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1 | AN ACT concerning utilities.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 16-107.7 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (220 ILCS 5/16-107.7 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 16-107.7. Net Metering Task Force. | ||||||
8 | (a) The General Assembly finds and declares all of the | ||||||
9 | following: | ||||||
10 | (1) In Public Act 95-420, the General Assembly found | ||||||
11 | and declared that a program to provide net electricity | ||||||
12 | metering can (i) encourage private investment in renewable | ||||||
13 | energy resources, (ii) stimulate economic growth, (iii) | ||||||
14 | enhance the continued diversification in Illinois' energy | ||||||
15 | resource mix, and (iv) protect the Illinois environment. | ||||||
16 | (2) The Illinois net metering program provides retail | ||||||
17 | rate net metering for systems with a nameplate rating of 40 | ||||||
18 | kilowatts and below. | ||||||
19 | (3) The General Assembly finds that it is in the | ||||||
20 | public's best interest to establish a task force to study | ||||||
21 | and evaluate net metering program experiences in other | ||||||
22 | states, examine the status of net metering in Illinois, and | ||||||
23 | determine whether any changes to the statutes concerning |
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1 | Illinois net metering are necessary. | ||||||
2 | (b) The General Assembly establishes the Net Metering Task | ||||||
3 | Force comprised of 16 members to be appointed no later than | ||||||
4 | August 2, 2010 in the following manner: | ||||||
5 | (1) one member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
6 | Senate; | ||||||
7 | (2) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
8 | Senate; | ||||||
9 | (3) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
10 | Representatives; | ||||||
11 | (4) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
12 | House of Representatives; | ||||||
13 | (5) one member appointed by the Attorney General; and | ||||||
14 | (6) 11 members appointed by the Governor, including one | ||||||
15 | representative from the Office of the Governor, one | ||||||
16 | representative from the Illinois Commerce Commission, one | ||||||
17 | representative of the Illinois Power Agency, one | ||||||
18 | representative from the Department of Commerce and | ||||||
19 | Economic Opportunity, one representative from the Citizens | ||||||
20 | Utility Board, one representative from a membership | ||||||
21 | organization representing alternative retail electric | ||||||
22 | suppliers, one representative from the environmental | ||||||
23 | community, one representative from an Illinois public | ||||||
24 | utility serving 2 million or more retail electric | ||||||
25 | customers, one representative from 3 legally affiliated | ||||||
26 | Illinois public utilities serving fewer than 2 million |
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1 | retail electric customers, one representative from a | ||||||
2 | membership organization representing Illinois public | ||||||
3 | utilities, and one representative from a membership | ||||||
4 | organization representing Illinois retail merchants. | ||||||
5 | The Governor shall name a chairperson from among the Task | ||||||
6 | Force appointees. | ||||||
7 | (c) No later than March 1, 2011, the Task Force shall | ||||||
8 | submit a report to the General Assembly concerning the status | ||||||
9 | of net metering in Illinois and whether any legislative and | ||||||
10 | programmatic changes to the existing net metering law are | ||||||
11 | necessary. The Chairperson of the Task Force shall submit a | ||||||
12 | draft report to each of the members of the Task Force at least | ||||||
13 | 30 days before submitting the required report to the General | ||||||
14 | Assembly. The members of the Task Force shall discuss the draft | ||||||
15 | report and record any votes taken on its contents. The draft | ||||||
16 | report receiving the approval of a majority of those appointed | ||||||
17 | to the Task Force shall be submitted to the General Assembly. | ||||||
18 | Any Task Force member voting not to approve the Task Force | ||||||
19 | report shall be allowed to submit a minority report for | ||||||
20 | inclusion in the Task Force report. The Task Force report to | ||||||
21 | the General Assembly shall include all minority reports | ||||||
22 | submitted to the Chairperson within 10 business days after the | ||||||
23 | day the Task Force approves the required report. | ||||||
24 | (d) The Task Force report shall include, at a minimum, | ||||||
25 | discussion of the following topics: | ||||||
26 | (1) net metering policies and experiences from other |
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1 | states; | ||||||
2 | (2) the effects associated with expanded net metering | ||||||
3 | development in Illinois, including its impact on renewable | ||||||
4 | and diversified energy development, economic development, | ||||||
5 | job growth, peak electricity consumption, grid operation | ||||||
6 | and maintenance, and the environment; | ||||||
7 | (3) any uneconomic existing barriers to net metering | ||||||
8 | development in Illinois; | ||||||
9 | (4) whether legislation, policies, and other best | ||||||
10 | practices should be implemented to address uneconomic | ||||||
11 | barriers to net metering development in Illinois; | ||||||
12 | (5) the overall consumer costs and rate impacts, if | ||||||
13 | any, associated with implementing these policies, | ||||||
14 | including taking into account the associated benefits of | ||||||
15 | net metering development in Illinois; and | ||||||
16 | (6) an evaluation of the current net metering law to | ||||||
17 | determine how well it is functioning among the | ||||||
18 | participating utilities. | ||||||
19 | (e) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall provide | ||||||
20 | administrative support for the Task Force.
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
22 | becoming law.
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