Full Text of SB1496 98th General Assembly
SB1496ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Sue Scherer Filed: 5/27/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1496
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1496 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 8-103 as follows:
| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/8-103)
| 7 | | Sec. 8-103. Energy efficiency and demand-response | 8 | | measures. | 9 | | (a) It is the policy of the State that electric utilities | 10 | | are required to use cost-effective energy efficiency and | 11 | | demand-response measures to reduce delivery load. Requiring | 12 | | investment in cost-effective energy efficiency and | 13 | | demand-response measures will reduce direct and indirect costs | 14 | | to consumers by decreasing environmental impacts and by | 15 | | avoiding or delaying the need for new generation, transmission, | 16 | | and distribution infrastructure. It serves the public interest |
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| 1 | | to allow electric utilities to recover costs for reasonably and | 2 | | prudently incurred expenses for energy efficiency and | 3 | | demand-response measures. As used in this Section, | 4 | | "cost-effective" means that the measures satisfy the total | 5 | | resource cost test. The low-income measures described in | 6 | | subsection (f)(4) of this Section shall not be required to meet | 7 | | the total resource cost test. For purposes of this Section, the | 8 | | terms "energy-efficiency", "demand-response", "electric | 9 | | utility", and "total resource cost test" shall have the | 10 | | meanings set forth in the Illinois Power Agency Act. For | 11 | | purposes of this Section, the amount per kilowatthour means the | 12 | | total amount paid for electric service expressed on a per | 13 | | kilowatthour basis. For purposes of this Section, the total | 14 | | amount paid for electric service includes without limitation | 15 | | estimated amounts paid for supply, transmission, distribution, | 16 | | surcharges, and add-on-taxes. | 17 | | (b) Electric utilities shall implement cost-effective | 18 | | energy efficiency measures to meet the following incremental | 19 | | annual energy savings goals: | 20 | | (1) 0.2% of energy delivered in the year commencing | 21 | | June 1, 2008; | 22 | | (2) 0.4% of energy delivered in the year commencing | 23 | | June 1, 2009; | 24 | | (3) 0.6% of energy delivered in the year commencing | 25 | | June 1, 2010; | 26 | | (4) 0.8% of energy delivered in the year commencing |
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| 1 | | June 1, 2011; | 2 | | (5) 1% of energy delivered in the year commencing June | 3 | | 1, 2012; | 4 | | (6) 1.4% of energy delivered in the year commencing | 5 | | June 1, 2013; | 6 | | (7) 1.8% of energy delivered in the year commencing | 7 | | June 1, 2014; and | 8 | | (8) 2% of energy delivered in the year commencing June | 9 | | 1, 2015 and each year thereafter. | 10 | | (c) Electric utilities shall implement cost-effective | 11 | | demand-response measures to reduce peak demand by 0.1% over the | 12 | | prior year for eligible retail customers, as defined in Section | 13 | | 16-111.5 of this Act, and for customers that elect hourly | 14 | | service from the utility pursuant to Section 16-107 of this | 15 | | Act, provided those customers have not been declared | 16 | | competitive. This requirement commences June 1, 2008 and | 17 | | continues for 10 years. | 18 | | (d) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsections (b) | 19 | | and (c) of this Section, an electric utility shall reduce the | 20 | | amount of energy efficiency and demand-response measures | 21 | | implemented in any single year by an amount necessary to limit | 22 | | the estimated average increase in the amounts paid by retail | 23 | | customers in connection with electric service due to the cost | 24 | | of those measures to: | 25 | | (1) in 2008, no more than 0.5% of the amount paid per | 26 | | kilowatthour by those customers during the year ending May |
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| 1 | | 31, 2007; | 2 | | (2) in 2009, the greater of an additional 0.5% of the | 3 | | amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers during the | 4 | | year ending May 31, 2008 or 1% of the amount paid per | 5 | | kilowatthour by those customers during the year ending May | 6 | | 31, 2007; | 7 | | (3) in 2010, the greater of an additional 0.5% of the | 8 | | amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers during the | 9 | | year ending May 31, 2009 or 1.5% of the amount paid per | 10 | | kilowatthour by those customers during the year ending May | 11 | | 31, 2007; | 12 | | (4) in 2011, the greater of an additional 0.5% of the | 13 | | amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers during the | 14 | | year ending May 31, 2010 or 2% of the amount paid per | 15 | | kilowatthour by those customers during the year ending May | 16 | | 31, 2007; and
| 17 | | (5) thereafter, the amount of energy efficiency and | 18 | | demand-response measures implemented for any single year | 19 | | shall be reduced by an amount necessary to limit the | 20 | | estimated average net increase due to the cost of these | 21 | | measures included in the amounts paid by eligible retail | 22 | | customers in connection with electric service to no more | 23 | | than the greater of 2.015% of the amount paid per | 24 | | kilowatthour by those customers during the year ending May | 25 | | 31, 2007 or the incremental amount per kilowatthour paid | 26 | | for these measures in 2011.
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| 1 | | No later than June 30, 2011, the Commission shall review | 2 | | the limitation on the amount of energy efficiency and | 3 | | demand-response measures implemented pursuant to this Section | 4 | | and report to the General Assembly its findings as to whether | 5 | | that limitation unduly constrains the procurement of energy | 6 | | efficiency and demand-response measures. | 7 | | (e) Electric utilities shall be responsible for overseeing | 8 | | the design, development, and filing of energy efficiency and | 9 | | demand-response plans with the Commission. Electric utilities | 10 | | shall implement 100% of the demand-response measures in the | 11 | | plans. Electric utilities shall implement 75% of the energy | 12 | | efficiency measures approved by the Commission, and may, as | 13 | | part of that implementation, outsource various aspects of | 14 | | program development and implementation. The remaining 25% of | 15 | | those energy efficiency measures approved by the Commission | 16 | | shall be implemented by the Department of Commerce and Economic | 17 | | Opportunity, and must be designed in conjunction with the | 18 | | utility and the filing process. The Department may outsource | 19 | | development and implementation of energy efficiency measures. | 20 | | A minimum of 10% of the entire portfolio of cost-effective | 21 | | energy efficiency measures shall be procured from units of | 22 | | local government, municipal corporations, school districts, | 23 | | and community college districts. The Department shall | 24 | | coordinate the implementation of these measures. | 25 | | The apportionment of the dollars to cover the costs to | 26 | | implement the Department's share of the portfolio of energy |
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| 1 | | efficiency measures shall be made to the Department once the | 2 | | Department has executed rebate agreements, grants, or | 3 | | contracts for energy efficiency measures and provided | 4 | | supporting documentation for those rebate agreements, grants, | 5 | | and contracts to the utility. The Department is authorized to | 6 | | adopt any rules necessary and prescribe procedures in order to | 7 | | ensure compliance by applicants in carrying out the purposes of | 8 | | rebate agreements for energy efficiency measures implemented | 9 | | by the Department made under this Section. | 10 | | The details of the measures implemented by the Department | 11 | | shall be submitted by the Department to the Commission in | 12 | | connection with the utility's filing regarding the energy | 13 | | efficiency and demand-response measures that the utility | 14 | | implements. | 15 | | A utility providing approved energy efficiency and | 16 | | demand-response measures in the State shall be permitted to | 17 | | recover costs of those measures through an automatic adjustment | 18 | | clause tariff filed with and approved by the Commission. The | 19 | | tariff shall be established outside the context of a general | 20 | | rate case. Each year the Commission shall initiate a review to | 21 | | reconcile any amounts collected with the actual costs and to | 22 | | determine the required adjustment to the annual tariff factor | 23 | | to match annual expenditures. | 24 | | Each utility shall include, in its recovery of costs, the | 25 | | costs estimated for both the utility's and the Department's | 26 | | implementation of energy efficiency and demand-response |
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| 1 | | measures. Costs collected by the utility for measures | 2 | | implemented by the Department shall be submitted to the | 3 | | Department pursuant to Section 605-323 of the Civil | 4 | | Administrative Code of Illinois, shall be deposited into the | 5 | | Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards Fund, and shall be used | 6 | | by the Department solely for the purpose of implementing these | 7 | | measures. A utility shall not be required to advance any moneys | 8 | | to the Department but only to forward such funds as it has | 9 | | collected. The Department shall report to the Commission on an | 10 | | annual basis regarding the costs actually incurred by the | 11 | | Department in the implementation of the measures. Any changes | 12 | | to the costs of energy efficiency measures as a result of plan | 13 | | modifications shall be appropriately reflected in amounts | 14 | | recovered by the utility and turned over to the Department. | 15 | | The portfolio of measures, administered by both the | 16 | | utilities and the Department, shall, in combination, be | 17 | | designed to achieve the annual savings targets described in | 18 | | subsections (b) and (c) of this Section, as modified by | 19 | | subsection (d) of this Section. | 20 | | The utility and the Department shall agree upon a | 21 | | reasonable portfolio of measures and determine the measurable | 22 | | corresponding percentage of the savings goals associated with | 23 | | measures implemented by the utility or Department. | 24 | | No utility shall be assessed a penalty under subsection (f) | 25 | | of this Section for failure to make a timely filing if that | 26 | | failure is the result of a lack of agreement with the |
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| 1 | | Department with respect to the allocation of responsibilities | 2 | | or related costs or target assignments. In that case, the | 3 | | Department and the utility shall file their respective plans | 4 | | with the Commission and the Commission shall determine an | 5 | | appropriate division of measures and programs that meets the | 6 | | requirements of this Section. | 7 | | If the Department is unable to meet incremental annual | 8 | | performance goals for the portion of the portfolio implemented | 9 | | by the Department, then the utility and the Department shall | 10 | | jointly submit a modified filing to the Commission explaining | 11 | | the performance shortfall and recommending an appropriate | 12 | | course going forward, including any program modifications that | 13 | | may be appropriate in light of the evaluations conducted under | 14 | | item (7) of subsection (f) of this Section. In this case, the | 15 | | utility obligation to collect the Department's costs and turn | 16 | | over those funds to the Department under this subsection (e) | 17 | | shall continue only if the Commission approves the | 18 | | modifications to the plan proposed by the Department. | 19 | | (f) No later than November 15, 2007, each electric utility | 20 | | shall file an energy efficiency and demand-response plan with | 21 | | the Commission to meet the energy efficiency and | 22 | | demand-response standards for 2008 through 2010. No later than | 23 | | October 1, 2010, each electric utility shall file an energy | 24 | | efficiency and demand-response plan with the Commission to meet | 25 | | the energy efficiency and demand-response standards for 2011 | 26 | | through 2013. Every 3 years thereafter, each electric utility |
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| 1 | | shall file, no later than September 1, an energy efficiency and | 2 | | demand-response plan with the Commission. If a utility does not | 3 | | file such a plan by September 1 of an applicable year, it shall | 4 | | face a penalty of $100,000 per day until the plan is filed. | 5 | | Each utility's plan shall set forth the utility's proposals to | 6 | | meet the utility's portion of the energy efficiency standards | 7 | | identified in subsection (b) and the demand-response standards | 8 | | identified in subsection (c) of this Section as modified by | 9 | | subsections (d) and (e), taking into account the unique | 10 | | circumstances of the utility's service territory. The | 11 | | Commission shall seek public comment on the utility's plan and | 12 | | shall issue an order approving or disapproving each plan within | 13 | | 5 months after its submission. If the Commission disapproves a | 14 | | plan, the Commission shall, within 30 days, describe in detail | 15 | | the reasons for the disapproval and describe a path by which | 16 | | the utility may file a revised draft of the plan to address the | 17 | | Commission's concerns satisfactorily. If the utility does not | 18 | | refile with the Commission within 60 days, the utility shall be | 19 | | subject to penalties at a rate of $100,000 per day until the | 20 | | plan is filed. This process shall continue, and penalties shall | 21 | | accrue, until the utility has successfully filed a portfolio of | 22 | | energy efficiency and demand-response measures. Penalties | 23 | | shall be deposited into the Energy Efficiency Trust Fund. In | 24 | | submitting proposed energy efficiency and demand-response | 25 | | plans and funding levels to meet the savings goals adopted by | 26 | | this Act the utility shall: |
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| 1 | | (1) Demonstrate that its proposed energy efficiency | 2 | | and demand-response measures will achieve the requirements | 3 | | that are identified in subsections (b) and (c) of this | 4 | | Section, as modified by subsections (d) and (e). | 5 | | (2) Present specific proposals to implement new | 6 | | building and appliance standards that have been placed into | 7 | | effect. | 8 | | (3) Present estimates of the total amount paid for | 9 | | electric service expressed on a per kilowatthour basis | 10 | | associated with the proposed portfolio of measures | 11 | | designed to meet the requirements that are identified in | 12 | | subsections (b) and (c) of this Section, as modified by | 13 | | subsections (d) and (e). | 14 | | (4) Coordinate with the Department to present a | 15 | | portfolio of energy efficiency measures proportionate to | 16 | | the share of total annual utility revenues in Illinois from | 17 | | households at or below 150% of the poverty level. The | 18 | | energy efficiency programs shall be targeted to households | 19 | | with incomes at or below 80% of area median income. | 20 | | (5) Demonstrate that its overall portfolio of energy | 21 | | efficiency and demand-response measures, not including | 22 | | programs covered by item (4) of this subsection (f), are | 23 | | cost-effective using the total resource cost test and | 24 | | represent a diverse cross-section of opportunities for | 25 | | customers of all rate classes to participate in the | 26 | | programs. |
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| 1 | | (6) Include a proposed cost-recovery tariff mechanism | 2 | | to fund the proposed energy efficiency and demand-response | 3 | | measures and to ensure the recovery of the prudently and | 4 | | reasonably incurred costs of Commission-approved programs. | 5 | | (7) Provide for an annual independent evaluation of the | 6 | | performance of the cost-effectiveness of the utility's | 7 | | portfolio of measures and the Department's portfolio of | 8 | | measures, as well as a full review of the 3-year results of | 9 | | the broader net program impacts and, to the extent | 10 | | practical, for adjustment of the measures on a | 11 | | going-forward basis as a result of the evaluations. The | 12 | | resources dedicated to evaluation shall not exceed 3% of | 13 | | portfolio resources in any given year. | 14 | | (g) No more than 3% of energy efficiency and | 15 | | demand-response program revenue may be allocated for | 16 | | demonstration of breakthrough equipment and devices. | 17 | | (h) This Section does not apply to an electric utility that | 18 | | on December 31, 2005 provided electric service to fewer than | 19 | | 100,000 customers in Illinois. | 20 | | (i) If, after 2 years, an electric utility fails to meet | 21 | | the efficiency standard specified in subsection (b) of this | 22 | | Section, as modified by subsections (d) and (e), it shall make | 23 | | a contribution to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance | 24 | | Program. The combined total liability for failure to meet the | 25 | | goal shall be $1,000,000, which shall be assessed as follows: a | 26 | | large electric utility shall pay $665,000, and a medium |
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| 1 | | electric utility shall pay $335,000. If, after 3 years, an | 2 | | electric utility fails to meet the efficiency standard | 3 | | specified in subsection (b) of this Section, as modified by | 4 | | subsections (d) and (e), it shall make a contribution to the | 5 | | Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. The combined total | 6 | | liability for failure to meet the goal shall be $1,000,000, | 7 | | which shall be assessed as follows: a large electric utility | 8 | | shall pay $665,000, and a medium electric utility shall pay | 9 | | $335,000. In addition, the responsibility for implementing the | 10 | | energy efficiency measures of the utility making the payment | 11 | | shall be transferred to the Illinois Power Agency if, after 3 | 12 | | years, or in any subsequent 3-year period, the utility fails to | 13 | | meet the efficiency standard specified in subsection (b) of | 14 | | this Section, as modified by subsections (d) and (e). The | 15 | | Agency shall implement a competitive procurement program to | 16 | | procure resources necessary to meet the standards specified in | 17 | | this Section as modified by subsections (d) and (e), with costs | 18 | | for those resources to be recovered in the same manner as | 19 | | products purchased through the procurement plan as provided in | 20 | | Section 16-111.5. The Director shall implement this | 21 | | requirement in connection with the procurement plan as provided | 22 | | in Section 16-111.5. | 23 | | For purposes of this Section, (i) a "large electric | 24 | | utility" is an electric utility that, on December 31, 2005, | 25 | | served more than 2,000,000 electric customers in Illinois; (ii) | 26 | | a "medium electric utility" is an electric utility that, on |
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| 1 | | December 31, 2005, served 2,000,000 or fewer but more than | 2 | | 100,000 electric customers in Illinois; and (iii) Illinois | 3 | | electric utilities that are affiliated by virtue of a common | 4 | | parent company are considered a single electric utility. | 5 | | (j) If, after 3 years, or any subsequent 3-year period, the | 6 | | Department fails to implement the Department's share of energy | 7 | | efficiency measures required by the standards in subsection | 8 | | (b), then the Illinois Power Agency may assume responsibility | 9 | | for and control of the Department's share of the required | 10 | | energy efficiency measures. The Agency shall implement a | 11 | | competitive procurement program to procure resources necessary | 12 | | to meet the standards specified in this Section, with the costs | 13 | | of these resources to be recovered in the same manner as | 14 | | provided for the Department in this Section.
| 15 | | (k) No electric utility shall be deemed to have failed to | 16 | | meet the energy efficiency standards to the extent any such | 17 | | failure is due to a failure of the Department or the Agency.
| 18 | | (l) Subsections (a) through (k) of this Section do not | 19 | | apply to any customer of an electric utility whose total | 20 | | highest 30 minute demand aggregated for all of such customer's | 21 | | facilities within a utility service area was more than 10,000 | 22 | | kilowatts or whose annual aggregated usage is 500,000,000 | 23 | | kilowatt hours or more in this State and that complies with the | 24 | | provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection (l). These | 25 | | criteria for determining qualification as a self-directing | 26 | | customer ("SDC") shall be based on the most recent 12 |
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| 1 | | consecutive billing periods prior to the customer's initial | 2 | | application for designation as a SDC. | 3 | | (1) Customers described in this subsection (l) shall | 4 | | apply to the Department, on a form approved by the | 5 | | Department on or before October 1, 2013, to be designated | 6 | | as a SDC on or before February 1, 2014. Thereafter, an | 7 | | application may be made not less than 6 months before the | 8 | | filing date of the electric utility energy efficiency and | 9 | | demand-response plan described in subsection (f) of this | 10 | | Section; however, a new customer that commences taking | 11 | | service from an electric utility after February 1, 2014 may | 12 | | apply to become a SDC up to 30 days after beginning | 13 | | service. The application shall contain the following: | 14 | | (A) the customer's certification that, at the time | 15 | | of its application, it qualifies to be a SDC described | 16 | | in this subsection (l); | 17 | | (B) the customer's certification that it has | 18 | | established or shall establish, by the beginning of the | 19 | | utility's 3-year planning period commencing subsequent | 20 | | to the application, and shall maintain for accounting | 21 | | purposes an energy efficiency reserve account and that | 22 | | the customer shall accrue funds in the account to be | 23 | | held for the purpose of funding, in whole or in part, | 24 | | energy efficiency measures of the customer's choosing, | 25 | | which may include, but are not limited to, projects | 26 | | involving combined heat and power systems that use the |
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| 1 | | same energy source both for the generation of | 2 | | electrical or mechanical power and the production of | 3 | | steam or another form of useful thermal energy or the | 4 | | use of combustible gas produced from biomass or both; | 5 | | (C) the customer's certification that annual | 6 | | funding levels for the energy efficiency reserve | 7 | | account shall be equal to 2% of the customer's cost of | 8 | | electricity, composed of the customer's commodity cost | 9 | | and the delivery service charges paid to the electric | 10 | | utility; | 11 | | (D) in the case of customers who use one or more | 12 | | electric arc furnaces with an annual usage of greater | 13 | | than 50% of the customer's total annual electricity | 14 | | usage, the required annual funding levels described in | 15 | | subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of this subsection | 16 | | (l) shall be based on the electricity usage not | 17 | | directly used by the electric arc furnaces; | 18 | | (E) the customer's certification that the required | 19 | | reserve account balance shall be capped at 3 years' | 20 | | worth of accruals and that the customer may, at its | 21 | | option, make further deposits to the account to the | 22 | | extent such a deposit would increase the reserve | 23 | | account balance above the designated cap level; | 24 | | (F) the customer's certification that by October 1 | 25 | | of each year, beginning no sooner than October 1, 2015, | 26 | | the customer shall report to the Department, for the |
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| 1 | | 12-month period ending May 31 of the same year, | 2 | | information on all deposits and reductions, if any, to | 3 | | the reserve account during the reporting year; reserve | 4 | | account balances by month; a description of energy | 5 | | efficiency measures undertaken by the customer and | 6 | | paid for in whole or in part with funds from the | 7 | | reserve account; and an estimate of the energy saved or | 8 | | to be saved by the measure and that the report shall | 9 | | include a verification, by an officer or plant manager | 10 | | of the customer or by a registered professional | 11 | | engineer or certified, energy-efficiency trade | 12 | | professional, that the funds withdrawn from the | 13 | | reserve account were used for the energy efficiency | 14 | | measures; | 15 | | (G) in the case of a customer with one or more | 16 | | electric arc furnaces that meet the criteria described | 17 | | in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of this subsection | 18 | | (l), the customer's certification of the level of | 19 | | electricity usage for powering its electric arc | 20 | | furnaces in a typical year and that it shall provide | 21 | | information establishing this level, upon request of | 22 | | the Department; | 23 | | (H) the customer's certification that it has | 24 | | provided the electric utility or utilities serving the | 25 | | customer with a copy of the application as filed with | 26 | | the Department; |
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| 1 | | (I) the customer's certification of the electric | 2 | | utility or utilities serving the customer in this | 3 | | State, including the electric utility accounts that | 4 | | are the subject of the application; and | 5 | | (J) the customer's verification, signed by a plant | 6 | | manager or an authorized corporate officer, attesting | 7 | | to the truthfulness and accuracy of the information | 8 | | contained in the application. | 9 | | (2) The Department shall review the application to | 10 | | determine that it contains the information described in | 11 | | subparagraphs (A) through (J) of paragraph (1) of this | 12 | | subsection (l), as applicable. The review shall be | 13 | | completed within 30 days after the date the application is | 14 | | filed with the Department. Absent a determination by the | 15 | | Department within the 30-day period, the applicant shall be | 16 | | considered to be a customer for all subsequent 3-year | 17 | | planning periods, as of the date of filing the application | 18 | | described in this subsection (l). If the Department | 19 | | determines that the application does not contain the | 20 | | applicable information described in subparagraphs (A) | 21 | | through (J) of paragraph (1) of this subsection (l), it | 22 | | shall notify the customer, in writing, of its determination | 23 | | that the application does not contain the required | 24 | | information and identify the information that is missing, | 25 | | and the customer shall provide the missing information | 26 | | within 15 working days after the date of receipt of the |
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| 1 | | Department's notification. | 2 | | (3) The Department shall have the right to audit the | 3 | | information provided in the customer's application and its | 4 | | annual reports to ensure continued compliance with the | 5 | | requirements of this subsection (l). Based on the audit, if | 6 | | the Department determines the customer is no longer in | 7 | | compliance with the requirements of subparagraphs (A) | 8 | | through (J) of paragraph (1) of this subsection (l), as | 9 | | applicable, the Department shall notify the customer in | 10 | | writing of the noncompliance. The customer shall have 30 | 11 | | days to establish its compliance and, failing to do so, may | 12 | | have its status as a SDC or exempt customer revoked by the | 13 | | Department. The Department shall treat all information | 14 | | provided by any customer seeking SDC status or exemption | 15 | | from the provisions of this Section as strictly | 16 | | confidential. | 17 | | (4) Upon request or on its own motion, the Commission | 18 | | may open an investigation, no more than once every 3 years | 19 | | and not before October 1, 2016, to evaluate the | 20 | | effectiveness of the self-directing program described in | 21 | | this subsection (l). | 22 | | (m) The applicability of this Section to customers | 23 | | described in subsection (l) of this Section is conditioned on | 24 | | the existence of the SDC program. In no event shall any | 25 | | provision of this Section apply to such customers after January | 26 | | 1, 2020. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 96-33, eff. 7-10-09; 96-159, eff. 8-10-09; | 2 | | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-616, eff. 10-26-11; 97-841, eff. | 3 | | 7-20-12.)".
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