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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. The Electric Vehicle Act is amended by adding
5Section 25 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 627/25 new)
7    Sec. 25. Charging station installations. The installation,
8maintenance, and repair of an electric vehicle charging station
9shall comply with the requirements of subsection (a) of Section
1016-128 and Section 16-128A of the Public Utilities Act.
 
11    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
12Sections 3-105, 16-102, and 16-128A as follows:
 
13    (220 ILCS 5/3-105)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-105)
14    Sec. 3-105. Public utility.
15    (a) "Public utility" means and includes, except where
16otherwise expressly provided in this Section, every
17corporation, company, limited liability company, association,
18joint stock company or association, firm, partnership or
19individual, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by
20any court whatsoever that owns, controls, operates or manages,
21within this State, directly or indirectly, for public use, any

 

 

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1plant, equipment or property used or to be used for or in
2connection with, or owns or controls any franchise, license,
3permit or right to engage in:
4        (1) the production, storage, transmission, sale,
5    delivery or furnishing of heat, cold, power, electricity,
6    water, or light, except when used solely for communications
7    purposes;
8        (2) the disposal of sewerage; or
9        (3) the conveyance of oil or gas by pipe line.
10    (b) "Public utility" does not include, however:
11        (1) public utilities that are owned and operated by any
12    political subdivision, public institution of higher
13    education or municipal corporation of this State, or public
14    utilities that are owned by such political subdivision,
15    public institution of higher education, or municipal
16    corporation and operated by any of its lessees or operating
17    agents;
18        (2) water companies which are purely mutual concerns,
19    having no rates or charges for services, but paying the
20    operating expenses by assessment upon the members of such a
21    company and no other person;
22        (3) electric cooperatives as defined in Section 3-119;
23        (4) the following natural gas cooperatives:
24            (A) residential natural gas cooperatives that are
25        not-for-profit corporations established for the
26        purpose of administering and operating, on a

 

 

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1        cooperative basis, the furnishing of natural gas to
2        residences for the benefit of their members who are
3        residential consumers of natural gas. For entities
4        qualifying as residential natural gas cooperatives and
5        recognized by the Illinois Commerce Commission as
6        such, the State shall guarantee legally binding
7        contracts entered into by residential natural gas
8        cooperatives for the express purpose of acquiring
9        natural gas supplies for their members. The Illinois
10        Commerce Commission shall establish rules and
11        regulations providing for such guarantees. The total
12        liability of the State in providing all such guarantees
13        shall not at any time exceed $1,000,000, nor shall the
14        State provide such a guarantee to a residential natural
15        gas cooperative for more than 3 consecutive years; and
16            (B) natural gas cooperatives that are
17        not-for-profit corporations operated for the purpose
18        of administering, on a cooperative basis, the
19        furnishing of natural gas for the benefit of their
20        members and that, prior to 90 days after the effective
21        date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
22        Assembly, either had acquired or had entered into an
23        asset purchase agreement to acquire all or
24        substantially all of the operating assets of a public
25        utility or natural gas cooperative with the intention
26        of operating those assets as a natural gas cooperative;

 

 

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1        (5) sewage disposal companies which provide sewage
2    disposal services on a mutual basis without establishing
3    rates or charges for services, but paying the operating
4    expenses by assessment upon the members of the company and
5    no others;
6        (6) (Blank);
7        (7) cogeneration facilities, small power production
8    facilities, and other qualifying facilities, as defined in
9    the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act and regulations
10    promulgated thereunder, except to the extent State
11    regulatory jurisdiction and action is required or
12    authorized by federal law, regulations, regulatory
13    decisions or the decisions of federal or State courts of
14    competent jurisdiction;
15        (8) the ownership or operation of a facility that sells
16    compressed natural gas at retail to the public for use only
17    as a motor vehicle fuel and the selling of compressed
18    natural gas at retail to the public for use only as a motor
19    vehicle fuel;
20        (9) alternative retail electric suppliers as defined
21    in Article XVI; and
22        (10) the Illinois Power Agency.
23    (c) An entity that furnishes the service of charging
24electric vehicles does not and shall not be deemed to sell
25electricity and is not and shall not be deemed a public utility
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1billed. If, however, the entity is otherwise deemed a public
2utility under this Act, or is otherwise subject to regulation
3under this Act, then that entity is not exempt from and remains
4subject to the otherwise applicable provisions of this Act. The
5installation, maintenance, and repair of an electric vehicle
6charging station shall comply with the requirements of
7subsection (a) of Section 16-128 and Section 16-128A of this
8Act.
9    For purposes of this subsection, the term "electric
10vehicles" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 10
11of the Electric Vehicle Act.
12(Source: P.A. 94-738, eff. 5-4-06; 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)
 
13    (220 ILCS 5/16-102)
14    Sec. 16-102. Definitions. For the purposes of this Article
15the following terms shall be defined as set forth in this
16Section.
17    "Alternative retail electric supplier" means every person,
18cooperative, corporation, municipal corporation, company,
19association, joint stock company or association, firm,
20partnership, individual, or other entity, their lessees,
21trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, that
22offers electric power or energy for sale, lease or in exchange
23for other value received to one or more retail customers, or
24that engages in the delivery or furnishing of electric power or
25energy to such retail customers, and shall include, without

 

 

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1limitation, resellers, aggregators and power marketers, but
2shall not include (i) electric utilities (or any agent of the
3electric utility to the extent the electric utility provides
4tariffed services to retail customers through that agent), (ii)
5any electric cooperative or municipal system as defined in
6Section 17-100 to the extent that the electric cooperative or
7municipal system is serving retail customers within any area in
8which it is or would be entitled to provide service under the
9law in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this
10amendatory Act of 1997, (iii) a public utility that is owned
11and operated by any public institution of higher education of
12this State, or a public utility that is owned by such public
13institution of higher education and operated by any of its
14lessees or operating agents, within any area in which it is or
15would be entitled to provide service under the law in effect
16immediately prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act
17of 1997, (iv) a retail customer to the extent that customer
18obtains its electric power and energy from that customer's own
19cogeneration or self-generation facilities, (v) an entity that
20owns, operates, sells, or arranges for the installation of a
21customer's own cogeneration or self-generation facilities, but
22only to the extent the entity is engaged in owning, selling or
23arranging for the installation of such facility, or operating
24the facility on behalf of such customer, provided however that
25any such third party owner or operator of a facility built
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1Section 16-128(a) as though such third party were an
2alternative retail electric supplier, or (vi) an industrial or
3manufacturing customer that owns its own distribution
4facilities, to the extent that the customer provides service
5from that distribution system to a third-party contractor
6located on the customer's premises that is integrally and
7predominantly engaged in the customer's industrial or
8manufacturing process; provided, that if the industrial or
9manufacturing customer has elected delivery services, the
10customer shall pay transition charges applicable to the
11electric power and energy consumed by the third-party
12contractor unless such charges are otherwise paid by the third
13party contractor, which shall be calculated based on the usage
14of, and the base rates or the contract rates applicable to, the
15third-party contractor in accordance with Section 16-102.
16    An entity that furnishes the service of charging electric
17vehicles does not and shall not be deemed to sell electricity
18and is not and shall not be deemed an alternative retail
19electric supplier, and is not subject to regulation as such
20under this Act notwithstanding the basis on which the service
21is provided or billed. If, however, the entity is otherwise
22deemed an alternative retail electric supplier under this Act,
23or is otherwise subject to regulation under this Act, then that
24entity is not exempt from and remains subject to the otherwise
25applicable provisions of this Act. The installation,
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1shall comply with the requirements of subsection (a) of Section
216-128 and Section 16-128A of this Act.
3    For purposes of this Section, the term "electric vehicles"
4has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 10 of the
5Electric Vehicle Act.
6    "Base rates" means the rates for those tariffed services
7that the electric utility is required to offer pursuant to
8subsection (a) of Section 16-103 and that were identified in a
9rate order for collection of the electric utility's base rate
10revenue requirement, excluding (i) separate automatic rate
11adjustment riders then in effect, (ii) special or negotiated
12contract rates, (iii) delivery services tariffs filed pursuant
13to Section 16-108, (iv) real-time pricing, or (v) tariffs that
14were in effect prior to October 1, 1996 and that based charges
15for services on an index or average of other utilities'
16charges, but including (vi) any subsequent redesign of such
17rates for tariffed services that is authorized by the
18Commission after notice and hearing.
19    "Competitive service" includes (i) any service that has
20been declared to be competitive pursuant to Section 16-113 of
21this Act, (ii) contract service, and (iii) services, other than
22tariffed services, that are related to, but not necessary for,
23the provision of electric power and energy or delivery
24services.
25    "Contract service" means (1) services, including the
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1are provided by mutual agreement between an electric utility
2and a retail customer that is located in the electric utility's
3service area, provided that, delivery services shall not be a
4contract service until such services are declared competitive
5pursuant to Section 16-113; and also means (2) the provision of
6electric power and energy by an electric utility to retail
7customers outside the electric utility's service area pursuant
8to Section 16-116. Provided, however, contract service does not
9include electric utility services provided pursuant to (i)
10contracts that retail customers are required to execute as a
11condition of receiving tariffed services, or (ii) special or
12negotiated rate contracts for electric utility services that
13were entered into between an electric utility and a retail
14customer prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of
151997 and filed with the Commission.
16    "Delivery services" means those services provided by the
17electric utility that are necessary in order for the
18transmission and distribution systems to function so that
19retail customers located in the electric utility's service area
20can receive electric power and energy from suppliers other than
21the electric utility, and shall include, without limitation,
22standard metering and billing services.
23    "Electric utility" means a public utility, as defined in
24Section 3-105 of this Act, that has a franchise, license,
25permit or right to furnish or sell electricity to retail
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1    "Mandatory transition period" means the period from the
2effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 through January
31, 2007.
4    "Municipal system" shall have the meaning set forth in
5Section 17-100.
6    "Real-time pricing" means tariffed retail charges for
7delivered electric power and energy that vary hour-to-hour and
8are determined from wholesale market prices using a methodology
9approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
10    "Retail customer" means a single entity using electric
11power or energy at a single premises and that (A) either (i) is
12receiving or is eligible to receive tariffed services from an
13electric utility, or (ii) that is served by a municipal system
14or electric cooperative within any area in which the municipal
15system or electric cooperative is or would be entitled to
16provide service under the law in effect immediately prior to
17the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, or (B) an
18entity which on the effective date of this Act was receiving
19electric service from a public utility and (i) was engaged in
20the practice of resale and redistribution of such electricity
21within a building prior to January 2, 1957, or (ii) was
22providing lighting services to tenants in a multi-occupancy
23building, but only to the extent such resale, redistribution or
24lighting service is authorized by the electric utility's
25tariffs that were on file with the Commission on the effective
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1    "Service area" means (i) the geographic area within which
2an electric utility was lawfully entitled to provide electric
3power and energy to retail customers as of the effective date
4of this amendatory Act of 1997, and includes (ii) the location
5of any retail customer to which the electric utility was
6lawfully providing electric utility services on such effective
7date.
8    "Small commercial retail customer" means those
9nonresidential retail customers of an electric utility
10consuming 15,000 kilowatt-hours or less of electricity
11annually in its service area.
12    "Tariffed service" means services provided to retail
13customers by an electric utility as defined by its rates on
14file with the Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article
15IX of this Act, but shall not include competitive services.
16    "Transition charge" means a charge expressed in cents per
17kilowatt-hour that is calculated for a customer or class of
18customers as follows for each year in which an electric utility
19is entitled to recover transition charges as provided in
20Section 16-108:
21        (1) the amount of revenue that an electric utility
22    would receive from the retail customer or customers if it
23    were serving such customers' electric power and energy
24    requirements as a tariffed service based on (A) all of the
25    customers' actual usage during the 3 years ending 90 days
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1    eligible for delivery services pursuant to Section 16-104,
2    and (B) on (i) the base rates in effect on October 1, 1996
3    (adjusted for the reductions required by subsection (b) of
4    Section 16-111, for any reduction resulting from a rate
5    decrease under Section 16-101(b), for any restatement of
6    base rates made in conjunction with an elimination of the
7    fuel adjustment clause pursuant to subsection (b), (d), or
8    (f) of Section 9-220 and for any removal of decommissioning
9    costs from base rates pursuant to Section 16-114) and any
10    separate automatic rate adjustment riders (other than a
11    decommissioning rate as defined in Section 16-114) under
12    which the customers were receiving or, had they been
13    customers, would have received electric power and energy
14    from the electric utility during the year immediately
15    preceding the date on which such customers were first
16    eligible for delivery service pursuant to Section 16-104,
17    or (ii) to the extent applicable, any contract rates,
18    including contracts or rates for consolidated or
19    aggregated billing, under which such customers were
20    receiving electric power and energy from the electric
21    utility during such year;
22        (2) less the amount of revenue, other than revenue from
23    transition charges and decommissioning rates, that the
24    electric utility would receive from such retail customers
25    for delivery services provided by the electric utility,
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1    all of their usage, based on the delivery services tariffs
2    in effect during the year for which the transition charge
3    is being calculated and on the usage identified in
4    paragraph (1);
5        (3) less the market value for the electric power and
6    energy that the electric utility would have used to supply
7    all of such customers' electric power and energy
8    requirements, as a tariffed service, based on the usage
9    identified in paragraph (1), with such market value
10    determined in accordance with Section 16-112 of this Act;
11        (4) less the following amount which represents the
12    amount to be attributed to new revenue sources and cost
13    reductions by the electric utility through the end of the
14    period for which transition costs are recovered pursuant to
15    Section 16-108, referred to in this Article XVI as a
16    "mitigation factor":
17            (A) for nonresidential retail customers, an amount
18        equal to the greater of (i) 0.5 cents per kilowatt-hour
19        during the period October 1, 1999 through December 31,
20        2004, 0.6 cents per kilowatt-hour in calendar year
21        2005, and 0.9 cents per kilowatt-hour in calendar year
22        2006, multiplied in each year by the usage identified
23        in paragraph (1), or (ii) an amount equal to the
24        following percentages of the amount produced by
25        applying the applicable base rates (adjusted as
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1        the usage identified in paragraph (1): 8% for the
2        period October 1, 1999 through December 31, 2002, 10%
3        in calendar years 2003 and 2004, 11% in calendar year
4        2005 and 12% in calendar year 2006; and
5            (B) for residential retail customers, an amount
6        equal to the following percentages of the amount
7        produced by applying the base rates in effect on
8        October 1, 1996 (adjusted as described in subparagraph
9        (1)(B)) to the usage identified in paragraph (1): (i)
10        6% from May 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002, (ii) 7%
11        in calendar years 2003 and 2004, (iii) 8% in calendar
12        year 2005, and (iv) 10% in calendar year 2006;
13        (5) divided by the usage of such customers identified
14    in paragraph (1),
15provided that the transition charge shall never be less than
16zero.
17    "Unbundled service" means a component or constituent part
18of a tariffed service which the electric utility subsequently
19offers separately to its customers.
20(Source: P.A. 94-977, eff. 6-30-06.)
 
21    (220 ILCS 5/16-128A)
22    Sec. 16-128A. Certification of installers, maintainers, or
23repairers.
24    (a) Within 18 months of the effective date of this
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1shall adopt rules, including emergency rules, establishing
2certification requirements ensuring that entities installing
3distributed generation facilities are in compliance with the
4requirements of subsection (a) of Section 16-128 of this Act.
5    For purposes of this Section, the phrase "entities
6installing distributed generation facilities" shall include,
7but not be limited to, all entities that are exempt from the
8definition of "alternative retail electric supplier" under
9item (v) of Section 16-102 of this Act. For purposes of this
10Section, the phrase "self-installer" means an individual who
11(i) leases or purchases a cogeneration facility for his or her
12own personal use and (ii) installs such cogeneration or
13self-generation facility on his or her own premises without the
14assistance of any other person.
15    (b) In addition to any authority granted to the Commission
16under this Act, the Commission is also authorized to: (1)
17determine which entities are subject to certification under
18this Section; (2) impose reasonable certification fees and
19penalties; (3) adopt disciplinary procedures; (4) investigate
20any and all activities subject to this Section, including
21violations thereof; (5) adopt procedures to issue or renew, or
22to refuse to issue or renew, a certification or to revoke,
23suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or otherwise
24discipline a certified entity under this Act or take other
25enforcement action against an entity subject to this Section;
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1enforcement of this Section.
2    (c) No electric utility shall provide a retail customer
3with net metering service related to interconnection of that
4customer's distributed generation facility unless the customer
5provides the electric utility with (i) a certification that the
6customer installing the distributed generation facility was a
7self-installer or (ii) evidence that the distributed
8generation facility was installed by an entity certified under
9this Section that is also in good standing with the Commission.
10For purposes of this subsection, a retail customer includes
11that customer's employees, officers, and agents. An electric
12utility shall file a tariff or tariffs with the Commission
13setting forth the documentation, as specified by Commission
14rule, that a retail customer must provide to an electric
15utility. The provisions of this subsection (c) shall apply on
16or after the effective date of the Commission's rules
17prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section.
18    (d) Within 180 days after the effective date of this
19amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Commission
20shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish
21certification requirements that shall be applicable to persons
22or entities vendors that install, maintain, or repair electric
23vehicle charging stations. The notification and certification
24requirements of this Section shall only be applicable to
25individuals or entities that perform work on or within an
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1to, connection of power to an electric vehicle charging
2station.
3    For the purposes of this Section "electric vehicle charging
4station" means any facility or equipment that is used to charge
5a battery or other energy storage device of an electric
6vehicle.
7    Rules regulating the installation, maintenance, or repair
8of electric vehicle charging stations, in which the Commission
9may establish separate requirements based upon the
10characteristics of electric vehicle charging stations, so long
11as it is in accordance with the requirements of subsection (a)
12of Section 16-128 and Section 16-128A of this Act, shall:
13        (1) establish a certification process for persons or
14    entities that install, maintain, or repair of electric
15    vehicle charging stations;
16        (2) require persons or entities that install,
17    maintain, or repair electric vehicle stations to be
18    certified to do business and to be bonded in the State;
19        (3) ensure that persons or entities that install,
20    maintain, or repair electric vehicle charging stations
21    have the requisite knowledge, skills, training,
22    experience, and competence to perform functions in a safe
23    and reliable manner as required under subsection (a) of
24    Section 16-128 of this Act;
25        (4) impose reasonable certification fees and penalties
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1    electric vehicle charging stations for noncompliance of
2    the rules adopted under this subsection;
3        (5) ensure that all persons or entities that install,
4    maintain, or repair electric vehicle charging stations
5    conform to applicable building and electrical codes;
6        (6) ensure that all electric vehicle charging stations
7    meet recognized industry standards as the Commission deems
8    appropriate, such as the National Electric Code (NEC) and
9    standards developed or created by the Institute of
10    Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Electric
11    Power Research Institute (EPRI), the Detroit Edison
12    Institute (DTE), the Underwriters Laboratory (UL), the
13    Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and the National
14    Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST);
15        (7) include any additional requirements that the
16    Commission deems reasonable to ensure that persons or
17    entities that install, maintain, or repair electric
18    vehicle charging stations meet adequate training,
19    financial, and competency requirements;
20        (8) ensure that the obligations required under this
21    Section and subsection (a) of Section 16-128 of this Act
22    are met prior to the interconnection of any electric
23    vehicle charging station;
24        (9) ensure electric vehicle charging stations
25    installed by a self-installer are not used for any
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1        (10) establish an inspection procedure for the
2    conversion of electric vehicle charging stations installed
3    by a self-installer if it is determined that the
4    self-installed electric vehicle charging station is being
5    used for commercial purposes;
6        (11) establish the requirement that all persons or
7    entities that install electric vehicle charging stations
8    shall notify the servicing electric utility in writing of
9    plans to install an electric vehicle charging station and
10    shall notify the servicing electric utility in writing when
11    installation is complete;
12        (12) ensure that all persons or entities that install,
13    maintain, or repair electric vehicle charging stations
14    obtain certificates of insurance in sufficient amounts and
15    coverages that the Commission so determines and, if
16    necessary as determined by the Commission, names the
17    affected public utility as an additional insured; and
18        (13) identify and determine the training or other
19    programs by which persons or entities may obtain the
20    requisite training, skills, or experience necessary to
21    achieve and maintain compliance with the requirements set
22    forth in this subsection and subsection (a) of Section
23    16-128 to install, maintain, or repair electric vehicle
24    charging stations.
25    Within 18 months after the effective date of this
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1shall adopt rules, and may, if it deems necessary, adopt
2emergency rules, for the installation, maintenance, or repair
3of electric vehicle charging stations.
4    All retail customers who own, maintain, or repair an
5electric vehicle charging station shall provide the servicing
6electric utility (i) a certification that the customer
7installing the electric vehicle charging station was a
8self-installer or (ii) evidence that the electric vehicle
9charging station was installed by an entity certified under
10this subsection (d) that is also in good standing with the
11Commission. For purposes of this subsection (d), a retail
12customer includes that retail customer's employees, officers,
13and agents. If the electric vehicle charging station was not
14installed by a self-installer, then the person or entity that
15plans to install the electric vehicle charging station shall
16provide notice to the servicing electric utility prior to
17installation and when installation is complete and provide any
18other information required by the Commission's rules
19established under subsection (d) of this Section. An electric
20utility shall file a tariff or tariffs with the Commission
21setting forth the documentation, as specified by Commission
22rule, that a retail customer who owns, uses, operates, or
23maintains an electric vehicle charging station must provide to
24an electric utility.
25    For the purposes of this subsection, an electric vehicle
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1equipment as that term is used in subsection (a) of Section
216-128 of this Act. The phrase "self-installer" means an
3individual who (i) leases or purchases an electric vehicle
4charging station for his or her own personal use and (ii)
5installs an electric vehicle charging station on his or her own
6premises without the assistance of any other person.
7    (e) Fees and penalties collected under this Section shall
8be deposited into the Public Utility Fund and used to fund the
9Commission's compliance with the obligations imposed by this
10Section.
11    (f) The rules established under subsection (d) of this
12Section shall specify the initial dates for compliance with the
13rules.
14    (g) The certification of persons or entities that install,
15maintain, or repair distributed generation facilities and
16electric vehicle charging stations as set forth in this Section
17is an exclusive power and function of the State. A home rule
18unit or other units of local government authority may subject
19persons or entities that install, maintain, or repair
20distributed generation facilities or electric vehicle charging
21stations as set forth in this Section to any applicable local
22licensing, siting, and permitting requirements otherwise
23permitted under law so long as only Commission-certified
24persons or entities are authorized to install, maintain, or
25repair distributed generation facilities or electric vehicle
26charging stations. This Section is a limitation under

 

 

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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. 97-616, eff. 10-26-11.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.