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Full Text of SB0518  100th General Assembly

SB0518sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 3/15/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 518

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 518 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and
5Coal Resources Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing
6Section 6-5 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 687/6-5)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
9    Sec. 6-5. Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
10Development Assistance Charge.
11    (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-111 of the
12Public Utilities Act but subject to subsection (e) of this
13Section, each public utility, electric cooperative, as defined
14in Section 3.4 of the Electric Supplier Act, and municipal
15utility, as referenced in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities
16Act, that is engaged in the delivery of electricity or the

 

 

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1distribution of natural gas within the State of Illinois shall,
2effective January 1, 1998, assess each of its customer accounts
3a monthly Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
4Development Assistance Charge. The delivering public utility,
5municipal electric or gas utility, or electric or gas
6cooperative for a self-assessing purchaser remains subject to
7the collection of the fee imposed by this Section. The monthly
8charge shall be as follows:
9        (1) $0.05 per month on each account for residential
10    electric service as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
11    Assistance Act;
12        (2) $0.05 per month on each account for residential gas
13    service as defined in Section 13 of the Energy Assistance
14    Act;
15        (3) $0.50 per month on each account for nonresidential
16    electric service, as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
17    Assistance Act, which had less than 10 megawatts of peak
18    demand during the previous calendar year;
19        (4) $0.50 per month on each account for nonresidential
20    gas service, as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
21    Assistance Act, which had distributed to it less than
22    4,000,000 therms of gas during the previous calendar year;
23        (5) $37.50 per month on each account for nonresidential
24    electric service, as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
25    Assistance Act, which had 10 megawatts or greater of peak
26    demand during the previous calendar year; and

 

 

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1        (6) $37.50 per month on each account for nonresidential
2    gas service, as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
3    Assistance Act, which had 4,000,000 or more therms of gas
4    distributed to it during the previous calendar year.
5    (b) The Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
6Development Assistance Charge assessed by electric and gas
7public utilities shall be considered a charge for public
8utility service.
9    (c) Fifty percent of the moneys collected pursuant to this
10Section shall be deposited in the Renewable Energy Resources
11Trust Fund by the Department of Revenue. From those funds,
12$2,000,000 shall be used annually by the Department to provide
13grants to the Illinois Green Economy Network for the purposes
14of funding education and training for renewable energy and
15energy efficiency technology and for the operation and services
16of the Illinois Green Economy Network. The remaining 50 percent
17of the moneys collected pursuant to this Section shall be
18deposited in the Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund by
19the Department of Revenue for the exclusive purposes of (1)
20capturing or sequestering carbon emissions produced by coal
21combustion; (2) supporting research on the capture and
22sequestration of carbon emissions produced by coal combustion;
23and (3) improving coal miner safety.
24    (d) By the 20th day of the month following the month in
25which the charges imposed by this Section were collected, each
26utility and alternative retail electric supplier collecting

 

 

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1charges pursuant to this Section shall remit to the Department
2of Revenue for deposit in the Renewable Energy Resources Trust
3Fund and the Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund all
4moneys received as payment of the charge provided for in this
5Section on a return prescribed and furnished by the Department
6of Revenue showing such information as the Department of
7Revenue may reasonably require.
8    (e) The charges imposed by this Section shall only apply to
9customers of municipal electric or gas utilities and electric
10or gas cooperatives if the municipal electric or gas utility or
11electric or gas cooperative makes an affirmative decision to
12impose the charge. If a municipal electric or gas utility or an
13electric or gas cooperative makes an affirmative decision to
14impose the charge provided by this Section, the municipal
15electric or gas utility or electric or gas cooperative shall
16inform the Department of Revenue in writing of such decision
17when it begins to impose the charge. If a municipal electric or
18gas utility or electric or gas cooperative does not assess this
19charge, its customers shall not be eligible for the Renewable
20Energy Resources Program.
21    (f) The Department of Revenue may establish such rules as
22it deems necessary to implement this Section.
23(Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.".