Full Text of HB2855 101st General Assembly
HB2855ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Robyn Gabel Filed: 4/1/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2855
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2855 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 16-107.8 as follows: | 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/16-107.8 new) | 7 | | Sec. 16-107.8. Beneficial electrification. | 8 | | (a) The purpose of this Section is to decrease reliance on | 9 | | fossil fuels, reduce pollution from the transportation sector, | 10 | | increase access to electrification for all customers, and | 11 | | ensure that electric vehicle adoption and increased | 12 | | electricity usage demand do not place significant additional | 13 | | burdens on the electric system. | 14 | | (b) For the purposes of this Section: | 15 | | "Beneficial electrification programs" means programs that | 16 | | replace fossil fuel use and improve electric grid operation. |
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| 1 | | Beneficial electrification programs should provide for | 2 | | incentives such that customers are induced to use electricity | 3 | | at times of low overall system usage or at times when | 4 | | generation from renewable energy sources is high. "Beneficial | 5 | | electrification programs" includes one of the following: | 6 | | (1) time-of-use electric rates; | 7 | | (2) hourly pricing electric rates; | 8 | | (3) charging rates set by electric vehicle service | 9 | | providers that encourage off-peak charging; | 10 | | (4) optimized charging programs; | 11 | | (5) electric vehicle-to-grid; | 12 | | (6) demand response; | 13 | | (7) renewable energy generation located in close | 14 | | proximity to the intended energy user; and | 15 | | (8) other such programs as defined by the Commission. | 16 | | "Optimized charging programs" means programs whereby | 17 | | owners of electric vehicles can set their vehicles to be | 18 | | charged based on the electric system's current demand, retail | 19 | | or wholesale market rates, incentives, the carbon or other | 20 | | pollution intensity of the electric generation mix, the | 21 | | provision of grid services, efficient use of the electric grid, | 22 | | or the availability of clean energy generation. Optimized | 23 | | charging programs can be operated by utilities as well as third | 24 | | parties. | 25 | | (c) Within 120 days after the effective date of this | 26 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Commerce Commission shall initiate a stakeholder workshop | 2 | | process, followed by a contested proceeding, to develop a | 3 | | cost-benefit test for beneficial electrification policies. The | 4 | | stakeholder workshop process shall take into consideration the | 5 | | bill reduction benefits of electric vehicle adoption, | 6 | | including: (1) the benefit of lower bills for customers who do | 7 | | not charge electric vehicles; (2) benefits from electric | 8 | | vehicle usage of the distribution system; (3) the avoidance and | 9 | | reduction in capacity costs from optimized charging and | 10 | | off-peak charging; (4) energy price and cost reductions; (5) | 11 | | environmental benefits; and (6) other public interest criteria | 12 | | developed by the General Assembly or the Commission. | 13 | | The cost-benefit test shall determine cost-benefit | 14 | | valuations that are representative of a variety of ranges of | 15 | | electric vehicle adoption scenarios. Upon the conclusion of the | 16 | | stakeholder process, the Commission shall issue an order | 17 | | establishing an initial Beneficial Electrification | 18 | | Cost-Benefit Test within 270 days after initiation of the | 19 | | stakeholder workshop process. The Commission shall update its | 20 | | Beneficial Electrification Cost-Benefit Test from time to time | 21 | | as needed or on petition by any party, taking into | 22 | | consideration updated benefits, costs, and structural changes | 23 | | based on technological or market advancements, to be used as | 24 | | part of subsequent updates to each utility's beneficial | 25 | | electrification plan for its proposed new investments. The | 26 | | process shall be open and transparent with inclusion of |
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| 1 | | stakeholder interests, including stakeholders representing | 2 | | environmental justice interests. | 3 | | (d) In order to address barriers to public charging, no | 4 | | later than December 31, 2020, the Illinois Commerce Commission | 5 | | shall open an investigation to explore alternative rate | 6 | | structures, additional or alternative rate classes, and cost of | 7 | | service studies that would help support and encourage the | 8 | | development of public charging stations. If, after notice and | 9 | | hearing, the Commission determines that alternative rate | 10 | | structures, additional or alternative rate classes, and new | 11 | | cost of service studies would encourage development of public | 12 | | charging stations, the Commission shall initiate a proceeding | 13 | | and issue an order directing each electric utility to implement | 14 | | such elements. | 15 | | (e) No later than December 31, 2019, each electric utility | 16 | | that serves over 100,000 customers in this State shall initiate | 17 | | a stakeholder process to begin development of a 6-year draft | 18 | | beneficial electrification plan that helps achieve the | 19 | | purposes of this Section and achieves a public benefit per the | 20 | | guidelines of the Commission's Beneficial Electrification | 21 | | Cost-Benefit Test. Each electric utility shall, in preparing | 22 | | its draft plan, consult stakeholder groups, including | 23 | | stakeholders representing environmental justice interests. | 24 | | Within 120 days after a final order establishing an initial | 25 | | Beneficial Electrification Cost-Benefit Test, each electric | 26 | | utility shall submit its draft beneficial electrification plan |
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| 1 | | to the Illinois Commerce Commission for approval. The | 2 | | Commission shall initiate a proceeding to review each electric | 3 | | utility's draft plan, evaluate the plan against its Beneficial | 4 | | Electrification Cost-Benefit Test, and other criteria as | 5 | | described in this Section, and shall issue an order within 270 | 6 | | days after initiation of the proceeding to review each draft | 7 | | plan approving the plan or approving the plan with | 8 | | modifications. | 9 | | Each draft plan developed under this subsection (e) shall | 10 | | specifically address the following: | 11 | | (1) the development and implementation of its | 12 | | time-of-use rate, and its benefit for electric vehicles and | 13 | | for all customers; | 14 | | (2) the development of optimized charging programs to | 15 | | achieve savings identified in the Beneficial | 16 | | Electrification Cost-Benefit Test established by the | 17 | | Commission, and new contracts and compensation for | 18 | | services in those programs, through signals that allow | 19 | | electric vehicle charging to respond to local system | 20 | | conditions, manage critical peak periods, serve as a demand | 21 | | response or clean peak program resource, and maximize | 22 | | renewable energy utilization and integration into the | 23 | | grid; | 24 | | (3) an engineering analysis and stakeholder process to | 25 | | determine the project impacts of electrification on | 26 | | electric circuit loads, demand, and other system needs, |
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| 1 | | using as inputs projected locations on the electric grid of | 2 | | planned and anticipated electric vehicle adoption, | 3 | | charging technology, charging behavior, and other impacts | 4 | | from the adoption of advanced energy technology, | 5 | | including, but not limited to, renewable energy | 6 | | technologies, energy storage, energy efficiency, and | 7 | | demand response; | 8 | | (4) plans to address environmental justice interests | 9 | | and the provision of opportunities for residents and | 10 | | businesses in environmental justice communities to | 11 | | directly benefit from transportation electrification; | 12 | | (5) plans to increase access to Level 3 Public Electric | 13 | | Vehicle Charging Infrastructure located along | 14 | | transportation corridors to serve vehicles that need | 15 | | quicker charging times and vehicles of persons who have no | 16 | | other access to charging infrastructure, regardless of | 17 | | whether those projects participate in optimized charging | 18 | | programs; | 19 | | (6) coordination and cohesion with electric vehicle | 20 | | and electric vehicle charging equipment incentives | 21 | | established by any agency, department, board, or | 22 | | commission of the State of Illinois; | 23 | | (7) the development of online tools, applications, and | 24 | | data sharing that provide essential information to those | 25 | | charging electric vehicles, and enable the automated | 26 | | charging response to price signals, emission signals, |
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| 1 | | real-time renewable generation production, and other | 2 | | Commission-approved or customer-desired indicators of | 3 | | beneficial charging times; | 4 | | (8) customer education measures, including a shadow | 5 | | billing option to allow customers to compare current and | 6 | | historical monthly bills under different rate plans, cost | 7 | | calculators to compare electric vehicles costs with | 8 | | internal combustion engine vehicle costs, the use of | 9 | | utility communications for proactive customer engagement | 10 | | on electric vehicles, rate and cost comparison information | 11 | | materials for car dealers and their customers, and direct | 12 | | outreach to diverse communities through community and | 13 | | other organizations; and | 14 | | (9) performance targets, metrics, and remedies for not | 15 | | achieving results as outlined in the Beneficial | 16 | | Electrification Cost-Benefit Test. | 17 | | (f) Each electric utility with an approved beneficial | 18 | | electrification plan shall submit an updated beneficial | 19 | | electrification plan to the Commission within 2 years after its | 20 | | plan approval that includes all elements of subsection (e), any | 21 | | additional components as directed by the Illinois Commerce | 22 | | Commission in its order approving its initial beneficial | 23 | | electrification plan, a report on the performance metrics it | 24 | | has achieved, a description of areas for improvement, a revised | 25 | | implementation plan, and an analysis of how its revised | 26 | | implementation achieves any update to the Commission's |
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| 1 | | Beneficial Electrification Cost-Benefit Test approved prior to | 2 | | the filing of its updated plan. | 3 | | (g) Each electric utility shall be allowed to seek a waiver | 4 | | of its Integrated Distribution Company Implementation Plan | 5 | | rules to implement the goals of this Section.
| 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 | | becoming law.".
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