Full Text of HB0543 94th General Assembly
HB0543 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0543
Introduced 01/27/05, by Rep. Elaine Nekritz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law of 1997. Provides that beginning January 1, 2005, electric utilities and electric suppliers annual pro rata contributions to the Energy Efficiency Program shall be assessed from a total amount of $45,000,000 (currently 3,000,000), the pro rata amount based upon the number of
kilowatt-hours sold by each such entity in the 12 months
preceding the year of contribution. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and | 5 |
| Coal Resources
Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing | 6 |
| Section 6-6 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 687/6-6)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 16, 2007)
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| Sec. 6-6. Energy efficiency program.
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| (a) From
For the year beginning January 1, 1998 through | 11 |
| December 31, 2004 , and
thereafter as provided in this Section , | 12 |
| each electric utility
as defined in Section 3-105 of the Public | 13 |
| Utilities Act and each
alternative retail electric supplier as | 14 |
| defined in Section 16-102 of the
Public Utilities Act supplying
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| electric power and energy to retail customers located in the
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| State of Illinois shall contribute annually
a pro rata share of
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| a total amount of $3,000,000 based upon the number of
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| kilowatt-hours sold by each such entity in the 12 months
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| preceding the year of contribution. For the year beginning | 20 |
| January 1, 2005, and thereafter as provided in this Section, | 21 |
| each electric utility
as defined in Section 3-105 of the Public | 22 |
| Utilities Act and each
alternative retail electric supplier as | 23 |
| defined in Section 16-102 of the
Public Utilities Act supplying
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| electric power and energy to retail customers located in the
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| State of Illinois shall contribute annually
a pro rata share of
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| a total amount of $45,000,000 based upon the number of
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| kilowatt-hours sold by each such entity in the 12 months
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| preceding the year of contribution. On or before May 1 of each | 29 |
| year, the
Illinois Commerce Commission shall
determine and | 30 |
| notify the
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
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| Community Affairs of the pro rata share
owed by each electric | 32 |
| utility and each alternative retail electric supplier
based |
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| upon information supplied annually to the Illinois Commerce
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| Commission. On or before June 1 of each year, the Department of | 3 |
| Commerce and
Economic Opportunity
Community Affairs shall
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| written notification to each electric utility and each | 5 |
| alternative retail
electric supplier of the amount of pro rata | 6 |
| share they owe.
These contributions shall
be remitted to the | 7 |
| Department of Revenue on or before June 30 of each
year the | 8 |
| contribution is due on a return prescribed and furnished by the
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| Department of Revenue showing such information as the | 10 |
| Department of Revenue may
reasonably require. The funds | 11 |
| received pursuant to this Section shall be subject to the
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| appropriation of funds by the General Assembly. The
Department | 13 |
| of Revenue shall place the funds remitted under this Section
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| a trust fund, that is hereby created in the State Treasury,
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| called the Energy Efficiency Trust Fund.
If an electric utility | 16 |
| or alternative retail electric supplier does not remit
its
pro | 17 |
| rata share to the Department of Revenue, the Department of | 18 |
| Revenue
must inform the Illinois Commerce Commission of such | 19 |
| failure. The Illinois
Commerce Commission may then revoke the | 20 |
| certification of that electric
utility or alternative retail | 21 |
| electric supplier. The Illinois Commerce
Commission may not | 22 |
| renew the certification of any electric utility or
alternative | 23 |
| retail electric supplier that is delinquent in paying its pro
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| rata
share.
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| (b) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
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| Community Affairs shall disburse the
moneys in the
Energy | 27 |
| Efficiency Trust Fund to benefit residential electric | 28 |
| customers
through projects which the Department of Commerce and | 29 |
| Economic Opportunity
Community
Affairs has
determined will
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| promote energy efficiency in the State of Illinois. The
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| Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Community | 32 |
| Affairs shall establish a list of
projects eligible for
grants | 33 |
| from the Energy Efficiency Trust Fund including, but
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| limited to, supporting energy efficiency efforts for | 35 |
| low-income households,
replacing energy inefficient windows | 36 |
| with
more efficient windows, replacing energy inefficient
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| appliances with more efficient appliances, replacing energy
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| inefficient lighting with more efficient lighting, insulating
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| dwellings and buildings, using market incentives to encourage | 4 |
| energy
efficiency, and such other projects which will
increase | 5 |
| energy efficiency in homes and rental properties.
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| (c) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
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| Community Affairs shall establish
criteria and an
application | 8 |
| process for this grant program.
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| (d) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
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| Community Affairs shall conduct a
study of other
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| energy efficiency improvements and evaluate methods
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| promoting energy efficiency and conservation, especially
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| the benefit of low-income customers.
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| (e) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
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| Community Affairs shall submit an
annual report to the
General | 16 |
| Assembly evaluating the effectiveness of the projects
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| programs provided in this Section, and recommending
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| legislation which will encourage additional
development and | 19 |
| implementation of energy efficiency projects
and programs in | 20 |
| Illinois and other actions that help to meet
the goals of this | 21 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-707, eff. 7-19-02; revised 12-6-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 |
| becoming law.
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