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90_HB2606

      20 ILCS 687/6-5
          Amends the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and  Coal
      Resources  Development  Law  of  1997.   Provides  that  on a
      monthly basis, utility  companies  and  alternative  electric
      suppliers  collecting the Renewable Energy Resources and Coal
      Technology Development Assistance Charge shall remit  to  the
      Department of Commerce and Community Affairs for deposit into
      the  Renewable  Energy  Resources  Trust  Fund  and  the Coal
      Technology Development Assistance  Fund  (now  the  Renewable
      Energy  Resources  Trust Fund) all moneys received as payment
      for the charge.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Renewable Energy, Energy  Efficiency,
 2    and  Coal  Resources  Development  Law  of  1997  by changing
 3    Section 6-5.
 4        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 5    represented in the General Assembly:
 6        Section  5.  The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and
 7    Coal Resources Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing
 8    Section 6-5 as follows:
 9        (20 ILCS 687/6-5)
10        (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 16, 2007)
11        Sec. 6-5. Renewable Energy Resources and Coal  Technology
12    Development Assistance Charge.
13        (a)  Beginning  January  1,  1998,  the following charges
14    shall be imposed:
15             (1)  $0.05 per month on each account for residential
16        electric service as defined in Section 13 of  the  Energy
17        Assistance Act of 1989;
18             (2)  $0.05 per month on each account for residential
19        gas  service  as  defined  in  Section  13  of the Energy
20        Assistance Act of 1989;
21             (3)  $0.50   per   month   on   each   account   for
22        nonresidential electric service, as defined in Section 13
23        of the Energy Assistance Act of 1989, taking less than 10
24        megawatts of peak demand  during  the  previous  calendar
25        year;
26             (4)  $0.50   per   month   on   each   account   for
27        nonresidential  gas  service, as defined in Section 13 of
28        the Energy Assistance  Act  of  1989,  taking  less  than
29        4,000,000  therms  of  gas  during  the previous calendar
30        year;
31             (5)  $37.50  per   month   on   each   account   for
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 1        nonresidential electric service, as defined in Section 13
 2        of the Energy Assistance Act of 1989, taking 10 megawatts
 3        or  greater  of  peak demand during the previous calendar
 4        year; and
 5             (6)  $37.50  per   month   on   each   account   for
 6        nonresidential  gas  service, as defined in Section 13 of
 7        the Energy Assistance Act of 1989,  taking  4,000,000  or
 8        more therms of gas during the previous calendar year.
 9        (b)  Except   as  provided  in  subsection  (e)  of  this
10    Section, this charge is to be collected by electric  and  gas
11    utilities,  whether  owned  by  investors,  municipalities or
12    cooperatives, and alternative retail electric suppliers on  a
13    monthly basis from their respective customers.
14        (c)  Fifty  percent  of  the moneys collected pursuant to
15    this Section shall  be  deposited  in  the  Renewable  Energy
16    Resources  Trust Fund. The remaining 50 percent of the moneys
17    collected pursuant to this Section shall be deposited in  the
18    Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund for use under the
19    Illinois Coal Technology Development Assistance Act.
20        (d)  On  a  monthly  basis,  each utility and alternative
21    retail electric supplier collecting charges pursuant to  this
22    Section  shall  remit  to  the  Department  for deposit under
23    subsection (c)  of  this  Section  in  the  Renewable  Energy
24    Resources  Trust  Fund  all moneys received as payment of the
25    charge provided for in this Section.
26        (e)  The charges imposed by this Section shall only apply
27    to customers of municipal  electric  utilities  and  electric
28    cooperatives  if  the  municipal electric utility or electric
29    cooperative makes  an  affirmative  decision  to  impose  the
30    charge.   If   a   municipal  electric  utility  or  electric
31    cooperative does not assess this charge, its customers  shall
32    not be eligible for the Renewable Energy Resources Program.
33    (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)

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