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20 ILCS 687/6-5
(20 ILCS 687/6-5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)
Sec. 6-5. Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
Development Assistance Charge. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-111 of the Public
Utilities
Act but subject to subsection (e) of this Section,
each
public utility, electric cooperative, as defined in Section 3.4 of the Electric
Supplier
Act, and municipal utility, as referenced in Section 3-105 of the Public
Utilities Act,
that is engaged in the delivery of electricity or the distribution of natural
gas within
the State of Illinois shall, effective January 1, 1998, assess each of its
customer
accounts a monthly Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
Development Assistance Charge. The delivering public utility, municipal
electric or
gas utility, or electric or gas cooperative for a self-assessing purchaser
remains
subject to the collection of the fee imposed by this Section. The monthly
charge
shall be as follows:
(1) $0.05 per month on each account for residential | | electric service as defined in Section 13 of the Energy Assistance Act;
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(2) $0.05 per month on each account for residential
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(3) $0.50 per month on each account for
| | nonresidential electric service, as defined in Section 13 of the Energy Assistance Act, which had less than 10 megawatts of peak demand during the previous calendar year;
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(4) $0.50 per month on each account for
| | nonresidential gas service, as defined in Section 13 of the Energy Assistance Act, which had distributed to it less than 4,000,000 therms of gas during the previous calendar year;
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(5) $37.50 per month on each account for
| | nonresidential electric service, as defined in Section 13 of the Energy Assistance Act, which had 10 megawatts or greater of peak demand during the previous calendar year; and
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(6) $37.50 per month on each account for
| | nonresidential gas service, as defined in Section 13 of the Energy Assistance Act, which had 4,000,000 or more therms of gas distributed to it during the previous calendar year.
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(b) The Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology Development
Assistance
Charge assessed by electric and gas public utilities shall be considered a
charge
for public utility service.
(c) Fifty percent of the moneys collected pursuant to
this Section shall be deposited in the Renewable Energy
Resources Trust Fund by the Department of Revenue. From those funds, $2,000,000 may be used annually by the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to the Illinois Green Economy Network for the purposes of funding education and training for renewable energy and energy efficiency technology and for the operation and services of the Illinois Green Economy Network. The remaining 50 percent
of the moneys
collected pursuant to this Section shall be deposited in the
Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund by the Department of Revenue
for the exclusive purposes of (1) capturing or sequestering carbon emissions produced by coal combustion; (2) supporting research on the capture and sequestration of carbon emissions produced by coal combustion; and (3) improving coal miner safety.
(d) By the 20th day of the month following the month in which the charges
imposed by this Section were collected, each utility
and alternative retail electric
supplier collecting charges
pursuant to this Section shall remit
to the Department of Revenue for deposit in the
Renewable Energy Resources Trust Fund and the Coal Technology Development
Assistance Fund all
moneys received as payment of the charge provided for in this
Section on a return prescribed and furnished by the Department of Revenue
showing such information as the Department of Revenue may reasonably require.
If any payment provided for in this Section exceeds the utility or alternative retail electric supplier's liabilities under this Act, as shown on an original return, the utility or alternative retail electric supplier may credit the excess payment against liability subsequently to be remitted to the Department of Revenue under this Act.
(e) The charges imposed by this Section shall only apply
to customers of municipal electric or gas utilities and electric or gas
cooperatives if the municipal electric or gas utility or electric or
gas
cooperative makes an affirmative decision to impose the
charge.
If a municipal electric or gas utility or an electric or gas cooperative
makes an
affirmative decision to impose the charge provided by this Section, the
municipal
electric or gas utility or electric or gas cooperative shall inform the
Department of
Revenue in writing of such decision when it begins to impose the charge.
If a municipal electric or gas utility or electric or gas
cooperative does not assess this charge, its customers shall
not be eligible for the Renewable Energy Resources Program.
(f) The Department of Revenue may establish such rules as it deems
necessary to implement this Section.
(Source: P.A. 102-444, eff. 8-20-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
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