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Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
Filed: 4/1/2024
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5610
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5610 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: |
4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
5 | | Powering Up Illinois Act. |
6 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: |
7 | | "Electrification" means any new use of electricity, |
8 | | expanded use of electricity, or change in use of electricity, |
9 | | including, but not limited to, any change in the use of |
10 | | electricity in the industrial, commercial, agricultural, |
11 | | housing, or transportation sectors. |
12 | | "Energization" and "energize" means connecting new |
13 | | customers to the electrical grid, establishing adequate |
14 | | electrical capacity to provide service for a new customer, or |
15 | | upgrading electrical capacity to provide upgraded service to |
16 | | an existing customer. The terms "energization" and "energize" |
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1 | | do not include activities related to connecting electricity |
2 | | supply resources. |
3 | | "Energization time period" means the period of time that |
4 | | begins when the electric utility receives a substantially |
5 | | complete energization project application and ends when the |
6 | | electric service associated with the project is installed and |
7 | | energized. |
8 | | Section 10. Findings. The General Assembly finds and |
9 | | declares all of the following: |
10 | | (1) It is the policy of the State to increase the use |
11 | | of electric vehicles in the State to 1,000,000 by 2030. |
12 | | That expanded infrastructure investment will help Illinois |
13 | | more rapidly decarbonize the transportation sector. |
14 | | Widespread use of electric vehicles and charging equipment |
15 | | has the potential to provide customers with fuel cost |
16 | | savings and provide electric utility customers with |
17 | | cost-saving benefits. Widespread use of electric vehicles |
18 | | stimulates innovation, competition, and increased choices |
19 | | in charging equipment and networks and also attracts |
20 | | private capital investments and creates high-quality jobs |
21 | | in Illinois. Accelerating the adoption of electric |
22 | | vehicles will drive the decarbonization of Illinois' |
23 | | transportation sector. To meet these goals and federal, |
24 | | State, regional, and local air quality and decarbonization |
25 | | standards, plans, and regulations, a large increase in |
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1 | | both the quantity of electricity used and the functions |
2 | | for which electricity will be used is needed. |
3 | | (2) To meet these decarbonization goals as well as |
4 | | federal, State, regional, and local air quality and |
5 | | decarbonization standards, plans, and regulations: |
6 | | (A) the State's electrical distribution systems |
7 | | must be substantially upgraded; |
8 | | (B) new customers must promptly connect to the |
9 | | electrical distribution system; and |
10 | | (C) existing customers must have their service |
11 | | level promptly upgraded. |
12 | | (3) There are many reports of large housing |
13 | | developments that are unable to be energized promptly. The |
14 | | State has an urgent need to increase its supply of |
15 | | housing, requiring both new electrical distribution |
16 | | capacity and the prompt energization of new housing. |
17 | | (4) There are many reports of individual customers who |
18 | | are unable to have their electrical service promptly |
19 | | upgraded or energized and charging stations for |
20 | | light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles and |
21 | | off-road vehicles, vessels, trains, and equipment that are |
22 | | unable to be energized promptly. These delays may inhibit |
23 | | the State's ability to meet its decarbonization goals and |
24 | | federal, State, regional, and local air quality and |
25 | | decarbonization standards, plans, and regulations. |
26 | | (5) To improve the speed at which energization and |
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1 | | service upgrades are performed, electric utilities that |
2 | | distribute electricity must do both of the following: |
3 | | (A) improve their advance planning, engineering, |
4 | | and construction of increased distribution and |
5 | | transmission system capacity; and |
6 | | (B) preorder transformers, switchgear, and other |
7 | | needed equipment. |
8 | | (6) Electrifying transportation and buildings can put |
9 | | downward pressure on rates by spreading fixed costs over |
10 | | more kilowatt-hours of usage. |
11 | | (7) Delays in energization, including service |
12 | | upgrades, are costly both to the customers awaiting |
13 | | service and to other customers who are deprived of the |
14 | | downward pressure on rates. |
15 | | (8) To carry out the planning, engineering, and |
16 | | construction of electrical distribution systems needed to |
17 | | promptly serve customers, electric utilities that |
18 | | distribute electricity must recruit, train, and retain an |
19 | | adequately sized, qualified workforce. |
20 | | (9) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish |
21 | | target deadlines for utilities that distribute electricity |
22 | | to energize new customers and upgrade the service of |
23 | | existing customers. |
24 | | (10) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish |
25 | | reporting requirements for electric utilities that |
26 | | distribute electricity to report the extent to which they |
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1 | | comply with the target deadlines and the reasons for any |
2 | | noncompliance. |
3 | | Section 15. Electrical distribution system upgrades. An |
4 | | electric utility that operates within the State shall: |
5 | | (1) upgrade the State's electrical distribution |
6 | | systems as needed and in time to achieve the State's |
7 | | decarbonization goals, and implement federal, State, |
8 | | regional, and local air quality and decarbonization |
9 | | standards, plans, and regulations; |
10 | | (2) comply with the obligation of the electric utility |
11 | | to serve by conducting sufficient advance planning, |
12 | | engineering, and construction of increased distribution of |
13 | | system capacity and by preordering transformers and other |
14 | | needed equipment so that customers can be energized |
15 | | without substantial delay; |
16 | | (3) promptly energize new customers, including by |
17 | | ensuring that new housing, new businesses, and new |
18 | | charging for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty |
19 | | vehicles and off-road vehicles, vessels, trains, and |
20 | | equipment can be used without delay caused by a failure of |
21 | | the utility to implement energization projects; |
22 | | (4) promptly upgrade service when needed by customers; |
23 | | (5) allow customers seeking energization to elect an |
24 | | optional flexible connection agreement, meaning a |
25 | | tariffed, voluntary utility offering that requires |
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1 | | customers to agree to specified service levels as a |
2 | | requirement of energization or interconnection, through |
3 | | the use of demand response technology that limits the net |
4 | | import and export of electricity at the point of common |
5 | | coupling to remain within the rated capacity limits of a |
6 | | customer's existing service connection or distribution |
7 | | circuit, either on a permanent basis or to allow for |
8 | | immediate project operations before service or |
9 | | distribution system upgrades are completed; and |
10 | | (6) recruit, train, and retain an adequately sized and |
11 | | qualified workforce to carry out the planning, |
12 | | engineering, and construction of electrical distribution |
13 | | systems needed to promptly serve customers seeking |
14 | | energization and service upgrades without sacrificing |
15 | | other necessary activities of the workforce. |
16 | | Section 20. Illinois Commerce Commission requirements. |
17 | | (a) Within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, |
18 | | the Illinois Commerce Commission shall meet all of the |
19 | | following requirements: |
20 | | (1) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish |
21 | | reasonable average and maximum target energization time |
22 | | periods. The targets shall ensure that work is completed |
23 | | in a manner that minimizes delay in meeting the date |
24 | | requested by the customer for completion of the project to |
25 | | the greatest extent possible and prioritizes work in a |
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1 | | manner consistent with Sections 10 and 15 of this Act. The |
2 | | targets may vary depending on the complexity and magnitude |
3 | | of the work required and uncertainties regarding the |
4 | | readiness of the customer project needing energization. |
5 | | The targets may also recognize any factors beyond the |
6 | | electric utility's control. |
7 | | (2) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish |
8 | | requirements for an electric utility to report to the |
9 | | Commission, at least annually, in order to track and |
10 | | improve electric utility performance. The report shall |
11 | | include the average, median, and standard deviation time |
12 | | between receiving an application for electrical service |
13 | | and energizing the electrical service, explanations for |
14 | | energization time periods that exceed the target maximum |
15 | | for energization projects, constraints and obstacles to |
16 | | each type of energization, including, but not limited to, |
17 | | funding limitations, qualified staffing availability, or |
18 | | equipment availability, and any other information |
19 | | requested by the Illinois Commerce Commission. |
20 | | (3) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish a |
21 | | procedure for customers to report energization delays to |
22 | | the Illinois Commerce Commission. |
23 | | (b) If energization time periods exceed the Commission's |
24 | | target averages or if the electric utility has a substantial |
25 | | number of energization projects that exceed the Commission's |
26 | | target maximums, the electric utility shall include in its |
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1 | | report under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) a strategy for |
2 | | meeting the targets in the future. The Commission may request |
3 | | modification of the electric utility's strategy to ensure that |
4 | | the electric utility meets targets promptly and consistent |
5 | | with the policies set forth in Section 10. |
6 | | (c) Data reported by electric utilities shall be |
7 | | anonymized or aggregated to the extent necessary to prevent |
8 | | identifying individual customers. The Commission shall require |
9 | | all reports to be publicly available. |
10 | | (d) The Commission shall require the electric utility to |
11 | | take any remedial actions necessary to achieve the |
12 | | Commission's targets, including the use of incentives or |
13 | | penalties. |
14 | | Section 25. Electrification team; staffing. |
15 | | (a) The Commission shall require each electric utility to |
16 | | establish a dedicated electrification team that shall, at a |
17 | | minimum, do the following: |
18 | | (1) serve as a single point of contact for customers |
19 | | throughout the entire energization process; |
20 | | (2) proactively engage with customers to understand |
21 | | and support electrification plans; and |
22 | | (3) consolidate all transportation electrification |
23 | | customer programs, accounts and relevant information to |
24 | | support electrification and the energization process. |
25 | | (b) The Commission shall require each electric utility to |
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1 | | have adequate qualified staffing needed for the |
2 | | electrification team to be consistent with the findings and |
3 | | achieve the policies and requirements of this Act. |
4 | | (c) For job classifications that have apprentice training |
5 | | requirements, the Commission shall require each electric |
6 | | utility to maintain a pipeline of apprentices sufficient to |
7 | | meet future qualified staffing needs, subject to any |
8 | | limitations based on safe staffing ratios. |
9 | | (d) As part of each report required pursuant to paragraph |
10 | | (2) of subsection (a) of Section 20, and in each general rate |
11 | | case application, each electric utility shall include a |
12 | | detailed analysis of its current qualified staffing level and |
13 | | future required qualified staffing level for each job |
14 | | classification needed to achieve the policies and requirements |
15 | | of this Act. |
16 | | Section 30. Electric utility requirements. The Illinois |
17 | | Commerce Commission shall require an electric utility to do |
18 | | the following: |
19 | | (1) consider, in its internal distribution planning |
20 | | process and in the development of the Multi-Year |
21 | | Integrated Grid Plans required by Section 16-105.17 of the |
22 | | Public Utilities Act, all of the following: |
23 | | (A) federal, State, regional, and local air |
24 | | quality and decarbonization standards, plans, and |
25 | | regulations; |
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1 | | (B) the transportation and building |
2 | | electrification policies of State law; |
3 | | (C) State agency, local agency, and local |
4 | | government plans and requirements related to housing, |
5 | | economic development, critical facilities, |
6 | | transportation, and building electrification; and |
7 | | (D) load and electrification forecasts that |
8 | | include the following: |
9 | | (I) known load and projections of load |
10 | | conducted by State agencies, and projections of |
11 | | load that exceed forecasts conducted by State |
12 | | agencies; |
13 | | (II) a minimum of 3 time horizons, including |
14 | | short-term (1 to 2 years), medium-term (3 to 5 |
15 | | years), and long-term (6 to 10 years) time |
16 | | horizons; |
17 | | (III) scenarios that are consistent with |
18 | | implementing the laws, standards, plans, and |
19 | | regulations described in subsections (A), (B), and |
20 | | (C) of this Section; |
21 | | (IV) hourly, feeder-level forecasts; and |
22 | | (V) a consideration of the impact of |
23 | | distributed energy resource forecasts and, |
24 | | specifically, local generation; |
25 | | (2) consider, in its site evaluation and design |
26 | | process, all of the following: |
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1 | | (A) automated load management, managed charging, |
2 | | and distributed energy resources to defer or mitigate |
3 | | energization-related grid upgrades; and |
4 | | (B) if the above solutions cannot defer or |
5 | | mitigate an upgrade, the electric utility shall |
6 | | evaluate traditional system upgrades; and |
7 | | (3) adopt and implement rules to satisfy the policies |
8 | | set forth in Section 20 and to meet the energization time |
9 | | periods established under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) |
10 | | of Section 20. |
11 | | Section 35. Recovery of costs. The Commission shall ensure |
12 | | that electric utilities have sufficient and timely recovery of |
13 | | costs to be consistent with the findings and achieve the |
14 | | policies and requirements of this Act, including for emergent |
15 | | electrification projects. |
16 | | Section 36. Safety. To ensure the safety and reliability |
17 | | of electrical infrastructure associated with charging electric |
18 | | vehicles: |
19 | | (1) The Illinois Commerce Commission, Illinois |
20 | | Environmental Protection Agency, and Illinois Department |
21 | | of Transportation shall require that all electric vehicle |
22 | | charging infrastructure and equipment located on the |
23 | | customer side of the electrical meter that is funded or |
24 | | authorized, in whole or in part, by those State entities |
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1 | | shall be installed by a licensed, bonded, and insured |
2 | | electrical contractor registered in the municipality where |
3 | | work is to be performed, and who has at least one |
4 | | electrician on each crew, at any given time, who holds an |
5 | | Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program |
6 | | certification. |
7 | | (2) The Illinois Commerce Commission, Illinois |
8 | | Environmental Protection Agency, and Illinois Department |
9 | | of Transportation shall require the projects that are |
10 | | funded or authorized, in whole or in part by those State |
11 | | entities and that install a charging port supplying 25 |
12 | | kilowatts or more to a vehicle to have at least 25% of the |
13 | | total electricians working on the crew for the project, at |
14 | | any given time, who hold Electric Vehicle Infrastructure |
15 | | Training Program certification. |
16 | | (3) One member of each crew may be both the contractor |
17 | | and an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program |
18 | | certified electrician. |
19 | | (4) Subdivision (1) does not apply to: |
20 | | (A) electric vehicle charging infrastructure |
21 | | installed by employees of an electric utility or local |
22 | | publicly owned electric utility; or |
23 | | (B) single-family home residential electric |
24 | | vehicle chargers that can use an existing 208/240-volt |
25 | | outlet. |
26 | | (5) A United States Department of Labor registered |
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1 | | electrical apprenticeship program that provides training |
2 | | to apprentices and continuing education to journey-level |
3 | | workers may provide Electric Vehicle Infrastructure |
4 | | Training Program training with their own Electric Vehicle |
5 | | Infrastructure Training Program certified instructors. The |
6 | | Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program |
7 | | certification exam shall be administered by the Electric |
8 | | Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program. |
9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
10 | | becoming law.". |