95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5929

 

Introduced , by Rep. Carolyn H. Krause

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 3855/1-75

    Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that by 2020, at least 15% of a utility's total supply to serve the load of retail customers shall be derived from biomass or hydroelectric energy.


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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Power Agency Act is amended by
5 changing Section 1-75 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 3855/1-75)
7     Sec. 1-75. Planning and Procurement Bureau. The Planning
8 and Procurement Bureau has the following duties and
9 responsibilities:
10         (a) The Planning and Procurement Bureau shall each
11     year, beginning in 2008, develop procurement plans and
12     conduct competitive procurement processes in accordance
13     with the requirements of Section 16-111.5 of the Public
14     Utilities Act for the eligible retail customers of electric
15     utilities that on December 31, 2005 provided electric
16     service to at least 100,000 customers in Illinois. For the
17     purposes of this Section, the term "eligible retail
18     customers" has the same definition as found in Section
19     16-111.5(a) of the Public Utilities Act.
20             (1) The Agency shall each year, beginning in 2008,
21         as needed, issue a request for qualifications for
22         experts or expert consulting firms to develop the
23         procurement plans in accordance with Section 16-111.5

 

 

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1         of the Public Utilities Act. In order to qualify an
2         expert or expert consulting firm must have:
3                 (A) direct previous experience assembling
4             large-scale power supply plans or portfolios for
5             end-use customers;
6                 (B) an advanced degree in economics,
7             mathematics, engineering, risk management, or a
8             related area of study;
9                 (C) 10 years of experience in the electricity
10             sector, including managing supply risk;
11                 (D) expertise in wholesale electricity market
12             rules, including those established by the Federal
13             Energy Regulatory Commission and regional
14             transmission organizations;
15                 (E) expertise in credit protocols and
16             familiarity with contract protocols;
17                 (F) adequate resources to perform and fulfill
18             the required functions and responsibilities; and
19                 (G) the absence of a conflict of interest and
20             inappropriate bias for or against potential
21             bidders or the affected electric utilities.
22             (2) The Agency shall each year, as needed, issue a
23         request for qualifications for a procurement
24         administrator to conduct the competitive procurement
25         processes in accordance with Section 16-111.5 of the
26         Public Utilities Act. In order to qualify an expert or

 

 

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1         expert consulting firm must have:
2                 (A) direct previous experience administering a
3             large-scale competitive procurement process;
4                 (B) an advanced degree in economics,
5             mathematics, engineering, or a related area of
6             study;
7                 (C) 10 years of experience in the electricity
8             sector, including risk management experience;
9                 (D) expertise in wholesale electricity market
10             rules, including those established by the Federal
11             Energy Regulatory Commission and regional
12             transmission organizations;
13                 (E) expertise in credit and contract
14             protocols;
15                 (F) adequate resources to perform and fulfill
16             the required functions and responsibilities; and
17                 (G) the absence of a conflict of interest and
18             inappropriate bias for or against potential
19             bidders or the affected electric utilities.
20             (3) The Agency shall provide affected utilities
21         and other interested parties with the lists of
22         qualified experts or expert consulting firms
23         identified through the request for qualifications
24         processes that are under consideration to develop the
25         procurement plans and to serve as the procurement
26         administrator. The Agency shall also provide each

 

 

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1         qualified expert's or expert consulting firm's
2         response to the request for qualifications. All
3         information provided under this subparagraph shall
4         also be provided to the Commission. The Agency may
5         provide by rule for fees associated with supplying the
6         information to utilities and other interested parties.
7         These parties shall, within 5 business days, notify the
8         Agency in writing if they object to any experts or
9         expert consulting firms on the lists. Objections shall
10         be based on:
11                 (A) failure to satisfy qualification criteria;
12                 (B) identification of a conflict of interest;
13             or
14                 (C) evidence of inappropriate bias for or
15             against potential bidders or the affected
16             utilities.
17             The Agency shall remove experts or expert
18         consulting firms from the lists within 10 days if there
19         is a reasonable basis for an objection and provide the
20         updated lists to the affected utilities and other
21         interested parties. If the Agency fails to remove an
22         expert or expert consulting firm from a list, an
23         objecting party may seek review by the Commission
24         within 5 days thereafter by filing a petition, and the
25         Commission shall render a ruling on the petition within
26         10 days. There is no right of appeal of the

 

 

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1         Commission's ruling.
2             (4) The Agency shall issue requests for proposals
3         to the qualified experts or expert consulting firms to
4         develop a procurement plan for the affected utilities
5         and to serve as procurement administrator.
6             (5) The Agency shall select an expert or expert
7         consulting firm to develop procurement plans based on
8         the proposals submitted and shall award one-year
9         contracts to those selected with an option for the
10         Agency for a one-year renewal.
11             (6) The Agency shall select an expert or expert
12         consulting firm, with approval of the Commission, to
13         serve as procurement administrator based on the
14         proposals submitted. If the Commission rejects, within
15         5 days, the Agency's selection, the Agency shall submit
16         another recommendation within 3 days based on the
17         proposals submitted. The Agency shall award a one-year
18         contract to the expert or expert consulting firm so
19         selected with Commission approval with an option for
20         the Agency for a one-year renewal.
21         (b) The experts or expert consulting firms retained by
22     the Agency shall, as appropriate, prepare procurement
23     plans, and conduct a competitive procurement process as
24     prescribed in Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act,
25     to ensure adequate, reliable, affordable, efficient, and
26     environmentally sustainable electric service at the lowest

 

 

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1     total cost over time, taking into account any benefits of
2     price stability, for eligible retail customers of electric
3     utilities that on December 31, 2005 provided electric
4     service to at least 100,000 customers in the State of
5     Illinois.
6         (c) Renewable portfolio standard.
7             (1) The procurement plans shall include
8         cost-effective renewable energy resources. A minimum
9         percentage of each utility's total supply to serve the
10         load of eligible retail customers, as defined in
11         Section 16-111.5(a) of the Public Utilities Act,
12         procured for each of the following years shall be
13         generated from cost-effective renewable energy
14         resources: at least 2% by June 1, 2008; at least 4% by
15         June 1, 2009; at least 5% by June 1, 2010; at least 6%
16         by June 1, 2011; at least 7% by June 1, 2012; at least
17         8% by June 1, 2013; at least 9% by June 1, 2014; at
18         least 10% by June 1, 2015; and increasing by at least
19         1.5% each year thereafter to at least 25% by June 1,
20         2025. To the extent that it is available, at least 75%
21         of the renewable energy resources used to meet these
22         standards shall come from wind generation. For
23         purposes of this Section, "cost-effective" means that
24         the costs of procuring renewable energy resources do
25         not cause the limit stated in paragraph (2) of this
26         subsection (c) to be exceeded.

 

 

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1             (2) For purposes of this subsection (c), the
2         required procurement of cost-effective renewable
3         energy resources for a particular year shall be
4         measured as a percentage of the actual amount of
5         electricity (megawatt-hours) supplied by the electric
6         utility to eligible retail customers in the planning
7         year ending immediately prior to the procurement. For
8         purposes of this subsection (c), the amount per
9         kilowatthour means the total amount paid for electric
10         service expressed on a per kilowatthour basis. For
11         purposes of this subsection (c), the total amount paid
12         for electric service includes without limitation
13         amounts paid for supply, transmission, distribution,
14         surcharges, and add-on taxes.
15             Notwithstanding the requirements of this
16         subsection (c), the total of renewable energy
17         resources procured pursuant to the procurement plan
18         for any single year shall be reduced by an amount
19         necessary to limit the annual estimated average net
20         increase due to the costs of these resources included
21         in the amounts paid by eligible retail customers in
22         connection with electric service to:
23                 (A) in 2008, no more than 0.5% of the amount
24             paid per kilowatthour by those customers during
25             the year ending May 31, 2007;
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1             of the amount paid per kilowatthour by those
2             customers during the year ending May 31, 2008 or 1%
3             of the amount paid per kilowatthour by those
4             customers during the year ending May 31, 2007;
5                 (C) in 2010, the greater of an additional 0.5%
6             of the amount paid per kilowatthour by those
7             customers during the year ending May 31, 2009 or
8             1.5% of the amount paid per kilowatthour by those
9             customers during the year ending May 31, 2007;
10                 (D) in 2011, the greater of an additional 0.5%
11             of the amount paid per kilowatthour by those
12             customers during the year ending May 31, 2010 or 2%
13             of the amount paid per kilowatthour by those
14             customers during the year ending May 31, 2007; and
15                 (E) thereafter, the amount of renewable energy
16             resources procured pursuant to the procurement
17             plan for any single year shall be reduced by an
18             amount necessary to limit the estimated average
19             net increase due to the cost of these resources
20             included in the amounts paid by eligible retail
21             customers in connection with electric service to
22             no more than the greater of 2.015% of the amount
23             paid per kilowatthour by those customers during
24             the year ending May 31, 2007 or the incremental
25             amount per kilowatthour paid for these resources
26             in 2011.

 

 

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1             No later than June 30, 2011, the Commission shall
2         review the limitation on the amount of renewable energy
3         resources procured pursuant to this subsection (c) and
4         report to the General Assembly its findings as to
5         whether that limitation unduly constrains the
6         procurement of cost-effective renewable energy
7         resources.
8             (3) Through June 1, 2011, renewable energy
9         resources shall be counted for the purpose of meeting
10         the renewable energy standards set forth in paragraph
11         (1) of this subsection (c) only if they are generated
12         from facilities located in the State, provided that
13         cost-effective renewable energy resources are
14         available from those facilities. If those
15         cost-effective resources are not available in
16         Illinois, they shall be procured in states that adjoin
17         Illinois and may be counted towards compliance. If
18         those cost-effective resources are not available in
19         Illinois or in states that adjoin Illinois, they shall
20         be purchased elsewhere and shall be counted towards
21         compliance. After June 1, 2011, cost-effective
22         renewable energy resources located in Illinois and in
23         states that adjoin Illinois may be counted towards
24         compliance with the standards set forth in paragraph
25         (1) of this subsection (c). If those cost-effective
26         resources are not available in Illinois or in states

 

 

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1         that adjoin Illinois, they shall be purchased
2         elsewhere and shall be counted towards compliance.
3             (4) The electric utility shall retire all
4         renewable energy credits used to comply with the
5         standard.
6             (5) By 2020, at least 15% of a utility's total
7         supply to serve the load of retail customers shall be
8         derived from biomass or hydroelectric energy.
9         (d) The draft procurement plans are subject to public
10     comment, as required by Section 16-111.5 of the Public
11     Utilities Act.
12         (e) The Agency shall submit the final procurement plan
13     to the Commission. The Agency shall revise a procurement
14     plan if the Commission determines that it does not meet the
15     standards set forth in Section 16-111.5 of the Public
16     Utilities Act.
17         (f) The Agency shall assess fees to each affected
18     utility to recover the costs incurred in preparation of the
19     annual procurement plan for the utility.
20         (g) The Agency shall assess fees to each bidder to
21     recover the costs incurred in connection with a competitive
22     procurement process.
23 (Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)