    price stability.
11    (e) The procurement process shall include each of the
12following components:
13        (1) Solicitation, pre-qualification, and registration
14    of bidders. The procurement administrator shall
15    disseminate information to potential bidders to promote a
16    procurement event, notify potential bidders that the
17    procurement administrator may enter into a post-bid price
18    negotiation with bidders that meet the applicable
19    benchmarks, provide supply requirements, and otherwise
20    explain the competitive procurement process. In addition
21    to such other publication as the procurement administrator
22    determines is appropriate, this information shall be
23    posted on the Illinois Power Agency's and the Commission's
24    websites. The procurement administrator shall also
25    administer the prequalification process, including
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1    procurement rules, and agreement to the standard form
2    contract developed pursuant to paragraph (2) of this
3    subsection (e). The procurement administrator shall then
4    identify and register bidders to participate in the
5    procurement event.
6        (2) Standard contract forms and credit terms and
7    instruments. The procurement administrator, in
8    consultation with the utilities, the Commission, and other
9    interested parties and subject to Commission oversight,
10    shall develop and provide standard contract forms for the
11    supplier contracts that meet generally accepted industry
12    practices. Standard credit terms and instruments that meet
13    generally accepted industry practices shall be similarly
14    developed. The procurement administrator shall make
15    available to the Commission all written comments it
16    receives on the contract forms, credit terms, or
17    instruments. If the procurement administrator cannot reach
18    agreement with the applicable electric utility as to the
19    contract terms and conditions, the procurement
20    administrator must notify the Commission of any disputed
21    terms and the Commission shall resolve the dispute. The
22    terms of the contracts shall not be subject to negotiation
23    by winning bidders, and the bidders must agree to the
24    terms of the contract in advance so that winning bids are
25    selected solely on the basis of price.
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1    As part of the development of the procurement process, the
2    procurement administrator, in consultation with the
3    Commission staff, Agency staff, and the procurement
4    monitor, shall establish benchmarks for evaluating the
5    final prices in the contracts for each of the products
6    that will be procured through the procurement process. The
7    benchmarks shall be based on price data for similar
8    products for the same delivery period and same delivery
9    hub, or other delivery hubs after adjusting for that
10    difference. The price benchmarks may also be adjusted to
11    take into account differences between the information
12    reflected in the underlying data sources and the specific
13    products and procurement process being used to procure
14    power for the Illinois utilities. The benchmarks shall be
15    confidential but shall be provided to, and will be subject
16    to Commission review and approval, prior to a procurement
17    event.
18        (4) Request for proposals competitive procurement
19    process. The procurement administrator shall design and
20    issue a request for proposals to supply electricity in
21    accordance with each utility's procurement plan, as
22    approved by the Commission. The request for proposals
23    shall set forth a procedure for sealed, binding commitment
24    bidding with pay-as-bid settlement, and provision for
25    selection of bids on the basis of price.
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1    of supplier default or failure of the procurement process
2    to fully meet the expected load requirement due to
3    insufficient supplier participation, Commission rejection
4    of results, or any other cause.
5            (i) Event of supplier default: In the event of
6        supplier default, the utility shall review the
7        contract of the defaulting supplier to determine if
8        the amount of supply is 200 megawatts or greater, and
9        if there are more than 60 days remaining of the
10        contract term. If both of these conditions are met,
11        and the default results in termination of the
12        contract, the utility shall immediately notify the
13        Illinois Power Agency that a request for proposals
14        must be issued to procure replacement power, and the
15        procurement administrator shall run an additional
16        procurement event. If the contracted supply of the
17        defaulting supplier is less than 200 megawatts or
18        there are less than 60 days remaining of the contract
19        term, the utility shall procure power and energy from
20        the applicable regional transmission organization
21        market, including ancillary services, capacity, and
22        day-ahead or real time energy, or both, for the
23        duration of the contract term to replace the
24        contracted supply; provided, however, that if a needed
25        product is not available through the regional
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1        from the wholesale market.
2            (ii) Failure of the procurement process to fully
3        meet the expected load requirement: If the procurement
4        process fails to fully meet the expected load
5        requirement due to insufficient supplier participation
6        or due to a Commission rejection of the procurement
7        results, the procurement administrator, the
8        procurement monitor, and the Commission staff shall
9        meet within 10 days to analyze potential causes of low
10        supplier interest or causes for the Commission
11        decision. If changes are identified that would likely
12        result in increased supplier participation, or that
13        would address concerns causing the Commission to
14        reject the results of the prior procurement event, the
15        procurement administrator may implement those changes
16        and rerun the request for proposals process according
17        to a schedule determined by those parties and
18        consistent with Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
19        Agency Act and this subsection. In any event, a new
20        request for proposals process shall be implemented by
21        the procurement administrator within 90 days after the
22        determination that the procurement process has failed
23        to fully meet the expected load requirement.
24            (iii) In all cases where there is insufficient
25        supply provided under contracts awarded through the
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1        utility's load requirement, the utility shall meet the
2        load requirement by procuring power and energy from
3        the applicable regional transmission organization
4        market, including ancillary services, capacity, and
5        day-ahead or real time energy, or both; provided,
6        however, that if a needed product is not available
7        through the regional transmission organization market
8        it shall be purchased from the wholesale market.
9        (6) The procurement process described in this
10    subsection is exempt from the requirements of the Illinois
11    Procurement Code, pursuant to Section 20-10 of that Code.
12    (f) Within 2 business days after opening the sealed bids,
13the procurement administrator shall submit a confidential
14report to the Commission. The report shall contain the results
15of the bidding for each of the products along with the
16procurement administrator's recommendation for the acceptance
17and rejection of bids based on the price benchmark criteria
18and other factors observed in the process. The procurement
19monitor also shall submit a confidential report to the
20Commission within 2 business days after opening the sealed
21bids. The report shall contain the procurement monitor's
22assessment of bidder behavior in the process as well as an
23assessment of the procurement administrator's compliance with
24the procurement process and rules. The Commission shall review
25the confidential reports submitted by the procurement
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1reject the recommendations of the procurement administrator
2within 2 business days after receipt of the reports.
3    (g) Within 3 business days after the Commission decision
4approving the results of a procurement event, the utility
5shall enter into binding contractual arrangements with the
6winning suppliers using the standard form contracts; except
7that the utility shall not be required either directly or
8indirectly to execute the contracts if a tariff that is
9consistent with subsection (l) of this Section has not been
10approved and placed into effect for that utility.
11    (h) The names of the successful bidders and the load
12weighted average of the winning bid prices for each contract
13type and for each contract term shall be made available to the
14public at the time of Commission approval of a procurement
15event. The Commission, the procurement monitor, the
16procurement administrator, the Illinois Power Agency, and all
17participants in the procurement process shall maintain the
18confidentiality of all other supplier and bidding information
19in a manner consistent with all applicable laws, rules,
20regulations, and tariffs. Confidential information, including
21the confidential reports submitted by the procurement
22administrator and procurement monitor pursuant to subsection
23(f) of this Section, shall not be made publicly available and
24shall not be discoverable by any party in any proceeding,
25absent a compelling demonstration of need, nor shall those
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1enforcement purposes.
2    (i) Within 2 business days after a Commission decision
3approving the results of a procurement event or such other
4date as may be required by the Commission from time to time,
5the utility shall file for informational purposes with the
6Commission its actual or estimated retail supply charges, as
7applicable, by customer supply group reflecting the costs
8associated with the procurement and computed in accordance
9with the tariffs filed pursuant to subsection (l) of this
10Section and approved by the Commission.
11    (j) Within 60 days following August 28, 2007 (the
12effective date of Public Act 95-481), each electric utility
13that on December 31, 2005 provided electric service to at
14least 100,000 customers in Illinois shall prepare and file
15with the Commission an initial procurement plan, which shall
16conform in all material respects to the requirements of the
17procurement plan set forth in subsection (b); provided,
18however, that the Illinois Power Agency Act shall not apply to
19the initial procurement plan prepared pursuant to this
20subsection. The initial procurement plan shall identify the
21portfolio of power and energy products to be procured and
22delivered for the period June 2008 through May 2009, and shall
23identify the proposed procurement administrator, who shall
24have the same experience and expertise as is required of a
25procurement administrator hired pursuant to Section 1-75 of
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1shall be posted and made publicly available on the
2Commission's website. The initial procurement plan may include
3contracts for renewable resources that extend beyond May 2009.
4        (i) Within 14 days following filing of the initial
5    procurement plan, any person may file a detailed objection
6    with the Commission contesting the procurement plan
7    submitted by the electric utility. All objections to the
8    electric utility's plan shall be specific, supported by
9    data or other detailed analyses. The electric utility may
10    file a response to any objections to its procurement plan
11    within 7 days after the date objections are due to be
12    filed. Within 7 days after the date the utility's response
13    is due, the Commission shall determine whether a hearing
14    is necessary. If it determines that a hearing is
15    necessary, it shall require the hearing to be completed
16    and issue an order on the procurement plan within 60 days
17    after the filing of the procurement plan by the electric
18    utility.
19        (ii) The order shall approve or modify the procurement
20    plan, approve an independent procurement administrator,
21    and approve or modify the electric utility's tariffs that
22    are proposed with the initial procurement plan. The
23    Commission shall approve the procurement plan if the
24    Commission determines that it will ensure adequate,
25    reliable, affordable, efficient, and environmentally
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1    time, taking into account any benefits of price stability.
2    (k) (Blank).
3    (k-5) (Blank).
4    (l) An electric utility shall recover its costs incurred
5under this Section, including, but not limited to, the costs
6of procuring power and energy demand-response resources under
7this Section. The utility shall file with the initial
8procurement plan its proposed tariffs through which its costs
9of procuring power that are incurred pursuant to a
10Commission-approved procurement plan and those other costs
11identified in this subsection (l), will be recovered. The
12tariffs shall include a formula rate or charge designed to
13pass through both the costs incurred by the utility in
14procuring a supply of electric power and energy for the
15applicable customer classes with no mark-up or return on the
16price paid by the utility for that supply, plus any just and
17reasonable costs that the utility incurs in arranging and
18providing for the supply of electric power and energy. The
19formula rate or charge shall also contain provisions that
20ensure that its application does not result in over or under
21recovery due to changes in customer usage and demand patterns,
22and that provide for the correction, on at least an annual
23basis, of any accounting errors that may occur. A utility
24shall recover through the tariff all reasonable costs incurred
25to implement or comply with any procurement plan that is
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1Illinois Power Agency Act and this Section, including any fees
2assessed by the Illinois Power Agency, costs associated with
3load balancing, and contingency plan costs. The electric
4utility shall also recover its full costs of procuring
5electric supply for which it contracted before the effective
6date of this Section in conjunction with the provision of full
7requirements service under fixed-price bundled service tariffs
8subsequent to December 31, 2006. All such costs shall be
9deemed to have been prudently incurred. The pass-through
10tariffs that are filed and approved pursuant to this Section
11shall not be subject to review under, or in any way limited by,
12Section 16-111(i) of this Act. All of the costs incurred by the
13electric utility associated with the purchase of zero emission
14credits in accordance with subsection (d-5) of Section 1-75 of
15the Illinois Power Agency Act and, beginning June 1, 2017, all
16of the costs incurred by the electric utility associated with
17the purchase of renewable energy resources in accordance with
18Sections 1-56 and 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act, shall
19be recovered through the electric utility's tariffed charges
20applicable to all of its retail customers, as specified in
21subsection (k) of Section 16-108 of this Act, and shall not be
22recovered through the electric utility's tariffed charges for
23electric power and energy supply to its eligible retail
24customers.
25    (m) The Commission has the authority to adopt rules to
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1interest, safety, and welfare, the Commission also has
2authority to adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this
3Section on an emergency basis immediately following August 28,
42007 (the effective date of Public Act 95-481).
5    (n) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any
6affiliated electric utilities that submit a single procurement
7plan covering their combined needs may procure for those
8combined needs in conjunction with that plan, and may enter
9jointly into power supply contracts, purchases, and other
10procurement arrangements, and allocate capacity and energy and
11cost responsibility therefor among themselves in proportion to
12their requirements.
13    (o) On or before June 1 of each year, the Commission shall
14hold an informal hearing for the purpose of receiving comments
15on the prior year's procurement process and any
16recommendations for change.
17    (p) An electric utility subject to this Section may
18propose to invest, lease, own, or operate an electric
19generation facility as part of its procurement plan, provided
20the utility demonstrates that such facility is the least-cost
21option to provide electric service to those retail customers
22included in the plan's electric supply service requirements.
23If the facility is shown to be the least-cost option and is
24included in a procurement plan prepared in accordance with
25Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act and this
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1pursuant to Section 8-406 of this Act, and may request of the
2Commission any statutory relief required thereunder. If the
3Commission grants all of the necessary approvals for the
4proposed facility, such supply shall thereafter be considered
5as a pre-existing contract under subsection (b) of this
6Section. The Commission shall in any order approving a
7proposal under this subsection specify how the utility will
8recover the prudently incurred costs of investing in, leasing,
9owning, or operating such generation facility through just and
10reasonable rates charged to those retail customers included in
11the plan's electric supply service requirements. Cost recovery
12for facilities included in the utility's procurement plan
13pursuant to this subsection shall not be subject to review
14under or in any way limited by the provisions of Section
1516-111(i) of this Act. Nothing in this Section is intended to
16prohibit a utility from filing for a fuel adjustment clause as
17is otherwise permitted under Section 9-220 of this Act.
18    (q) If the Illinois Power Agency filed with the
19Commission, under Section 16-111.5 of this Act, its proposed
20procurement plan for the period commencing June 1, 2017, and
21the Commission has not yet entered its final order approving
22the plan on or before the effective date of this amendatory Act
23of the 99th General Assembly, then the Illinois Power Agency
24shall file a notice of withdrawal with the Commission, after
25the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General
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1energy resources to be approved under the plan, other than the
2procurement of renewable energy credits from distributed
3renewable energy generation devices using funds previously
4collected from electric utilities' retail customers that take
5service pursuant to electric utilities' hourly pricing tariff
6or tariffs and, for an electric utility that serves less than
7100,000 retail customers in the State, other than the
8procurement of renewable energy credits from distributed
9renewable energy generation devices. Upon receipt of the
10notice, the Commission shall enter an order that approves the
11withdrawal of the proposed procurement of renewable energy
12resources from the plan. The initially proposed procurement of
13renewable energy resources shall not be approved or be the
14subject of any further hearing, investigation, proceeding, or
15order of any kind.
16    This amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly preempts
17and supersedes any order entered by the Commission that
18approved the Illinois Power Agency's procurement plan for the
19period commencing June 1, 2017, to the extent it is
20inconsistent with the provisions of this amendatory Act of the
2199th General Assembly. To the extent any previously entered
22order approved the procurement of renewable energy resources,
23the portion of that order approving the procurement shall be
24void, other than the procurement of renewable energy credits
25from distributed renewable energy generation devices using
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1customers that take service under electric utilities' hourly
2pricing tariff or tariffs and, for an electric utility that
3serves less than 100,000 retail customers in the State, other
4than the procurement of renewable energy credits for
5distributed renewable energy generation devices.
6(Source: P.A. 99-906, eff. 6-1-17.)
 
7    (220 ILCS 5/16-128A)
8    Sec. 16-128A. Certification of installers, maintainers, or
9repairers.
10    (a) Within 18 months of the effective date of this
11amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Commission
12shall adopt rules, including emergency rules, establishing
13certification requirements ensuring that entities installing
14distributed generation facilities are in compliance with the
15requirements of subsection (a) of Section 16-128 of this Act.
16    For purposes of this Section, the phrase "entities
17installing distributed generation facilities" shall include,
18but not be limited to, all entities that are exempt from the
19definition of "alternative retail electric supplier" under
20item (v) of Section 16-102 of this Act. For purposes of this
21Section, the phrase "self-installer" means an individual who
22(i) leases or purchases a cogeneration facility for his or her
23own personal use and (ii) installs such cogeneration or
24self-generation facility on his or her own premises without
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1    (b) In addition to any authority granted to the Commission
2under this Act, the Commission is also authorized to: (1)
3determine which entities are subject to certification under
4this Section; (2) impose reasonable certification fees and
5penalties; (3) adopt disciplinary procedures; (4) investigate
6any and all activities subject to this Section, including
7violations thereof; (5) adopt procedures to issue or renew, or
8to refuse to issue or renew, a certification or to revoke,
9suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or otherwise
10discipline a certified entity under this Act or take other
11enforcement action against an entity subject to this Section;
12and (6) prescribe forms to be issued for the administration
13and enforcement of this Section.
14    (c) No electric utility shall provide a retail customer
15with net metering service related to interconnection of that
16customer's distributed generation facility unless the customer
17provides the electric utility with (i) a certification that
18the customer installing the distributed generation facility
19was a self-installer or (ii) evidence that the distributed
20generation facility was installed by an entity certified under
21this Section that is also in good standing with the
22Commission. For purposes of this subsection, a retail customer
23includes that customer's employees, officers, and agents. An
24electric utility shall file a tariff or tariffs with the
25Commission setting forth the documentation, as specified by
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1electric utility. The provisions of this subsection (c) shall
2apply on or after the effective date of the Commission's rules
3prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section.
4    (d) Within 180 days after the effective date of this
5amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Commission
6shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish
7certification requirements that shall be applicable to persons
8or entities that install, maintain, or repair electric vehicle
9charging stations. The notification and certification
10requirements of this Section shall only be applicable to
11individuals or entities that perform work on or within an
12electric vehicle charging station, including, but not limited
13to, connection of power to an electric vehicle charging
14station.
15    For the purposes of this Section "electric vehicle
16charging station" means any facility or equipment that is used
17to charge a battery or other energy storage device of an
18electric vehicle.
19    Rules regulating the installation, maintenance, or repair
20of electric vehicle charging stations, in which the Commission
21may establish separate requirements based upon the
22characteristics of electric vehicle charging stations, so long
23as it is in accordance with the requirements of subsection (a)
24of Section 16-128 and Section 16-128A of this Act, shall:
25        (1) establish a certification process for persons or
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1    vehicle charging stations;
2        (2) require persons or entities that install,
3    maintain, or repair electric vehicle stations to be
4    certified to do business and to be bonded in the State;
5        (3) ensure that persons or entities that install,
6    maintain, or repair electric vehicle charging stations
7    have the requisite knowledge, skills, training,
8    experience, and competence to perform functions in a safe
9    and reliable manner as required under subsection (a) of
10    Section 16-128 of this Act;
11        (4) impose reasonable certification fees and penalties
12    on persons or entities that install, maintain, or repair
13    of electric vehicle charging stations for noncompliance of
14    the rules adopted under this subsection;
15        (5) ensure that all persons or entities that install,
16    maintain, or repair electric vehicle charging stations
17    conform to applicable building and electrical codes;
18        (6) ensure that all electric vehicle charging stations
19    meet recognized industry standards as the Commission deems
20    appropriate, such as the National Electric Code (NEC) and
21    standards developed or created by the Institute of
22    Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Electric
23    Power Research Institute (EPRI), the Detroit Edison
24    Institute (DTE), the Underwriters Laboratory (UL), the
25    Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and the National
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1        (7) include any additional requirements that the
2    Commission deems reasonable to ensure that persons or
3    entities that install, maintain, or repair electric
4    vehicle charging stations meet adequate training,
5    financial, and competency requirements;
6        (8) ensure that the obligations required under this
7    Section and subsection (a) of Section 16-128 of this Act
8    are met prior to the interconnection of any electric
9    vehicle charging station;
10        (9) ensure electric vehicle charging stations
11    installed by a self-installer are not used for any
12    commercial purpose;
13        (10) establish an inspection procedure for the
14    conversion of electric vehicle charging stations installed
15    by a self-installer if it is determined that the
16    self-installed electric vehicle charging station is being
17    used for commercial purposes;
18        (11) establish the requirement that all persons or
19    entities that install electric vehicle charging stations
20    shall notify the servicing electric utility in writing of
21    plans to install an electric vehicle charging station and
22    shall notify the servicing electric utility in writing
23    when installation is complete;
24        (12) ensure that all persons or entities that install,
25    maintain, or repair electric vehicle charging stations
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1    coverages that the Commission so determines and, if
2    necessary as determined by the Commission, names the
3    affected public utility as an additional insured; and
4        (13) identify and determine the training or other
5    programs by which persons or entities may obtain the
6    requisite training, skills, or experience necessary to
7    achieve and maintain compliance with the requirements set
8    forth in this subsection and subsection (a) of Section
9    16-128 to install, maintain, or repair electric vehicle
10    charging stations.
11    Within 18 months after the effective date of this
12amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Commission
13shall adopt rules, and may, if it deems necessary, adopt
14emergency rules, for the installation, maintenance, or repair
15of electric vehicle charging stations.
16    All retail customers who own, maintain, or repair an
17electric vehicle charging station shall provide the servicing
18electric utility (i) a certification that the customer
19installing the electric vehicle charging station was a
20self-installer or (ii) evidence that the electric vehicle
21charging station was installed by an entity certified under
22this subsection (d) that is also in good standing with the
23Commission. For purposes of this subsection (d), a retail
24customer includes that retail customer's employees, officers,
25and agents. If the electric vehicle charging station was not
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1plans to install the electric vehicle charging station shall
2provide notice to the servicing electric utility prior to
3installation and when installation is complete and provide any
4other information required by the Commission's rules
5established under subsection (d) of this Section. An electric
6utility shall file a tariff or tariffs with the Commission
7setting forth the documentation, as specified by Commission
8rule, that a retail customer who owns, uses, operates, or
9maintains an electric vehicle charging station must provide to
10an electric utility.
11    For the purposes of this subsection, an electric vehicle
12charging station shall constitute a distribution facility or
13equipment as that term is used in subsection (a) of Section
1416-128 of this Act. The phrase "self-installer" means an
15individual who (i) leases or purchases an electric vehicle
16charging station for his or her own personal use and (ii)
17installs an electric vehicle charging station on his or her
18own premises without the assistance of any other person.
19    (e) Fees and penalties collected under this Section shall
20be deposited into the Public Utility Fund and used to fund the
21Commission's compliance with the obligations imposed by this
22Section.
23    (f) The rules established under subsection (d) of this
24Section shall specify the initial dates for compliance with
25the rules.
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1amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the Commission
2shall adopt rules, including emergency rules, establishing a
3process for entities installing a new utility-scale solar
4project to certify compliance with the requirements of this
5Section. For purposes of this Section, the phrase "entities
6installing a new utility-scale solar project" shall include,
7but is not limited to, any entity installing new photovoltaic
8projects as such terms are defined in subsection (c) of
9Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.
10    The process shall include an option to complete the
11certification electronically by completing forms on-line. An
12entity installing a new utility-scale solar project shall be
13permitted to complete certification after the subject work has
14been completed. The Commission shall maintain on its website a
15list of entities installing new utility-scale solar projects
16measures that have successfully completed the certification
17process.
18    (h) In addition to any authority granted to the Commission
19under this Act, the Commission is also authorized to: (1)
20determine which entities are subject to certification under
21subsection (g) of this Section; (2) impose reasonable
22certification fees and penalties; (3) adopt disciplinary
23procedures; (4) investigate any and all activities subject to
24subsection (g) or this subsection (h) of this Section,
25including violations thereof; (5) adopt procedures to issue or
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1revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or otherwise
2discipline a certified entity under subsection (g) of this
3Section or take other enforcement action against an entity
4subject to subsection (g) or this subsection (h) of this
5Section; (6) prescribe forms to be issued for the
6administration and enforcement of subsection (g) and this
7subsection (h) of this Section; and (7) establish requirements
8to ensure that entities installing a new photovoltaic project
9have the requisite knowledge, skills, training, experience,
10and competence to perform in a safe and reliable manner as
11required by subsection (a) of Section 16-128 of this Act.
12    (i) The certification of persons or entities that install,
13maintain, or repair new photovoltaic projects, distributed
14generation facilities, and electric vehicle charging stations
15as set forth in this Section is an exclusive power and function
16of the State. A home rule unit or other units of local
17government authority may subject persons or entities that
18install, maintain, or repair new photovoltaic projects,
19distributed generation facilities, or electric vehicle
20charging stations as set forth in this Section to any
21applicable local licensing, siting, and permitting
22requirements otherwise permitted under law so long as only
23Commission-certified persons or entities are authorized to
24install, maintain, or repair new photovoltaic projects,
25distributed generation facilities, or electric vehicle
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1subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
2Constitution on the exercise by home rule units of powers and
3functions exclusively exercised by the State.
4(Source: P.A. 99-906, eff. 6-1-17; 100-16, eff. 6-30-17.)
 
5    Section 15. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
6Section 2 as follows:
 
7    (820 ILCS 130/2)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
8    Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
9mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as
10hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
11contracts for public works. This includes any maintenance,
12repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
13whether owned, leased, or rented.
14    As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
15otherwise:
16    "Public works" means all fixed works constructed or
17demolished by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part
18out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes
19all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants,
20loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or
21any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited
22to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act
23(Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the
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1Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act,
2or the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
3available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; loans or other
4funds made available pursuant to the Riverfront Development
5Fund under Section 10-15 of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
6Act; or funds from the Fund for Illinois' Future under Section
76z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school construction
8under Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, funds
9authorized under Section 3 of the School Construction Bond
10Act, funds for school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of
11the State Finance Act, and funds for transportation purposes
12under Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act. "Public
13works" also includes (i) all projects financed in whole or in
14part with funds from the Department of Commerce and Economic
15Opportunity under the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development
16Program Act for which there is no project labor agreement;
17(ii) all work performed pursuant to a public private agreement
18under the Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway
19Act or the Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban
20Airport Act; and (iii) all projects undertaken under a
21public-private agreement under the Public-Private Partnerships
22for Transportation Act. "Public works" also includes all
23projects at leased facility property used for airport purposes
24under Section 35 of the Local Government Facility Lease Act.
25"Public works" also includes the construction of a new wind
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1Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E) of the Illinois Enterprise
2Zone Act. "Public works" also includes any facility financed
3in whole or in part with renewable energy resources procured
4pursuant to Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act and
5any photovoltaic electric production facility constructed
6pursuant to Section 8-218 of the Public Utilities Act. "Public
7works" does not include work done directly by any public
8utility company, whether or not done under public supervision
9or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of public
10funds. "Public works" also includes any corrective action
11performed pursuant to Title XVI of the Environmental
12Protection Act for which payment from the Underground Storage
13Tank Fund is requested. "Public works" does not include
14projects undertaken by the owner at an owner-occupied
15single-family residence or at an owner-occupied unit of a
16multi-family residence. "Public works" does not include work
17performed for soil and water conservation purposes on
18agricultural lands, whether or not done under public
19supervision or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds,
20done directly by an owner or person who has legal control of
21those lands.
22    "Construction" means all work on public works involving
23laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance,
24repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
25whether owned, leased, or rented.
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1public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
2available in the county a sufficient number of competent
3skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the
4public works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any
5other county nearest the one in which the work or construction
6is to be performed and from which such persons may be obtained
7in sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
8respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
9Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion
10of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be
11construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which
12workers may be accessible for work on such construction.
13    "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
14commission of the State or any political subdivision or
15department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or
16in part by public funds, and includes every county, city,
17town, village, township, school district, irrigation, utility,
18reclamation improvement or other district and every other
19political subdivision, district or municipality of the state
20whether such political subdivision, municipality or district
21operates under a special charter or not.
22    "Labor organization" means an organization that is the
23exclusive representative of an employer's employees recognized
24or certified pursuant to the National Labor Relations Act.
25    The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
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1wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
2annualized fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship
3programs approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
4Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
5vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in
6which the work is being performed, to employees engaged in
7work of a similar character on public works.
8(Source: P.A. 100-1177, eff. 6-1-19.)
 
9    Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
10severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    20 ILCS 3855/1-10
4    20 ILCS 3855/1-75
5    220 ILCS 5/5-117
6    220 ILCS 5/8-103B
7    220 ILCS 5/8-218 new
8    220 ILCS 5/9-244.5 new
9    220 ILCS 5/16-102
10    220 ILCS 5/16-107.6
11    220 ILCS 5/16-108.5
12    220 ILCS 5/16-108.19 new
13    220 ILCS 5/16-108.20 new
14    220 ILCS 5/16-111.5
15    220 ILCS 5/16-128A
16    820 ILCS 130/2from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2