98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2864

 

Introduced , by Rep. Frank J. Mautino

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 3855/1-10
20 ILCS 3855/1-20
20 ILCS 3855/1-56
20 ILCS 3855/1-75
220 ILCS 5/16-108
220 ILCS 5/16-111.5
220 ILCS 5/16-115D

    Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that, for periods beginning on and after June 1, 2014, the Agency's procurement plans shall include procurement of renewable energy credits in amounts projected to be sufficient to meet certain renewable energy resources portfolio standards. Requires the Agency to use the Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources Fund, until depleted, to procure renewable energy credits for specified purposes, and terminates the Fund upon depletion of all its funds. Provides that the Planning and Procurement Bureau shall develop procurement plans and conduct competitive procurement processes for the procurement of renewable energy credits with respect to the kilowatthour usage of delivery services non-eligible retail customers in such electric utilities' service areas. Makes changes with regard to the renewable portfolio standard. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that charges for delivery services shall also include the recovery of the electric utility's costs of renewable energy credits and excluded renewable energy resources contract costs. Requires certain electric utilities to procure renewable energy credits with respect to the kilowatthour usage of delivery services non-eligible retail customers in the electric utility's service area. Provides that the obligations of alternative retail electric suppliers and electric utilities operating outside their service territories to procure renewable energy resources, make alternative compliance payments, and file annual reports, and the obligations of the Commission to determine and post alternative compliance payment rates, shall terminate effective May 31, 2014. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning renewable energy.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Power Agency Act is amended by
5changing Sections 1-10, 1-20, 1-56, and 1-75 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3855/1-10)
7    Sec. 1-10. Definitions.
8    "Agency" means the Illinois Power Agency.
9    "Agency loan agreement" means any agreement pursuant to
10which the Illinois Finance Authority agrees to loan the
11proceeds of revenue bonds issued with respect to a project to
12the Agency upon terms providing for loan repayment installments
13at least sufficient to pay when due all principal of, interest
14and premium, if any, on those revenue bonds, and providing for
15maintenance, insurance, and other matters in respect of the
16project.
17    "Bundled renewable energy resources" means electricity
18generated by a renewable energy resource and its associated
19renewable energy credit.
20    "Authority" means the Illinois Finance Authority.
21    "Clean coal facility" means an electric generating
22facility that uses primarily coal as a feedstock and that
23captures and sequesters carbon dioxide emissions at the

 

 

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1following levels: at least 50% of the total carbon dioxide
2emissions that the facility would otherwise emit if, at the
3time construction commences, the facility is scheduled to
4commence operation before 2016, at least 70% of the total
5carbon dioxide emissions that the facility would otherwise emit
6if, at the time construction commences, the facility is
7scheduled to commence operation during 2016 or 2017, and at
8least 90% of the total carbon dioxide emissions that the
9facility would otherwise emit if, at the time construction
10commences, the facility is scheduled to commence operation
11after 2017. The power block of the clean coal facility shall
12not exceed allowable emission rates for sulfur dioxide,
13nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulates and mercury for
14a natural gas-fired combined-cycle facility the same size as
15and in the same location as the clean coal facility at the time
16the clean coal facility obtains an approved air permit. All
17coal used by a clean coal facility shall have high volatile
18bituminous rank and greater than 1.7 pounds of sulfur per
19million btu content, unless the clean coal facility does not
20use gasification technology and was operating as a conventional
21coal-fired electric generating facility on June 1, 2009 (the
22effective date of Public Act 95-1027).
23    "Clean coal SNG brownfield facility" means a facility that
24(1) has commenced construction by July 1, 2015 on an urban
25brownfield site in a municipality with at least 1,000,000
26residents; (2) uses a gasification process to produce

 

 

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1substitute natural gas; (3) uses coal as at least 50% of the
2total feedstock over the term of any sourcing agreement with a
3utility and the remainder of the feedstock may be either
4petroleum coke or coal, with all such coal having a high
5bituminous rank and greater than 1.7 pounds of sulfur per
6million Btu content unless the facility reasonably determines
7that it is necessary to use additional petroleum coke to
8deliver additional consumer savings, in which case the facility
9shall use coal for at least 35% of the total feedstock over the
10term of any sourcing agreement; and (4) captures and sequesters
11at least 85% of the total carbon dioxide emissions that the
12facility would otherwise emit.
13    "Clean coal SNG facility" means a facility that uses a
14gasification process to produce substitute natural gas, that
15sequesters at least 90% of the total carbon dioxide emissions
16that the facility would otherwise emit, that uses at least 90%
17coal as a feedstock, with all such coal having a high
18bituminous rank and greater than 1.7 pounds of sulfur per
19million btu content, and that has a valid and effective permit
20to construct emission sources and air pollution control
21equipment and approval with respect to the federal regulations
22for Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality
23(PSD) for the plant pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act;
24provided, however, a clean coal SNG brownfield facility shall
25not be a clean coal SNG facility.
26    "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.

 

 

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1    "Cost of renewable energy credits included in the cost of
2bundled renewable energy resources" means the difference
3between the contract price for the bundled renewable energy
4resources and the day-ahead locational marginal price at the
5load zone at which the contract is settled times the megawatt
6hours of electricity generated in each hour.
7    "Costs incurred in connection with the development and
8construction of a facility" means:
9        (1) the cost of acquisition of all real property,
10    fixtures, and improvements in connection therewith and
11    equipment, personal property, and other property, rights,
12    and easements acquired that are deemed necessary for the
13    operation and maintenance of the facility;
14        (2) financing costs with respect to bonds, notes, and
15    other evidences of indebtedness of the Agency;
16        (3) all origination, commitment, utilization,
17    facility, placement, underwriting, syndication, credit
18    enhancement, and rating agency fees;
19        (4) engineering, design, procurement, consulting,
20    legal, accounting, title insurance, survey, appraisal,
21    escrow, trustee, collateral agency, interest rate hedging,
22    interest rate swap, capitalized interest, contingency, as
23    required by lenders, and other financing costs, and other
24    expenses for professional services; and
25        (5) the costs of plans, specifications, site study and
26    investigation, installation, surveys, other Agency costs

 

 

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1    and estimates of costs, and other expenses necessary or
2    incidental to determining the feasibility of any project,
3    together with such other expenses as may be necessary or
4    incidental to the financing, insuring, acquisition, and
5    construction of a specific project and starting up,
6    commissioning, and placing that project in operation.
7    "Delivery services" has the same definition as found in
8Section 16-102 of the Public Utilities Act.
9    "Delivery services non-eligible retail customers" means
10the retail customers in an electric utility's service area for
11which the electric utility provides delivery services but which
12are not eligible retail customers as defined in subsection (a)
13of Section 1-75 of this Act.
14    "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
15Opportunity.
16    "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Power Agency.
17    "Demand-response" means measures that decrease peak
18electricity demand or shift demand from peak to off-peak
19periods.
20    "Distributed renewable energy generation device" means a
21device that is:
22        (1) powered by wind, solar thermal energy,
23    photovoltaic cells and panels, biodiesel, crops and
24    untreated and unadulterated organic waste biomass, tree
25    waste, and hydropower that does not involve new
26    construction or significant expansion of hydropower dams;

 

 

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1        (2) interconnected at the distribution system level of
2    either an electric utility as defined in this Section, an
3    alternative retail electric supplier as defined in Section
4    16-102 of the Public Utilities Act, a municipal utility as
5    defined in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act, or a
6    rural electric cooperative as defined in Section 3-119 of
7    the Public Utilities Act;
8        (3) located on the customer side of the customer's
9    electric meter and is primarily used to offset that
10    customer's electricity load; and
11        (4) limited in nameplate capacity to no more than 2,000
12    kilowatts.
13    "Energy efficiency" means measures that reduce the amount
14of electricity or natural gas required to achieve a given end
15use.
16    "Electric utility" has the same definition as found in
17Section 16-102 of the Public Utilities Act.
18    "Excluded renewable energy resources contract costs" means
19the amount by which the cost of renewable energy credits
20included in the cost of bundled renewable energy resources,
21purchased for a particular year to meet the renewable energy
22resources portfolio standards of paragraph (1) of subsection
23(c) of Section 1-75 of this Act applicable to the load of an
24electric utility's eligible retail customers pursuant to a
25contract with a term greater than one year that the electric
26utility entered into in a previous year in accordance with a

 

 

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1procurement approved by the Commission pursuant to Section
216-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act, exceeds the limitations
3imposed by paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of
4this Act for the particular year.
5    "Facility" means an electric generating unit or a
6co-generating unit that produces electricity along with
7related equipment necessary to connect the facility to an
8electric transmission or distribution system.
9    "Governmental aggregator" means one or more units of local
10government that individually or collectively procure
11electricity to serve residential retail electrical loads
12located within its or their jurisdiction.
13    "Local government" means a unit of local government as
14defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois
15Constitution.
16    "Municipality" means a city, village, or incorporated
17town.
18    "Person" means any natural person, firm, partnership,
19corporation, either domestic or foreign, company, association,
20limited liability company, joint stock company, or association
21and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal
22representative thereof.
23    "Project" means the planning, bidding, and construction of
24a facility.
25    "Public utility" has the same definition as found in
26Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act.

 

 

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1    "Real property" means any interest in land together with
2all structures, fixtures, and improvements thereon, including
3lands under water and riparian rights, any easements,
4covenants, licenses, leases, rights-of-way, uses, and other
5interests, together with any liens, judgments, mortgages, or
6other claims or security interests related to real property.
7    "Renewable energy credit" means a tradable credit that
8represents the environmental attributes of a certain amount of
9energy produced from a renewable energy resource.
10    "Renewable energy resources" includes energy and its
11associated renewable energy credit or renewable energy credits
12from wind, solar thermal energy, photovoltaic cells and panels,
13biodiesel, anaerobic digestion, crops and untreated and
14unadulterated organic waste biomass, tree waste, hydropower
15that does not involve new construction or significant expansion
16of hydropower dams, and other alternative sources of
17environmentally preferable energy. For purposes of this Act,
18landfill gas produced in the State is considered a renewable
19energy resource. "Renewable energy resources" does not include
20the incineration or burning of tires, garbage, general
21household, institutional, and commercial waste, industrial
22lunchroom or office waste, landscape waste other than tree
23waste, railroad crossties, utility poles, or construction or
24demolition debris, other than untreated and unadulterated
25waste wood.
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1indebtedness issued by the Authority, the principal and
2interest of which is payable solely from revenues or income
3derived from any project or activity of the Agency.
4    "Sequester" means permanent storage of carbon dioxide by
5injecting it into a saline aquifer, a depleted gas reservoir,
6or an oil reservoir, directly or through an enhanced oil
7recovery process that may involve intermediate storage,
8regardless of whether these activities are conducted by a clean
9coal facility, a clean coal SNG facility, a clean coal SNG
10brownfield facility, or a party with which a clean coal
11facility, clean coal SNG facility, or clean coal SNG brownfield
12facility has contracted for such purposes.
13    "Service area" has the same definition as found in Section
1416-102 of the Public Utilities Act.
15    "Small commercial retail customer" has the same definition
16as found in Section 16-102 of the Public Utilities Act.
17    "Sourcing agreement" means (i) in the case of an electric
18utility, an agreement between the owner of a clean coal
19facility and such electric utility, which agreement shall have
20terms and conditions meeting the requirements of paragraph (3)
21of subsection (d) of Section 1-75, (ii) in the case of an
22alternative retail electric supplier, an agreement between the
23owner of a clean coal facility and such alternative retail
24electric supplier, which agreement shall have terms and
25conditions meeting the requirements of Section 16-115(d)(5) of
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1an agreement between the owner of a clean coal SNG brownfield
2facility and the gas utility, which agreement shall have the
3terms and conditions meeting the requirements of subsection
4(h-1) of Section 9-220 of the Public Utilities Act.
5    "Substitute natural gas" or "SNG" means a gas manufactured
6by gasification of hydrocarbon feedstock, which is
7substantially interchangeable in use and distribution with
8conventional natural gas.
9    "Total resource cost test" or "TRC test" means a standard
10that is met if, for an investment in energy efficiency or
11demand-response measures, the benefit-cost ratio is greater
12than one. The benefit-cost ratio is the ratio of the net
13present value of the total benefits of the program to the net
14present value of the total costs as calculated over the
15lifetime of the measures. A total resource cost test compares
16the sum of avoided electric utility costs, representing the
17benefits that accrue to the system and the participant in the
18delivery of those efficiency measures, as well as other
19quantifiable societal benefits, including avoided natural gas
20utility costs, to the sum of all incremental costs of end-use
21measures that are implemented due to the program (including
22both utility and participant contributions), plus costs to
23administer, deliver, and evaluate each demand-side program, to
24quantify the net savings obtained by substituting the
25demand-side program for supply resources. In calculating
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1would otherwise have had to acquire, reasonable estimates shall
2be included of financial costs likely to be imposed by future
3regulations and legislation on emissions of greenhouse gases.
4(Source: P.A. 96-33, eff. 7-10-09; 96-159, eff. 8-10-09;
596-784, eff. 8-28-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-96, eff.
67-13-11; 97-239, eff. 8-2-11; 97-491, eff. 8-22-11; 97-616,
7eff. 10-26-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
8    (20 ILCS 3855/1-20)
9    Sec. 1-20. General powers of the Agency.
10    (a) The Agency is authorized to do each of the following:
11        (1) Develop electricity procurement plans to ensure
12    adequate, reliable, affordable, efficient, and
13    environmentally sustainable electric service at the lowest
14    total cost over time, taking into account any benefits of
15    price stability, for electric utilities that on December
16    31, 2005 provided electric service to at least 100,000
17    customers in Illinois and for small multi-jurisdictional
18    electric utilities that (A) on December 31, 2005 served
19    less than 100,000 customers in Illinois and (B) request a
20    procurement plan for their Illinois jurisdictional load.
21    The procurement plans shall be updated on an annual basis
22    and shall include electricity generated from renewable
23    resources sufficient to achieve the standards specified in
24    this Act. For periods beginning on and after June 1, 2014,
25    the procurement plans shall also include procurement of

 

 

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1    renewable energy credits, in accordance with subsection
2    (c) of Section 1-75 of this Act, in amounts projected to be
3    sufficient to meet the renewable energy resources
4    portfolio standard specified in subsection (c) of Section
5    1-75 of this Act with respect to the kilowatthour usage of
6    delivery services non-eligible retail customers in such
7    electric utilities' service areas.
8        (2) Conduct competitive procurement processes to
9    procure the supply resources identified in the procurement
10    plan, pursuant to Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
11    Act.
12        (3) Develop electric generation and co-generation
13    facilities that use indigenous coal or renewable
14    resources, or both, financed with bonds issued by the
15    Illinois Finance Authority.
16        (4) Supply electricity from the Agency's facilities at
17    cost to one or more of the following: municipal electric
18    systems, governmental aggregators, or rural electric
19    cooperatives in Illinois.
20    (b) Except as otherwise limited by this Act, the Agency has
21all of the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the
22purposes and provisions of this Act, including without
23limitation, each of the following:
24        (1) To have a corporate seal, and to alter that seal at
25    pleasure, and to use it by causing it or a facsimile to be
26    affixed or impressed or reproduced in any other manner.

 

 

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1        (2) To use the services of the Illinois Finance
2    Authority necessary to carry out the Agency's purposes.
3        (3) To negotiate and enter into loan agreements and
4    other agreements with the Illinois Finance Authority.
5        (4) To obtain and employ personnel and hire consultants
6    that are necessary to fulfill the Agency's purposes, and to
7    make expenditures for that purpose within the
8    appropriations for that purpose.
9        (5) To purchase, receive, take by grant, gift, devise,
10    bequest, or otherwise, lease, or otherwise acquire, own,
11    hold, improve, employ, use, and otherwise deal in and with,
12    real or personal property whether tangible or intangible,
13    or any interest therein, within the State.
14        (6) To acquire real or personal property, whether
15    tangible or intangible, including without limitation
16    property rights, interests in property, franchises,
17    obligations, contracts, and debt and equity securities,
18    and to do so by the exercise of the power of eminent domain
19    in accordance with Section 1-21; except that any real
20    property acquired by the exercise of the power of eminent
21    domain must be located within the State.
22        (7) To sell, convey, lease, exchange, transfer,
23    abandon, or otherwise dispose of, or mortgage, pledge, or
24    create a security interest in, any of its assets,
25    properties, or any interest therein, wherever situated.
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1    otherwise acquire, hold, make a tender offer for, vote,
2    employ, sell, lend, lease, exchange, transfer, or
3    otherwise dispose of, mortgage, pledge, or grant a security
4    interest in, use, and otherwise deal in and with, bonds and
5    other obligations, shares, or other securities (or
6    interests therein) issued by others, whether engaged in a
7    similar or different business or activity.
8        (9) To make and execute agreements, contracts, and
9    other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise
10    of the powers and functions of the Agency under this Act,
11    including contracts with any person, including personal
12    service contracts, or with any local government, State
13    agency, or other entity; and all State agencies and all
14    local governments are authorized to enter into and do all
15    things necessary to perform any such agreement, contract,
16    or other instrument with the Agency. No such agreement,
17    contract, or other instrument shall exceed 40 years.
18        (10) To lend money, invest and reinvest its funds in
19    accordance with the Public Funds Investment Act, and take
20    and hold real and personal property as security for the
21    payment of funds loaned or invested.
22        (11) To borrow money at such rate or rates of interest
23    as the Agency may determine, issue its notes, bonds, or
24    other obligations to evidence that indebtedness, and
25    secure any of its obligations by mortgage or pledge of its
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1    structures, fixtures, inventories, revenues, grants, and
2    other funds as provided or any interest therein, wherever
3    situated.
4        (12) To enter into agreements with the Illinois Finance
5    Authority to issue bonds whether or not the income
6    therefrom is exempt from federal taxation.
7        (13) To procure insurance against any loss in
8    connection with its properties or operations in such amount
9    or amounts and from such insurers, including the federal
10    government, as it may deem necessary or desirable, and to
11    pay any premiums therefor.
12        (14) To negotiate and enter into agreements with
13    trustees or receivers appointed by United States
14    bankruptcy courts or federal district courts or in other
15    proceedings involving adjustment of debts and authorize
16    proceedings involving adjustment of debts and authorize
17    legal counsel for the Agency to appear in any such
18    proceedings.
19        (15) To file a petition under Chapter 9 of Title 11 of
20    the United States Bankruptcy Code or take other similar
21    action for the adjustment of its debts.
22        (16) To enter into management agreements for the
23    operation of any of the property or facilities owned by the
24    Agency.
25        (17) To enter into an agreement to transfer and to
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1    the Agency to one or more municipal electric systems,
2    governmental aggregators, or rural electric agencies or
3    cooperatives, for such consideration and upon such terms as
4    the Agency may determine to be in the best interest of the
5    citizens of Illinois.
6        (18) To enter upon any lands and within any building
7    whenever in its judgment it may be necessary for the
8    purpose of making surveys and examinations to accomplish
9    any purpose authorized by this Act.
10        (19) To maintain an office or offices at such place or
11    places in the State as it may determine.
12        (20) To request information, and to make any inquiry,
13    investigation, survey, or study that the Agency may deem
14    necessary to enable it effectively to carry out the
15    provisions of this Act.
16        (21) To accept and expend appropriations.
17        (22) To engage in any activity or operation that is
18    incidental to and in furtherance of efficient operation to
19    accomplish the Agency's purposes, including hiring
20    employees that the Director deems essential for the
21    operations of the Agency.
22        (23) To adopt, revise, amend, and repeal rules with
23    respect to its operations, properties, and facilities as
24    may be necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of
25    this Act, subject to the provisions of the Illinois
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1    this Act.
2        (24) To establish and collect charges and fees as
3    described in this Act.
4        (25) To conduct competitive gasification feedstock
5    procurement processes to procure the feedstocks for the
6    clean coal SNG brownfield facility in accordance with the
7    requirements of Section 1-78 of this Act.
8        (26) To review, revise, and approve sourcing
9    agreements and mediate and resolve disputes between gas
10    utilities and the clean coal SNG brownfield facility
11    pursuant to subsection (h-1) of Section 9-220 of the Public
12    Utilities Act.
13(Source: P.A. 96-784, eff. 8-28-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10;
1497-96, eff. 7-13-11; 97-325, eff. 8-12-11; 97-618, eff.
1510-26-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
16    (20 ILCS 3855/1-56)
17    Sec. 1-56. Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy
18Resources Fund.
19    (a) The Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources
20Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury.
21    (b) The Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources
22Fund shall be administered by the Agency to procure renewable
23energy resources. Prior to June 1, 2011, resources procured
24pursuant to this Section shall be procured from facilities
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1those facilities. If resources are not available in Illinois,
2then they shall be procured in states that adjoin Illinois. If
3resources are not available in Illinois or in states that
4adjoin Illinois, then they may be purchased elsewhere.
5Beginning June 1, 2011, resources procured pursuant to this
6Section shall be procured from facilities located in Illinois
7or states that adjoin Illinois. If resources are not available
8in Illinois or in states that adjoin Illinois, then they may be
9procured elsewhere. To the extent available, at least 75% of
10these renewable energy resources shall come from wind
11generation. Of the renewable energy resources procured
12pursuant to this Section at least the following specified
13percentages shall come from photovoltaics on the following
14schedule: 0.5% by June 1, 2012; 1.5% by June 1, 2013; 3% by
15June 1, 2014; and 6% by June 1, 2015 and thereafter. Of the
16renewable energy resources procured pursuant to this Section,
17at least the following percentages shall come from distributed
18renewable energy generation devices: 0.5% by June 1, 2013,
190.75% by June 1, 2014, and 1% by June 1, 2015 and thereafter.
20To the extent available, half of the renewable energy resources
21procured from distributed renewable energy generation shall
22come from devices of less than 25 kilowatts in nameplate
23capacity. Renewable energy resources procured from distributed
24generation devices may also count towards the required
25percentages for wind and solar photovoltaics. Procurement of
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1generation devices shall be done on an annual basis through
2multi-year contracts of no less than 5 years, and shall consist
3solely of renewable energy credits.
4    The Agency shall create credit requirements for suppliers
5of distributed renewable energy. In order to minimize the
6administrative burden on contracting entities, the Agency
7shall solicit the use of third-party organizations to aggregate
8distributed renewable energy into groups of no less than one
9megawatt in installed capacity. These third-party
10organizations shall administer contracts with individual
11distributed renewable energy generation device owners. An
12individual distributed renewable energy generation device
13owner shall have the ability to measure the output of his or
14her distributed renewable energy generation device.
15    (c) The Agency shall procure renewable energy resources at
16least once each year in conjunction with a procurement event
17for electric utilities required to comply with Section 1-75 of
18the Act and shall, whenever possible, enter into long-term
19contracts on an annual basis for a portion of the incremental
20requirement for the given procurement year. The Agency may
21purchase, from an electric utility or from an entity that has
22entered into a contract pursuant to Section 16-111.5 of the
23Public Utilities Act to sell renewable energy resources to an
24electric utility, renewable energy credits that are excluded
25renewable energy resources contract costs. For periods
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1Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources Fund, until
2depleted, to procure renewable energy credits for the purposes
3specified in items (2) and (6) of subsection (c) of Section
41-75 of this Act. For each procurement of renewable energy
5credits pursuant to this Section for periods beginning on and
6after June 1, 2014, the Agency shall designate an electric
7utility service area to which the procurement pertains.
8    (d) The price paid to procure renewable energy credits
9using monies from the Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy
10Resources Fund shall not exceed the winning bid prices paid for
11like resources procured for electric utilities required to
12comply with Section 1-75 of this Act.
13    (e) All renewable energy credits procured using monies from
14the Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources Fund shall
15be permanently retired.
16    (f) The procurement process described in this Section is
17exempt from the requirements of the Illinois Procurement Code,
18pursuant to Section 20-10 of that Code.
19    (g) All disbursements from the Illinois Power Agency
20Renewable Energy Resources Fund shall be made only upon
21warrants of the Comptroller drawn upon the Treasurer as
22custodian of the Fund upon vouchers signed by the Director or
23by the person or persons designated by the Director for that
24purpose. The Comptroller is authorized to draw the warrant upon
25vouchers so signed. The Treasurer shall accept all warrants so
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1made on those warrants.
2    (h) The Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources
3Fund shall not be subject to sweeps, administrative charges, or
4chargebacks, including, but not limited to, those authorized
5under Section 8h of the State Finance Act, that would in any
6way result in the transfer of any funds from this Fund to any
7other fund of this State or in having any such funds utilized
8for any purpose other than the express purposes set forth in
9this Section.
10    (i) The Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources
11Fund shall be terminated upon depletion of all funds therein
12through the purchase of renewable energy credits.
13(Source: P.A. 96-159, eff. 8-10-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10;
1496-1437, eff. 8-17-10; 97-616, eff. 10-26-11.)
 
15    (20 ILCS 3855/1-75)
16    Sec. 1-75. Planning and Procurement Bureau. The Planning
17and Procurement Bureau has the following duties and
18responsibilities:
19    (a) The Planning and Procurement Bureau shall each year,
20beginning in 2008, develop procurement plans and conduct
21competitive procurement processes in accordance with the
22requirements of Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act
23for the eligible retail customers of electric utilities that on
24December 31, 2005 provided electric service to at least 100,000
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1June 1, 2014, develop procurement plans and conduct competitive
2procurement processes for the procurement of renewable energy
3credits with respect to the kilowatthour usage of delivery
4services non-eligible retail customers in such electric
5utilities' service areas. The Planning and Procurement Bureau
6shall also develop procurement plans and conduct competitive
7procurement processes in accordance with the requirements of
8Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act for the eligible
9retail customers of small multi-jurisdictional electric
10utilities that (i) on December 31, 2005 served less than
11100,000 customers in Illinois and (ii) request a procurement
12plan for their Illinois jurisdictional load. This Section shall
13not apply to a small multi-jurisdictional utility until such
14time as a small multi-jurisdictional utility requests the
15Agency to prepare a procurement plan for their Illinois
16jurisdictional load. For the purposes of this Section, the term
17"eligible retail customers" has the same definition as found in
18Section 16-111.5(a) of the Public Utilities Act.
19        (1) The Agency shall each year, beginning in 2008, as
20    needed, issue a request for qualifications for experts or
21    expert consulting firms to develop the procurement plans in
22    accordance with Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
23    Act. In order to qualify an expert or expert consulting
24    firm must have:
25            (A) direct previous experience assembling
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1        end-use customers;
2            (B) an advanced degree in economics, mathematics,
3        engineering, risk management, or a related area of
4        study;
5            (C) 10 years of experience in the electricity
6        sector, including managing supply risk;
7            (D) expertise in wholesale electricity market
8        rules, including those established by the Federal
9        Energy Regulatory Commission and regional transmission
10        organizations;
11            (E) expertise in credit protocols and familiarity
12        with contract protocols;
13            (F) adequate resources to perform and fulfill the
14        required functions and responsibilities; and
15            (G) the absence of a conflict of interest and
16        inappropriate bias for or against potential bidders or
17        the affected electric utilities.
18        (2) The Agency shall each year, as needed, issue a
19    request for qualifications for a procurement administrator
20    to conduct the competitive procurement processes in
21    accordance with Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
22    Act. In order to qualify an expert or expert consulting
23    firm must have:
24            (A) direct previous experience administering a
25        large-scale competitive procurement process;
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1        engineering, or a related area of study;
2            (C) 10 years of experience in the electricity
3        sector, including risk management experience;
4            (D) expertise in wholesale electricity market
5        rules, including those established by the Federal
6        Energy Regulatory Commission and regional transmission
7        organizations;
8            (E) expertise in credit and contract protocols;
9            (F) adequate resources to perform and fulfill the
10        required functions and responsibilities; and
11            (G) the absence of a conflict of interest and
12        inappropriate bias for or against potential bidders or
13        the affected electric utilities.
14        (3) The Agency shall provide affected utilities and
15    other interested parties with the lists of qualified
16    experts or expert consulting firms identified through the
17    request for qualifications processes that are under
18    consideration to develop the procurement plans and to serve
19    as the procurement administrator. The Agency shall also
20    provide each qualified expert's or expert consulting
21    firm's response to the request for qualifications. All
22    information provided under this subparagraph shall also be
23    provided to the Commission. The Agency may provide by rule
24    for fees associated with supplying the information to
25    utilities and other interested parties. These parties
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1    if they object to any experts or expert consulting firms on
2    the lists. Objections shall be based on:
3            (A) failure to satisfy qualification criteria;
4            (B) identification of a conflict of interest; or
5            (C) evidence of inappropriate bias for or against
6        potential bidders or the affected utilities.
7        The Agency shall remove experts or expert consulting
8    firms from the lists within 10 days if there is a
9    reasonable basis for an objection and provide the updated
10    lists to the affected utilities and other interested
11    parties. If the Agency fails to remove an expert or expert
12    consulting firm from a list, an objecting party may seek
13    review by the Commission within 5 days thereafter by filing
14    a petition, and the Commission shall render a ruling on the
15    petition within 10 days. There is no right of appeal of the
16    Commission's ruling.
17        (4) The Agency shall issue requests for proposals to
18    the qualified experts or expert consulting firms to develop
19    a procurement plan for the affected utilities and to serve
20    as procurement administrator.
21        (5) The Agency shall select an expert or expert
22    consulting firm to develop procurement plans based on the
23    proposals submitted and shall award contracts of up to 5
24    years to those selected.
25        (6) The Agency shall select an expert or expert
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1    as procurement administrator based on the proposals
2    submitted. If the Commission rejects, within 5 days, the
3    Agency's selection, the Agency shall submit another
4    recommendation within 3 days based on the proposals
5    submitted. The Agency shall award a 5-year contract to the
6    expert or expert consulting firm so selected with
7    Commission approval.
8    (b) The experts or expert consulting firms retained by the
9Agency shall, as appropriate, prepare procurement plans, and
10conduct a competitive procurement process as prescribed in
11Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act, to ensure
12adequate, reliable, affordable, efficient, and environmentally
13sustainable electric service at the lowest total cost over
14time, taking into account any benefits of price stability, for
15eligible retail customers of electric utilities that on
16December 31, 2005 provided electric service to at least 100,000
17customers in the State of Illinois, and for eligible Illinois
18retail customers of small multi-jurisdictional electric
19utilities that (i) on December 31, 2005 served less than
20100,000 customers in Illinois and (ii) request a procurement
21plan for their Illinois jurisdictional load.
22    (c) Renewable portfolio standard.
23        (1) The procurement plans shall include cost-effective
24    renewable energy resources. A minimum percentage of each
25    utility's total supply to serve the load of eligible retail
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1    Utilities Act, procured for each of the following years
2    shall be generated from cost-effective renewable energy
3    resources: at least 2% by June 1, 2008; at least 4% by June
4    1, 2009; at least 5% by June 1, 2010; at least 6% by June 1,
5    2011; at least 7% by June 1, 2012; at least 8% by June 1,
6    2013; at least 9% by June 1, 2014; at least 10% by June 1,
7    2015; and increasing by at least 1.5% each year thereafter
8    to at least 25% by June 1, 2025. For periods beginning on
9    and after June 1, 2014, the procurement plans shall also
10    include the procurement of cost-effective renewable energy
11    credits equal to the projected kilowatthour usage of the
12    delivery services non-eligible retail customers within the
13    service area of the electric utility multiplied by the
14    applicable renewable energy resource percentage for that
15    year as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence. To
16    the extent that it is available, at least 75% of the
17    renewable energy resources used to meet these standards
18    shall come from wind generation and, beginning on June 1,
19    2011, at least the following percentages of the renewable
20    energy resources used to meet these standards shall come
21    from photovoltaics on the following schedule: 0.5% by June
22    1, 2012, 1.5% by June 1, 2013; 3% by June 1, 2014; and 6% by
23    June 1, 2015 and thereafter. Of the renewable energy
24    resources procured pursuant to this Section, at least the
25    following percentages shall come from distributed
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1    0.75% by June 1, 2014, and 1% by June 1, 2015 and
2    thereafter. To the extent available, half of the renewable
3    energy resources procured from distributed renewable
4    energy generation shall come from devices of less than 25
5    kilowatts in nameplate capacity. Renewable energy
6    resources procured from distributed generation devices may
7    also count towards the required percentages for wind and
8    solar photovoltaics. Procurement of renewable energy
9    resources from distributed renewable energy generation
10    devices shall be done on an annual basis through multi-year
11    contracts of no less than 5 years, and shall consist solely
12    of renewable energy credits.
13        The Agency shall create credit requirements for
14    suppliers of distributed renewable energy. In order to
15    minimize the administrative burden on contracting
16    entities, the Agency shall solicit the use of third-party
17    organizations to aggregate distributed renewable energy
18    into groups of no less than one megawatt in installed
19    capacity. These third-party organizations shall administer
20    contracts with individual distributed renewable energy
21    generation device owners. An individual distributed
22    renewable energy generation device owner shall have the
23    ability to measure the output of his or her distributed
24    renewable energy generation device.
25        For purposes of this subsection (c), "cost-effective"
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1    resources to serve the load of the electric utility's
2    eligible retail customers and the costs of procuring
3    renewable energy credits with respect to the kilowatthour
4    usage of the delivery services non-eligible retail
5    customers within the electric utility's service area do not
6    cause the applicable limits limit stated in paragraph (2)
7    of this subsection (c) to be exceeded and do not exceed
8    benchmarks based on market prices for renewable energy
9    resources in the region, which shall be developed by the
10    procurement administrator, in consultation with the
11    Commission staff, Agency staff, and the procurement
12    monitor and shall be subject to Commission review and
13    approval.
14        (2) For purposes of this subsection (c), the required
15    procurement of cost-effective renewable energy resources
16    to serve the load of the electric utility's eligible retail
17    customers for a particular year shall be measured as a
18    percentage of the actual amount of electricity
19    (megawatt-hours) supplied by the electric utility to
20    eligible retail customers in the planning year ending
21    immediately prior to the procurement and, for periods
22    beginning on and after June 1, 2014, the required
23    procurement of renewable energy credits with respect to the
24    delivery services non-eligible retail customers of the
25    electric utility shall be based on the actual amount of
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1    utility to delivery services non-eligible retail customers
2    in its service area in the planning year ending immediately
3    prior to the procurement. For purposes of this subsection
4    (c), the amount paid per kilowatthour means the total
5    amount paid for electric service expressed on a per
6    kilowatthour basis. For purposes of this subsection (c),
7    the total amount paid for electric service includes without
8    limitation amounts paid for supply, transmission,
9    distribution, surcharges, and add-on taxes.
10        Notwithstanding the requirements of this subsection
11    (c), the total of renewable energy resources procured
12    pursuant to the procurement plan with respect to the load
13    of the electric utility's eligible retail customers for any
14    single year shall be reduced by an amount necessary to
15    limit the annual estimated average net increase due to the
16    costs of these resources included in the amounts paid by
17    eligible retail customers in connection with electric
18    service to:
19            (A) in 2008, no more than 0.5% of the amount paid
20        per kilowatthour by those customers during the year
21        ending May 31, 2007;
22            (B) in 2009, the greater of an additional 0.5% of
23        the amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers
24        during the year ending May 31, 2008 or 1% of the amount
25        paid per kilowatthour by those customers during the
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1            (C) in 2010, the greater of an additional 0.5% of
2        the amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers
3        during the year ending May 31, 2009 or 1.5% of the
4        amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers during
5        the year ending May 31, 2007;
6            (D) in 2011, the greater of an additional 0.5% of
7        the amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers
8        during the year ending May 31, 2010 or 2% of the amount
9        paid per kilowatthour by those customers during the
10        year ending May 31, 2007; and
11            (E) thereafter, the amount of renewable energy
12        resources procured pursuant to the procurement plan
13        for any single year shall be reduced by an amount
14        necessary to limit the estimated average net increase
15        due to the cost of these resources included in the
16        amounts paid by eligible retail customers in
17        connection with electric service to no more than the
18        greater of 2.015% of the amount paid per kilowatthour
19        by those customers during the year ending May 31, 2007
20        or the incremental amount per kilowatthour paid for
21        these resources in 2011.
22            For periods beginning on and after June 1, 2014,
23        any excluded renewable energy resources contract costs
24        shall be recoverable by the electric utility through
25        its tariffed charges for delivery services pursuant to
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1        delivery services non-eligible retail customers in the
2        residential and small commercial retail customer
3        classes.
4            Notwithstanding the requirements of this
5        subsection (c), for years beginning on and after June
6        1, 2014, the total amount of renewable energy credits
7        procured pursuant to the procurement plan with respect
8        to the kilowatthour usage of the delivery services
9        non-eligible retail customers in the electric
10        utility's service area shall be reduced by an amount
11        necessary to limit the cost of renewable energy credits
12        and excluded renewable energy resources contract costs
13        included in the electric utility's charges per
14        kilowatthour for delivery services to its delivery
15        services non-eligible retail customers to an amount
16        equal to no more than 2.015% of the amount paid by the
17        electric utility's eligible retail customers per
18        kilowatthour for electric service during the year that
19        ended May 31, 2007.
20            No later than June 30, 2011, the Commission shall
21        review the limitation on the amount of renewable energy
22        resources procured pursuant to this subsection (c) and
23        report to the General Assembly its findings as to
24        whether that limitation unduly constrains the
25        procurement of cost-effective renewable energy
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1        (3) Through June 1, 2011, renewable energy resources
2    shall be counted for the purpose of meeting the renewable
3    energy standards set forth in paragraph (1) of this
4    subsection (c) only if they are generated from facilities
5    located in the State, provided that cost-effective
6    renewable energy resources are available from those
7    facilities. If those cost-effective resources are not
8    available in Illinois, they shall be procured in states
9    that adjoin Illinois and may be counted towards compliance.
10    If those cost-effective resources are not available in
11    Illinois or in states that adjoin Illinois, they shall be
12    purchased elsewhere and shall be counted towards
13    compliance. After June 1, 2011, cost-effective renewable
14    energy resources located in Illinois and in states that
15    adjoin Illinois may be counted towards compliance with the
16    standards set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection
17    (c). If those cost-effective resources are not available in
18    Illinois or in states that adjoin Illinois, they shall be
19    purchased elsewhere and shall be counted towards
20    compliance.
21        (4) The electric utility shall retire all renewable
22    energy credits used to comply with the standard. The
23    electric utility may sell to the Agency any renewable
24    energy credits it has purchased under a contract entered
25    into pursuant to Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
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1    costs.
2        (5) Beginning with the year commencing June 1, 2010,
3    and ending May 31, 2014, an electric utility subject to
4    this subsection (c) shall apply the lesser of the maximum
5    alternative compliance payment rate or the most recent
6    estimated alternative compliance payment rate for its
7    service territory for the corresponding compliance period,
8    established pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 16-115D
9    of the Public Utilities Act to its retail customers that
10    take service pursuant to the electric utility's hourly
11    pricing tariff or tariffs. The electric utility shall
12    retain all amounts collected as a result of the application
13    of the alternative compliance payment rate or rates to such
14    customers, and, beginning in 2011, the utility shall
15    include in the information provided under item (1) of
16    subsection (d) of Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
17    Act the amounts collected under the alternative compliance
18    payment rate or rates for the prior year ending May 31.
19    Notwithstanding any limitation on the procurement of
20    renewable energy resources imposed by item (2) of this
21    subsection (c), the Agency shall increase its spending on
22    the purchase of renewable energy resources to be procured
23    by the electric utility for the next plan year by an amount
24    equal to the amounts collected by the utility under the
25    alternative compliance payment rate or rates in the prior
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1    1, 2014, the kilowatthours supplied by the electric utility
2    to its retail customers that take service pursuant to the
3    electric utility's hourly pricing tariff or tariffs shall
4    be considered usage of delivery services non-eligible
5    retail customers. Beginning April 1, 2012, and each year
6    thereafter, the Agency shall prepare a public report for
7    the General Assembly and Illinois Commerce Commission that
8    shall include, but not necessarily be limited to:
9            (A) a comparison of the costs associated with the
10        Agency's procurement of renewable energy resources to
11        (1) the Agency's costs associated with electricity
12        generated by other types of generation facilities and
13        (2) the benefits associated with the Agency's
14        procurement of renewable energy resources; and
15            (B) an analysis of the rate impacts associated with
16        the Illinois Power Agency's procurement of renewable
17        resources, including, but not limited to, any
18        long-term contracts, on the eligible retail customers
19        of electric utilities.
20        The analysis shall include the Agency's estimate of the
21    total dollar impact that the Agency's procurement of
22    renewable resources has had on the annual electricity bills
23    of the customer classes that comprise each eligible retail
24    customer class taking service from an electric utility. The
25    Agency's report shall also analyze how the operation of the
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1    contracts, or other aspects of the applicable renewable
2    portfolio standards impacts the rates of customers of
3    alternative retail electric suppliers.
4        (6) Each annual procurement plan for periods beginning
5    on and after June 1, 2014 shall include the procurement of
6    renewable energy credits to meet the renewable energy
7    resource requirements specified in item (2) of this
8    subsection (c) with respect to the kilowatthour usage of
9    the electric utility's eligible retail customers and the
10    electric utility's delivery services non-eligible retail
11    customers; provided that the electric utility's obligation
12    to purchase renewable energy credits with respect to the
13    kilowatthour usage of delivery services non-eligible
14    retail customers shall be reduced by the amount of any
15    purchases of renewable energy credits by the Agency for the
16    year in respect of the electric utility's service area
17    pursuant to Section 1-56 of this Act using the Illinois
18    Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources Fund. All
19    procurements of renewable energy credits in the
20    procurement plans of the electric utilities shall be
21    pursuant to competitive bidding processes and shall be
22    approved by the Commission pursuant to Section 16-111.5 of
23    the Public Utilities Act.
24    (d) Clean coal portfolio standard.
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1    one or more sourcing agreements with the initial clean coal
2    facility, as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection
3    (d), covering electricity generated by the initial clean
4    coal facility representing at least 5% of each utility's
5    total supply to serve the load of eligible retail customers
6    in 2015 and each year thereafter, as described in paragraph
7    (3) of this subsection (d), subject to the limits specified
8    in paragraph (2) of this subsection (d). It is the goal of
9    the State that by January 1, 2025, 25% of the electricity
10    used in the State shall be generated by cost-effective
11    clean coal facilities. For purposes of this subsection (d),
12    "cost-effective" means that the expenditures pursuant to
13    such sourcing agreements do not cause the limit stated in
14    paragraph (2) of this subsection (d) to be exceeded and do
15    not exceed cost-based benchmarks, which shall be developed
16    to assess all expenditures pursuant to such sourcing
17    agreements covering electricity generated by clean coal
18    facilities, other than the initial clean coal facility, by
19    the procurement administrator, in consultation with the
20    Commission staff, Agency staff, and the procurement
21    monitor and shall be subject to Commission review and
22    approval.
23        A utility party to a sourcing agreement shall
24    immediately retire any emission credits that it receives in
25    connection with the electricity covered by such agreement.
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1    the purchases under the sourcing agreement to comply with
2    this subsection (d) and shall file an accounting with the
3    load forecast that must be filed with the Agency by July 15
4    of each year, in accordance with subsection (d) of Section
5    16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act.
6        A utility shall be deemed to have complied with the
7    clean coal portfolio standard specified in this subsection
8    (d) if the utility enters into a sourcing agreement as
9    required by this subsection (d).
10        (2) For purposes of this subsection (d), the required
11    execution of sourcing agreements with the initial clean
12    coal facility for a particular year shall be measured as a
13    percentage of the actual amount of electricity
14    (megawatt-hours) supplied by the electric utility to
15    eligible retail customers in the planning year ending
16    immediately prior to the agreement's execution. For
17    purposes of this subsection (d), the amount paid per
18    kilowatthour means the total amount paid for electric
19    service expressed on a per kilowatthour basis. For purposes
20    of this subsection (d), the total amount paid for electric
21    service includes without limitation amounts paid for
22    supply, transmission, distribution, surcharges and add-on
23    taxes.
24        Notwithstanding the requirements of this subsection
25    (d), the total amount paid under sourcing agreements with
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1    any given year shall be reduced by an amount necessary to
2    limit the annual estimated average net increase due to the
3    costs of these resources included in the amounts paid by
4    eligible retail customers in connection with electric
5    service to:
6            (A) in 2010, no more than 0.5% of the amount paid
7        per kilowatthour by those customers during the year
8        ending May 31, 2009;
9            (B) in 2011, the greater of an additional 0.5% of
10        the amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers
11        during the year ending May 31, 2010 or 1% of the amount
12        paid per kilowatthour by those customers during the
13        year ending May 31, 2009;
14            (C) in 2012, the greater of an additional 0.5% of
15        the amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers
16        during the year ending May 31, 2011 or 1.5% of the
17        amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers during
18        the year ending May 31, 2009;
19            (D) in 2013, the greater of an additional 0.5% of
20        the amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers
21        during the year ending May 31, 2012 or 2% of the amount
22        paid per kilowatthour by those customers during the
23        year ending May 31, 2009; and
24            (E) thereafter, the total amount paid under
25        sourcing agreements with clean coal facilities
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1        shall be reduced by an amount necessary to limit the
2        estimated average net increase due to the cost of these
3        resources included in the amounts paid by eligible
4        retail customers in connection with electric service
5        to no more than the greater of (i) 2.015% of the amount
6        paid per kilowatthour by those customers during the
7        year ending May 31, 2009 or (ii) the incremental amount
8        per kilowatthour paid for these resources in 2013.
9        These requirements may be altered only as provided by
10        statute.
11        No later than June 30, 2015, the Commission shall
12    review the limitation on the total amount paid under
13    sourcing agreements, if any, with clean coal facilities
14    pursuant to this subsection (d) and report to the General
15    Assembly its findings as to whether that limitation unduly
16    constrains the amount of electricity generated by
17    cost-effective clean coal facilities that is covered by
18    sourcing agreements.
19        (3) Initial clean coal facility. In order to promote
20    development of clean coal facilities in Illinois, each
21    electric utility subject to this Section shall execute a
22    sourcing agreement to source electricity from a proposed
23    clean coal facility in Illinois (the "initial clean coal
24    facility") that will have a nameplate capacity of at least
25    500 MW when commercial operation commences, that has a
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1    amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, and that will
2    meet the definition of clean coal facility in Section 1-10
3    of this Act when commercial operation commences. The
4    sourcing agreements with this initial clean coal facility
5    shall be subject to both approval of the initial clean coal
6    facility by the General Assembly and satisfaction of the
7    requirements of paragraph (4) of this subsection (d) and
8    shall be executed within 90 days after any such approval by
9    the General Assembly. The Agency and the Commission shall
10    have authority to inspect all books and records associated
11    with the initial clean coal facility during the term of
12    such a sourcing agreement. A utility's sourcing agreement
13    for electricity produced by the initial clean coal facility
14    shall include:
15            (A) a formula contractual price (the "contract
16        price") approved pursuant to paragraph (4) of this
17        subsection (d), which shall:
18                (i) be determined using a cost of service
19            methodology employing either a level or deferred
20            capital recovery component, based on a capital
21            structure consisting of 45% equity and 55% debt,
22            and a return on equity as may be approved by the
23            Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which in any
24            case may not exceed the lower of 11.5% or the rate
25            of return approved by the General Assembly
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1            and
2                (ii) provide that all miscellaneous net
3            revenue, including but not limited to net revenue
4            from the sale of emission allowances, if any,
5            substitute natural gas, if any, grants or other
6            support provided by the State of Illinois or the
7            United States Government, firm transmission
8            rights, if any, by-products produced by the
9            facility, energy or capacity derived from the
10            facility and not covered by a sourcing agreement
11            pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection (d) or
12            item (5) of subsection (d) of Section 16-115 of the
13            Public Utilities Act, whether generated from the
14            synthesis gas derived from coal, from SNG, or from
15            natural gas, shall be credited against the revenue
16            requirement for this initial clean coal facility;
17            (B) power purchase provisions, which shall:
18                (i) provide that the utility party to such
19            sourcing agreement shall pay the contract price
20            for electricity delivered under such sourcing
21            agreement;
22                (ii) require delivery of electricity to the
23            regional transmission organization market of the
24            utility that is party to such sourcing agreement;
25                (iii) require the utility party to such
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1            coal facility in each hour an amount of energy
2            equal to all clean coal energy made available from
3            the initial clean coal facility during such hour
4            times a fraction, the numerator of which is such
5            utility's retail market sales of electricity
6            (expressed in kilowatthours sold) in the State
7            during the prior calendar month and the
8            denominator of which is the total retail market
9            sales of electricity (expressed in kilowatthours
10            sold) in the State by utilities during such prior
11            month and the sales of electricity (expressed in
12            kilowatthours sold) in the State by alternative
13            retail electric suppliers during such prior month
14            that are subject to the requirements of this
15            subsection (d) and paragraph (5) of subsection (d)
16            of Section 16-115 of the Public Utilities Act,
17            provided that the amount purchased by the utility
18            in any year will be limited by paragraph (2) of
19            this subsection (d); and
20                (iv) be considered pre-existing contracts in
21            such utility's procurement plans for eligible
22            retail customers;
23            (C) contract for differences provisions, which
24        shall:
25                (i) require the utility party to such sourcing
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1            facility in each hour with respect to an amount of
2            energy equal to all clean coal energy made
3            available from the initial clean coal facility
4            during such hour times a fraction, the numerator of
5            which is such utility's retail market sales of
6            electricity (expressed in kilowatthours sold) in
7            the utility's service territory in the State
8            during the prior calendar month and the
9            denominator of which is the total retail market
10            sales of electricity (expressed in kilowatthours
11            sold) in the State by utilities during such prior
12            month and the sales of electricity (expressed in
13            kilowatthours sold) in the State by alternative
14            retail electric suppliers during such prior month
15            that are subject to the requirements of this
16            subsection (d) and paragraph (5) of subsection (d)
17            of Section 16-115 of the Public Utilities Act,
18            provided that the amount paid by the utility in any
19            year will be limited by paragraph (2) of this
20            subsection (d);
21                (ii) provide that the utility's payment
22            obligation in respect of the quantity of
23            electricity determined pursuant to the preceding
24            clause (i) shall be limited to an amount equal to
25            (1) the difference between the contract price
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1            paragraph (3) of this subsection (d) and the
2            day-ahead price for electricity delivered to the
3            regional transmission organization market of the
4            utility that is party to such sourcing agreement
5            (or any successor delivery point at which such
6            utility's supply obligations are financially
7            settled on an hourly basis) (the "reference
8            price") on the day preceding the day on which the
9            electricity is delivered to the initial clean coal
10            facility busbar, multiplied by (2) the quantity of
11            electricity determined pursuant to the preceding
12            clause (i); and
13                (iii) not require the utility to take physical
14            delivery of the electricity produced by the
15            facility;
16            (D) general provisions, which shall:
17                (i) specify a term of no more than 30 years,
18            commencing on the commercial operation date of the
19            facility;
20                (ii) provide that utilities shall maintain
21            adequate records documenting purchases under the
22            sourcing agreements entered into to comply with
23            this subsection (d) and shall file an accounting
24            with the load forecast that must be filed with the
25            Agency by July 15 of each year, in accordance with
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1            Utilities Act; .
2                (iii) provide that all costs associated with
3            the initial clean coal facility will be
4            periodically reported to the Federal Energy
5            Regulatory Commission and to purchasers in
6            accordance with applicable laws governing
7            cost-based wholesale power contracts;
8                (iv) permit the Illinois Power Agency to
9            assume ownership of the initial clean coal
10            facility, without monetary consideration and
11            otherwise on reasonable terms acceptable to the
12            Agency, if the Agency so requests no less than 3
13            years prior to the end of the stated contract term;
14                (v) require the owner of the initial clean coal
15            facility to provide documentation to the
16            Commission each year, starting in the facility's
17            first year of commercial operation, accurately
18            reporting the quantity of carbon emissions from
19            the facility that have been captured and
20            sequestered and report any quantities of carbon
21            released from the site or sites at which carbon
22            emissions were sequestered in prior years, based
23            on continuous monitoring of such sites. If, in any
24            year after the first year of commercial operation,
25            the owner of the facility fails to demonstrate that
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1            sequestered at least 50% of the total carbon
2            emissions that the facility would otherwise emit
3            or that sequestration of emissions from prior
4            years has failed, resulting in the release of
5            carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the owner of
6            the facility must offset excess emissions. Any
7            such carbon offsets must be permanent, additional,
8            verifiable, real, located within the State of
9            Illinois, and legally and practicably enforceable.
10            The cost of such offsets for the facility that are
11            not recoverable shall not exceed $15 million in any
12            given year. No costs of any such purchases of
13            carbon offsets may be recovered from a utility or
14            its customers. All carbon offsets purchased for
15            this purpose and any carbon emission credits
16            associated with sequestration of carbon from the
17            facility must be permanently retired. The initial
18            clean coal facility shall not forfeit its
19            designation as a clean coal facility if the
20            facility fails to fully comply with the applicable
21            carbon sequestration requirements in any given
22            year, provided the requisite offsets are
23            purchased. However, the Attorney General, on
24            behalf of the People of the State of Illinois, may
25            specifically enforce the facility's sequestration
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1            provision. Compliance with the sequestration
2            requirements and offset purchase requirements
3            specified in paragraph (3) of this subsection (d)
4            shall be reviewed annually by an independent
5            expert retained by the owner of the initial clean
6            coal facility, with the advance written approval
7            of the Attorney General. The Commission may, in the
8            course of the review specified in item (vii),
9            reduce the allowable return on equity for the
10            facility if the facility wilfully fails to comply
11            with the carbon capture and sequestration
12            requirements set forth in this item (v);
13                (vi) include limits on, and accordingly
14            provide for modification of, the amount the
15            utility is required to source under the sourcing
16            agreement consistent with paragraph (2) of this
17            subsection (d);
18                (vii) require Commission review: (1) to
19            determine the justness, reasonableness, and
20            prudence of the inputs to the formula referenced in
21            subparagraphs (A)(i) through (A)(iii) of paragraph
22            (3) of this subsection (d), prior to an adjustment
23            in those inputs including, without limitation, the
24            capital structure and return on equity, fuel
25            costs, and other operations and maintenance costs
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1            to customers under the sourcing agreement by which
2            the utility satisfies its statutory obligations.
3            Commission review shall occur no less than every 3
4            years, regardless of whether any adjustments have
5            been proposed, and shall be completed within 9
6            months;
7                (viii) limit the utility's obligation to such
8            amount as the utility is allowed to recover through
9            tariffs filed with the Commission, provided that
10            neither the clean coal facility nor the utility
11            waives any right to assert federal pre-emption or
12            any other argument in response to a purported
13            disallowance of recovery costs;
14                (ix) limit the utility's or alternative retail
15            electric supplier's obligation to incur any
16            liability until such time as the facility is in
17            commercial operation and generating power and
18            energy and such power and energy is being delivered
19            to the facility busbar;
20                (x) provide that the owner or owners of the
21            initial clean coal facility, which is the
22            counterparty to such sourcing agreement, shall
23            have the right from time to time to elect whether
24            the obligations of the utility party thereto shall
25            be governed by the power purchase provisions or the
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1                (xi) append documentation showing that the
2            formula rate and contract, insofar as they relate
3            to the power purchase provisions, have been
4            approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory
5            Commission pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal
6            Power Act;
7                (xii) provide that any changes to the terms of
8            the contract, insofar as such changes relate to the
9            power purchase provisions, are subject to review
10            under the public interest standard applied by the
11            Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to
12            Sections 205 and 206 of the Federal Power Act; and
13                (xiii) conform with customary lender
14            requirements in power purchase agreements used as
15            the basis for financing non-utility generators.
16        (4) Effective date of sourcing agreements with the
17    initial clean coal facility.
18        Any proposed sourcing agreement with the initial clean
19    coal facility shall not become effective unless the
20    following reports are prepared and submitted and
21    authorizations and approvals obtained:
22            (i) Facility cost report. The owner of the initial
23        clean coal facility shall submit to the Commission, the
24        Agency, and the General Assembly a front-end
25        engineering and design study, a facility cost report,
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1        structure and associated costs), and an operating and
2        maintenance cost quote for the facility (collectively
3        "facility cost report"), which shall be prepared in
4        accordance with the requirements of this paragraph (4)
5        of subsection (d) of this Section, and shall provide
6        the Commission and the Agency access to the work
7        papers, relied upon documents, and any other backup
8        documentation related to the facility cost report.
9            (ii) Commission report. Within 6 months following
10        receipt of the facility cost report, the Commission, in
11        consultation with the Agency, shall submit a report to
12        the General Assembly setting forth its analysis of the
13        facility cost report. Such report shall include, but
14        not be limited to, a comparison of the costs associated
15        with electricity generated by the initial clean coal
16        facility to the costs associated with electricity
17        generated by other types of generation facilities, an
18        analysis of the rate impacts on residential and small
19        business customers over the life of the sourcing
20        agreements, and an analysis of the likelihood that the
21        initial clean coal facility will commence commercial
22        operation by and be delivering power to the facility's
23        busbar by 2016. To assist in the preparation of its
24        report, the Commission, in consultation with the
25        Agency, may hire one or more experts or consultants,
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1        the initial clean coal facility. The Commission and
2        Agency may begin the process of selecting such experts
3        or consultants prior to receipt of the facility cost
4        report.
5            (iii) General Assembly approval. The proposed
6        sourcing agreements shall not take effect unless,
7        based on the facility cost report and the Commission's
8        report, the General Assembly enacts authorizing
9        legislation approving (A) the projected price, stated
10        in cents per kilowatthour, to be charged for
11        electricity generated by the initial clean coal
12        facility, (B) the projected impact on residential and
13        small business customers' bills over the life of the
14        sourcing agreements, and (C) the maximum allowable
15        return on equity for the project; and
16            (iv) Commission review. If the General Assembly
17        enacts authorizing legislation pursuant to
18        subparagraph (iii) approving a sourcing agreement, the
19        Commission shall, within 90 days of such enactment,
20        complete a review of such sourcing agreement. During
21        such time period, the Commission shall implement any
22        directive of the General Assembly, resolve any
23        disputes between the parties to the sourcing agreement
24        concerning the terms of such agreement, approve the
25        form of such agreement, and issue an order finding that
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1        The facility cost report shall be prepared as follows:
2            (A) The facility cost report shall be prepared by
3        duly licensed engineering and construction firms
4        detailing the estimated capital costs payable to one or
5        more contractors or suppliers for the engineering,
6        procurement and construction of the components
7        comprising the initial clean coal facility and the
8        estimated costs of operation and maintenance of the
9        facility. The facility cost report shall include:
10                (i) an estimate of the capital cost of the core
11            plant based on one or more front end engineering
12            and design studies for the gasification island and
13            related facilities. The core plant shall include
14            all civil, structural, mechanical, electrical,
15            control, and safety systems.
16                (ii) an estimate of the capital cost of the
17            balance of the plant, including any capital costs
18            associated with sequestration of carbon dioxide
19            emissions and all interconnects and interfaces
20            required to operate the facility, such as
21            transmission of electricity, construction or
22            backfeed power supply, pipelines to transport
23            substitute natural gas or carbon dioxide, potable
24            water supply, natural gas supply, water supply,
25            water discharge, landfill, access roads, and coal
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1            The quoted construction costs shall be expressed
2        in nominal dollars as of the date that the quote is
3        prepared and shall include capitalized financing costs
4        during construction, taxes, insurance, and other
5        owner's costs, and an assumed escalation in materials
6        and labor beyond the date as of which the construction
7        cost quote is expressed.
8            (B) The front end engineering and design study for
9        the gasification island and the cost study for the
10        balance of plant shall include sufficient design work
11        to permit quantification of major categories of
12        materials, commodities and labor hours, and receipt of
13        quotes from vendors of major equipment required to
14        construct and operate the clean coal facility.
15            (C) The facility cost report shall also include an
16        operating and maintenance cost quote that will provide
17        the estimated cost of delivered fuel, personnel,
18        maintenance contracts, chemicals, catalysts,
19        consumables, spares, and other fixed and variable
20        operations and maintenance costs. The delivered fuel
21        cost estimate will be provided by a recognized third
22        party expert or experts in the fuel and transportation
23        industries. The balance of the operating and
24        maintenance cost quote, excluding delivered fuel
25        costs, will be developed based on the inputs provided
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1        performing the construction cost quote, potential
2        vendors under long-term service agreements and plant
3        operating agreements, or recognized third party plant
4        operator or operators.
5            The operating and maintenance cost quote
6        (including the cost of the front end engineering and
7        design study) shall be expressed in nominal dollars as
8        of the date that the quote is prepared and shall
9        include taxes, insurance, and other owner's costs, and
10        an assumed escalation in materials and labor beyond the
11        date as of which the operating and maintenance cost
12        quote is expressed.
13            (D) The facility cost report shall also include an
14        analysis of the initial clean coal facility's ability
15        to deliver power and energy into the applicable
16        regional transmission organization markets and an
17        analysis of the expected capacity factor for the
18        initial clean coal facility.
19            (E) Amounts paid to third parties unrelated to the
20        owner or owners of the initial clean coal facility to
21        prepare the core plant construction cost quote,
22        including the front end engineering and design study,
23        and the operating and maintenance cost quote will be
24        reimbursed through Coal Development Bonds.
25        (5) Re-powering and retrofitting coal-fired power
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1    clean coal facilities. During the 2009 procurement
2    planning process and thereafter, the Agency and the
3    Commission shall consider sourcing agreements covering
4    electricity generated by power plants that were previously
5    owned by Illinois utilities and that have been or will be
6    converted into clean coal facilities, as defined by Section
7    1-10 of this Act. Pursuant to such procurement planning
8    process, the owners of such facilities may propose to the
9    Agency sourcing agreements with utilities and alternative
10    retail electric suppliers required to comply with
11    subsection (d) of this Section and item (5) of subsection
12    (d) of Section 16-115 of the Public Utilities Act, covering
13    electricity generated by such facilities. In the case of
14    sourcing agreements that are power purchase agreements,
15    the contract price for electricity sales shall be
16    established on a cost of service basis. In the case of
17    sourcing agreements that are contracts for differences,
18    the contract price from which the reference price is
19    subtracted shall be established on a cost of service basis.
20    The Agency and the Commission may approve any such utility
21    sourcing agreements that do not exceed cost-based
22    benchmarks developed by the procurement administrator, in
23    consultation with the Commission staff, Agency staff and
24    the procurement monitor, subject to Commission review and
25    approval. The Commission shall have authority to inspect
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1    facilities during the term of any such contract.
2        (6) Costs incurred under this subsection (d) or
3    pursuant to a contract entered into under this subsection
4    (d) shall be deemed prudently incurred and reasonable in
5    amount and the electric utility shall be entitled to full
6    cost recovery pursuant to the tariffs filed with the
7    Commission.
8    (e) The draft procurement plans are subject to public
9comment, as required by Section 16-111.5 of the Public
10Utilities Act.
11    (f) The Agency shall submit the final procurement plan to
12the Commission. The Agency shall revise a procurement plan if
13the Commission determines that it does not meet the standards
14set forth in Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act.
15    (g) The Agency shall assess fees to each affected utility
16to recover the costs incurred in preparation of the annual
17procurement plan for the utility.
18    (h) The Agency shall assess fees to each bidder to recover
19the costs incurred in connection with a competitive procurement
20process.
21(Source: P.A. 96-159, eff. 8-10-09; 96-1437, eff. 8-17-10;
2297-325, eff. 8-12-11; 97-616, eff. 10-26-11; 97-618, eff.
2310-26-11; 97-658, eff. 1-13-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; revised
247-25-12.)
 
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1Sections 16-108, 16-111.5, and 16-115D as follows:
 
2    (220 ILCS 5/16-108)
3    Sec. 16-108. Recovery of costs associated with the
4provision of delivery services.
5    (a) An electric utility shall file a delivery services
6tariff with the Commission at least 210 days prior to the date
7that it is required to begin offering such services pursuant to
8this Act. An electric utility shall provide the components of
9delivery services that are subject to the jurisdiction of the
10Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at the same prices, terms
11and conditions set forth in its applicable tariff as approved
12or allowed into effect by that Commission. The Commission shall
13otherwise have the authority pursuant to Article IX to review,
14approve, and modify the prices, terms and conditions of those
15components of delivery services not subject to the jurisdiction
16of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, including the
17authority to determine the extent to which such delivery
18services should be offered on an unbundled basis. In making any
19such determination the Commission shall consider, at a minimum,
20the effect of additional unbundling on (i) the objective of
21just and reasonable rates, (ii) electric utility employees, and
22(iii) the development of competitive markets for electric
23energy services in Illinois.
24    (b) The Commission shall enter an order approving, or
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1than 30 days prior to the date on which the electric utility
2must commence offering such services. The Commission may
3subsequently modify such tariff pursuant to this Act.
4    (c) The electric utility's tariffs shall define the classes
5of its customers for purposes of delivery services charges.
6Delivery services shall be priced and made available to all
7retail customers electing delivery services in each such class
8on a nondiscriminatory basis regardless of whether the retail
9customer chooses the electric utility, an affiliate of the
10electric utility, or another entity as its supplier of electric
11power and energy. Charges for delivery services shall be cost
12based, and shall allow the electric utility to recover the
13costs of providing delivery services through its charges to its
14delivery service customers that use the facilities and services
15associated with such costs. Such costs shall include the costs
16of owning, operating and maintaining transmission and
17distribution facilities. Beginning June 1, 2014, charges for
18delivery services shall also include the recovery of the
19electric utility's costs of renewable energy credits and
20excluded renewable energy resources contract costs in
21accordance with subsection (k) of this Section. The Commission
22shall also be authorized to consider whether, and if so to what
23extent, the following costs are appropriately included in the
24electric utility's delivery services rates: (i) the costs of
25that portion of generation facilities used for the production
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1located in the electric utility's service area can receive
2electric power and energy from suppliers other than the
3electric utility, and (ii) the costs associated with the use
4and redispatch of generation facilities to mitigate
5constraints on the transmission or distribution system in order
6that retail customers located in the electric utility's service
7area can receive electric power and energy from suppliers other
8than the electric utility. Nothing in this subsection shall be
9construed as directing the Commission to allocate any of the
10costs described in (i) or (ii) that are found to be
11appropriately included in the electric utility's delivery
12services rates to any particular customer group or geographic
13area in setting delivery services rates.
14    (d) The Commission shall establish charges, terms and
15conditions for delivery services that are just and reasonable
16and shall take into account customer impacts when establishing
17such charges. In establishing charges, terms and conditions for
18delivery services, the Commission shall take into account
19voltage level differences. A retail customer shall have the
20option to request to purchase electric service at any delivery
21service voltage reasonably and technically feasible from the
22electric facilities serving that customer's premises provided
23that there are no significant adverse impacts upon system
24reliability or system efficiency. A retail customer shall also
25have the option to request to purchase electric service at any
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1provided that there are no significant adverse impacts on
2system reliability or efficiency. Such requests shall not be
3unreasonably denied.
4    (e) Electric utilities shall recover the costs of
5installing, operating or maintaining facilities for the
6particular benefit of one or more delivery services customers,
7including without limitation any costs incurred in complying
8with a customer's request to be served at a different voltage
9level, directly from the retail customer or customers for whose
10benefit the costs were incurred, to the extent such costs are
11not recovered through the charges referred to in subsections
12(c) and (d) of this Section.
13    (f) An electric utility shall be entitled but not required
14to implement transition charges in conjunction with the
15offering of delivery services pursuant to Section 16-104. If an
16electric utility implements transition charges, it shall
17implement such charges for all delivery services customers and
18for all customers described in subsection (h), but shall not
19implement transition charges for power and energy that a retail
20customer takes from cogeneration or self-generation facilities
21located on that retail customer's premises, if such facilities
22meet the following criteria:
23        (i) the cogeneration or self-generation facilities
24    serve a single retail customer and are located on that
25    retail customer's premises (for purposes of this
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1    manufacturing retail customer and a third party contractor
2    that is served by such industrial or manufacturing customer
3    through such retail customer's own electrical distribution
4    facilities under the circumstances described in subsection
5    (vi) of the definition of "alternative retail electric
6    supplier" set forth in Section 16-102, shall be considered
7    a single retail customer);
8        (ii) the cogeneration or self-generation facilities
9    either (A) are sized pursuant to generally accepted
10    engineering standards for the retail customer's electrical
11    load at that premises (taking into account standby or other
12    reliability considerations related to that retail
13    customer's operations at that site) or (B) if the facility
14    is a cogeneration facility located on the retail customer's
15    premises, the retail customer is the thermal host for that
16    facility and the facility has been designed to meet that
17    retail customer's thermal energy requirements resulting in
18    electrical output beyond that retail customer's electrical
19    demand at that premises, comply with the operating and
20    efficiency standards applicable to "qualifying facilities"
21    specified in title 18 Code of Federal Regulations Section
22    292.205 as in effect on the effective date of this
23    amendatory Act of 1999;
24        (iii) the retail customer on whose premises the
25    facilities are located either has an exclusive right to
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1    the electrical capacity of the facility, or in the case of
2    a cogeneration facility that has been designed to meet the
3    retail customer's thermal energy requirements at that
4    premises, an identified amount of the electrical capacity
5    of the facility, over a minimum 5-year period; and
6        (iv) if the cogeneration facility is sized for the
7    retail customer's thermal load at that premises but exceeds
8    the electrical load, any sales of excess power or energy
9    are made only at wholesale, are subject to the jurisdiction
10    of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and are not
11    for the purpose of circumventing the provisions of this
12    subsection (f).
13If a generation facility located at a retail customer's
14premises does not meet the above criteria, an electric utility
15implementing transition charges shall implement a transition
16charge until December 31, 2006 for any power and energy taken
17by such retail customer from such facility as if such power and
18energy had been delivered by the electric utility. Provided,
19however, that an industrial retail customer that is taking
20power from a generation facility that does not meet the above
21criteria but that is located on such customer's premises will
22not be subject to a transition charge for the power and energy
23taken by such retail customer from such generation facility if
24the facility does not serve any other retail customer and
25either was installed on behalf of the customer and for its own
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1by byproducts of such customer's manufacturing process at such
2premises and sells or offers an average of 300 megawatts or
3more of electricity produced from such generation facility into
4the wholesale market. Such charges shall be calculated as
5provided in Section 16-102, and shall be collected on each
6kilowatt-hour delivered under a delivery services tariff to a
7retail customer from the date the customer first takes delivery
8services until December 31, 2006 except as provided in
9subsection (h) of this Section. Provided, however, that an
10electric utility, other than an electric utility providing
11service to at least 1,000,000 customers in this State on
12January 1, 1999, shall be entitled to petition for entry of an
13order by the Commission authorizing the electric utility to
14implement transition charges for an additional period ending no
15later than December 31, 2008. The electric utility shall file
16its petition with supporting evidence no earlier than 16
17months, and no later than 12 months, prior to December 31,
182006. The Commission shall hold a hearing on the electric
19utility's petition and shall enter its order no later than 8
20months after the petition is filed. The Commission shall
21determine whether and to what extent the electric utility shall
22be authorized to implement transition charges for an additional
23period. The Commission may authorize the electric utility to
24implement transition charges for some or all of the additional
25period, and shall determine the mitigation factors to be used
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1Commission shall not authorize mitigation factors less than
2110% of those in effect during the 12 months ended December 31,
32006. In making its determination, the Commission shall
4consider the following factors: the necessity to implement
5transition charges for an additional period in order to
6maintain the financial integrity of the electric utility; the
7prudence of the electric utility's actions in reducing its
8costs since the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997;
9the ability of the electric utility to provide safe, adequate
10and reliable service to retail customers in its service area;
11and the impact on competition of allowing the electric utility
12to implement transition charges for the additional period.
13    (g) The electric utility shall file tariffs that establish
14the transition charges to be paid by each class of customers to
15the electric utility in conjunction with the provision of
16delivery services. The electric utility's tariffs shall define
17the classes of its customers for purposes of calculating
18transition charges. The electric utility's tariffs shall
19provide for the calculation of transition charges on a
20customer-specific basis for any retail customer whose average
21monthly maximum electrical demand on the electric utility's
22system during the 6 months with the customer's highest monthly
23maximum electrical demands equals or exceeds 3.0 megawatts for
24electric utilities having more than 1,000,000 customers, and
25for other electric utilities for any customer that has an
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1utility's system of one megawatt or more, and (A) for which
2there exists data on the customer's usage during the 3 years
3preceding the date that the customer became eligible to take
4delivery services, or (B) for which there does not exist data
5on the customer's usage during the 3 years preceding the date
6that the customer became eligible to take delivery services, if
7in the electric utility's reasonable judgment there exists
8comparable usage information or a sufficient basis to develop
9such information, and further provided that the electric
10utility can require customers for which an individual
11calculation is made to sign contracts that set forth the
12transition charges to be paid by the customer to the electric
13utility pursuant to the tariff.
14    (h) An electric utility shall also be entitled to file
15tariffs that allow it to collect transition charges from retail
16customers in the electric utility's service area that do not
17take delivery services but that take electric power or energy
18from an alternative retail electric supplier or from an
19electric utility other than the electric utility in whose
20service area the customer is located. Such charges shall be
21calculated, in accordance with the definition of transition
22charges in Section 16-102, for the period of time that the
23customer would be obligated to pay transition charges if it
24were taking delivery services, except that no deduction for
25delivery services revenues shall be made in such calculation,
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1historical usage data is not available for the individual
2customer. The customer shall be obligated to pay such charges
3on a lump sum basis on or before the date on which the customer
4commences to take service from the alternative retail electric
5supplier or other electric utility, provided, that the electric
6utility in whose service area the customer is located shall
7offer the customer the option of signing a contract pursuant to
8which the customer pays such charges ratably over the period in
9which the charges would otherwise have applied.
10    (i) An electric utility shall be entitled to add to the
11bills of delivery services customers charges pursuant to
12Sections 9-221, 9-222 (except as provided in Section 9-222.1),
13and Section 16-114 of this Act, Section 5-5 of the Electricity
14Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Law, Section 6-5 of the
15Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources
16Development Law of 1997, and Section 13 of the Energy
17Assistance Act.
18    (j) If a retail customer that obtains electric power and
19energy from cogeneration or self-generation facilities
20installed for its own use on or before January 1, 1997,
21subsequently takes service from an alternative retail electric
22supplier or an electric utility other than the electric utility
23in whose service area the customer is located for any portion
24of the customer's electric power and energy requirements
25formerly obtained from those facilities (including that amount
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1as standby power purchases, under a cogeneration displacement
2tariff in effect as of the effective date of this amendatory
3Act of 1997), the transition charges otherwise applicable
4pursuant to subsections (f), (g), or (h) of this Section shall
5not be applicable in any year to that portion of the customer's
6electric power and energy requirements formerly obtained from
7those facilities, provided, that for purposes of this
8subsection (j), such portion shall not exceed the average
9number of kilowatt-hours per year obtained from the
10cogeneration or self-generation facilities during the 3 years
11prior to the date on which the customer became eligible for
12delivery services, except as provided in subsection (f) of
13Section 16-110.
14    (k) Beginning June 1, 2014, the electric utility shall be
15entitled to recover through its tariffed charges for delivery
16services (i) the costs of any renewable energy credits
17purchased to meet the renewable energy resource standards of
18subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act
19pursuant to the electric utility's procurement plan as approved
20in accordance with Section 16-111.5 of this Act, including the
21cost of renewable energy credits included in the cost of
22bundled renewable energy resources, and (ii) any excluded
23renewable energy resources contract costs. For purposes of this
24Section, the terms "bundled renewable energy resources", "cost
25of renewable energy credits included in the cost of bundled
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1resources contract costs", and "renewable energy credits"
2shall have the same meanings as defined in Section 1-10 of the
3Illinois Power Agency Act. The Commission shall determine a
4just and reasonable allocation of such costs to the various
5classes of customers taking delivery services from the electric
6utility, taking into account the provisions of paragraphs (2)
7and (6) of subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
8Agency Act, provided that any excluded renewable energy
9resources contract costs shall be allocated to the electric
10utility's residential and small commercial retail customer
11classes. In no event shall the Commission allocate the costs of
12renewable energy credits and excluded renewable energy
13resources contract costs in a manner that causes the rate
14limitations specified in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of
15Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act to be exceeded
16for any class of customers.
17    The electric utility shall be entitled to recover the cost
18of such renewable energy credits and excluded renewable energy
19resources contract costs through an automatic adjustment
20charge provision in the electric utility's delivery services
21tariffs that allows the electric utility to adjust its tariffed
22charges on a quarterly basis for changes in its costs incurred
23to purchase renewable energy credits and its excluded renewable
24energy resources contract costs, if any, without the need to
25file a general delivery services rate case. The electric
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1charge tariff shall be subject to annual review, reconciliation
2and true-up against actual costs by the Commission pursuant to
3a procedure that shall be specified in the electric utility's
4tariff and approved by the Commission in connection with its
5approval of the tariff. The procedure shall provide that any
6difference between the electric utility's collections pursuant
7to the automatic adjustment charge for an annual period and the
8electric utility's actual costs of renewable energy credits and
9actual excluded renewable energy resources contract costs for
10the annual period shall be refunded to or collected from, as
11applicable, the electric utility's delivery services customers
12in subsequent periods.
13(Source: P.A. 91-50, eff. 6-30-99; 92-690, eff. 7-18-02.)
 
14    (220 ILCS 5/16-111.5)
15    Sec. 16-111.5. Provisions relating to procurement.
16    (a) An electric utility that on December 31, 2005 served at
17least 100,000 customers in Illinois shall procure power and
18energy for its eligible retail customers in accordance with the
19applicable provisions set forth in Section 1-75 of the Illinois
20Power Agency Act and this Section and, for years beginning on
21and after June 1, 2014, shall procure renewable energy credits
22with respect to the kilowatthour usage of delivery services
23non-eligible retail customers in the electric utility's
24service area in accordance with the applicable provisions set
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1Section. A small multi-jurisdictional electric utility that on
2December 31, 2005 served less than 100,000 customers in
3Illinois may elect to procure power and energy for all or a
4portion of its eligible Illinois retail customers in accordance
5with the applicable provisions set forth in this Section and
6Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act. This Section
7shall not apply to a small multi-jurisdictional utility until
8such time as a small multi-jurisdictional utility requests the
9Illinois Power Agency to prepare a procurement plan for its
10eligible retail customers. "Eligible retail customers" for the
11purposes of this Section means those retail customers that
12purchase power and energy from the electric utility under
13fixed-price bundled service tariffs, other than those retail
14customers whose service is declared or deemed competitive under
15Section 16-113 and those other customer groups specified in
16this Section, including self-generating customers, customers
17electing hourly pricing, or those customers who are otherwise
18ineligible for fixed-price bundled tariff service. "Delivery
19services non-eligible retail customers" for the purposes of
20this Section has the meaning set forth in Section 1-10 of the
21Illinois Power Agency Act. Those customers that are excluded
22from the definition of "eligible retail customers" shall not be
23included in the procurement plan electric supply service load
24requirements, and the utility shall procure any supply
25requirements, including capacity, ancillary services, and
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1serve those customers, provided that the utility may include in
2its procurement plan load requirements for the load that is
3associated with those retail customers whose service has been
4declared or deemed competitive pursuant to Section 16-113 of
5this Act to the extent that those customers are purchasing
6power and energy during one of the transition periods
7identified in subsection (b) of Section 16-113 of this Act.
8    (b) A procurement plan shall be prepared for each electric
9utility consistent with the applicable requirements of the
10Illinois Power Agency Act and this Section. For purposes of
11this Section, Illinois electric utilities that are affiliated
12by virtue of a common parent company are considered to be a
13single electric utility. Small multi-jurisdictional utilities
14may request a procurement plan for a portion of or all of its
15Illinois load. Each procurement plan shall analyze the
16projected balance of supply and demand for eligible retail
17customers over a 5-year period with the first planning year
18beginning on June 1 of the year following the year in which the
19plan is filed. The plan shall specifically identify the
20wholesale products to be procured following plan approval, and
21shall follow all the requirements set forth in the Public
22Utilities Act and all applicable State and federal laws,
23statutes, rules, or regulations, as well as Commission orders.
24Nothing in this Section precludes consideration of contracts
25longer than 5 years and related forecast data. Unless specified
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1implementing tariff, any procurement occurring in accordance
2with this plan shall be competitively bid through a request for
3proposals process. Approval and implementation of the
4procurement plan shall be subject to review and approval by the
5Commission according to the provisions set forth in this
6Section. A procurement plan shall include each of the following
7components:
8        (1) Hourly load analysis. This analysis shall include:
9            (i) multi-year historical analysis of hourly
10        loads;
11            (ii) switching trends and competitive retail
12        market analysis;
13            (iii) known or projected changes to future loads;
14        and
15            (iv) growth forecasts by customer class.
16        (2) Analysis of the impact of any demand side and
17    renewable energy initiatives. This analysis shall include:
18            (i) the impact of demand response programs and
19        energy efficiency programs, both current and
20        projected; for small multi-jurisdictional utilities,
21        the impact of demand response and energy efficiency
22        programs approved pursuant to Section 8-408 of this
23        Act, both current and projected; and
24            (ii) supply side needs that are projected to be
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1        (3) A plan for meeting the expected load requirements
2    that will not be met through preexisting contracts. This
3    plan shall include:
4            (i) definitions of the different Illinois retail
5        customer classes for which supply is being purchased;
6            (ii) the proposed mix of demand-response products
7        for which contracts will be executed during the next
8        year. For small multi-jurisdictional electric
9        utilities that on December 31, 2005 served fewer than
10        100,000 customers in Illinois, these shall be defined
11        as demand-response products offered in an energy
12        efficiency plan approved pursuant to Section 8-408 of
13        this Act. The cost-effective demand-response measures
14        shall be procured whenever the cost is lower than
15        procuring comparable capacity products, provided that
16        such products shall:
17                (A) be procured by a demand-response provider
18            from eligible retail customers;
19                (B) at least satisfy the demand-response
20            requirements of the regional transmission
21            organization market in which the utility's service
22            territory is located, including, but not limited
23            to, any applicable capacity or dispatch
24            requirements;
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1            demand-response products;
2                (D) provide for reimbursement by the
3            demand-response provider of the utility for any
4            costs incurred as a result of the failure of the
5            supplier of such products to perform its
6            obligations thereunder; and
7                (E) meet the same credit requirements as apply
8            to suppliers of capacity, in the applicable
9            regional transmission organization market;
10            (iii) monthly forecasted system supply
11        requirements, including expected minimum, maximum, and
12        average values for the planning period;
13            (iv) the proposed mix and selection of standard
14        wholesale products for which contracts will be
15        executed during the next year, separately or in
16        combination, to meet that portion of its load
17        requirements not met through pre-existing contracts,
18        including but not limited to monthly 5 x 16 peak period
19        block energy, monthly off-peak wrap energy, monthly 7 x
20        24 energy, annual 5 x 16 energy, annual off-peak wrap
21        energy, annual 7 x 24 energy, monthly capacity, annual
22        capacity, peak load capacity obligations, capacity
23        purchase plan, and ancillary services;
24            (v) proposed term structures for each wholesale
25        product type included in the proposed procurement plan
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1            (vi) an assessment of the price risk, load
2        uncertainty, and other factors that are associated
3        with the proposed procurement plan; this assessment,
4        to the extent possible, shall include an analysis of
5        the following factors: contract terms, time frames for
6        securing products or services, fuel costs, weather
7        patterns, transmission costs, market conditions, and
8        the governmental regulatory environment; the proposed
9        procurement plan shall also identify alternatives for
10        those portfolio measures that are identified as having
11        significant price risk.
12        (4) Proposed procedures for balancing loads. The
13    procurement plan shall include, for load requirements
14    included in the procurement plan, the process for (i)
15    hourly balancing of supply and demand and (ii) the criteria
16    for portfolio re-balancing in the event of significant
17    shifts in load.
18    (c) The procurement process set forth in Section 1-75 of
19the Illinois Power Agency Act and subsection (e) of this
20Section shall be administered by a procurement administrator
21and monitored by a procurement monitor.
22        (1) The procurement administrator shall:
23            (i) design the final procurement process in
24        accordance with Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
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1            (ii) develop benchmarks in accordance with
2        subsection (e)(3) to be used to evaluate bids; these
3        benchmarks shall be submitted to the Commission for
4        review and approval on a confidential basis prior to
5        the procurement event;
6            (iii) serve as the interface between the electric
7        utility and suppliers;
8            (iv) manage the bidder pre-qualification and
9        registration process;
10            (v) obtain the electric utilities' agreement to
11        the final form of all supply contracts and credit
12        collateral agreements;
13            (vi) administer the request for proposals process;
14            (vii) have the discretion to negotiate to
15        determine whether bidders are willing to lower the
16        price of bids that meet the benchmarks approved by the
17        Commission; any post-bid negotiations with bidders
18        shall be limited to price only and shall be completed
19        within 24 hours after opening the sealed bids and shall
20        be conducted in a fair and unbiased manner; in
21        conducting the negotiations, there shall be no
22        disclosure of any information derived from proposals
23        submitted by competing bidders; if information is
24        disclosed to any bidder, it shall be provided to all
25        competing bidders;
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1        bidding information in a manner consistent with all
2        applicable laws, rules, regulations, and tariffs;
3            (ix) submit a confidential report to the
4        Commission recommending acceptance or rejection of
5        bids;
6            (x) notify the utility of contract counterparties
7        and contract specifics; and
8            (xi) administer related contingency procurement
9        events.
10        (2) The procurement monitor, who shall be retained by
11    the Commission, shall:
12            (i) monitor interactions among the procurement
13        administrator, suppliers, and utility;
14            (ii) monitor and report to the Commission on the
15        progress of the procurement process;
16            (iii) provide an independent confidential report
17        to the Commission regarding the results of the
18        procurement event;
19            (iv) assess compliance with the procurement plans
20        approved by the Commission for each utility that on
21        December 31, 2005 provided electric service to a least
22        100,000 customers in Illinois and for each small
23        multi-jurisdictional utility that on December 31, 2005
24        served less than 100,000 customers in Illinois;
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1        applicable laws, rules, regulations, and tariffs;
2            (vi) provide expert advice to the Commission and
3        consult with the procurement administrator regarding
4        issues related to procurement process design, rules,
5        protocols, and policy-related matters; and
6            (vii) consult with the procurement administrator
7        regarding the development and use of benchmark
8        criteria, standard form contracts, credit policies,
9        and bid documents.
10    (d) Except as provided in subsection (j), the planning
11process shall be conducted as follows:
12        (1) Beginning in 2008, each Illinois utility procuring
13    power pursuant to this Section shall annually provide a
14    range of load forecasts to the Illinois Power Agency by
15    July 15 of each year, or such other date as may be required
16    by the Commission or Agency. The load forecasts shall cover
17    the 5-year procurement planning period for the next
18    procurement plan and shall include hourly data
19    representing a high-load, low-load and expected-load
20    scenario for the load of the eligible retail customers. For
21    procurement planning periods beginning on and after June 1,
22    2014, the electric utility shall provide a range of annual
23    forecasts for the 5-year procurement planning period of the
24    total annual kilowatthour usage of eligible retail
25    customers and the total annual kilowatthour usage of
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1    service area. The utility shall provide supporting data and
2    assumptions for each of the scenarios.
3        (2) Beginning in 2008, the Illinois Power Agency shall
4    prepare a procurement plan by August 15th of each year, or
5    such other date as may be required by the Commission. The
6    procurement plan shall identify the portfolio of
7    demand-response and power and energy products to be
8    procured. Cost-effective demand-response measures shall be
9    procured as set forth in item (iii) of subsection (b) of
10    this Section. Copies of the procurement plan shall be
11    posted and made publicly available on the Agency's and
12    Commission's websites, and copies shall also be provided to
13    each affected electric utility. An affected utility shall
14    have 30 days following the date of posting to provide
15    comment to the Agency on the procurement plan. Other
16    interested entities also may comment on the procurement
17    plan. All comments submitted to the Agency shall be
18    specific, supported by data or other detailed analyses,
19    and, if objecting to all or a portion of the procurement
20    plan, accompanied by specific alternative wording or
21    proposals. All comments shall be posted on the Agency's and
22    Commission's websites. During this 30-day comment period,
23    the Agency shall hold at least one public hearing within
24    each utility's service area for the purpose of receiving
25    public comment on the procurement plan. Within 14 days
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1    shall revise the procurement plan as necessary based on the
2    comments received and file the procurement plan with the
3    Commission and post the procurement plan on the websites.
4        (3) Within 5 days after the filing of the procurement
5    plan, any person objecting to the procurement plan shall
6    file an objection with the Commission. Within 10 days after
7    the filing, the Commission shall determine whether a
8    hearing is necessary. The Commission shall enter its order
9    confirming or modifying the procurement plan within 90 days
10    after the filing of the procurement plan by the Illinois
11    Power Agency.
12        (4) The Commission shall approve the procurement plan,
13    including expressly the forecast used in the procurement
14    plan, if the Commission determines that it will ensure
15    adequate, reliable, affordable, efficient, and
16    environmentally sustainable electric service at the lowest
17    total cost over time, taking into account any benefits of
18    price stability.
19    (e) The procurement process shall include each of the
20following components:
21        (1) Solicitation, pre-qualification, and registration
22    of bidders. The procurement administrator shall
23    disseminate information to potential bidders to promote a
24    procurement event, notify potential bidders that the
25    procurement administrator may enter into a post-bid price
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1    benchmarks, provide supply requirements, and otherwise
2    explain the competitive procurement process. In addition
3    to such other publication as the procurement administrator
4    determines is appropriate, this information shall be
5    posted on the Illinois Power Agency's and the Commission's
6    websites. The procurement administrator shall also
7    administer the prequalification process, including
8    evaluation of credit worthiness, compliance with
9    procurement rules, and agreement to the standard form
10    contract developed pursuant to paragraph (2) of this
11    subsection (e). The procurement administrator shall then
12    identify and register bidders to participate in the
13    procurement event.
14        (2) Standard contract forms and credit terms and
15    instruments. The procurement administrator, in
16    consultation with the utilities, the Commission, and other
17    interested parties and subject to Commission oversight,
18    shall develop and provide standard contract forms for the
19    supplier contracts that meet generally accepted industry
20    practices. Standard credit terms and instruments that meet
21    generally accepted industry practices shall be similarly
22    developed. The procurement administrator shall make
23    available to the Commission all written comments it
24    receives on the contract forms, credit terms, or
25    instruments. If the procurement administrator cannot reach
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1    contract terms and conditions, the procurement
2    administrator must notify the Commission of any disputed
3    terms and the Commission shall resolve the dispute. The
4    terms of the contracts shall not be subject to negotiation
5    by winning bidders, and the bidders must agree to the terms
6    of the contract in advance so that winning bids are
7    selected solely on the basis of price.
8        (3) Establishment of a market-based price benchmark.
9    As part of the development of the procurement process, the
10    procurement administrator, in consultation with the
11    Commission staff, Agency staff, and the procurement
12    monitor, shall establish benchmarks for evaluating the
13    final prices in the contracts for each of the products that
14    will be procured through the procurement process. The
15    benchmarks shall be based on price data for similar
16    products for the same delivery period and same delivery
17    hub, or other delivery hubs after adjusting for that
18    difference. The price benchmarks may also be adjusted to
19    take into account differences between the information
20    reflected in the underlying data sources and the specific
21    products and procurement process being used to procure
22    power for the Illinois utilities. The benchmarks shall be
23    confidential but shall be provided to, and will be subject
24    to Commission review and approval, prior to a procurement
25    event.
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1    process. The procurement administrator shall design and
2    issue a request for proposals to supply electricity in
3    accordance with each utility's procurement plan, as
4    approved by the Commission. The request for proposals shall
5    set forth a procedure for sealed, binding commitment
6    bidding with pay-as-bid settlement, and provision for
7    selection of bids on the basis of price.
8        (5) A plan for implementing contingencies in the event
9    of supplier default or failure of the procurement process
10    to fully meet the expected load requirement due to
11    insufficient supplier participation, Commission rejection
12    of results, or any other cause.
13            (i) Event of supplier default: In the event of
14        supplier default, the utility shall review the
15        contract of the defaulting supplier to determine if the
16        amount of supply is 200 megawatts or greater, and if
17        there are more than 60 days remaining of the contract
18        term. If both of these conditions are met, and the
19        default results in termination of the contract, the
20        utility shall immediately notify the Illinois Power
21        Agency that a request for proposals must be issued to
22        procure replacement power, and the procurement
23        administrator shall run an additional procurement
24        event. If the contracted supply of the defaulting
25        supplier is less than 200 megawatts or there are less
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1        utility shall procure power and energy from the
2        applicable regional transmission organization market,
3        including ancillary services, capacity, and day-ahead
4        or real time energy, or both, for the duration of the
5        contract term to replace the contracted supply;
6        provided, however, that if a needed product is not
7        available through the regional transmission
8        organization market it shall be purchased from the
9        wholesale market.
10            (ii) Failure of the procurement process to fully
11        meet the expected load requirement: If the procurement
12        process fails to fully meet the expected load
13        requirement due to insufficient supplier participation
14        or due to a Commission rejection of the procurement
15        results, the procurement administrator, the
16        procurement monitor, and the Commission staff shall
17        meet within 10 days to analyze potential causes of low
18        supplier interest or causes for the Commission
19        decision. If changes are identified that would likely
20        result in increased supplier participation, or that
21        would address concerns causing the Commission to
22        reject the results of the prior procurement event, the
23        procurement administrator may implement those changes
24        and rerun the request for proposals process according
25        to a schedule determined by those parties and
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1        Agency Act and this subsection. In any event, a new
2        request for proposals process shall be implemented by
3        the procurement administrator within 90 days after the
4        determination that the procurement process has failed
5        to fully meet the expected load requirement.
6            (iii) In all cases where there is insufficient
7        supply provided under contracts awarded through the
8        procurement process to fully meet the electric
9        utility's load requirement, the utility shall meet the
10        load requirement by procuring power and energy from the
11        applicable regional transmission organization market,
12        including ancillary services, capacity, and day-ahead
13        or real time energy or both; provided, however, that if
14        a needed product is not available through the regional
15        transmission organization market it shall be purchased
16        from the wholesale market.
17        (6) The procurement process described in this
18    subsection is exempt from the requirements of the Illinois
19    Procurement Code, pursuant to Section 20-10 of that Code.
20    (f) Within 2 business days after opening the sealed bids,
21the procurement administrator shall submit a confidential
22report to the Commission. The report shall contain the results
23of the bidding for each of the products along with the
24procurement administrator's recommendation for the acceptance
25and rejection of bids based on the price benchmark criteria and
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1also shall submit a confidential report to the Commission
2within 2 business days after opening the sealed bids. The
3report shall contain the procurement monitor's assessment of
4bidder behavior in the process as well as an assessment of the
5procurement administrator's compliance with the procurement
6process and rules. The Commission shall review the confidential
7reports submitted by the procurement administrator and
8procurement monitor, and shall accept or reject the
9recommendations of the procurement administrator within 2
10business days after receipt of the reports.
11    (g) Within 3 business days after the Commission decision
12approving the results of a procurement event, the utility shall
13enter into binding contractual arrangements with the winning
14suppliers using the standard form contracts; except that the
15utility shall not be required either directly or indirectly to
16execute the contracts if a tariff that is consistent with
17subsection (l) of this Section has not been approved and placed
18into effect for that utility.
19    (h) The names of the successful bidders and the load
20weighted average of the winning bid prices for each contract
21type and for each contract term shall be made available to the
22public at the time of Commission approval of a procurement
23event. The Commission, the procurement monitor, the
24procurement administrator, the Illinois Power Agency, and all
25participants in the procurement process shall maintain the
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1in a manner consistent with all applicable laws, rules,
2regulations, and tariffs. Confidential information, including
3the confidential reports submitted by the procurement
4administrator and procurement monitor pursuant to subsection
5(f) of this Section, shall not be made publicly available and
6shall not be discoverable by any party in any proceeding,
7absent a compelling demonstration of need, nor shall those
8reports be admissible in any proceeding other than one for law
9enforcement purposes.
10    (i) Within 2 business days after a Commission decision
11approving the results of a procurement event or such other date
12as may be required by the Commission from time to time, the
13utility shall file for informational purposes with the
14Commission its actual or estimated retail supply charges, as
15applicable, by customer supply group reflecting the costs
16associated with the procurement and computed in accordance with
17the tariffs filed pursuant to subsection (l) of this Section
18and approved by the Commission.
19    (j) Within 60 days following the effective date of this
20amendatory Act, each electric utility that on December 31, 2005
21provided electric service to at least 100,000 customers in
22Illinois shall prepare and file with the Commission an initial
23procurement plan, which shall conform in all material respects
24to the requirements of the procurement plan set forth in
25subsection (b); provided, however, that the Illinois Power
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1prepared pursuant to this subsection. The initial procurement
2plan shall identify the portfolio of power and energy products
3to be procured and delivered for the period June 2008 through
4May 2009, and shall identify the proposed procurement
5administrator, who shall have the same experience and expertise
6as is required of a procurement administrator hired pursuant to
7Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act. Copies of the
8procurement plan shall be posted and made publicly available on
9the Commission's website. The initial procurement plan may
10include contracts for renewable resources that extend beyond
11May 2009.
12        (i) Within 14 days following filing of the initial
13    procurement plan, any person may file a detailed objection
14    with the Commission contesting the procurement plan
15    submitted by the electric utility. All objections to the
16    electric utility's plan shall be specific, supported by
17    data or other detailed analyses. The electric utility may
18    file a response to any objections to its procurement plan
19    within 7 days after the date objections are due to be
20    filed. Within 7 days after the date the utility's response
21    is due, the Commission shall determine whether a hearing is
22    necessary. If it determines that a hearing is necessary, it
23    shall require the hearing to be completed and issue an
24    order on the procurement plan within 60 days after the
25    filing of the procurement plan by the electric utility.
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1    plan, approve an independent procurement administrator,
2    and approve or modify the electric utility's tariffs that
3    are proposed with the initial procurement plan. The
4    Commission shall approve the procurement plan if the
5    Commission determines that it will ensure adequate,
6    reliable, affordable, efficient, and environmentally
7    sustainable electric service at the lowest total cost over
8    time, taking into account any benefits of price stability.
9    (k) In order to promote price stability for residential and
10small commercial customers during the transition to
11competition in Illinois, and notwithstanding any other
12provision of this Act, each electric utility subject to this
13Section shall enter into one or more multi-year financial swap
14contracts that become effective on the effective date of this
15amendatory Act. These contracts may be executed with generators
16and power marketers, including affiliated interests of the
17electric utility. These contracts shall be for a term of no
18more than 5 years and shall, for each respective utility or for
19any Illinois electric utilities that are affiliated by virtue
20of a common parent company and that are thereby considered a
21single electric utility for purposes of this subsection (k),
22not exceed in the aggregate 3,000 megawatts for any hour of the
23year. The contracts shall be financial contracts and not energy
24sales contracts. The contracts shall be executed as
25transactions under a negotiated master agreement based on the
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1by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
2and shall be considered pre-existing contracts in the
3utilities' procurement plans for residential and small
4commercial customers. Costs incurred pursuant to a contract
5authorized by this subsection (k) shall be deemed prudently
6incurred and reasonable in amount and the electric utility
7shall be entitled to full cost recovery pursuant to the tariffs
8filed with the Commission.
9    (k-5) In order to promote price stability for residential
10and small commercial customers during the infrastructure
11investment program described in subsection (b) of Section
1216-108.5 of this Act, and notwithstanding any other provision
13of this Act or the Illinois Power Agency Act, for each electric
14utility that serves more than one million retail customers in
15Illinois, the Illinois Power Agency shall conduct a procurement
16event within 120 days after October 26, 2011 (the effective
17date of Public Act 97-616) and may procure contracts for energy
18and renewable energy credits for the period June 1, 2013
19through December 31, 2017 that satisfy the requirements of this
20subsection (k-5), including the benchmarks described in this
21subsection. These contracts shall be entered into as the result
22of a competitive procurement event, and, to the extent that any
23provisions of this Section or the Illinois Power Agency Act do
24not conflict with this subsection (k-5), such provisions shall
25apply to the procurement event. The energy contracts shall be
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1delivery year through December 31, 2017. For a utility that
2serves over 2 million customers, the energy contracts shall be
3multi-year with pricing escalating at 2.5% per annum. The
4energy contracts may be designed as financial swaps or may
5require physical delivery.
6    Within 30 days of October 26, 2011 (the effective date of
7Public Act 97-616), each such utility shall submit to the
8Agency updated load forecasts for the period June 1, 2013
9through December 31, 2017. The megawatt volume of the contracts
10shall be based on the updated load forecasts of the minimum
11monthly on-peak or off-peak average load requirements shown in
12the forecasts, taking into account any existing energy
13contracts in effect as well as the expected migration of the
14utility's customers to alternative retail electric suppliers.
15The renewable energy credit volume shall be based on the number
16of credits that would satisfy the requirements of subsection
17(c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act, subject
18to the rate impact caps and other provisions of subsection (c)
19of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act. The
20evaluation of contract bids in the competitive procurement
21events for energy and for renewable energy credits shall
22incorporate price benchmarks set collaboratively by the
23Agency, the procurement administrator, the staff of the
24Commission, and the procurement monitor. If the contracts are
25swap contracts, then they shall be executed as transactions
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1agreement for financial swap contracts sponsored by the
2International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Costs
3incurred pursuant to a contract authorized by this subsection
4(k-5) shall be deemed prudently incurred and reasonable in
5amount and the electric utility shall be entitled to full cost
6recovery pursuant to the tariffs filed with the Commission.
7    The cost of administering the procurement event described
8in this subsection (k-5) shall be paid by the winning supplier
9or suppliers to the procurement administrator through a
10supplier fee. In the event that there is no winning supplier
11for a particular utility, such utility will pay the procurement
12administrator for the costs associated with the procurement
13event, and those costs shall not be a recoverable expense.
14Nothing in this subsection (k-5) is intended to alter the
15recovery of costs for any other procurement event.
16    (l) An electric utility shall recover its costs incurred
17under this Section, including, but not limited to, the costs of
18procuring power and energy demand-response resources under
19this Section. The utility shall file with the initial
20procurement plan its proposed tariffs through which its costs
21of procuring power that are incurred pursuant to a
22Commission-approved procurement plan and those other costs
23identified in this subsection (l), will be recovered. The
24tariffs shall include a formula rate or charge designed to pass
25through both the costs incurred by the utility in procuring a
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1classes with no mark-up or return on the price paid by the
2utility for that supply, plus any just and reasonable costs
3that the utility incurs in arranging and providing for the
4supply of electric power and energy. The formula rate or charge
5shall also contain provisions that ensure that its application
6does not result in over or under recovery due to changes in
7customer usage and demand patterns, and that provide for the
8correction, on at least an annual basis, of any accounting
9errors that may occur. A utility shall recover through the
10tariff all reasonable costs incurred to implement or comply
11with any procurement plan that is developed and put into effect
12pursuant to Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act and
13this Section, including any fees assessed by the Illinois Power
14Agency, costs associated with load balancing, and contingency
15plan costs. The electric utility shall also recover its full
16costs of procuring electric supply for which it contracted
17before the effective date of this Section in conjunction with
18the provision of full requirements service under fixed-price
19bundled service tariffs subsequent to December 31, 2006. All
20such costs shall be deemed to have been prudently incurred. The
21pass-through tariffs that are filed and approved pursuant to
22this Section shall not be subject to review under, or in any
23way limited by, Section 16-111(i) of this Act. Beginning June
241, 2014, the costs incurred by the electric utility to purchase
25renewable energy credits in accordance with subsection (c) of
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1renewable energy resources contract costs, as defined in
2Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act, shall be
3recovered through the electric utility's tariffed charges for
4delivery services pursuant to Section 16-108 of this Act and
5shall not be recovered through the electric utility's tariffed
6charges for electric power and energy supply to its eligible
7retail customers.
8    (l-5) At the request of the Illinois Power Agency, of an
9electric utility, or of a supplier of renewable energy
10resources that has entered into a contract to sell renewable
11energy resources to an electric utility as the result of being
12a winning supplier in a procurement event pursuant to this
13Section, the Commission may issue orders finding that there are
14excluded renewable energy resources contract costs under such
15contract for a particular year or years. Any order of the
16Commission finding that there are excluded renewable energy
17resources contract costs shall include a finding that the
18excluded renewable energy resources contract costs shall be
19recovered by the electric utility through its tariffed charges
20for delivery services in accordance with Section 16-108 of this
21Act.
22    (m) The Commission has the authority to adopt rules to
23carry out the provisions of this Section. For the public
24interest, safety, and welfare, the Commission also has
25authority to adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this
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1effective date of this amendatory Act.
2    (n) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any
3affiliated electric utilities that submit a single procurement
4plan covering their combined needs may procure for those
5combined needs in conjunction with that plan, and may enter
6jointly into power supply contracts, purchases, and other
7procurement arrangements, and allocate capacity and energy and
8cost responsibility therefor among themselves in proportion to
9their requirements.
10    (o) On or before June 1 of each year, the Commission shall
11hold an informal hearing for the purpose of receiving comments
12on the prior year's procurement process and any recommendations
13for change.
14    (p) An electric utility subject to this Section may propose
15to invest, lease, own, or operate an electric generation
16facility as part of its procurement plan, provided the utility
17demonstrates that such facility is the least-cost option to
18provide electric service to eligible retail customers. If the
19facility is shown to be the least-cost option and is included
20in a procurement plan prepared in accordance with Section 1-75
21of the Illinois Power Agency Act and this Section, then the
22electric utility shall make a filing pursuant to Section 8-406
23of this Act, and may request of the Commission any statutory
24relief required thereunder. If the Commission grants all of the
25necessary approvals for the proposed facility, such supply
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1subsection (b) of this Section. The Commission shall in any
2order approving a proposal under this subsection specify how
3the utility will recover the prudently incurred costs of
4investing in, leasing, owning, or operating such generation
5facility through just and reasonable rates charged to eligible
6retail customers. Cost recovery for facilities included in the
7utility's procurement plan pursuant to this subsection shall
8not be subject to review under or in any way limited by the
9provisions of Section 16-111(i) of this Act. Nothing in this
10Section is intended to prohibit a utility from filing for a
11fuel adjustment clause as is otherwise permitted under Section
129-220 of this Act.
13(Source: P.A. 97-325, eff. 8-12-11; 97-616, eff. 10-26-11;
1497-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
15    (220 ILCS 5/16-115D)
16    Sec. 16-115D. Renewable portfolio standard for alternative
17retail electric suppliers and electric utilities operating
18outside their service territories.
19    (a) Until May 31, 2014, an An alternative retail electric
20supplier shall be responsible for procuring cost-effective
21renewable energy resources as required under item (5) of
22subsection (d) of Section 16-115 of this Act as outlined
23herein:
24        (1) The definition of renewable energy resources
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1    applies to all renewable energy resources required to be
2    procured by alternative retail electric suppliers.
3        (2) The quantity of renewable energy resources shall be
4    measured as a percentage of the actual amount of metered
5    electricity (megawatt-hours) delivered by the alternative
6    retail electric supplier to Illinois retail customers
7    during the 12-month period June 1 through May 31,
8    commencing June 1, 2009, and the comparable 12-month period
9    in each year thereafter except as provided in item (6) of
10    this subsection (a).
11        (3) The quantity of renewable energy resources shall be
12    in amounts at least equal to the annual percentages set
13    forth in item (1) of subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the
14    Illinois Power Agency Act. At least 60% of the renewable
15    energy resources procured pursuant to items (1) through (3)
16    of subsection (b) of this Section shall come from wind
17    generation and, starting June 1, 2015, at least 6% of the
18    renewable energy resources procured pursuant to items (1)
19    through (3) of subsection (b) of this Section shall come
20    from solar photovoltaics. If, in any given year, an
21    alternative retail electric supplier does not purchase at
22    least these levels of renewable energy resources, then the
23    alternative retail electric supplier shall make
24    alternative compliance payments, as described in
25    subsection (d) of this Section.
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1    resources shall be independently verified through the PJM
2    Environmental Information System Generation Attribute
3    Tracking System (PJM-GATS) or the Midwest Renewable Energy
4    Tracking System (M-RETS), which shall document the
5    location of generation, resource type, month, and year of
6    generation for all qualifying renewable energy resources
7    that an alternative retail electric supplier uses to comply
8    with this Section. No later than June 1, 2009, the Illinois
9    Power Agency shall provide PJM-GATS, M-RETS, and
10    alternative retail electric suppliers with all information
11    necessary to identify resources located in Illinois,
12    within states that adjoin Illinois or within portions of
13    the PJM and MISO footprint in the United States that
14    qualify under the definition of renewable energy resources
15    in Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act for
16    compliance with this Section 16-115D. Alternative retail
17    electric suppliers shall not be subject to the requirements
18    in item (3) of subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the
19    Illinois Power Agency Act.
20        (5) All renewable energy credits used to comply with
21    this Section shall be permanently retired.
22        (6) The required procurement of renewable energy
23    resources by an alternative retail electric supplier shall
24    apply to all metered electricity delivered to Illinois
25    retail customers by the alternative retail electric
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1    March 15, 2009.
2    (b) Until May 31, 2014, an An alternative retail electric
3supplier shall comply with the renewable energy portfolio
4standards by making an alternative compliance payment, as
5described in subsection (d) of this Section, to cover at least
6one-half of the alternative retail electric supplier's
7compliance obligation and any one or combination of the
8following means to cover the remainder of the alternative
9retail electric supplier's compliance obligation:
10        (1) Generating electricity using renewable energy
11    resources identified pursuant to item (4) of subsection (a)
12    of this Section.
13        (2) Purchasing electricity generated using renewable
14    energy resources identified pursuant to item (4) of
15    subsection (a) of this Section through an energy contract.
16        (3) Purchasing renewable energy credits from renewable
17    energy resources identified pursuant to item (4) of
18    subsection (a) of this Section.
19        (4) Making an alternative compliance payment as
20    described in subsection (d) of this Section.
21    (c) Use of renewable energy credits.
22        (1) Renewable energy credits that are not used by an
23    alternative retail electric supplier to comply with a
24    renewable portfolio standard in a compliance year may be
25    banked and carried forward up to 2 12-month compliance
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1    generated for the purpose of complying with a renewable
2    portfolio standard in those 2 subsequent compliance
3    periods. For the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 compliance
4    periods, an alternative retail electric supplier may use
5    renewable credits generated after December 31, 2008 and
6    before June 1, 2009 to comply with this Section.
7        (2) An alternative retail electric supplier is
8    responsible for demonstrating that a renewable energy
9    credit used to comply with a renewable portfolio standard
10    is derived from a renewable energy resource and that the
11    alternative retail electric supplier has not used, traded,
12    sold, or otherwise transferred the credit.
13        (3) The same renewable energy credit may be used by an
14    alternative retail electric supplier to comply with a
15    federal renewable portfolio standard and a renewable
16    portfolio standard established under this Act. An
17    alternative retail electric supplier that uses a renewable
18    energy credit to comply with a renewable portfolio standard
19    imposed by any other state may not use the same credit to
20    comply with a renewable portfolio standard established
21    under this Act.
22    (d) Alternative compliance payments.
23        (1) The Commission shall establish and post on its
24    website, within 5 business days after entering an order
25    approving a procurement plan pursuant to Section 1-75 of
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1    compliance payment rates, expressed on a per kilowatt-hour
2    basis, that will be applicable in the first compliance
3    period following the plan approval. A separate maximum
4    alternative compliance payment rate shall be established
5    for the service territory of each electric utility that is
6    subject to subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois
7    Power Agency Act. Each maximum alternative compliance
8    payment rate shall be equal to the maximum allowable annual
9    estimated average net increase due to the costs of the
10    utility's purchase of renewable energy resources included
11    in the amounts paid by eligible retail customers in
12    connection with electric service, as described in item (2)
13    of subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
14    Agency Act for the compliance period, and as established in
15    the approved procurement plan. Following each procurement
16    event through which renewable energy resources are
17    purchased for one or more of these utilities for the
18    compliance period, the Commission shall establish and post
19    on its website estimates of the alternative compliance
20    payment rates, expressed on a per kilowatt-hour basis, that
21    shall apply for that compliance period. Posting of the
22    estimates shall occur no later than 10 business days
23    following the procurement event, however, the Commission
24    shall not be required to establish and post such estimates
25    more often than once per calendar month. By July 1 of each
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1    website the actual alternative compliance payment rates
2    for the preceding compliance year. For compliance years
3    beginning prior to June 1, 2014, each alternative
4    compliance payment rate shall be equal to the total amount
5    of dollars that the utility contracted to spend on
6    renewable resources, excepting the additional incremental
7    cost attributable to solar resources, for the compliance
8    period divided by the forecasted load of eligible retail
9    customers, at the customers' meters, as previously
10    established in the Commission-approved procurement plan
11    for that compliance year. For compliance years commencing
12    on or after June 1, 2014, each alternative compliance
13    payment rate shall be equal to the total amount of dollars
14    that the utility contracted to spend on all renewable
15    resources for the compliance period divided by the
16    forecasted load of eligible retail customers, at the
17    customers' meters, as previously established in the
18    Commission-approved procurement plan for that compliance
19    year. The actual alternative compliance payment rates may
20    not exceed the maximum alternative compliance payment
21    rates established for the compliance period. For purposes
22    of this subsection (d), the term "eligible retail
23    customers" has the same meaning as found in Section
24    16-111.5 of this Act.
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1    payments to comply with all or a part of the applicable
2    renewable portfolio standard. In the event that an
3    alternative retail electric supplier elects to make
4    alternative compliance payments to comply with all or a
5    part of the applicable renewable portfolio standard, such
6    payments shall be made by September 1, 2010 for the period
7    of June 1, 2009 to May 1, 2010 and by September 1 of each
8    year thereafter for the subsequent compliance period, in
9    the manner and form as determined by the Commission. Any
10    election by an alternative retail electric supplier to use
11    alternative compliance payments is subject to review by the
12    Commission under subsection (e) of this Section.
13        (3) An alternative retail electric supplier's
14    alternative compliance payments shall be computed
15    separately for each electric utility's service territory
16    within which the alternative retail electric supplier
17    provided retail service during the compliance period,
18    provided that the electric utility was subject to
19    subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency
20    Act. For each service territory, the alternative retail
21    electric supplier's alternative compliance payment shall
22    be equal to (i) the actual alternative compliance payment
23    rate established in item (1) of this subsection (d),
24    multiplied by (ii) the actual amount of metered electricity
25    delivered by the alternative retail electric supplier to
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1    compliance period, multiplied by (iii) the result of one
2    minus the ratios of the quantity of renewable energy
3    resources used by the alternative retail electric supplier
4    to comply with the requirements of this Section within the
5    service territory to the product of the percentage of
6    renewable energy resources required under item (3) of
7    subsection (a) of this Section and the actual amount of
8    metered electricity delivered by the alternative retail
9    electric supplier to retail customers within the service
10    territory during the compliance period.
11        (4) All alternative compliance payments by alternative
12    retail electric suppliers shall be deposited in the
13    Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources Fund and
14    used to purchase renewable energy credits, in accordance
15    with Section 1-56 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.
16    Beginning April 1, 2012 and by April 1 of each year
17    thereafter, the Illinois Power Agency shall submit an
18    annual report to the General Assembly, the Commission, and
19    alternative retail electric suppliers that shall include,
20    but not be limited to:
21            (A) the total amount of alternative compliance
22        payments received in aggregate from alternative retail
23        electric suppliers by planning year for all previous
24        planning years in which the alternative compliance
25        payment was in effect;
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1        purchased renewable energy credits itemized by the
2        date of each procurement in which the payments were
3        utilized; and
4            (C) the unused and remaining balance in the Agency
5        Renewable Energy Resources Fund attributable to those
6        payments.
7        (5) The Commission, in consultation with the Illinois
8    Power Agency, shall establish a process or proceeding to
9    consider the impact of a federal renewable portfolio
10    standard, if enacted, on the operation of the alternative
11    compliance mechanism, which shall include, but not be
12    limited to, developing, to the extent permitted by the
13    applicable federal statute, an appropriate methodology to
14    apportion renewable energy credits retired as a result of
15    alternative compliance payments made in accordance with
16    this Section. The Commission shall commence any such
17    process or proceeding within 35 days after enactment of a
18    federal renewable portfolio standard.
19    (e) Each alternative retail electric supplier shall, by
20September 1, 2010 and by September 1 of each year thereafter,
21prepare and submit to the Commission a report, in a format to
22be specified by the Commission on or before December 31, 2009,
23that provides information certifying compliance by the
24alternative retail electric supplier with this Section,
25including copies of all PJM-GATS and M-RETS reports, and
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1credits, and any other information that the Commission
2determines necessary to ensure compliance with this Section. An
3alternative retail electric supplier may file commercially or
4financially sensitive information or trade secrets with the
5Commission as provided under the rules of the Commission. To be
6filed confidentially, the information shall be accompanied by
7an affidavit that sets forth both the reasons for the
8confidentiality and a public synopsis of the information.
9    (f) The Commission may initiate a contested case to review
10allegations that the alternative retail electric supplier has
11violated this Section, including an order issued or rule
12promulgated under this Section. In any such proceeding, the
13alternative retail electric supplier shall have the burden of
14proof. If the Commission finds, after notice and hearing, that
15an alternative retail electric supplier has violated this
16Section, then the Commission shall issue an order requiring the
17alternative retail electric supplier to:
18        (1) immediately comply with this Section; and
19        (2) if the violation involves a failure to procure the
20    requisite quantity of renewable energy resources or pay the
21    applicable alternative compliance payment by the annual
22    deadline, the Commission shall require the alternative
23    retail electric supplier to double the applicable
24    alternative compliance payment that would otherwise be
25    required to bring the alternative retail electric supplier
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1    If an alternative retail electric supplier fails to comply
2with the renewable energy resource portfolio requirement in
3this Section more than once in a 5-year period, then the
4Commission shall revoke the alternative electric supplier's
5certificate of service authority. The Commission shall not
6accept an application for a certificate of service authority
7from an alternative retail electric supplier that has lost
8certification under this subsection (f), or any corporate
9affiliate thereof, for at least one year after the date of
10revocation.
11    (g) All of the provisions of this Section apply to electric
12utilities operating outside their service area except under
13item (2) of subsection (a) of this Section the quantity of
14renewable energy resources shall be measured as a percentage of
15the actual amount of electricity (megawatt-hours) supplied in
16the State outside of the utility's service territory during the
1712-month period June 1 through May 31, commencing June 1, 2009,
18and the comparable 12-month period in each year thereafter
19except as provided in item (6) of subsection (a) of this
20Section.
21    If any such utility fails to procure the requisite quantity
22of renewable energy resources by the annual deadline, then the
23Commission shall require the utility to double the alternative
24compliance payment that would otherwise be required to bring
25the utility into compliance with this Section.
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1energy resource portfolio requirement in this Section more than
2once in a 5-year period, then the Commission shall order the
3utility to cease all sales outside of the utility's service
4territory for a period of at least one year.
5    (h) The provisions of this Section and the provisions of
6subsection (d) of Section 16-115 of this Act relating to
7procurement of renewable energy resources shall not apply to an
8alternative retail electric supplier that operates a combined
9heat and power system in this State or that has a corporate
10affiliate that operates such a combined heat and power system
11in this State that supplies electricity primarily to or for the
12benefit of: (i) facilities owned by the supplier, its
13subsidiary, or other corporate affiliate; (ii) facilities
14electrically integrated with the electrical system of
15facilities owned by the supplier, its subsidiary, or other
16corporate affiliate; or (iii) facilities that are adjacent to
17the site on which the combined heat and power system is
18located.
19    (i) The obligations specified in this Section of
20alternative retail electric suppliers and electric utilities
21operating outside their service territories to procure
22renewable energy resources, make alternative compliance
23payments, and file annual reports, and the obligations of the
24Commission to determine and post alternative compliance
25payment rates, shall terminate effective May 31, 2014, provided
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1utilities operating outside their service territories shall be
2obligated to make all alternative compliance payments that they
3were obligated to pay for periods through and including May 31,
42014 but were not paid as of that date and to file all required
5reports for periods prior to June 1, 2014. The Commission shall
6continue to enforce the payment of unpaid alternative
7compliance payments after May 31, 2014 in accordance with
8subsections (f) and (g) of this Section. All alternative
9compliance payments made after May 31, 2014 shall be deposited
10in the Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources Fund
11and used to purchase renewable energy credits, in accordance
12with Section 1-56 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.
13(Source: P.A. 96-33, eff. 7-10-09; 96-159, eff. 8-10-09;
1496-1437, eff. 8-17-10; 97-658, eff. 1-13-12.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
161, 2014.