(30 ILCS 105/6z-96) Sec. 6z-96. Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards Fund. (a) The Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All moneys received by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under Sections 8-103 and 8-104 of the Public Utilities Act shall be deposited into the Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards Fund. Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards Fund may be used only for the purposes authorized by Sections 8-103 and 8-104 of the Public Utilities Act. (b) As soon as possible after June 1, 2012, and in no event later than July 31, 2012, the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall certify the balance in the DCEO Energy Projects Fund, less any federal moneys and less any amounts obligated, and the State Comptroller shall transfer such amount from the DCEO Energy Projects Fund to the Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards Fund.
(Source: P.A. 97-841, eff. 7-20-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.) |