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Renewable Energy Committee
Filed: 3/22/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 185
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 185 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic |
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| Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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| amended by adding Section 605-975 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 605/605-975 new) |
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| Sec. 605-975. Energy efficiency contractor certification. |
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| The Department shall establish and administer a program to |
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| certify energy efficiency contractors within the State. For the |
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| purposes of this Section, "energy efficiency contractor" means |
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| a contractor that is capable of (i) evaluating the energy |
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| efficiency needs of single and multifamily homes, (ii) |
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| installing and maintaining cost-effective energy efficient |
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| products, (iii) informing consumers of available tax |
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| incentives, rebates, and grants, and (iv) working with the |
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| Department to develop and implement financing options for |
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| consumers. The Department may work with State agencies and |
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| not-for profit organizations in developing energy efficiency |
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| financing options. The Department shall work with electric and |
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| gas utilities in the State in order to develop the criteria |
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| used to certify energy efficiency contractors. The Department |
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| may revoke the certification of an energy efficiency contractor |
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| if the contractor fails to maintain the standards required by |
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| the certification program. The Department shall maintain a list |
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| of all certified energy efficiency contractors in the State, |
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| organized by service territory, and post that list on the |
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| Department's website. |
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| In addition, the Department may also implement one or more |
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| pilot programs designed to offer low-cost energy efficient |
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| appliances to residential consumers within the State.
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| Section 10. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 5-204 as follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/5-204 new)
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| Sec. 5-204. Energy efficiency contractors. All utilities |
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| must work with the Department of Commerce and Economic |
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| Opportunity to promote the Department's energy efficiency |
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| contractor certification program. All utilities shall provide |
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| a list of certified energy efficiency contractors to their |
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| customers upon request. In addition, each utility must place, |