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 1                     AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 25

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill  25  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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

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