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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Government Buildings Energy Cost Reduction
5 Act of 1991 is amended by adding Section 30 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 3953/30 new)
7     Sec. 30. Real-time pricing for electricity in State
8 buildings.
9     (a) The Interagency Energy Conservation Committee shall
10 study the feasibility of establishing a real-time pricing pilot
11 program at at least 2 State-owned or State-leased buildings in
12 order to assess the potential savings in energy consumption for
13 the State.
14     (b) Historic buildings that are listed on the Illinois
15 Register of Historic Places, established pursuant to Section 6
16 of the Illinois Historic Preservation Act, are exempt from the
17 requirements of this Section.
18     (c) The Interagency Energy Conservation Committee shall
19 include its recommendations for implementing real-time pricing
20 in State-owned or State-leased buildings in its annual
21 assessment report to the Governor and General Assembly.
22     (d) For purposes of this Section, "real-time pricing" has
23 the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 16-102 of

 

 

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1 the Public Utilities Act.
2     (e) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that
3 may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head
4 under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to
5 make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions
6 of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If,
7 however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to
8 implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of
9 the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to
10 the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House
11 and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the
12 General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those
13 suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action
14 in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this
15 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be
16 interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other
17 Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise
18 explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of
19 the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning
20 contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative
21 Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the
22 meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois
23 Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such
24 definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the
25 jurisdiction of the Governor.
 
26     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,

 

 

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