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 1        AN ACT in relation to public utilities.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
 5    Section 16-103.5 as follows:

 6        (220 ILCS 5/16-103.5 new)
 7        Sec.16-103.5.  Renewable energy resources standard.
 8        (a)  In furtherance of subsection (f) of Section 5 of the
 9    Illinois  Resource Development and Energy Security Act, which
10    provides that "renewable forms of energy should  be  promoted
11    as  an  important  element  of  the  energy and environmental
12    policies of the State and it is a goal of the State  that  at
13    least  5% of the State's energy production and use be derived
14    from renewable forms of energy by 2010 and at least 15%  from
15    renewable  forms  of  energy  by  2020",  a  renewable energy
16    resources standard is hereby established in Illinois.
17        (b)  This  Section  applies  to  electric  utilities  and
18    alternative retail electric suppliers.
19        (c)  "Renewable energy resources" has the  meaning  given
20    that  term  in subsection (f) of Section 6-3 of the Renewable
21    Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law
22    of 1997.
23        (d)  During  2003  and  2004,  an  electric  utility   or
24    alternative   retail   electric   supplier   shall  take  all
25    appropriate actions to meet the standards set forth  in  this
26    Section,  and  shall  submit one report each year by December
27    31, 2003 and December 31, 2004, respectively, describing each
28    year's actions in detail.
29        (e)  Each electric utility or alternative retail electric
30    supplier shall in the years specified supply  electricity  to
31    Illinois customers generated by renewable energy resources in
 
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 1    at  least  the  following  minimum  percentages  of the total
 2    electricity supplied by that electric utility or  alternative
 3    retail electric supplier to customers in Illinois:
 4             (1) 2005, 2%;
 5             (2) 2007, 3%;
 6             (3) 2009, 4%;
 7             (4) 2010, 5%;
 8             (5) 2012, 7%;
 9             (6) 2014, 9%;
10             (7) 2016, 11%;
11             (8) 2018, 13%;
12             (9) 2020 and each year thereafter, 15%.
13        (f)  An  electric  utility or alternative retail electric
14    supplier shall meet the standards in subsection  (e)  by  any
15    combination of:
16             (1)  generating   electricity   in   Illinois   with
17        renewable   energy  resources  and  then  supplying  that
18        electricity to its Illinois customers; or
19             (2)  purchasing electricity  generated  in  Illinois
20        with  renewable  energy resources and then supplying that
21        electricity to its Illinois customers.
22        (g)  Any electric utility or alternative retail  electric
23    supplier  may choose to arrange with another electric utility
24    or  alternative  retail  electric  supplier  to  supply   its
25    Illinois  customers  with  electricity  generated in Illinois
26    with renewable energy resources.
27        (h)(1)  By April 1 of each year  beginning  in  2006,  an
28    electric  utility  or  alternative  retail  electric supplier
29    subject  to  this  Section  shall  submit  a  report  to  the
30    Commission that documents compliance with the  provisions  of
31    this Section for the preceding year.
32             (2)  The  report  shall  include,  but  need  not be
33        limited to, the following information:
34                  (A)  the total megawatt  hours  of  electricity
 
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 1             sold to customers in Illinois;
 2                  (B)  the  total  megawatt  hours of electricity
 3             generated in Illinois with each  kind  of  renewable
 4             energy   resource  that  is  sold  to  customers  in
 5             Illinois;
 6                  (C)  the total megawatt  hours  of  electricity
 7             acquired    from   other   electric   utilities   or
 8             alternative  retail  electric  suppliers   that   is
 9             generated   in   Illinois   with   renewable  energy
10             resources; and
11                  (D)  any   other   information   necessary   to
12             demonstrate compliance with this Section.
13             (3)  The  Commission  shall   establish   additional
14        reporting  requirements  to ensure implementation of this
15        Section.
16             (4)  The Commission shall promptly post every report
17        submitted  under  this  subsection  on  the  Commission's
18        Internet site.
19             (5)  The Commission may audit the  accuracy  of  all
20        information  submitted  under  this  subsection,  and may
21        request  and  obtain  from  each  electric   utility   or
22        alternative    retail   electric   supplier   any   other
23        information necessary  to  monitor  compliance  with  and
24        enforcement of this Section.
25        (i)  An  electric  utility or alternative retail electric
26    supplier shall be assessed a penalty of not less than $50 for
27    each megawatt hour of electricity that the  electric  utility
28    or  alternative  retail  electric supplier does not supply as
29    required under subsection (e).
30        (j)  The Commission shall establish penalties  for  other
31    violations of this Section.

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