Full Text of SB1447 103rd General Assembly
SB1447 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB1447 Introduced 2/7/2023, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources
Development Law of 1997. Provides that, of the money collected from the Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
Development Assistance Charge, $4,000,000 (currently, $2,000,000) may be used annually by the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to the Illinois Green Economy Network for the purposes of funding education and training for renewable energy and energy efficiency technology and for the operation and services of the Illinois Green Economy Network. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning finance.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and | 5 | | Coal Resources
Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing | 6 | | Section 6-5 as follows:
| 7 | | (20 ILCS 687/6-5)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)
| 9 | | Sec. 6-5. Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
| 10 | | Development Assistance Charge. | 11 | | (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-111 of | 12 | | the Public
Utilities
Act but subject to subsection (e) of this | 13 | | Section,
each
public utility, electric cooperative, as defined | 14 | | in Section 3.4 of the Electric
Supplier
Act, and municipal | 15 | | utility, as referenced in Section 3-105 of the Public
| 16 | | Utilities Act,
that is engaged in the delivery of electricity | 17 | | or the distribution of natural
gas within
the State of | 18 | | Illinois shall, effective January 1, 1998, assess each of its
| 19 | | customer
accounts a monthly Renewable Energy Resources and | 20 | | Coal Technology
Development Assistance Charge. The delivering | 21 | | public utility, municipal
electric or
gas utility, or electric | 22 | | or gas cooperative for a self-assessing purchaser
remains
| 23 | | subject to the collection of the fee imposed by this Section. |
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| 1 | | The monthly
charge
shall be as follows:
| 2 | | (1) $0.05 per month on each account for residential
| 3 | | electric service as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
| 4 | | Assistance Act;
| 5 | | (2) $0.05 per month on each account for residential
| 6 | | gas service as defined in Section 13 of the
Energy | 7 | | Assistance Act;
| 8 | | (3) $0.50 per month on each account for
nonresidential | 9 | | electric service, as defined in Section 13
of the Energy | 10 | | Assistance Act, which had less than 10
megawatts of peak | 11 | | demand during the previous calendar
year;
| 12 | | (4) $0.50 per month on each account for
nonresidential | 13 | | gas service, as defined in Section 13 of
the Energy | 14 | | Assistance Act, which had distributed to it
less than | 15 | | 4,000,000
therms of gas during the previous calendar year;
| 16 | | (5) $37.50 per month on each account for
| 17 | | nonresidential electric service, as defined in Section 13
| 18 | | of the Energy Assistance Act, which had 10 megawatts
or | 19 | | greater of peak demand during the previous calendar
year; | 20 | | and
| 21 | | (6) $37.50 per month on each account for
| 22 | | nonresidential gas service, as defined in Section 13 of
| 23 | | the Energy Assistance Act, which had 4,000,000 or
more | 24 | | therms of gas distributed to it during the previous
| 25 | | calendar year.
| 26 | | (b) The Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology |
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| 1 | | Development
Assistance
Charge assessed by electric and gas | 2 | | public utilities shall be considered a
charge
for public | 3 | | utility service.
| 4 | | (c) Fifty percent of the moneys collected pursuant to
this | 5 | | Section shall be deposited in the Renewable Energy
Resources | 6 | | Trust Fund by the Department of Revenue. From those funds, | 7 | | $4,000,000 $2,000,000 may be used annually by the | 8 | | Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to the | 9 | | Illinois Green Economy Network for the purposes of funding | 10 | | education and training for renewable energy and energy | 11 | | efficiency technology and for the operation and services of | 12 | | the Illinois Green Economy Network. The remaining 50 percent
| 13 | | of the moneys
collected pursuant to this Section shall be | 14 | | deposited in the
Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund | 15 | | by the Department of Revenue
for the exclusive purposes of (1) | 16 | | capturing or sequestering carbon emissions produced by coal | 17 | | combustion; (2) supporting research on the capture and | 18 | | sequestration of carbon emissions produced by coal combustion; | 19 | | and (3) improving coal miner safety.
| 20 | | (d) By the 20th day of the month following the month in | 21 | | which the charges
imposed by this Section were collected, each | 22 | | utility
and alternative retail electric
supplier collecting | 23 | | charges
pursuant to this Section shall remit
to the Department | 24 | | of Revenue for deposit in the
Renewable Energy Resources Trust | 25 | | Fund and the Coal Technology Development
Assistance Fund all
| 26 | | moneys received as payment of the charge provided for in this
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| 1 | | Section on a return prescribed and furnished by the Department | 2 | | of Revenue
showing such information as the Department of | 3 | | Revenue may reasonably require.
| 4 | | If any payment provided for in this Section exceeds the | 5 | | utility or alternative alternate retail electric supplier's | 6 | | liabilities under this Act, as shown on an original return, | 7 | | the utility or alternative retail electric supplier may credit | 8 | | the excess payment against liability subsequently to be | 9 | | remitted to the Department of Revenue under this Act. | 10 | | (e) The charges imposed by this Section shall only apply
| 11 | | to customers of municipal electric or gas utilities and | 12 | | electric or gas
cooperatives if the municipal electric or gas | 13 | | utility or electric or
gas
cooperative makes an affirmative | 14 | | decision to impose the
charge.
If a municipal electric or gas | 15 | | utility or an electric or gas cooperative
makes an
affirmative | 16 | | decision to impose the charge provided by this Section, the
| 17 | | municipal
electric or gas utility or electric or gas | 18 | | cooperative shall inform the
Department of
Revenue in writing | 19 | | of such decision when it begins to impose the charge.
If a | 20 | | municipal electric or gas utility or electric or gas
| 21 | | cooperative does not assess this charge, its customers shall
| 22 | | not be eligible for the Renewable Energy Resources Program.
| 23 | | (f) The Department of Revenue may establish such rules as | 24 | | it deems
necessary to implement this Section.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 102-444, eff. 8-20-21; revised 9-13-22.)
| 26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| 1 | | becoming law.
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