Rep. William Davis

Filed: 1/11/2021

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3096

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3096 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
5Section 16-108 as follows:
 
6    (220 ILCS 5/16-108)
7    Sec. 16-108. Recovery of costs associated with the
8provision of delivery and other services.
9    (a) An electric utility shall file a delivery services
10tariff with the Commission at least 210 days prior to the date
11that it is required to begin offering such services pursuant to
12this Act. An electric utility shall provide the components of
13delivery services that are subject to the jurisdiction of the
14Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at the same prices, terms
15and conditions set forth in its applicable tariff as approved
16or allowed into effect by that Commission. The Commission shall

 

 

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1otherwise have the authority pursuant to Article IX to review,
2approve, and modify the prices, terms and conditions of those
3components of delivery services not subject to the jurisdiction
4of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, including the
5authority to determine the extent to which such delivery
6services should be offered on an unbundled basis. In making any
7such determination the Commission shall consider, at a minimum,
8the effect of additional unbundling on (i) the objective of
9just and reasonable rates, (ii) electric utility employees, and
10(iii) the development of competitive markets for electric
11energy services in Illinois.
12    (b) The Commission shall enter an order approving, or
13approving as modified, the delivery services tariff no later
14than 30 days prior to the date on which the electric utility
15must commence offering such services. The Commission may
16subsequently modify such tariff pursuant to this Act.
17    (c) The electric utility's tariffs shall define the classes
18of its customers for purposes of delivery services charges.
19Delivery services shall be priced and made available to all
20retail customers electing delivery services in each such class
21on a nondiscriminatory basis regardless of whether the retail
22customer chooses the electric utility, an affiliate of the
23electric utility, or another entity as its supplier of electric
24power and energy. Charges for delivery services shall be cost
25based, and shall allow the electric utility to recover the
26costs of providing delivery services through its charges to its

 

 

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1delivery service customers that use the facilities and services
2associated with such costs. Such costs shall include the costs
3of owning, operating and maintaining transmission and
4distribution facilities. The Commission shall also be
5authorized to consider whether, and if so to what extent, the
6following costs are appropriately included in the electric
7utility's delivery services rates: (i) the costs of that
8portion of generation facilities used for the production and
9absorption of reactive power in order that retail customers
10located in the electric utility's service area can receive
11electric power and energy from suppliers other than the
12electric utility, and (ii) the costs associated with the use
13and redispatch of generation facilities to mitigate
14constraints on the transmission or distribution system in order
15that retail customers located in the electric utility's service
16area can receive electric power and energy from suppliers other
17than the electric utility. Nothing in this subsection shall be
18construed as directing the Commission to allocate any of the
19costs described in (i) or (ii) that are found to be
20appropriately included in the electric utility's delivery
21services rates to any particular customer group or geographic
22area in setting delivery services rates.
23    (d) The Commission shall establish charges, terms and
24conditions for delivery services that are just and reasonable
25and shall take into account customer impacts when establishing
26such charges. In establishing charges, terms and conditions for

 

 

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1delivery services, the Commission shall take into account
2voltage level differences. A retail customer shall have the
3option to request to purchase electric service at any delivery
4service voltage reasonably and technically feasible from the
5electric facilities serving that customer's premises provided
6that there are no significant adverse impacts upon system
7reliability or system efficiency. A retail customer shall also
8have the option to request to purchase electric service at any
9point of delivery that is reasonably and technically feasible
10provided that there are no significant adverse impacts on
11system reliability or efficiency. Such requests shall not be
12unreasonably denied.
13    (e) Electric utilities shall recover the costs of
14installing, operating or maintaining facilities for the
15particular benefit of one or more delivery services customers,
16including without limitation any costs incurred in complying
17with a customer's request to be served at a different voltage
18level, directly from the retail customer or customers for whose
19benefit the costs were incurred, to the extent such costs are
20not recovered through the charges referred to in subsections
21(c) and (d) of this Section.
22    (f) An electric utility shall be entitled but not required
23to implement transition charges in conjunction with the
24offering of delivery services pursuant to Section 16-104. If an
25electric utility implements transition charges, it shall
26implement such charges for all delivery services customers and

 

 

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1for all customers described in subsection (h), but shall not
2implement transition charges for power and energy that a retail
3customer takes from cogeneration or self-generation facilities
4located on that retail customer's premises, if such facilities
5meet the following criteria:
6        (i) the cogeneration or self-generation facilities
7    serve a single retail customer and are located on that
8    retail customer's premises (for purposes of this
9    subparagraph and subparagraph (ii), an industrial or
10    manufacturing retail customer and a third party contractor
11    that is served by such industrial or manufacturing customer
12    through such retail customer's own electrical distribution
13    facilities under the circumstances described in subsection
14    (vi) of the definition of "alternative retail electric
15    supplier" set forth in Section 16-102, shall be considered
16    a single retail customer);
17        (ii) the cogeneration or self-generation facilities
18    either (A) are sized pursuant to generally accepted
19    engineering standards for the retail customer's electrical
20    load at that premises (taking into account standby or other
21    reliability considerations related to that retail
22    customer's operations at that site) or (B) if the facility
23    is a cogeneration facility located on the retail customer's
24    premises, the retail customer is the thermal host for that
25    facility and the facility has been designed to meet that
26    retail customer's thermal energy requirements resulting in

 

 

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1    electrical output beyond that retail customer's electrical
2    demand at that premises, comply with the operating and
3    efficiency standards applicable to "qualifying facilities"
4    specified in title 18 Code of Federal Regulations Section
5    292.205 as in effect on the effective date of this
6    amendatory Act of 1999;
7        (iii) the retail customer on whose premises the
8    facilities are located either has an exclusive right to
9    receive, and corresponding obligation to pay for, all of
10    the electrical capacity of the facility, or in the case of
11    a cogeneration facility that has been designed to meet the
12    retail customer's thermal energy requirements at that
13    premises, an identified amount of the electrical capacity
14    of the facility, over a minimum 5-year period; and
15        (iv) if the cogeneration facility is sized for the
16    retail customer's thermal load at that premises but exceeds
17    the electrical load, any sales of excess power or energy
18    are made only at wholesale, are subject to the jurisdiction
19    of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and are not
20    for the purpose of circumventing the provisions of this
21    subsection (f).
22If a generation facility located at a retail customer's
23premises does not meet the above criteria, an electric utility
24implementing transition charges shall implement a transition
25charge until December 31, 2006 for any power and energy taken
26by such retail customer from such facility as if such power and

 

 

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1energy had been delivered by the electric utility. Provided,
2however, that an industrial retail customer that is taking
3power from a generation facility that does not meet the above
4criteria but that is located on such customer's premises will
5not be subject to a transition charge for the power and energy
6taken by such retail customer from such generation facility if
7the facility does not serve any other retail customer and
8either was installed on behalf of the customer and for its own
9use prior to January 1, 1997, or is both predominantly fueled
10by byproducts of such customer's manufacturing process at such
11premises and sells or offers an average of 300 megawatts or
12more of electricity produced from such generation facility into
13the wholesale market. Such charges shall be calculated as
14provided in Section 16-102, and shall be collected on each
15kilowatt-hour delivered under a delivery services tariff to a
16retail customer from the date the customer first takes delivery
17services until December 31, 2006 except as provided in
18subsection (h) of this Section. Provided, however, that an
19electric utility, other than an electric utility providing
20service to at least 1,000,000 customers in this State on
21January 1, 1999, shall be entitled to petition for entry of an
22order by the Commission authorizing the electric utility to
23implement transition charges for an additional period ending no
24later than December 31, 2008. The electric utility shall file
25its petition with supporting evidence no earlier than 16
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12006. The Commission shall hold a hearing on the electric
2utility's petition and shall enter its order no later than 8
3months after the petition is filed. The Commission shall
4determine whether and to what extent the electric utility shall
5be authorized to implement transition charges for an additional
6period. The Commission may authorize the electric utility to
7implement transition charges for some or all of the additional
8period, and shall determine the mitigation factors to be used
9in implementing such transition charges; provided, that the
10Commission shall not authorize mitigation factors less than
11110% of those in effect during the 12 months ended December 31,
122006. In making its determination, the Commission shall
13consider the following factors: the necessity to implement
14transition charges for an additional period in order to
15maintain the financial integrity of the electric utility; the
16prudence of the electric utility's actions in reducing its
17costs since the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997;
18the ability of the electric utility to provide safe, adequate
19and reliable service to retail customers in its service area;
20and the impact on competition of allowing the electric utility
21to implement transition charges for the additional period.
22    (g) The electric utility shall file tariffs that establish
23the transition charges to be paid by each class of customers to
24the electric utility in conjunction with the provision of
25delivery services. The electric utility's tariffs shall define
26the classes of its customers for purposes of calculating

 

 

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1transition charges. The electric utility's tariffs shall
2provide for the calculation of transition charges on a
3customer-specific basis for any retail customer whose average
4monthly maximum electrical demand on the electric utility's
5system during the 6 months with the customer's highest monthly
6maximum electrical demands equals or exceeds 3.0 megawatts for
7electric utilities having more than 1,000,000 customers, and
8for other electric utilities for any customer that has an
9average monthly maximum electrical demand on the electric
10utility's system of one megawatt or more, and (A) for which
11there exists data on the customer's usage during the 3 years
12preceding the date that the customer became eligible to take
13delivery services, or (B) for which there does not exist data
14on the customer's usage during the 3 years preceding the date
15that the customer became eligible to take delivery services, if
16in the electric utility's reasonable judgment there exists
17comparable usage information or a sufficient basis to develop
18such information, and further provided that the electric
19utility can require customers for which an individual
20calculation is made to sign contracts that set forth the
21transition charges to be paid by the customer to the electric
22utility pursuant to the tariff.
23    (h) An electric utility shall also be entitled to file
24tariffs that allow it to collect transition charges from retail
25customers in the electric utility's service area that do not
26take delivery services but that take electric power or energy

 

 

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1from an alternative retail electric supplier or from an
2electric utility other than the electric utility in whose
3service area the customer is located. Such charges shall be
4calculated, in accordance with the definition of transition
5charges in Section 16-102, for the period of time that the
6customer would be obligated to pay transition charges if it
7were taking delivery services, except that no deduction for
8delivery services revenues shall be made in such calculation,
9and usage data from the customer's class shall be used where
10historical usage data is not available for the individual
11customer. The customer shall be obligated to pay such charges
12on a lump sum basis on or before the date on which the customer
13commences to take service from the alternative retail electric
14supplier or other electric utility, provided, that the electric
15utility in whose service area the customer is located shall
16offer the customer the option of signing a contract pursuant to
17which the customer pays such charges ratably over the period in
18which the charges would otherwise have applied.
19    (i) An electric utility shall be entitled to add to the
20bills of delivery services customers charges pursuant to
21Sections 9-221, 9-222 (except as provided in Section 9-222.1),
22and Section 16-114 of this Act, Section 5-5 of the Electricity
23Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Law, Section 6-5 of the
24Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources
25Development Law of 1997, and Section 13 of the Energy
26Assistance Act.

 

 

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1    (j) If a retail customer that obtains electric power and
2energy from cogeneration or self-generation facilities
3installed for its own use on or before January 1, 1997,
4subsequently takes service from an alternative retail electric
5supplier or an electric utility other than the electric utility
6in whose service area the customer is located for any portion
7of the customer's electric power and energy requirements
8formerly obtained from those facilities (including that amount
9purchased from the utility in lieu of such generation and not
10as standby power purchases, under a cogeneration displacement
11tariff in effect as of the effective date of this amendatory
12Act of 1997), the transition charges otherwise applicable
13pursuant to subsections (f), (g), or (h) of this Section shall
14not be applicable in any year to that portion of the customer's
15electric power and energy requirements formerly obtained from
16those facilities, provided, that for purposes of this
17subsection (j), such portion shall not exceed the average
18number of kilowatt-hours per year obtained from the
19cogeneration or self-generation facilities during the 3 years
20prior to the date on which the customer became eligible for
21delivery services, except as provided in subsection (f) of
22Section 16-110.
23    (k) The electric utility shall be entitled to recover
24through tariffed charges all of the costs associated with the
25purchase of zero emission credits from zero emission facilities
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1the Illinois Power Agency Act. Such costs shall include the
2costs of procuring the zero emission credits, as well as the
3reasonable costs that the utility incurs as part of the
4procurement processes and to implement and comply with plans
5and processes approved by the Commission under such subsection
6(d-5). The costs shall be allocated across all retail customers
7through a single, uniform cents per kilowatt-hour charge
8applicable to all retail customers, which shall appear as a
9separate line item on each customer's bill. Beginning June 1,
102017, the electric utility shall be entitled to recover through
11tariffed charges all of the costs associated with the purchase
12of renewable energy resources to meet the renewable energy
13resource standards of subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the
14Illinois Power Agency Act, under procurement plans as approved
15in accordance with that Section and Section 16-111.5 of this
16Act. Such costs shall include the costs of procuring the
17renewable energy resources, as well as the reasonable costs
18that the utility incurs as part of the procurement processes
19and to implement and comply with plans and processes approved
20by the Commission under such Sections. The costs associated
21with the purchase of renewable energy resources shall be
22allocated across all retail customers in proportion to the
23amount of renewable energy resources the utility procures for
24such customers through a single, uniform cents per
25kilowatt-hour charge applicable to such retail customers,
26which shall appear as a separate line item on each such

 

 

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1customer's bill.
2    Notwithstanding whether the Commission has approved the
3initial long-term renewable resources procurement plan as of
4June 1, 2017, an electric utility shall place new tariffed
5charges into effect beginning with the June 2017 monthly
6billing period, to the extent practicable, to begin recovering
7the costs of procuring renewable energy resources, as those
8charges are calculated under the limitations described in
9subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of Section
101-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act. Notwithstanding the date
11on which the utility places such new tariffed charges into
12effect, the utility shall be permitted to collect the charges
13under such tariff as if the tariff had been in effect beginning
14with the first day of the June 2017 monthly billing period. For
15the delivery years commencing June 1, 2017, June 1, 2018, and
16June 1, 2019, June 1, 2020, and June 1, 2021, the electric
17utility shall deposit into a separate interest bearing account
18of a financial institution the monies collected under the
19tariffed charges. Any interest earned shall be credited back to
20retail customers under the reconciliation proceeding provided
21for in this subsection (k), provided that the electric utility
22shall first be reimbursed from the interest for the
23administrative costs that it incurs to administer and manage
24the account. Any taxes due on the funds in the account, or
25interest earned on it, will be paid from the account or, if
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1monies collected under the tariffed charges to recover the
2costs of procuring renewable energy resources. Monies
3deposited in the account shall be subject to the review,
4reconciliation, and true-up process described in this
5subsection (k) that is applicable to the funds collected and
6costs incurred for the procurement of renewable energy
7resources.
8    The electric utility shall be entitled to recover all of
9the costs identified in this subsection (k) through automatic
10adjustment clause tariffs applicable to all of the utility's
11retail customers that allow the electric utility to adjust its
12tariffed charges consistent with this subsection (k). The
13determination as to whether any excess funds were collected
14during a given delivery year for the purchase of renewable
15energy resources, and the crediting of any excess funds back to
16retail customers, shall not be made until after the close of
17the delivery year, which will ensure that the maximum amount of
18funds is available to implement the approved long-term
19renewable resources procurement plan during a given delivery
20year. The amount of excess funds credited back to retail
21customers shall be reduced by an amount equal to the payment
22obligations required by any contracts entered into by an
23electric utility under the Adjustable Block Program described
24in subparagraphs (K) through (M) of paragraph (1) of subsection
25(c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act or the
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1Section 1-56 of the Illinois Power Agency Act, even if such
2payments have not yet been made. The electric utility's
3collections under such automatic adjustment clause tariffs to
4recover the costs of renewable energy resources and zero
5emission credits from zero emission facilities shall be subject
6to separate annual review, reconciliation, and true-up against
7actual costs by the Commission under a procedure that shall be
8specified in the electric utility's automatic adjustment
9clause tariffs and that shall be approved by the Commission in
10connection with its approval of such tariffs. The procedure
11shall provide that any difference between the electric
12utility's collections under the automatic adjustment charges
13for an annual period and the electric utility's actual costs of
14renewable energy resources and zero emission credits from zero
15emission facilities for that same annual period shall be
16refunded to or collected from, as applicable, the electric
17utility's retail customers in subsequent periods.
18    Nothing in this subsection (k) is intended to affect,
19limit, or change the right of the electric utility to recover
20the costs associated with the procurement of renewable energy
21resources for periods commencing before, on, or after June 1,
222017, as otherwise provided in the Illinois Power Agency Act.
23    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Commission
24shall not conduct an annual review, reconciliation, and true-up
25associated with renewable energy resources' collections and
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12018, June 1, 2019, and June 1, 2020, June 1, 2021, and June 1,
22022, and shall instead conduct a single review,
3reconciliation, and true-up associated with renewable energy
4resources' collections and costs for the 6-year 4-year period
5beginning June 1, 2017 and ending May 31, 2023 2021, provided
6that the review, reconciliation, and true-up shall not be
7initiated until after August 31, 2023 2021. During the 6-year
84-year period, the utility shall be permitted to collect and
9retain funds under this subsection (k) and to purchase
10renewable energy resources under an approved long-term
11renewable resources procurement plan using those funds
12regardless of the delivery year in which the funds were
13collected during the 6-year 4-year period.
14    If the amount of funds collected during the delivery year
15commencing June 1, 2017, exceeds the costs incurred during that
16delivery year, then up to half of this excess amount, as
17calculated on June 1, 2018, may be used to fund the programs
18under subsection (b) of Section 1-56 of the Illinois Power
19Agency Act in the same proportion the programs are funded under
20that subsection (b). However, any amount identified under this
21subsection (k) to fund programs under subsection (b) of Section
221-56 of the Illinois Power Agency Act shall be reduced if it
23exceeds the funding shortfall. For purposes of this Section,
24"funding shortfall" means the difference between $200,000,000
25and the amount appropriated by the General Assembly to the
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1the period that commences on the effective date of this
2amendatory act of the 99th General Assembly and ends on August
31, 2018.
4    If the amount of funds collected during the delivery year
5commencing June 1, 2018, exceeds the costs incurred during that
6delivery year, then up to half of this excess amount, as
7calculated on June 1, 2019, may be used to fund the programs
8under subsection (b) of Section 1-56 of the Illinois Power
9Agency Act in the same proportion the programs are funded under
10that subsection (b). However, any amount identified under this
11subsection (k) to fund programs under subsection (b) of Section
121-56 of the Illinois Power Agency Act shall be reduced if it
13exceeds the funding shortfall.
14    If the amount of funds collected during the delivery year
15commencing June 1, 2019, exceeds the costs incurred during that
16delivery year, then up to half of this excess amount, as
17calculated on June 1, 2020, may be used to fund the programs
18under subsection (b) of Section 1-56 of the Illinois Power
19Agency Act in the same proportion the programs are funded under
20that subsection (b). However, any amount identified under this
21subsection (k) to fund programs under subsection (b) of Section
221-56 of the Illinois Power Agency Act shall be reduced if it
23exceeds the funding shortfall.
24    If the amount of funds collected during the delivery year
25commencing June 1, 2020, exceeds the costs incurred during that
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1calculated on June 1, 2021, may be used to fund the programs
2under subsection (b) of Section 1-56 of the Illinois Power
3Agency Act in the same proportion the programs are funded under
4that subsection (b). However, any amount identified under this
5subsection (k) to fund programs under subsection (b) of Section
61-56 of the Illinois Power Agency Act shall be reduced if it
7exceeds the funding shortfall.
8    If the amount of funds collected during the delivery year
9commencing June 1, 2021, exceeds the costs incurred during that
10delivery year, then up to half of this excess amount, as
11calculated on June 1, 2022, may be used to fund the programs
12under subsection (b) of Section 1-56 of the Illinois Power
13Agency Act in the same proportion the programs are funded under
14that subsection (b). However, any amount identified under this
15subsection (k) to fund programs under subsection (b) of Section
161-56 of the Illinois Power Agency Act shall be reduced if it
17exceeds the funding shortfall.
18    The funding available under this subsection (k), if any,
19for the programs described under subsection (b) of Section 1-56
20of the Illinois Power Agency Act shall not reduce the amount of
21funding for the programs described in subparagraph (O) of
22paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois
23Power Agency Act. If funding is available under this subsection
24(k) for programs described under subsection (b) of Section 1-56
25of the Illinois Power Agency Act, then the long-term renewable
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1contracts in an amount that does not exceed the funding, and
2the contracts approved by the Commission shall be executed by
3the applicable utility or utilities.
4    (k-5)(1) The General Assembly finds and declares that
5maintaining continuity in funding for new renewable energy
6projects in Illinois is critical to preserving jobs, providing
7lower customer bills, helping to improve the economic
8well-being of the State of Illinois, and improving the
9environment. To preserve jobs and avoid industry disruption,
10this Act requires that the Illinois Power Agency update its
11long-term renewable energy resources procurement plan approved
12by the Commission pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (b)
13of Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act to leverage
14funds preserved for renewable energy resource procurement
15through this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. This
16update shall be a one-time update to the long-term renewable
17resources procurement plan and is intended to be a one-time
18stimulus program using only that funding preserved from
19reconciliation through this amendatory Act of the 101st General
20Assembly, and shall be referred to as the "Emergency Relief for
21Renewable Jobs Program".
22    (2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Agency
23shall file an update to the revised long-term renewable
24resources procurement plan approved by the Commission on
25February 18, 2020 within 15 days after the effective date of
26this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly in accordance

 

 

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1with Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act and paragraph
2(3) of this subsection. This update shall be limited to
3specifying how the Agency will allocate capacity between and
4within programs and procurements pursuant to this Act using any
5additional funding made available as a result of this
6amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. The Commission
7shall approve the update, after notice and hearing, no later
8than 30 days after it is filed by the Agency.
9    (3) The update to the revised long-term renewable resources
10procurement plan shall, at a minimum, provide for the
11following:
12        (A) Procurement of additional renewable energy credits
13    from the categories of the Adjustable Block Program
14    established pursuant to items (i), (ii), and (iii) of
15    subparagraph (K) of paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of
16    Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act at the
17    minimum percentages required for each block by
18    subparagraph (K) of paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of
19    Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act, and with the
20    remaining 25% allocated to the procurement of renewable
21    energy credits from the categories of the Adjustable Block
22    Program established pursuant to items (i), (ii), and (iii)
23    of subparagraph (K) of paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of
24    Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act that are
25    sourced from or the balance of the project developed by
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1    persons with disabilities. The terms "minority persons",
2    "women", and "persons with disabilities" have the same
3    meaning as provided in Section 2 of the Business Enterprise
4    for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
5    The Agency shall seek to fill a minimum of one block for
6    each of the groups and categories specified in the revised
7    long-term renewable resources procurement plan. Blocks
8    need not conform to each other or previous block sizes.
9    Block capacity in each group and category shall be assigned
10    to waitlisted projects first. The renewable energy credit
11    price for the first block opened in each group and each
12    category of the Emergency Relief for Renewable Jobs Program
13    shall be the same as the renewable energy credit price in
14    the last open block for each respective group and category.
15    The Agency shall collect information necessary to assess
16    the percentage of renewable energy credits that are
17    procured from businesses owned by minority persons, women,
18    and persons with disabilities.
19        (B) Procurement of renewable energy credits from new
20    utility-scale wind projects, new utility-scale solar
21    projects, and new brownfield site photovoltaic projects.
22    The update shall identify proposed procurement quantities
23    for a single procurement event from new utility-scale wind
24    projects, new utility-scale solar projects, and new
25    brownfield site photovoltaic projects at a maximum of
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1    each of utility-scale wind projects and utility-scale
2    solar projects, and 100,000 renewable energy credits
3    delivered annually from brownfield site photovoltaic
4    projects using the competitive procurement process
5    described in Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act.
6    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, projects
7    selected through procurements authorized by this update
8    shall begin delivery of renewable energy credits no earlier
9    than June 1, 2024. The planning for procurement events
10    under this subparagraph (B) shall not delay the opening of
11    new blocks of the Adjustable Block Program under
12    subparagraph (A).
13    Any company that receives a renewable energy credit
14contract from the Emergency Relief for Renewable Jobs Program
15shall submit an annual report pursuant to Section 5-117 of this
16Act within 6 months after the date of the contract award.
17    Any company that receives a renewable energy credit
18contract from the Emergency Relief for Renewable Jobs Program
19for projects over 500 kilowatts in nameplate capacity must
20certify that not less than the prevailing wage was or will be
21paid to employees who are engaged in construction activities
22associated with the project. "Prevailing wage" has the same
23meaning as defined in subparagraph (F) of paragraph (3) of
24subsection (a) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone
25Act.
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1(2) of this subsection shall commence as soon as practicable
2with blocks from subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of this
3subsection to open 5 business days after Commission approval.
4    (l) A utility that has terminated any contract executed
5under subsection (d-5) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
6Agency Act shall be entitled to recover any remaining balance
7associated with the purchase of zero emission credits prior to
8such termination, and such utility shall also apply a credit to
9its retail customer bills in the event of any over-collection.
10        (m)(1) An electric utility that recovers its costs of
11    procuring zero emission credits from zero emission
12    facilities through a cents-per-kilowatthour charge under
13    to subsection (k) of this Section shall be subject to the
14    requirements of this subsection (m). Notwithstanding
15    anything to the contrary, such electric utility shall,
16    beginning on April 30, 2018, and each April 30 thereafter
17    until April 30, 2026, calculate whether any reduction must
18    be applied to such cents-per-kilowatthour charge that is
19    paid by retail customers of the electric utility that are
20    exempt from subsections (a) through (j) of Section 8-103B
21    of this Act under subsection (l) of Section 8-103B. Such
22    charge shall be reduced for such customers for the next
23    delivery year commencing on June 1 based on the amount
24    necessary, if any, to limit the annual estimated average
25    net increase for the prior calendar year due to the future
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1    per kilowatt-hour, which is the average amount paid per
2    kilowatthour for electric service during the year ending
3    December 31, 2015 by Illinois industrial retail customers,
4    as reported to the Edison Electric Institute.
5        The calculations required by this subsection (m) shall
6    be made only once for each year, and no subsequent rate
7    impact determinations shall be made.
8        (2) For purposes of this Section, "future energy
9    investment costs" shall be calculated by subtracting the
10    cents-per-kilowatthour charge identified in subparagraph
11    (A) of this paragraph (2) from the sum of the
12    cents-per-kilowatthour charges identified in subparagraph
13    (B) of this paragraph (2):
14            (A) The cents-per-kilowatthour charge identified
15        in the electric utility's tariff placed into effect
16        under Section 8-103 of the Public Utilities Act that,
17        on December 1, 2016, was applicable to those retail
18        customers that are exempt from subsections (a) through
19        (j) of Section 8-103B of this Act under subsection (l)
20        of Section 8-103B.
21            (B) The sum of the following
22        cents-per-kilowatthour charges applicable to those
23        retail customers that are exempt from subsections (a)
24        through (j) of Section 8-103B of this Act under
25        subsection (l) of Section 8-103B, provided that if one
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1        applied to such customers for more than one calendar
2        year, then each charge shall be equal to the average of
3        the charges applied over a period that commences with
4        the calendar year ending December 31, 2017 and ends
5        with the most recently completed calendar year prior to
6        the calculation required by this subsection (m):
7                (i) the cents-per-kilowatthour charge to
8            recover the costs incurred by the utility under
9            subsection (d-5) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois
10            Power Agency Act, adjusted for any reductions
11            required under this subsection (m); and
12                (ii) the cents-per-kilowatthour charge to
13            recover the costs incurred by the utility under
14            Section 16-107.6 of the Public Utilities Act.
15            If no charge was applied for a given calendar year
16        under item (i) or (ii) of this subparagraph (B), then
17        the value of the charge for that year shall be zero.
18        (3) If a reduction is required by the calculation
19    performed under this subsection (m), then the amount of the
20    reduction shall be multiplied by the number of years
21    reflected in the averages calculated under subparagraph
22    (B) of paragraph (2) of this subsection (m). Such reduction
23    shall be applied to the cents-per-kilowatthour charge that
24    is applicable to those retail customers that are exempt
25    from subsections (a) through (j) of Section 8-103B of this
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1    the next delivery year commencing after the date of the
2    calculation required by this subsection (m).
3        (4) The electric utility shall file a notice with the
4    Commission on May 1 of 2018 and each May 1 thereafter until
5    May 1, 2026 containing the reduction, if any, which must be
6    applied for the delivery year which begins in the year of
7    the filing. The notice shall contain the calculations made
8    pursuant to this Section. By October 1 of each year
9    beginning in 2018, each electric utility shall notify the
10    Commission if it appears, based on an estimate of the
11    calculation required in this subsection (m), that a
12    reduction will be required in the next year.
13(Source: P.A. 99-906, eff. 6-1-17.)
 
14    Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
15severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.".