UTILITIES-ENERGY EFFICIENCY Senate SponsorsSen. Mike Jacobs House Sponsors(Rep. Patrick J Verschoore-Dave Winters-Fred Crespo) 10/17/2007SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0660 220 ILCS 5/8-408 newAmends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that any electric or gas public utility with fewer than 200,000 customers in Illinois as of January 1, 2007 that offers energy efficiency programs to its customers in a state adjacent to Illinois may seek the approval of the Illinois Commerce Commission to offer the same or comparable energy efficiency programs to its customers in Illinois. Provides that if a utility shall submit certain information to the Commission for each program it offers. Specifies guidelines for the approval of each program. Provides that a public utility providing approved energy efficiency programs may recover the reasonable costs of such programs through an automatic adjustment clause tariff filed with and approved by the Commission. Provides that each year the Commission shall initiate a review to reconcile any amounts collected with the actual costs and to determine the adjustment to the annual tariff factor to match annual expenditures. Provides that a utility may request a waiver of one or more components of an approved energy efficiency program at any time in order to improve the program's effectiveness. Provides that the Commission may grant such waiver if good cause is shown by the utility. Effective immediately.Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that any electric or gas public utility with fewer than 200,000 customers in Illinois on January 1, 2007 that offers energy efficiency programs to its customers in a state adjacent to Illinois may seek the approval of the Illinois Commerce Commission to offer the same or comparable energy efficiency programs to its customers in Illinois. Provides that, notwithstanding the cessation of the programs, a utility shall file a final reconciliation of the amounts collected as compared to the actual costs and shall continue the resulting factor until any over-recovery or under-recovery approaches zero. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to monitor the performance of the energy efficiency programs and determine whether the programs should be continued beyond calendar year 2012, and requires a report to the General Assembly. Provides for an effective date of January 1, 2008.Governor Amendatory Veto Message Recommends that notwithstanding certain requirements set forth in the new Section, a public utility be required to reduce the amount of energy efficiency measures implemented in any single year by an amount necessary to limit the estimated average increase in the amounts paid by retail customers in connection with electric service due to the cost of those measures to specific amounts set forth for certain years, and that the Illinois Commerce Commission be required to review the limitation on the amount of energy efficient measures and report its findings to the General Assembly no later than June 30, 2011. 2/7/2007SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs 2/7/2007SenateFirst Reading 2/7/2007SenateReferred to Rules 3/7/2007SenateAssigned to Environment and Energy 3/15/2007SenateDo Pass Environment and Energy; 010-000-000 3/15/2007SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007 3/16/2007SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs 3/16/2007SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules 3/21/2007SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Environment and Energy 3/22/2007SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Environment and Energy; 010-000-000 3/22/2007SenateSecond Reading 3/22/2007SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Jacobs 3/22/2007SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007 3/27/2007SenateThird Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 3/28/2007HouseArrived in House 3/28/2007HousePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading 3/28/2007HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore 3/28/2007HouseFirst Reading 3/28/2007HouseReferred to Rules Committee 4/17/2007HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters 4/30/2007HouseAssigned to Public Utilities Committee 5/15/2007HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 010-000-000 5/16/2007HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 5/29/2007HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 5/29/2007HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate 5/31/2007HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo 5/31/2007HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 5/31/2007HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 5/31/2007SenatePassed Both Houses 6/29/2007SenateSent to the Governor 8/28/2007SenateGovernor Amendatory Veto 10/2/2007SenatePlaced on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 2, 2007 10/2/2007SenateMotion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. Mike Jacobs 10/2/2007Senate3/5 Vote Required 10/2/2007SenateOverride Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 054-000-000 10/4/2007HousePlaced on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 10, 2007 10/5/2007HouseMotion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Patrick J Verschoore 10/10/2007House3/5 Vote Required 10/10/2007HouseOverride Amendatory Veto - House Passed 110-000-002 10/10/2007SenateAmendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses 10/17/2007SenateEffective Date January 1, 2008 10/17/2007SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0660