Full Text of SB0043 95th General Assembly
SB0043 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB0043
Introduced 1/31/2007, by Sen. Bill Brady SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 687/6-5 |
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20 ILCS 687/6-7 |
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220 ILCS 5/16-107.5 new |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an electric utility
must establish a "net metering" pilot program for its retail customers that own
and operate a solar
or wind electrical generating facility
with a capacity of not more than 40 kilowatts located on the customer's
premises and intended to offset part of the
customer's electrical requirements.
Requires separate pilot programs for residential and business customers.
Provides that an electric utility that has conducted a net electrical
energy metering pilot program for either its residential or business customers,
or both, that was initiated before the effective date of this
amendatory Act need only
file a report of the results of the program with the Illinois Commerce Commission.
Provides that the electric utility must report the results of the pilot
program to the Illinois Commerce Commission by July 1, 2008. Requires the Commission to
provide a summary and an analysis of the reports to the General Assembly by
September 1, 2008.
Amends the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law of 1997. Provides that a utility may deduct an amount from collected receipts for expenses incurred to develop, maintain, and administer its net electricity metering pilot program. Extends the scheduled repeal date for the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law of 1997 from December 16, 2007 to December 31, 2008. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning public utilities.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| 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 |
| Sections 6-5 and 6-7 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 687/6-5)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 16, 2007)
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| Sec. 6-5. Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
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| Development Assistance Charge.
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| (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-111 of the | 12 |
| 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
Utilities | 16 |
| Act,
that is engaged in the delivery of electricity or the | 17 |
| distribution of natural
gas within
the State of Illinois shall, | 18 |
| effective January 1, 1998, assess each of its
customer
accounts | 19 |
| a monthly Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
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| Development Assistance Charge. The delivering public utility, | 21 |
| municipal
electric or
gas utility, or electric or gas | 22 |
| cooperative for a self-assessing purchaser
remains
subject to | 23 |
| the collection of the fee imposed by this Section. The monthly
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| charge
shall be as follows:
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| (1) $0.05 per month on each account for residential
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| electric service as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
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| Assistance Act;
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| (2) $0.05 per month on each account for residential
gas | 6 |
| service as defined in Section 13 of the
Energy Assistance | 7 |
| Act;
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| (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;
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| (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;
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| (5) $37.50 per month on each account for
nonresidential | 17 |
| electric service, as defined in Section 13
of the Energy | 18 |
| Assistance Act, which had 10 megawatts
or greater of peak | 19 |
| demand during the previous calendar
year; and
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| (6) $37.50 per month on each account for
nonresidential | 21 |
| gas service, as defined in Section 13 of
the Energy | 22 |
| Assistance Act, which had 4,000,000 or
more therms of gas | 23 |
| distributed to it during the previous
calendar year.
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| (b) The Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology | 25 |
| Development
Assistance
Charge assessed by electric and gas | 26 |
| public utilities shall be considered a
charge
for public |
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| utility service.
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| (c) Fifty percent of the moneys collected pursuant to
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| Section shall be deposited in the Renewable Energy
Resources | 4 |
| Trust Fund by the Department of Revenue. The remaining 50 | 5 |
| percent
of the moneys
collected pursuant to this Section shall | 6 |
| be deposited in the
Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund | 7 |
| by the Department of Revenue
for use under the
Illinois Coal | 8 |
| Technology Development Assistance Act.
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| (d) By the 20th day of the month following the month in | 10 |
| which the charges
imposed by this Section were collected, each | 11 |
| utility
and alternative retail electric
supplier collecting | 12 |
| charges
pursuant to this Section shall remit
to the Department | 13 |
| of Revenue for deposit in the
Renewable Energy Resources Trust | 14 |
| Fund and the Coal Technology Development
Assistance Fund all
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| moneys received , except as provided in this subsection, as | 16 |
| payment of the
charge provided for in this
Section on a return | 17 |
| prescribed and furnished by the Department of Revenue
showing | 18 |
| such information as the Department of Revenue may reasonably | 19 |
| require.
A utility may deduct an amount from collected | 20 |
| receipts, not to exceed the
amount designated for the Renewable | 21 |
| Energy Resources Trust Fund, for expenses
incurred to develop, | 22 |
| maintain, and administer its net electricity metering
pilot | 23 |
| program required by Section 16-107.5 of the Public Utilities | 24 |
| Act. Such
expenses shall include the following, and are subject | 25 |
| to Illinois Commerce
Commission approval:
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| (1) expenses incurred to develop and submit a report of |
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| results of the
pilot programs to the Illinois Commerce | 2 |
| Commission;
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| (2) expenses incurred to install, maintain, and | 4 |
| operate metering required
to measure customer usage for the | 5 |
| purposes of administering the pilot program;
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| (3) expenses incurred to perform an interconnection | 7 |
| study and execute an
interconnection agreement with | 8 |
| customers in the pilot program;
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| (4) incremental expenses incurred to provide customers | 10 |
| a bill (costs above
those that are normally incurred to | 11 |
| provide customers a bill in the absence of
the pilot | 12 |
| program);
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| (5) to the extent that any credit for energy generated | 14 |
| that is paid to the
customer exceeds the energy credit | 15 |
| stated in utility's tariff filed in
compliance with 83 Ill. | 16 |
| Adm. Code 430.60,
the utility shall be entitled to a credit | 17 |
| on the difference between what is
paid to the customer and | 18 |
| what would have been paid using the utility tariff
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| described above; and
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| (6) expenses incurred to develop, file, and gain | 21 |
| approval of a net
electricity metering pilot program from | 22 |
| the Illinois Commerce Commission.
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| (e) The charges imposed by this Section shall only apply
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| customers of municipal electric or gas utilities and electric | 25 |
| or gas
cooperatives if the municipal electric or gas utility or | 26 |
| electric or
gas
cooperative makes an affirmative decision to |
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| impose the
charge.
If a municipal electric or gas utility or an | 2 |
| electric or gas cooperative
makes an
affirmative decision to | 3 |
| impose the charge provided by this Section, the
municipal
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| electric or gas utility or electric or gas cooperative shall | 5 |
| inform the
Department of
Revenue in writing of such decision | 6 |
| when it begins to impose the charge.
If a municipal electric or | 7 |
| gas utility or electric or gas
cooperative does not assess this | 8 |
| charge, its customers shall
not be eligible for the Renewable | 9 |
| Energy Resources Program.
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| (f) The Department of Revenue may establish such rules as | 11 |
| it deems
necessary to implement this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-690, eff. 7-18-02.)
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| (20 ILCS 687/6-7)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 16, 2007)
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| Sec. 6-7. Repeal. The provisions of this Law are repealed | 16 |
| on December 31, 2008.
10
years after the effective date of this | 17 |
| amendatory Act of 1997
unless renewed by act of the General | 18 |
| Assembly .
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| (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
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| Section 10. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding | 21 |
| Section 16-107.5
as
follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/16-107.5 new)
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| Sec. 16-107.5. Net electricity metering pilot program.
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| (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a pilot program | 2 |
| to provide net
energy
metering, as defined in this Section,
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| eligible customers can encourage private investment in | 4 |
| renewable energy
resources, stimulate
economic growth, enhance | 5 |
| the continued diversification of Illinois' energy
resource | 6 |
| mix, and protect
the Illinois environment.
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| (b) As used in this Section, (i) "eligible customer" means | 8 |
| a retail
residential or business customer that owns and | 9 |
| operates a
solar or wind electrical generating facility with a | 10 |
| capacity of not more than
40 kilowatts that is
located on the | 11 |
| customer's premises and is intended primarily to offset part or
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| all of the customer's
own electrical requirements and (ii) "net | 13 |
| energy metering" means the
measurement, during the
billing | 14 |
| period applicable to an eligible customer, of the net amount of
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| electricity delivered by an
electric utility to the customer's | 16 |
| premises or provided to the electric utility
by the customer.
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| (c) An electric utility shall
establish a net electrical | 18 |
| energy metering pilot program for its eligible
customers.
An | 19 |
| electric utility shall establish separate
pilot programs for | 20 |
| its residential customers and its business customers.
However, | 21 |
| if an electric utility has conducted a net electrical energy
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| metering
pilot
program for either its residential customers or | 23 |
| its business customers, or
both, and the pilot program was | 24 |
| initiated before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of | 25 |
| the 95th General Assembly, the electric public utility need
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| only file the report required under subsection (d).
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| (d) An electric utility shall report the results of its | 2 |
| pilot programs to
the Illinois Commerce Commission by July 1, | 3 |
| 2008. The Commission shall provide a
summary and an analysis of | 4 |
| the reports to the General Assembly no later than
September 1, | 5 |
| 2008.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 |
| becoming law. |
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