SB0112 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 06084 MJR 26177 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0112

Introduced 1/31/2007, by Sen. Bill Brady

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 5/4-204.1 new

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Creates the pay as you save pilot program. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to develop and implement a pay as you save pilot program. Requires the Commission to determine, with consultation from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, which energy efficiency products are eligible for the program. Allows residential electric utility customers to purchase approved energy products that reduce electricity consumption with no up-front payments. Requires participating electric utility customers to assign their meter to the pay as you save pilot program so that the cost of the energy efficiency products are paid over time on the electric utility customer's utility bill, even if the initial customer moves from the household. Requires an electric utility that serves more than 100,000 customers to attempt to enroll not less than 100 households in the program. Requires an electric utility that serves 2,000,000 or more customers to attempt to enroll not less than 200 households in the program. Requires the Commission to require electric utilities that serve more than 100,000 customers to create a fund to provide grant money for the program. Provides that the Commission shall ensure that all reasonable costs incurred by electric utilities that serve more than 100,000 customers to start up and implement the pay as you save model system are recovered. Requires the Commission to issue a pay as you save pilot program status report 12 months after the effective date. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding Section 4-204.1 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/4-204.1 new)

Sec. 4-204.1. Pay as you save pilot program.

(a) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall develop and implement a pilot program within 90 days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly to be called the pay as you save pilot program, that shall:

(1) determine, with consultation from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, which energy efficiency measures, appliances, or new central air systems are eligible for the pilot program;

(2) allow residential electric utility customers to purchase approved energy efficiency measures, appliances, or new central air systems that reduce electricity consumption:

(A) with no up-front payments; and

(B) by requiring participating residential electric utility customers to assign their meter to the pay as you save pilot program so that the cost of the energy efficiency measures, appliances, or new central air systems are paid over time on the electric utility customer's utility bill, even if the initial customer moves from the household; and

(3) allow independent certification agents to verify all savings estimates and to verify if monthly charges are warranted.

(b) An electric utility that serves more than 100,000 customers must attempt to enroll not less than 100 households in the pilot program. An electric utility that serves 2,000,000 or more customers must attempt to enroll not less than 200 households in the pilot program.

(c) The Illinois Commerce Commission must require electric utilities that serve more than 100,000 customers to create a fund to provide grant money to enable residential electric utility customers to purchase a renewable energy products system as provided for in subsection (a) of this Section.

(d) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall ensure that all reasonable costs incurred by electric utilities that serve more than 100,000 customers to start up and implement the pay as you save model system are recovered, including necessary billing system adjustments and any costs for pay as you save model system efficiency measures that are not recovered via participating residential consumers' pay as you save model system bill payments or otherwise.

(e) The Illinois Commerce Commission must issue a pay as you save pilot program status report 12 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.

(f) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall adopt all rules necessary for administration of this Section.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.