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| AN ACT concerning utilities.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 16-111.4 as
follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/16-111.4 new)
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| Sec. 16-111.4. Public university renewable energy |
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| projects.
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| (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the |
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| implementation of
renewable energy sources by public |
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| universities for their own use can encourage
private investment |
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| in renewable energy resources, stimulate economic growth,
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| enhance the continued diversification of Illinois' energy |
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| resource mix, and
protect
the environment of Illinois.
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| (b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the |
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| funding of public
university renewable energy projects by the |
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| Illinois Clean Energy Community
Trust is consistent with the |
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| Legislature's intent in providing for the Trust in
Section |
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| 16-111.1 of this Act and, therefore, encourages public |
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| universities to
request funding of such projects from the Trust |
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| and the Trust, consistent with
the resources available to the |
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| Trust and with the good judgment of its
trustees, to
grant such |
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| requests.
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| (c) As used in this Section:
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| "Renewable energy source" means a solar or wind electrical |
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| generating
facility with a capacity of not more than 1000 |
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| kilowatts that is located on the
premises of a public |
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| university and is intended primarily to offset part or all
of |
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| the
university's own electrical requirements.
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| "Public university" means Northern Illinois University, |
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| Southern Illinois
University, Eastern Illinois University, |
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| Western Illinois University, the
University of
Illinois, |