HB4854 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4854

Introduced 2/7/2024, by Rep. Tony M. McCombie

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 3855/1-131 new

Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission, in consultation with the Illinois Power Agency, shall develop standards and guidelines to prohibit any Illinois ratepayer funds from being used by the Agency for the procurement of solar panels that are not manufactured or assembled by a company located in North America under the Agency's long-term renewable resources procurement plan.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Power Agency Act is amended by adding Section 1-131 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3855/1-131 new)

Sec. 1-131. Prohibition on procurement of solar panels not manufactured in North America. No later than 180 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the Illinois Commerce Commission, in consultation with the Agency, shall develop standards and guidelines to prohibit any Illinois ratepayer funds, as collected under Section 16-108 of the Public Utilities Act, from being used by the Agency for the procurement of solar panels that are not manufactured or assembled by a company located in North America under the Agency's long-term renewable resources procurement plan.