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1 AN ACT concerning energy.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Energy Assistance Act of 1989 is amended
5 by changing Sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 13 as follows:
6 (305 ILCS 20/1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1401)
7 Sec. 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known and may be
8 cited as the "Energy Assistance Act of 1989".
9 (Source: P.A. 86-127.)
10 (305 ILCS 20/2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1402)
11 Sec. 2. Findings and Intent.
12 (a) The General Assembly finds that:
13 (1) the health, welfare, and prosperity of the
14 people of the State of Illinois require that all citizens
15 have access to receive essential levels of heat and
16 electric service regardless of economic circumstance;
17 (2) public utilities and other entities providing
18 such services are entitled to receive proper payment for
19 services actually rendered;
20 (3) declining Federal low income energy assistance
21 funding necessitates a State response to ensure the
22 continuity and the further development of energy
23 assistance and related policies and programs within
24 Illinois; and
25 (4) energy assistance policies and programs in
26 effect in Illinois during the past 3 years have benefited
27 all Illinois citizens, and should therefore be continued
28 with the modifications provided herein.
29 (b) Consistent with its findings, the General Assembly
30 declares that it is the policy of the State that:
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1 (1) a comprehensive low income energy assistance
2 policy and program should be established which
3 incorporates income assistance, home weatherization, and
4 other measures to assist ensure that citizens to obtain
5 have access to affordable energy services;
6 (2) the ability of public utilities and other
7 entities to receive just compensation for providing
8 services should not be jeopardized by this policy;
9 (3) resources applied in achieving this policy
10 should be coordinated and efficiently utilized through
11 the integration of public programs and through the
12 targeting of assistance; and
13 (4) the State should utilize all appropriate and
14 available means to fund this program and, to the extent
15 possible, should identify and utilize sources of funding
16 which complement State tax revenues.
17 (Source: P.A. 86-127.)
18 (305 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1404)
19 Sec. 4. Energy Assistance Program.
20 (a) The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs is
21 hereby authorized to institute a program to promote ensure
22 the availability and affordability of heating and electric
23 service to low income citizens. The Department shall
24 implement the program by rule promulgated pursuant to The
25 Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The program shall be
26 consistent with the purposes and objectives of this Act and
27 with all other specific requirements provided herein. The
28 Department shall ensure that the program is in operation by
29 November 1, 1989, and may enter into such contracts and other
30 agreements with local agencies as may be necessary for the
31 purpose of administering the energy assistance program.
32 (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as altering
33 or limiting the authority conferred on the Illinois Commerce
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1 Commission by the Public Utilities Act to regulate all
2 aspects of the provision of public utility service, including
3 but not limited to the authority to make rules and adjudicate
4 disputes between utilities and customers related to
5 eligibility for utility service, deposits, payment practices,
6 discontinuance of service, and the treatment of arrearages
7 owing for previously rendered utility service.
8 (Source: P.A. 86-127.)
9 (305 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1405)
10 Sec. 5. Policy Advisory Council.
11 (a) Within the Department of Commerce and Community
12 Affairs is created a Low Income Energy Assistance Policy
13 Advisory Council.
14 (b) The Council shall be chaired by the Director of
15 Commerce and Community Affairs or his or her designee. There
16 shall be 17 members of the Low Income Energy Assistance
17 Policy Advisory Council, including the chairperson and the
18 following members:
19 (1) one member designated by the Illinois Commerce
20 Commission;
21 (2) one member designated by the Illinois
22 Department of Natural Resources;
23 (3) one member designated by the Illinois Energy
24 Association to represent electric public utilities
25 serving in excess of 1 million customers in this State;
26 (4) one member agreed upon by gas public utilities
27 that serve more than 500,000 and fewer than 1,500,000
28 customers in this State;
29 (5) one member agreed upon by gas public utilities
30 that serve 1,500,000 or more customers in this State;
31 (6) one member designated by the Illinois Energy
32 Association to represent combination gas and electric
33 public utilities;
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1 (7) one member agreed upon by the Illinois
2 Municipal Electric Agency and the Association of Illinois
3 Electric Cooperatives;
4 (8) one member agreed upon by the Illinois
5 Industrial Energy Consumers;
6 (9) three members designated by the Department to
7 represent low income energy consumers;
8 (10) two members designated by the Illinois
9 Community Action Association to represent local agencies
10 that assist in the administration of this Act;
11 (11) one member designated by the Citizens Utility
12 Board to represent residential energy consumers;
13 (12) one member designated by the Illinois Retail
14 Merchants Association to represent commercial energy
15 customers; and
16 (13) one member designated by the Department to
17 represent independent energy providers.
18 (c) Designated and appointed members shall serve 2 year
19 terms and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
20 The designating organization shall notify the chairperson of
21 any changes or substitutions of a designee within 10 business
22 days of a change or substitution. Members shall serve without
23 compensation, but may receive reimbursement for actual costs
24 incurred in fulfilling their duties as members of the
25 Council.
26 (d) The Council shall have the following duties:
27 (1) to monitor the administration of this Act to
28 ensure effective, efficient, and coordinated program
29 development and implementation;
30 (2) to assist the Department in developing and
31 administering rules and regulations required to be
32 promulgated pursuant to this Act in a manner consistent
33 with the purpose and objectives of this Act;
34 (3) to facilitate and coordinate the collection and
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1 exchange of all program data and other information needed
2 by the Department and others in fulfilling their duties
3 pursuant to this Act;
4 (4) to advise the Department on the proper level of
5 support required for effective administration of the Act;
6 (5) to provide a written opinion concerning any
7 regulation proposed pursuant to this Act, and to review
8 and comment on any energy assistance or related plan
9 required to be prepared by the Department;
10 (6) to advise the Department on the use of funds
11 collected pursuant to Section 11 of this Act, and on any
12 changes to existing low income energy assistance programs
13 to make effective use of such funds, so long as such uses
14 and changes are consistent with the requirements of the
15 Act. Policy Advisory Council to be comprised of:
16 (1) the following ex officio members or their
17 designees: the Director of Commerce and Community
18 Affairs who shall serve as Chair of the Committee, the
19 Director of Natural Resources, the Secretary of Human
20 Services, and the Chairman of the Illinois Commerce
21 Commission; and
22 (2) 9 persons who shall be appointed by the
23 Governor to serve 2 year terms and until their successors
24 are appointed and qualified, 3 of whom shall be persons
25 who represent low income households or organizations
26 which represent such households, 3 of whom shall be
27 representatives of public utilities or other entities
28 which provide winter energy services, and 3 of whom shall
29 be representatives of local agencies engaged by the
30 Department to assist in the administration of this Act.
31 (3) 6 persons who shall be appointed by the
32 Director of the Department of Commerce and Community
33 Affairs to serve 2 year terms and until their successors
34 are appointed and qualified, who shall be persons meeting
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1 such qualifications as may be required by the federal
2 government for the administration of the Weatherization
3 Assistance Program funded by the U.S. Department of
4 Energy and any such related energy assistance programs.
5 (4) Members shall serve without compensation, but
6 may receive reimbursement for actual costs incurred in
7 fulfilling their duties as members of the Council.
8 (b) The Policy Advisory Council shall have the following
9 duties:
10 (1) to monitor the administration of this Act to
11 ensure effective, efficient, and coordinated program
12 development and implementation;
13 (2) to assist the Department in developing and
14 administering rules and regulations required to be
15 promulgated pursuant to this Act in a manner consistent
16 with the purpose and objectives of this Act;
17 (3) to facilitate and coordinate the collection and
18 exchange of all program data and other information needed
19 by the Department and others in fulfilling their duties
20 pursuant to this Act;
21 (4) to advise the Department on the proper level of
22 support required for effective administration of the Act;
23 (5) to provide a written opinion concerning any
24 regulation proposed pursuant to this Act, and to review
25 and comment on any energy assistance or related plan
26 required to be prepared by the Department;
27 (6) on or before March 1 of each year beginning in
28 1990, to prepare and submit a report to the Governor and
29 General Assembly which describes the activities of the
30 Department in the development and implementation of
31 energy assistance and related policies and programs,
32 which characterizes progress towards meeting the
33 objectives and requirements of this Act, and which
34 recommends any statutory changes which might be needed to
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1 further such progress. The report submitted in 1991
2 shall include an analysis of and recommendations
3 regarding this Act's provisions concerning State payment
4 of pre-program arrearages; and
5 (7) to advise the Department on the use of funds
6 collected pursuant to Section 13 of this Act, and on any
7 changes to existing low-income energy assistance programs
8 to make effective use of such funds, so long as such uses
9 and changes are consistent with the requirements of
10 subsection (a) of Section 13 of this Act.
11 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97;
12 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
13 (305 ILCS 20/6) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1406)
14 Sec. 6. Eligibility, Conditions of Participation, and
15 Energy Assistance.
16 (a) Any person who is a resident of the State of
17 Illinois and whose household income is not greater than an
18 amount determined annually by the Department, in consultation
19 with the Policy Advisory Council, may apply for assistance
20 pursuant to this Act in accordance with regulations
21 promulgated by the Department. In setting the annual
22 eligibility level, the Department shall consider the amount
23 of available funding and may not set a limit higher than 150%
24 of the federal nonfarm poverty level as established by the
25 federal Office of Management and Budget.
26 (b) Applicants who qualify for assistance pursuant to
27 subsection (a) of this Section shall, subject to
28 appropriation from the General Assembly and subject to
29 availability of funds to the Department, receive energy
30 assistance as provided by this Act. The Department, upon
31 receipt of monies authorized pursuant to this Act for energy
32 assistance, shall commit funds for each qualified applicant
33 in an amount determined by the Department. In determining
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1 the amounts of assistance to be provided to or on behalf of a
2 qualified applicant, the Department shall ensure that the
3 highest amounts of assistance go to households with the
4 greatest energy costs in relation to household income. The
5 Department shall include factors such as energy costs,
6 household size, household income, and region of the State
7 when determining individual household benefits. In setting
8 assistance levels, the Department shall attempt to provide
9 assistance to approximately the same number of households who
10 participated in the 1991 Residential Energy Assistance
11 Partnership Program. Such assistance levels shall be
12 adjusted annually on the basis of funding availability and
13 energy costs. In promulgating rules for the administration
14 of this Section the Department shall assure that a minimum of
15 1/3 of funds available for benefits to eligible households
16 with the lowest incomes are made available to households who
17 are eligible for public assistance and that elderly and
18 disabled households are offered a priority one-month
19 application period.
20 (c) If the applicant is not a customer of an energy
21 provider for winter energy services or an applicant for such
22 service, such applicant shall receive a direct energy
23 assistance payment in an amount established by the Department
24 for all such applicants under this Act; provided, however,
25 that such an applicant must have rental expenses for housing
26 greater than 30% of household income.
27 (d) If the applicant is a customer of an energy
28 provider, such applicant shall receive energy assistance in
29 an amount established by the Department for all such
30 applicants under this Act, such amount to be paid by the
31 Department to the energy provider supplying winter energy
32 service to such applicant. Such applicant shall:
33 (i) make all reasonable efforts to apply to any
34 other appropriate source of public energy assistance; and
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1 (ii) sign a waiver permitting the Department to
2 receive income information from any public or private
3 agency providing income or energy assistance and from any
4 employer, whether public or private.
5 (e) Any qualified applicant pursuant to this Section may
6 receive or have paid on such applicant's behalf an emergency
7 assistance payment to enable such applicant to obtain access
8 to winter energy services. Any such payments shall be made
9 in accordance with regulations of the Department.
10 (f) The Department may, if sufficient funds are
11 available, provide additional benefits to certain qualified
12 applicants:
13 (i) for the reduction of past due amounts owed to
14 energy providers; and
15 (ii) to assist the household in responding to
16 excessively high summer temperatures or energy costs.
17 Households containing elderly members, children, a person
18 with a disability, or a person with a medical need for
19 conditioned air shall receive priority for receipt of
20 such benefits.
21 (Source: P.A. 91-936, eff. 1-10-01.)
22 (305 ILCS 20/7) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1407)
23 Sec. 7. State Weatherization Plan and Program.
24 (a) The Department shall, after consultation with the
25 Policy Advisory Council, prepare and promulgate an annual
26 State Weatherization Plan beginning in the year this Act
27 becomes effective. To the extent practicable, such Plan
28 shall provide for targeting use of both State and federal
29 weatherization funds to the households of eligible applicants
30 pursuant to this Act whose ratios of energy costs to income
31 are the highest. The State Weatherization Plan shall include
32 but need not be limited to the following:
33 (1) a description of the demographic
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1 characteristics and energy use patterns of people
2 eligible for assistance pursuant to this Act;
3 (2) the methodology used by the Department in
4 targeting weatherization funds;
5 (3) a description of anticipated activity and
6 results for the year covered by the Plan, including an
7 estimate of energy cost savings expected to be realized
8 by the weatherization program; and
9 (4) every third year, beginning in 2002, an
10 evaluation of results from the weatherization program in
11 the year preceding the plan year, including the effect of
12 State Weatherization Program investments on energy
13 consumption and cost in the population eligible for
14 assistance pursuant to this Act, and the effect of
15 targeted weatherization investments on the costs of the
16 energy assistance program authorized by this Act.
17 (b) The Department shall implement the State
18 Weatherization Plan by rule through a program which provides
19 targeted weatherization assistance to eligible applicants for
20 energy assistance pursuant to this Act. The Department may
21 enter into such contracts and other arrangements with local
22 agencies as may be necessary for the purpose of administering
23 the weatherization program.
24 (Source: P.A. 86-127; 87-14.)
25 (305 ILCS 20/8) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1408)
26 Sec. 8. Program Evaluation Reports.
27 (a) The Department of Natural Resources shall prepare
28 and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly reports
29 on September 30 biennially March 15 of each year, beginning
30 in 2003 1991, evaluating the effectiveness of the energy
31 assistance and weatherization policies authorized by this
32 Act. The first report shall cover such effects during the
33 first winter during which the program authorized by this Act,
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1 is in operation, and successive reports shall cover effects
2 since the issuance of the preceding report.
3 (1) (b) Reports issued pursuant to this Section
4 shall be limited to, information concerning the effects
5 of the policies authorized by this Act on (1) the ability
6 of eligible applicants to obtain and maintain adequate
7 and affordable winter energy services and (2) changes in
8 the costs and prices of winter energy services for people
9 who do not receive energy assistance pursuant to this
10 Act.
11 (2) (c) The Department of Natural Resources shall
12 by September 30, 2002, in consultation with the Policy
13 Advisory Council, determine the kinds of numerical and
14 other information needed to conduct the evaluations
15 required by this Section, and shall advise the Policy
16 Advisory Council of such information needs in a timely
17 manner. The Department of Commerce and Community
18 Affairs, the Department of Human Services, and the
19 Illinois Commerce Commission shall each provide such
20 information as the Department of Natural Resources may
21 require to ensure that the evaluation reporting
22 requirement established by this Section can be met.
23 (b) On or before December 31, 2002, 2004, 2006, and
24 2007, the Department shall prepare a report for the General
25 Assembly on the expenditure of funds appropriated for the
26 programs authorized under this Act.
27 (c) On or before December 31 of each year in 2004, 2006,
28 and 2007, the Department shall, in consultation with the
29 Council, prepare and submit evaluation reports to the
30 Governor and the General Assembly outlining the effects of
31 the program designed under this Act on the following as it
32 relates to the propriety of continuing the program:
33 (1) the definition of an eligible low income
34 residential customer;
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1 (2) access of low income residential customers to
2 essential energy services;
3 (3) past due amounts owed to utilities by low
4 income persons in Illinois;
5 (4) appropriate measures to encourage energy
6 conservation, efficiency, and responsibility among low
7 income residential customers;
8 (5) the activities of the Department in the
9 development and implementation of energy assistance and
10 related policies and programs, which characterizes
11 progress toward meeting the objectives and requirements
12 of this Act, and which recommends any statutory changes
13 which might be needed to further such progress.
14 (d) The Department shall by September 30, 2002 in
15 consultation with the Council determine the kinds of
16 numerical and other information needed to conduct the
17 evaluations required by this Section.
18 (e) (d) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall require
19 each public utility providing heating or electric service to
20 compile and submit any numerical and other information needed
21 by the Department of Natural Resources to meet its reporting
22 obligations.
23 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
24 (305 ILCS 20/13)
25 Sec. 13. Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund.
26 (a) The Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund
27 is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury.
28 The Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund is
29 authorized to receive, by statutory deposit, the moneys
30 collected pursuant to this Section. Subject to
31 appropriation, the Department shall use moneys from the
32 Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund for payments
33 to electric or gas public utilities, municipal electric or
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1 gas utilities, and electric cooperatives on behalf of their
2 customers who are participants in the program authorized by
3 Section 4 of this Act, for the provision of weatherization
4 services and for administration of the Supplemental
5 Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund. The yearly expenditures
6 for weatherization may not exceed 10% of the amount collected
7 during the year pursuant to this Section. In determining
8 which customers will participate in the weatherization
9 component, the Department shall target weatherization for
10 those customers with the greatest energy burden, that is the
11 lowest income and greatest utility bills. The yearly
12 administrative expenses of the Supplemental Low-Income Energy
13 Assistance Fund may not exceed 10% of the amount collected
14 during that year pursuant to this Section.
15 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-111 of
16 the Public Utilities Act but subject to subsection (k) of
17 this Section, each public utility, electric cooperative, as
18 defined in Section 3.4 of the Electric Supplier Act, and
19 municipal utility, as referenced in Section 3-105 of the
20 Public Utilities Act, that is engaged in the delivery of
21 electricity or the distribution of natural gas within the
22 State of Illinois shall, effective January 1, 1998, assess
23 each of its customer accounts a monthly Energy Assistance
24 Charge for the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance
25 Fund. The delivering public utility, municipal electric or
26 gas utility, or electric or gas cooperative for a
27 self-assessing purchaser remains subject to the collection of
28 the fee imposed by this Section. The monthly charge shall be
29 as follows:
30 (1) $0.40 per month on each account for residential
31 electric service;
32 (2) $0.40 per month on each account for residential
33 gas service;
34 (3) $4 per month on each account for
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1 non-residential electric service which had less than 10
2 megawatts of peak demand during the previous calendar
3 year;
4 (4) $4 per month on each account for
5 non-residential gas service which had distributed to it
6 less than 4,000,000 therms of gas during the previous
7 calendar year;
8 (5) $300 per month on each account for
9 non-residential electric service which had 10 megawatts
10 or greater of peak demand during the previous calendar
11 year; and
12 (6) $300 per month on each account for
13 non-residential gas service which had 4,000,000 or more
14 therms of gas distributed to it during the previous
15 calendar year.
16 (c) For purposes of this Section:
17 (1) "residential electric service" means electric
18 utility service for household purposes delivered to a
19 dwelling of 2 or fewer units which is billed under a
20 residential rate, or electric utility service for
21 household purposes delivered to a dwelling unit or units
22 which is billed under a residential rate and is
23 registered by a separate meter for each dwelling unit;
24 (2) "residential gas service" means gas utility
25 service for household purposes distributed to a dwelling
26 of 2 or fewer units which is billed under a residential
27 rate, or gas utility service for household purposes
28 distributed to a dwelling unit or units which is billed
29 under a residential rate and is registered by a separate
30 meter for each dwelling unit;
31 (3) "non-residential electric service" means
32 electric utility service which is not residential
33 electric service; and
34 (4) "non-residential gas service" means gas utility
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1 service which is not residential gas service.
2 (d) At least 45 days prior to the date on which it must
3 begin assessing Energy Assistance Charges, each public
4 utility engaged in the delivery of electricity or the
5 distribution of natural gas shall file with the Illinois
6 Commerce Commission tariffs incorporating the Energy
7 Assistance Charge in other charges stated in such tariffs.
8 (e) The Energy Assistance Charge assessed by electric
9 and gas public utilities shall be considered a charge for
10 public utility service.
11 (f) By the 20th day of the month following the month in
12 which the charges imposed by the Section were collected, each
13 public utility, municipal utility, and electric cooperative
14 shall remit to the Department of Revenue all moneys received
15 as payment of the Energy Assistance Charge on a return
16 prescribed and furnished by the Department of Revenue showing
17 such information as the Department of Revenue may reasonably
18 require. If a customer makes a partial payment, a public
19 utility, municipal utility, or electric cooperative may elect
20 either: (i) to apply such partial payments first to amounts
21 owed to the utility or cooperative for its services and then
22 to payment for the Energy Assistance Charge or (ii) to apply
23 such partial payments on a pro-rata basis between amounts
24 owed to the utility or cooperative for its services and to
25 payment for the Energy Assistance Charge.
26 (g) The Department of Revenue shall deposit into the
27 Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund all moneys
28 remitted to it in accordance with subsection (f) of this
29 Section.
30 (h) (Blank). If as of June 30, 2002 the program
31 authorized by Section 4 of this Act has not been replaced by
32 a new energy assistance program which is in operation, then
33 the General Assembly shall review the program; provided
34 however, that after that date, any public utility, municipal
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1 utility, or electric cooperative shall continue to assess an
2 Energy Assistance Charge which was originally assessed on or
3 before June 30, 2002 and which remains unpaid.
4 On or before December 31, 2002, the Department shall
5 prepare a report for the General Assembly on the expenditure
6 of funds appropriated from the Low-Income Energy Assistance
7 Block Grant Fund for the program authorized under Section 4
8 of this Act.
9 (i) The Department of Revenue may establish such rules
10 as it deems necessary to implement this Section.
11 (j) The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs may
12 establish such rules as it deems necessary to implement this
13 Section.
14 (k) The charges imposed by this Section shall only apply
15 to customers of municipal electric or gas utilities and
16 electric or gas cooperatives if the municipal electric or gas
17 utility or electric or gas cooperative makes an affirmative
18 decision to impose the charge. If a municipal electric or
19 gas utility or an electric cooperative makes an affirmative
20 decision to impose the charge provided by this Section, the
21 municipal electric or gas utility or electric cooperative
22 shall inform the Department of Revenue in writing of such
23 decision when it begins to impose the charge. If a municipal
24 electric or gas utility or electric or gas cooperative does
25 not assess this charge, the Department may not use funds from
26 the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund to provide
27 benefits to its customers under the program authorized by
28 Section 4 of this Act.
29 In its use of federal funds under this Act, the
30 Department may not cause a disproportionate share of those
31 federal funds to benefit customers of systems which do not
32 assess the charge provided by this Section.
33 This Section is repealed effective December 31, 2007
34 unless renewed by action of the General Assembly. The
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1 General Assembly shall consider the results of the
2 evaluations described in Section 8 in its deliberations.
3 (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97; 90-624, eff. 7-10-98.)
4 (305 ILCS 20/7.1 rep.)
5 (305 ILCS 20/9 rep.)
6 (305 ILCS 20/12 rep.)
7 (305 ILCS 20/14 rep.)
8 Section 10. The Energy Assistance Act of 1989 is amended
9 by repealing Sections 7.1, 9, 12, and 14.
10 Section 15. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and
11 Coal Resources Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing
12 Section 6-5 as follows:
13 (20 ILCS 687/6-5)
14 (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 16, 2007)
15 Sec. 6-5. Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
16 Development Assistance Charge.
17 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-111 of
18 the Public Utilities Act but subject to subsection (e) of
19 this Section, each public utility, electric cooperative, as
20 defined in Section 3.4 of the Electric Supplier Act, and
21 municipal utility, as referenced in Section 3-105 of the
22 Public Utilities Act, that is engaged in the delivery of
23 electricity or the distribution of natural gas within the
24 State of Illinois shall, effective January 1, 1998, assess
25 each of its customer accounts a monthly Renewable Energy
26 Resources and Coal Technology Development Assistance Charge.
27 The delivering public utility, municipal electric or gas
28 utility, or electric or gas cooperative for a self-assessing
29 purchaser remains subject to the collection of the fee
30 imposed by this Section. The monthly charge shall be as
31 follows:
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1 (1) $0.05 per month on each account for residential
2 electric service as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
3 Assistance Act of 1989;
4 (2) $0.05 per month on each account for residential
5 gas service as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
6 Assistance Act of 1989;
7 (3) $0.50 per month on each account for
8 nonresidential electric service, as defined in Section 13
9 of the Energy Assistance Act of 1989, which had less than
10 10 megawatts of peak demand during the previous calendar
11 year;
12 (4) $0.50 per month on each account for
13 nonresidential gas service, as defined in Section 13 of
14 the Energy Assistance Act of 1989, which had distributed
15 to it less than 4,000,000 therms of gas during the
16 previous calendar year;
17 (5) $37.50 per month on each account for
18 nonresidential electric service, as defined in Section 13
19 of the Energy Assistance Act of 1989, which had 10
20 megawatts or greater of peak demand during the previous
21 calendar year; and
22 (6) $37.50 per month on each account for
23 nonresidential gas service, as defined in Section 13 of
24 the Energy Assistance Act of 1989, which had 4,000,000 or
25 more therms of gas distributed to it during the previous
26 calendar year.
27 (b) The Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
28 Development Assistance Charge assessed by electric and gas
29 public utilities shall be considered a charge for public
30 utility service.
31 (c) Fifty percent of the moneys collected pursuant to
32 this Section shall be deposited in the Renewable Energy
33 Resources Trust Fund by the Department of Revenue. The
34 remaining 50 percent of the moneys collected pursuant to this
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1 Section shall be deposited in the Coal Technology Development
2 Assistance Fund by the Department of Revenue for use under
3 the Illinois Coal Technology Development Assistance Act.
4 (d) By the 20th day of the month following the month in
5 which the charges imposed by this Section were collected,
6 each utility and alternative retail electric supplier
7 collecting charges pursuant to this Section shall remit to
8 the Department of Revenue for deposit in the Renewable Energy
9 Resources Trust Fund and the Coal Technology Development
10 Assistance Fund all moneys received as payment of the charge
11 provided for in this Section on a return prescribed and
12 furnished by the Department of Revenue showing such
13 information as the Department of Revenue may reasonably
14 require.
15 (e) The charges imposed by this Section shall only apply
16 to customers of municipal electric or gas utilities and
17 electric or gas cooperatives if the municipal electric or gas
18 utility or electric or gas cooperative makes an affirmative
19 decision to impose the charge. If a municipal electric or gas
20 utility or an electric or gas cooperative makes an
21 affirmative decision to impose the charge provided by this
22 Section, the municipal electric or gas utility or electric or
23 gas cooperative shall inform the Department of Revenue in
24 writing of such decision when it begins to impose the charge.
25 If a municipal electric or gas utility or electric or gas
26 cooperative does not assess this charge, its customers shall
27 not be eligible for the Renewable Energy Resources Program.
28 (f) The Department of Revenue may establish such rules
29 as it deems necessary to implement this Section.
30 (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97; 90-624, eff. 7-10-98.)
31 Section 20. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
32 changing Sections 8-207, 16-108, and 16-111 as follows:
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1 (220 ILCS 5/8-207) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-207)
2 Sec. 8-207. Any former residential customer whose gas or
3 electric service was used to provide or control the primary
4 source of space heating in the dwelling and whose service is
5 disconnected for nonpayment of a bill or a deposit from
6 December 1 of the prior winter's heating season through April
7 1 of the current heating season shall be eligible for
8 reconnection and a deferred payment arrangement under the
9 provisions of this Section, subject to the following
10 limitations:
11 A utility shall not be required to reconnect service to,
12 and enter into a deferred payment arrangement with, a former
13 customer under the provisions of this Section (1) except
14 between November 1 and April 1 of the current heating season
15 for former customers who do not have applications pending for
16 the program described in Section 6 of the Energy Assistance
17 Act of 1989, and except between October 1 and April 1 of the
18 current heating season for all former customers who do have
19 applications pending for the program described in Section 6
20 of the Energy Assistance Act of 1989 and who provide proof of
21 application to the utility, (2) in 2 consecutive years, (3)
22 unless that former customer has paid at least 33 1/3% of the
23 amount billed for utility service rendered by that utility
24 subsequent to December 1 of the prior year, or (4) in any
25 instance where the utility can show there has been tampering
26 with the utility's wires, pipes, meters (including locking
27 devices), or other service equipment and further shows that
28 the former customer enjoyed the benefit of utility service
29 obtained in the aforesaid manner.
30 The terms and conditions of any deferred payment
31 arrangements established by the utility and a former customer
32 shall take into consideration the following factors, based
33 upon information available from current utility records or
34 provided by the former customer:
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1 (1) the amount past due;
2 (2) the former customer's ability to pay;
3 (3) the former customer's payment history;
4 (4) the reasons for the accumulation of the past
5 due amounts; and
6 (5) any other relevant factors relating to the
7 former customer's circumstances.
8 After the former customer's eligibility has been
9 established in accordance with the first paragraph of this
10 Section and, upon the establishment of a deferred payment
11 agreement, the former customer shall pay 1/3 of the amount
12 past due (including reconnecting charge, if any) and 1/3 of
13 any deposit required by the utility.
14 Upon the payment of 1/3 of the amount past due and 1/3 of
15 any deposit required by the utility, the former customer's
16 service shall be reconnected as soon as possible. The
17 company and the former customer shall agree to a payment
18 schedule for the remaining balances which will reasonably
19 allow the former customer to make the payments on the
20 remainder of the deposit and the past due balance while
21 paying current bills during the winter heating season.
22 However, the utility is not obliged to make payment
23 arrangements extending beyond the following November. The
24 utility shall allow the former customer a minimum of 4 months
25 in which to retire the past due balance and 3 months in which
26 to pay the remainder of the deposit. The former customer
27 shall also be informed that payment on the amounts past due
28 and the deposit, if any, plus the current bills must be paid
29 by the due date or the customer may face termination of
30 service pursuant to this Section and Section 8-206.
31 The Commission shall develop rules to govern the
32 reconnection of a former customer who demonstrates a
33 financial inability to meet the requirement of 1/3 of the
34 amount past due and 1/3 of any deposit requested by the
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1 utility. The Commission's rules shall establish a means by
2 which the former customer's utility service may be
3 reconnected through the payment of a reasonable amount and
4 upon entering into a deferred payment agreement.
5 Any payment agreement made shall be in writing, with a
6 copy provided to the former customer. The renegotiation and
7 reinstatement of a customer and the establishment of a budget
8 payment plan shall be pursuant to rules established by the
9 Commission.
10 Not later than September 15 of each year, every gas and
11 electric utility shall conduct a survey of all former
12 residential customers whose gas or electric service was used
13 to provide or control the primary source of space heating in
14 the dwelling and whose gas or electric service was terminated
15 for nonpayment of a bill or deposit from December 1 of the
16 previous year to September 15 of that year and where service
17 at that premises has not been restored. Not later than
18 October 1 of each year the utility shall notify each of these
19 former customers that the gas or electric service will be
20 restored by the company for the coming heating season if the
21 former customer contacts the utility and makes arrangements
22 with the utility for reconnection of service under the
23 conditions set forth in this Section. A utility shall notify
24 the former customer or an adult member of the household by
25 personal visit, telephone contact or mailing of a letter by
26 first class mail to the last known address of that former
27 customer. The utility shall keep records which would
28 indicate the date, form and the results of such contact.
29 Each gas and electric utility which has former customers
30 affected by this Section shall file reports with the
31 Commission providing such information as the Commission may
32 deem appropriate. The Commission shall notify each gas and
33 electric utility prior to August 1 of each year concerning
34 the information which is to be included in the report for
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1 that year.
2 In no event shall any actions taken by a utility in
3 compliance with this Section be deemed to abrogate or in any
4 way interfere with the utility's rights to pursue the normal
5 collection processes otherwise available to it.
6 The Commission shall promulgate rules to implement this
7 Section.
8 (Source: P.A. 86-782; 87-469.)
9 (220 ILCS 5/16-108)
10 Sec. 16-108. Recovery of costs associated with the
11 provision of delivery services.
12 (a) An electric utility shall file a delivery services
13 tariff with the Commission at least 210 days prior to the
14 date that it is required to begin offering such services
15 pursuant to this Act. An electric utility shall provide the
16 components of delivery services that are subject to the
17 jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at
18 the same prices, terms and conditions set forth in its
19 applicable tariff as approved or allowed into effect by that
20 Commission. The Commission shall otherwise have the authority
21 pursuant to Article IX to review, approve, and modify the
22 prices, terms and conditions of those components of delivery
23 services not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal
24 Energy Regulatory Commission, including the authority to
25 determine the extent to which such delivery services should
26 be offered on an unbundled basis. In making any such
27 determination the Commission shall consider, at a minimum,
28 the effect of additional unbundling on (i) the objective of
29 just and reasonable rates, (ii) electric utility employees,
30 and (iii) the development of competitive markets for electric
31 energy services in Illinois.
32 (b) The Commission shall enter an order approving, or
33 approving as modified, the delivery services tariff no later
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1 than 30 days prior to the date on which the electric utility
2 must commence offering such services. The Commission may
3 subsequently modify such tariff pursuant to this Act.
4 (c) The electric utility's tariffs shall define the
5 classes of its customers for purposes of delivery services
6 charges. Delivery services shall be priced and made
7 available to all retail customers electing delivery services
8 in each such class on a nondiscriminatory basis regardless of
9 whether the retail customer chooses the electric utility, an
10 affiliate of the electric utility, or another entity as its
11 supplier of electric power and energy. Charges for delivery
12 services shall be cost based, and shall allow the electric
13 utility to recover the costs of providing delivery services
14 through its charges to its delivery service customers that
15 use the facilities and services associated with such costs.
16 Such costs shall include the costs of owning, operating and
17 maintaining transmission and distribution facilities. The
18 Commission shall also be authorized to consider whether, and
19 if so to what extent, the following costs are appropriately
20 included in the electric utility's delivery services rates:
21 (i) the costs of that portion of generation facilities used
22 for the production and absorption of reactive power in order
23 that retail customers located in the electric utility's
24 service area can receive electric power and energy from
25 suppliers other than the electric utility, and (ii) the costs
26 associated with the use and redispatch of generation
27 facilities to mitigate constraints on the transmission or
28 distribution system in order that retail customers located in
29 the electric utility's service area can receive electric
30 power and energy from suppliers other than the electric
31 utility. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as
32 directing the Commission to allocate any of the costs
33 described in (i) or (ii) that are found to be appropriately
34 included in the electric utility's delivery services rates to
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1 any particular customer group or geographic area in setting
2 delivery services rates.
3 (d) The Commission shall establish charges, terms and
4 conditions for delivery services that are just and reasonable
5 and shall take into account customer impacts when
6 establishing such charges. In establishing charges, terms and
7 conditions for delivery services, the Commission shall take
8 into account voltage level differences. A retail customer
9 shall have the option to request to purchase electric service
10 at any delivery service voltage reasonably and technically
11 feasible from the electric facilities serving that customer's
12 premises provided that there are no significant adverse
13 impacts upon system reliability or system efficiency. A
14 retail customer shall also have the option to request to
15 purchase electric service at any point of delivery that is
16 reasonably and technically feasible provided that there are
17 no significant adverse impacts on system reliability or
18 efficiency. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied.
19 (e) Electric utilities shall recover the costs of
20 installing, operating or maintaining facilities for the
21 particular benefit of one or more delivery services
22 customers, including without limitation any costs incurred in
23 complying with a customer's request to be served at a
24 different voltage level, directly from the retail customer or
25 customers for whose benefit the costs were incurred, to the
26 extent such costs are not recovered through the charges
27 referred to in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section.
28 (f) An electric utility shall be entitled but not
29 required to implement transition charges in conjunction with
30 the offering of delivery services pursuant to Section 16-104.
31 If an electric utility implements transition charges, it
32 shall implement such charges for all delivery services
33 customers and for all customers described in subsection (h),
34 but shall not implement transition charges for power and
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1 energy that a retail customer takes from cogeneration or
2 self-generation facilities located on that retail customer's
3 premises, if such facilities meet the following criteria:
4 (i) the cogeneration or self-generation facilities
5 serve a single retail customer and are located on that
6 retail customer's premises (for purposes of this
7 subparagraph and subparagraph (ii), an industrial or
8 manufacturing retail customer and a third party
9 contractor that is served by such industrial or
10 manufacturing customer through such retail customer's own
11 electrical distribution facilities under the
12 circumstances described in subsection (vi) of the
13 definition of "alternative retail electric supplier" set
14 forth in Section 16-102, shall be considered a single
15 retail customer);
16 (ii) the cogeneration or self-generation facilities
17 either (A) are sized pursuant to generally accepted
18 engineering standards for the retail customer's
19 electrical load at that premises (taking into account
20 standby or other reliability considerations related to
21 that retail customer's operations at that site) or (B) if
22 the facility is a cogeneration facility located on the
23 retail customer's premises, the retail customer is the
24 thermal host for that facility and the facility has been
25 designed to meet that retail customer's thermal energy
26 requirements resulting in electrical output beyond that
27 retail customer's electrical demand at that premises,
28 comply with the operating and efficiency standards
29 applicable to "qualifying facilities" specified in title
30 18 Code of Federal Regulations Section 292.205 as in
31 effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
32 1999;
33 (iii) the retail customer on whose premises the
34 facilities are located either has an exclusive right to
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1 receive, and corresponding obligation to pay for, all of
2 the electrical capacity of the facility, or in the case
3 of a cogeneration facility that has been designed to meet
4 the retail customer's thermal energy requirements at that
5 premises, an identified amount of the electrical capacity
6 of the facility, over a minimum 5-year period; and
7 (iv) if the cogeneration facility is sized for the
8 retail customer's thermal load at that premises but
9 exceeds the electrical load, any sales of excess power or
10 energy are made only at wholesale, are subject to the
11 jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
12 and are not for the purpose of circumventing the
13 provisions of this subsection (f).
14 If a generation facility located at a retail customer's
15 premises does not meet the above criteria, an electric
16 utility implementing transition charges shall implement a
17 transition charge until December 31, 2006 for any power and
18 energy taken by such retail customer from such facility as if
19 such power and energy had been delivered by the electric
20 utility. Provided, however, that an industrial retail
21 customer that is taking power from a generation facility that
22 does not meet the above criteria but that is located on such
23 customer's premises will not be subject to a transition
24 charge for the power and energy taken by such retail customer
25 from such generation facility if the facility does not serve
26 any other retail customer and either was installed on behalf
27 of the customer and for its own use prior to January 1, 1997,
28 or is both predominantly fueled by byproducts of such
29 customer's manufacturing process at such premises and sells
30 or offers an average of 300 megawatts or more of electricity
31 produced from such generation facility into the wholesale
32 market. Such charges shall be calculated as provided in
33 Section 16-102, and shall be collected on each kilowatt-hour
34 delivered under a delivery services tariff to a retail
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1 customer from the date the customer first takes delivery
2 services until December 31, 2006 except as provided in
3 subsection (h) of this Section. Provided, however, that an
4 electric utility, other than an electric utility providing
5 service to at least 1,000,000 customers in this State on
6 January 1, 1999, shall be entitled to petition for entry of
7 an order by the Commission authorizing the electric utility
8 to implement transition charges for an additional period
9 ending no later than December 31, 2008. The electric utility
10 shall file its petition with supporting evidence no earlier
11 than 16 months, and no later than 12 months, prior to
12 December 31, 2006. The Commission shall hold a hearing on
13 the electric utility's petition and shall enter its order no
14 later than 8 months after the petition is filed. The
15 Commission shall determine whether and to what extent the
16 electric utility shall be authorized to implement transition
17 charges for an additional period. The Commission may
18 authorize the electric utility to implement transition
19 charges for some or all of the additional period, and shall
20 determine the mitigation factors to be used in implementing
21 such transition charges; provided, that the Commission shall
22 not authorize mitigation factors less than 110% of those in
23 effect during the 12 months ended December 31, 2006. In
24 making its determination, the Commission shall consider the
25 following factors: the necessity to implement transition
26 charges for an additional period in order to maintain the
27 financial integrity of the electric utility; the prudence of
28 the electric utility's actions in reducing its costs since
29 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; the
30 ability of the electric utility to provide safe, adequate and
31 reliable service to retail customers in its service area; and
32 the impact on competition of allowing the electric utility to
33 implement transition charges for the additional period.
34 (g) The electric utility shall file tariffs that
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1 establish the transition charges to be paid by each class of
2 customers to the electric utility in conjunction with the
3 provision of delivery services. The electric utility's
4 tariffs shall define the classes of its customers for
5 purposes of calculating transition charges. The electric
6 utility's tariffs shall provide for the calculation of
7 transition charges on a customer-specific basis for any
8 retail customer whose average monthly maximum electrical
9 demand on the electric utility's system during the 6 months
10 with the customer's highest monthly maximum electrical
11 demands equals or exceeds 3.0 megawatts for electric
12 utilities having more than 1,000,000 customers, and for other
13 electric utilities for any customer that has an average
14 monthly maximum electrical demand on the electric utility's
15 system of one megawatt or more, and (A) for which there
16 exists data on the customer's usage during the 3 years
17 preceding the date that the customer became eligible to take
18 delivery services, or (B) for which there does not exist data
19 on the customer's usage during the 3 years preceding the date
20 that the customer became eligible to take delivery services,
21 if in the electric utility's reasonable judgment there exists
22 comparable usage information or a sufficient basis to develop
23 such information, and further provided that the electric
24 utility can require customers for which an individual
25 calculation is made to sign contracts that set forth the
26 transition charges to be paid by the customer to the electric
27 utility pursuant to the tariff.
28 (h) An electric utility shall also be entitled to file
29 tariffs that allow it to collect transition charges from
30 retail customers in the electric utility's service area that
31 do not take delivery services but that take electric power or
32 energy from an alternative retail electric supplier or from
33 an electric utility other than the electric utility in whose
34 service area the customer is located. Such charges shall be
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1 calculated, in accordance with the definition of transition
2 charges in Section 16-102, for the period of time that the
3 customer would be obligated to pay transition charges if it
4 were taking delivery services, except that no deduction for
5 delivery services revenues shall be made in such calculation,
6 and usage data from the customer's class shall be used where
7 historical usage data is not available for the individual
8 customer. The customer shall be obligated to pay such
9 charges on a lump sum basis on or before the date on which
10 the customer commences to take service from the alternative
11 retail electric supplier or other electric utility, provided,
12 that the electric utility in whose service area the customer
13 is located shall offer the customer the option of signing a
14 contract pursuant to which the customer pays such charges
15 ratably over the period in which the charges would otherwise
16 have applied.
17 (i) An electric utility shall be entitled to add to the
18 bills of delivery services customers charges pursuant to
19 Sections 9-221, 9-222 (except as provided in Section
20 9-222.1), and Section 16-114 of this Act, Section 5-5 of the
21 Electricity Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Law, Section 6-5
22 of the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal
23 Resources Development Law of 1997, and Section 13 of the
24 Energy Assistance Act of 1989.
25 (j) If a retail customer that obtains electric power and
26 energy from cogeneration or self-generation facilities
27 installed for its own use on or before January 1, 1997,
28 subsequently takes service from an alternative retail
29 electric supplier or an electric utility other than the
30 electric utility in whose service area the customer is
31 located for any portion of the customer's electric power and
32 energy requirements formerly obtained from those facilities
33 (including that amount purchased from the utility in lieu of
34 such generation and not as standby power purchases, under a
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1 cogeneration displacement tariff in effect as of the
2 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997), the
3 transition charges otherwise applicable pursuant to
4 subsections (f), (g), or (h) of this Section shall not be
5 applicable in any year to that portion of the customer's
6 electric power and energy requirements formerly obtained from
7 those facilities, provided, that for purposes of this
8 subsection (j), such portion shall not exceed the average
9 number of kilowatt-hours per year obtained from the
10 cogeneration or self-generation facilities during the 3 years
11 prior to the date on which the customer became eligible for
12 delivery services, except as provided in subsection (f) of
13 Section 16-110.
14 (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97; 91-50, eff. 6-30-99.)
15 (220 ILCS 5/16-111)
16 Sec. 16-111. Rates and restructuring transactions during
17 mandatory transition period.
18 (a) During the mandatory transition period,
19 notwithstanding any provision of Article IX of this Act, and
20 except as provided in subsections (b), (d), (e), and (f) of
21 this Section, the Commission shall not (i) initiate,
22 authorize or order any change by way of increase (other than
23 in connection with a request for rate increase which was
24 filed after September 1, 1997 but prior to October 15, 1997,
25 by an electric utility serving less than 12,500 customers in
26 this State), (ii) initiate or, unless requested by the
27 electric utility, authorize or order any change by way of
28 decrease, restructuring or unbundling (except as provided in
29 Section 16-109A), in the rates of any electric utility that
30 were in effect on October 1, 1996, or (iii) in any order
31 approving any application for a merger pursuant to Section
32 7-204 that was pending as of May 16, 1997, impose any
33 condition requiring any filing for an increase, decrease, or
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1 change in, or other review of, an electric utility's rates or
2 enforce any such condition of any such order; provided,
3 however, that this subsection shall not prohibit the
4 Commission from:
5 (1) approving the application of an electric
6 utility to implement an alternative to rate of return
7 regulation or a regulatory mechanism that rewards or
8 penalizes the electric utility through adjustment of
9 rates based on utility performance, pursuant to Section
10 9-244;
11 (2) authorizing an electric utility to eliminate
12 its fuel adjustment clause and adjust its base rate
13 tariffs in accordance with subsection (b), (d), or (f) of
14 Section 9-220 of this Act, to fix its fuel adjustment
15 factor in accordance with subsection (c) of Section 9-220
16 of this Act, or to eliminate its fuel adjustment clause
17 in accordance with subsection (e) of Section 9-220 of
18 this Act;
19 (3) ordering into effect tariffs for delivery
20 services and transition charges in accordance with
21 Sections 16-104 and 16-108, for real-time pricing in
22 accordance with Section 16-107, or the options required
23 by Section 16-110 and subsection (n) of 16-112, allowing
24 a billing experiment in accordance with Section 16-106,
25 or modifying delivery services tariffs in accordance with
26 Section 16-109; or
27 (4) ordering or allowing into effect any tariff to
28 recover charges pursuant to Sections 9-201.5, 9-220.1,
29 9-221, 9-222 (except as provided in Section 9-222.1),
30 16-108, and 16-114 of this Act, Section 5-5 of the
31 Electricity Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Law, Section
32 6-5 of the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal
33 Resources Development Law of 1997, and Section 13 of the
34 Energy Assistance Act of 1989.
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1 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a),
2 each Illinois electric utility serving more than 12,500
3 customers in Illinois shall file tariffs (i) reducing,
4 effective August 1, 1998, each component of its base rates to
5 residential retail customers by 15% from the base rates in
6 effect immediately prior to January 1, 1998 and (ii) if the
7 public utility provides electric service to (A) more than
8 500,000 customers but less than 1,000,000 customers in this
9 State on January 1, 1999, reducing, effective May 1, 2002,
10 each component of its base rates to residential retail
11 customers by an additional 5% from the base rates in effect
12 immediately prior to January 1, 1998, or (B) at least
13 1,000,000 customers in this State on January 1, 1999,
14 reducing, effective October 1, 2001, each component of its
15 base rates to residential retail customers by an additional
16 5% from the base rates in effect immediately prior to January
17 1, 1998. Provided, however, that (A) if an electric utility's
18 average residential retail rate is less than or equal to the
19 average residential retail rate for a group of Midwest
20 Utilities (consisting of all investor-owned electric
21 utilities with annual system peaks in excess of 1000
22 megawatts in the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,
23 Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin), based on data
24 reported on Form 1 to the Federal Energy Regulatory
25 Commission for calendar year 1995, then it shall only be
26 required to file tariffs (i) reducing, effective August 1,
27 1998, each component of its base rates to residential retail
28 customers by 5% from the base rates in effect immediately
29 prior to January 1, 1998, (ii) reducing, effective October 1,
30 2000, each component of its base rates to residential retail
31 customers by the lesser of 5% of the base rates in effect
32 immediately prior to January 1, 1998 or the percentage by
33 which the electric utility's average residential retail rate
34 exceeds the average residential retail rate of the Midwest
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1 Utilities, based on data reported on Form 1 to the Federal
2 Energy Regulatory Commission for calendar year 1999, and
3 (iii) reducing, effective October 1, 2002, each component of
4 its base rates to residential retail customers by an
5 additional amount equal to the lesser of 5% of the base rates
6 in effect immediately prior to January 1, 1998 or the
7 percentage by which the electric utility's average
8 residential retail rate exceeds the average residential
9 retail rate of the Midwest Utilities, based on data reported
10 on Form 1 to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for
11 calendar year 2001; and (B) if the average residential retail
12 rate of an electric utility serving between 150,000 and
13 250,000 retail customers in this State on January 1, 1995 is
14 less than or equal to 90% of the average residential retail
15 rate for the Midwest Utilities, based on data reported on
16 Form 1 to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for
17 calendar year 1995, then it shall only be required to file
18 tariffs (i) reducing, effective August 1, 1998, each
19 component of its base rates to residential retail customers
20 by 2% from the base rates in effect immediately prior to
21 January 1, 1998; (ii) reducing, effective October 1, 2000,
22 each component of its base rates to residential retail
23 customers by 2% from the base rate in effect immediately
24 prior to January 1, 1998; and (iii) reducing, effective
25 October 1, 2002, each component of its base rates to
26 residential retail customers by 1% from the base rates in
27 effect immediately prior to January 1, 1998. Provided,
28 further, that any electric utility for which a decrease in
29 base rates has been or is placed into effect between October
30 1, 1996 and the dates specified in the preceding sentences of
31 this subsection, other than pursuant to the requirements of
32 this subsection, shall be entitled to reduce the amount of
33 any reduction or reductions in its base rates required by
34 this subsection by the amount of such other decrease. The
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1 tariffs required under this subsection shall be filed 45 days
2 in advance of the effective date. Notwithstanding anything to
3 the contrary in Section 9-220 of this Act, no restatement of
4 base rates in conjunction with the elimination of a fuel
5 adjustment clause under that Section shall result in a lesser
6 decrease in base rates than customers would otherwise receive
7 under this subsection had the electric utility's fuel
8 adjustment clause not been eliminated.
9 (c) Any utility reducing its base rates by 15% on August
10 1, 1998 pursuant to subsection (b) shall include the
11 following statement on its bills for residential customers
12 from August 1 through December 31, 1998: "Effective August 1,
13 1998, your rates have been reduced by 15% by the Electric
14 Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997 passed by
15 the Illinois General Assembly.". Any utility reducing its
16 base rates by 5% on August 1, 1998, pursuant to subsection
17 (b) shall include the following statement on its bills for
18 residential customers from August 1 through December 31,
19 1998: "Effective August 1, 1998, your rates have been
20 reduced by 5% by the Electric Service Customer Choice and
21 Rate Relief Law of 1997 passed by the Illinois General
22 Assembly.".
23 Any utility reducing its base rates by 2% on August 1,
24 1998 pursuant to subsection (b) shall include the following
25 statement on its bills for residential customers from August
26 1 through December 31, 1998: "Effective August 1, 1998, your
27 rates have been reduced by 2% by the Electric Service
28 Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997 passed by the
29 Illinois General Assembly.".
30 (d) During the mandatory transition period, but not
31 before January 1, 2000, and notwithstanding the provisions
32 of subsection (a), an electric utility may request an
33 increase in its base rates if the electric utility
34 demonstrates that the 2-year average of its earned rate of
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1 return on common equity, calculated as its net income
2 applicable to common stock divided by the average of its
3 beginning and ending balances of common equity using data
4 reported in the electric utility's Form 1 report to the
5 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission but adjusted to remove
6 the effects of accelerated depreciation or amortization or
7 other transition or mitigation measures implemented by the
8 electric utility pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section
9 and the effect of any refund paid pursuant to subsection (e)
10 of this Section, is below the 2-year average for the same 2
11 years of the monthly average yields of 30-year U.S. Treasury
12 bonds published by the Board of Governors of the Federal
13 Reserve System in its weekly H.15 Statistical Release or
14 successor publication. The Commission shall review the
15 electric utility's request, and may review the justness and
16 reasonableness of all rates for tariffed services, in
17 accordance with the provisions of Article IX of this Act,
18 provided that the Commission shall consider any special or
19 negotiated adjustments to the revenue requirement agreed to
20 between the electric utility and the other parties to the
21 proceeding. In setting rates under this Section, the
22 Commission shall exclude the costs and revenues that are
23 associated with competitive services and any billing or
24 pricing experiments conducted under Section 16-106.
25 (e) For the purposes of this subsection (e) all
26 calculations and comparisons shall be performed for the
27 Illinois operations of multijurisdictional utilities. During
28 the mandatory transition period, notwithstanding the
29 provisions of subsection (a), if the 2-year average of an
30 electric utility's earned rate of return on common equity,
31 calculated as its net income applicable to common stock
32 divided by the average of its beginning and ending balances
33 of common equity using data reported in the electric
34 utility's Form 1 report to the Federal Energy Regulatory
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1 Commission but adjusted to remove the effect of any refund
2 paid under this subsection (e), and further adjusted to
3 include the annual amortization of any difference between the
4 consideration received by an affiliated interest of the
5 electric utility in the sale of an asset which had been sold
6 or transferred by the electric utility to the affiliated
7 interest subsequent to the effective date of this amendatory
8 Act of 1997 and the consideration for which such asset had
9 been sold or transferred to the affiliated interest, with
10 such difference to be amortized ratably from the date of the
11 sale by the affiliated interest to December 31, 2006, exceeds
12 the 2-year average of the Index for the same 2 years by 1.5
13 or more percentage points, the electric utility shall make
14 refunds to customers beginning the first billing day of April
15 in the following year in the manner described in paragraph
16 (3) of this subsection. For purposes of this subsection (e),
17 the "Index" shall be the sum of (A) the average for the 12
18 months ended September 30 of the monthly average yields of
19 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds published by the Board of
20 Governors of the Federal Reserve System in its weekly H.15
21 Statistical Release or successor publication for each year
22 1998 through 2004, and (B) (i) 4.00 percentage points for
23 each of the 12-month periods ending September 30, 1998
24 through September 30, 1999 or 8.00 percentage points if the
25 electric utility's average residential retail rate is less
26 than or equal to 90% of the average residential retail rate
27 for the "Midwest Utilities", as that term is defined in
28 subsection (b) of this Section, based on data reported on
29 Form 1 to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for
30 calendar year 1995, and the electric utility served between
31 150,000 and 250,000 retail customers on January 1, 1995, (ii)
32 7.00 percentage points for each of the 12-month periods
33 ending September 30, 2000 through September 30, 2004 if the
34 electric utility was providing service to at least 1,000,000
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1 customers in this State on January 1, 1999, or 9.00
2 percentage points if the electric utility's average
3 residential retail rate is less than or equal to 90% of the
4 average residential retail rate for the "Midwest Utilities",
5 as that term is defined in subsection (b) of this Section,
6 based on data reported on Form 1 to the Federal Energy
7 Regulatory Commission for calendar year 1995 and the electric
8 utility served between 150,000 and 250,000 retail customers
9 in this State on January 1, 1995, (iii) 11.00 percentage
10 points for each of the 12-month periods ending September 30,
11 2000 through September 30, 2004, but only if the electric
12 utility's average residential retail rate is less than or
13 equal to 90% of the average residential retail rate for the
14 "Midwest Utilities", as that term is defined in subsection
15 (b) of this Section, based on data reported on Form 1 to the
16 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for calendar year 1995,
17 the electric utility served between 150,000 and 250,000
18 retail customers in this State on January 1, 1995, and the
19 electric utility offers delivery services on or before June
20 1, 2000 to retail customers whose annual electric energy use
21 comprises 33% of the kilowatt hour sales to that group of
22 retail customers that are classified under Division D, Groups
23 20 through 39 of the Standard Industrial Classifications set
24 forth in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual
25 published by the United States Office of Management and
26 Budget, excluding the kilowatt hour sales to those customers
27 that are eligible for delivery services pursuant to Section
28 16-104(a)(1)(i), and offers delivery services to its
29 remaining retail customers classified under Division D,
30 Groups 20 through 39 on or before October 1, 2000, and,
31 provided further, that the electric utility commits not to
32 petition pursuant to Section 16-108(f) for entry of an order
33 by the Commission authorizing the electric utility to
34 implement transition charges for an additional period after
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1 December 31, 2006, or (iv) 5.00 percentage points for each of
2 the 12-month periods ending September 30, 2000 through
3 September 30, 2004 for all other electric utilities or 7.00
4 percentage points for such utilities for each of the 12-month
5 periods ending September 30, 2000 through September 30, 2004
6 for any such utility that commits not to petition pursuant to
7 Section 16-108(f) for entry of an order by the Commission
8 authorizing the electric utility to implement transition
9 charges for an additional period after December 31, 2006.
10 (1) For purposes of this subsection (e), "excess
11 earnings" means the difference between (A) the 2-year
12 average of the electric utility's earned rate of return
13 on common equity, less (B) the 2-year average of the sum
14 of (i) the Index applicable to each of the 2 years and
15 (ii) 1.5 percentage points; provided, that "excess
16 earnings" shall never be less than zero.
17 (2) On or before March 31 of each year 2000 through
18 2005 each electric utility shall file a report with the
19 Commission showing its earned rate of return on common
20 equity, calculated in accordance with this subsection,
21 for the preceding calendar year and the average for the
22 preceding 2 calendar years.
23 (3) If an electric utility has excess earnings,
24 determined in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) of
25 this subsection, the refunds which the electric utility
26 shall pay to its customers beginning the first billing
27 day of April in the following year shall be calculated
28 and applied as follows:
29 (i) The electric utility's excess earnings
30 shall be multiplied by the average of the beginning
31 and ending balances of the electric utility's common
32 equity for the 2-year period in which excess
33 earnings occurred.
34 (ii) The result of the calculation in (i)
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1 shall be multiplied by 0.50 and then divided by a
2 number equal to 1 minus the electric utility's
3 composite federal and State income tax rate.
4 (iii) The result of the calculation in (ii)
5 shall be divided by the sum of the electric
6 utility's projected total kilowatt-hour sales to
7 retail customers plus projected kilowatt-hours to be
8 delivered to delivery services customers over a one
9 year period beginning with the first billing date in
10 April in the succeeding year to determine a cents
11 per kilowatt-hour refund factor.
12 (iv) The cents per kilowatt-hour refund factor
13 calculated in (iii) shall be credited to the
14 electric utility's customers by applying the factor
15 on the customer's monthly bills to each
16 kilowatt-hour sold or delivered until the total
17 amount calculated in (ii) has been paid to
18 customers.
19 (f) During the mandatory transition period, an electric
20 utility may file revised tariffs reducing the price of any
21 tariffed service offered by the electric utility for all
22 customers taking that tariffed service, which shall be
23 effective 7 days after filing.
24 (g) During the mandatory transition period, an electric
25 utility may, without obtaining any approval of the Commission
26 other than that provided for in this subsection and
27 notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any rule
28 or regulation of the Commission that would require such
29 approval:
30 (1) implement a reorganization, other than a merger
31 of 2 or more public utilities as defined in Section 3-105
32 or their holding companies;
33 (2) retire generating plants from service;
34 (3) sell, assign, lease or otherwise transfer
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1 assets to an affiliated or unaffiliated entity and as
2 part of such transaction enter into service agreements,
3 power purchase agreements, or other agreements with the
4 transferee; provided, however, that the prices, terms and
5 conditions of any power purchase agreement must be
6 approved or allowed into effect by the Federal Energy
7 Regulatory Commission; or
8 (4) use any accelerated cost recovery method
9 including accelerated depreciation, accelerated
10 amortization or other capital recovery methods, or record
11 reductions to the original cost of its assets.
12 In order to implement a reorganization, retire generating
13 plants from service, or sell, assign, lease or otherwise
14 transfer assets pursuant to this Section, the electric
15 utility shall comply with subsections (c) and (d) of Section
16 16-128, if applicable, and subsection (k) of this Section, if
17 applicable, and provide the Commission with at least 30 days
18 notice of the proposed reorganization or transaction, which
19 notice shall include the following information:
20 (i) a complete statement of the entries that
21 the electric utility will make on its books and
22 records of account to implement the proposed
23 reorganization or transaction together with a
24 certification from an independent certified public
25 accountant that such entries are in accord with
26 generally accepted accounting principles and, if the
27 Commission has previously approved guidelines for
28 cost allocations between the utility and its
29 affiliates, a certification from the chief
30 accounting officer of the utility that such entries
31 are in accord with those cost allocation guidelines;
32 (ii) a description of how the electric utility
33 will use proceeds of any sale, assignment, lease or
34 transfer to retire debt or otherwise reduce or
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1 recover the costs of services provided by such
2 electric utility;
3 (iii) a list of all federal approvals or
4 approvals required from departments and agencies of
5 this State, other than the Commission, that the
6 electric utility has or will obtain before
7 implementing the reorganization or transaction;
8 (iv) an irrevocable commitment by the electric
9 utility that it will not, as a result of the
10 transaction, impose any stranded cost charges that
11 it might otherwise be allowed to charge retail
12 customers under federal law or increase the
13 transition charges that it is otherwise entitled to
14 collect under this Article XVI; and
15 (v) if the electric utility proposes to sell,
16 assign, lease or otherwise transfer a generating
17 plant that brings the amount of net dependable
18 generating capacity transferred pursuant to this
19 subsection to an amount equal to or greater than 15%
20 of the electric utility's net dependable capacity as
21 of the effective date of this amendatory Act of
22 1997, and enters into a power purchase agreement
23 with the entity to which such generating plant is
24 sold, assigned, leased, or otherwise transferred,
25 the electric utility also agrees, if its fuel
26 adjustment clause has not already been eliminated,
27 to eliminate its fuel adjustment clause in
28 accordance with subsection (b) of Section 9-220 for
29 a period of time equal to the length of any such
30 power purchase agreement or successor agreement, or
31 until January 1, 2005, whichever is longer; if the
32 capacity of the generating plant so transferred and
33 related power purchase agreement does not result in
34 the elimination of the fuel adjustment clause under
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1 this subsection, and the fuel adjustment clause has
2 not already been eliminated, the electric utility
3 shall agree that the costs associated with the
4 transferred plant that are included in the
5 calculation of the rate per kilowatt-hour to be
6 applied pursuant to the electric utility's fuel
7 adjustment clause during such period shall not
8 exceed the per kilowatt-hour cost associated with
9 such generating plant included in the electric
10 utility's fuel adjustment clause during the full
11 calendar year preceding the transfer, with such
12 limit to be adjusted each year thereafter by the
13 Gross Domestic Product Implicit Price Deflator.
14 (vi) In addition, if the electric utility
15 proposes to sell, assign, or lease, (A) either (1)
16 an amount of generating plant that brings the amount
17 of net dependable generating capacity transferred
18 pursuant to this subsection to an amount equal to or
19 greater than 15% of its net dependable capacity on
20 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997,
21 or (2) one or more generating plants with a total
22 net dependable capacity of 1100 megawatts, or (B)
23 transmission and distribution facilities that either
24 (1) bring the amount of transmission and
25 distribution facilities transferred pursuant to this
26 subsection to an amount equal to or greater than 15%
27 of the electric utility's total depreciated original
28 cost investment in such facilities, or (2) represent
29 an investment of $25,000,000 in terms of total
30 depreciated original cost, the electric utility
31 shall provide, in addition to the information listed
32 in subparagraphs (i) through (v), the following
33 information: (A) a description of how the electric
34 utility will meet its service obligations under this
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1 Act in a safe and reliable manner and (B) the
2 electric utility's projected earned rate of return
3 on common equity, calculated in accordance with
4 subsection (d) of this Section, for each year from
5 the date of the notice through December 31, 2004
6 both with and without the proposed transaction. If
7 the Commission has not issued an order initiating a
8 hearing on the proposed transaction within 30 days
9 after the date the electric utility's notice is
10 filed, the transaction shall be deemed approved.
11 The Commission may, after notice and hearing,
12 prohibit the proposed transaction if it makes either
13 or both of the following findings: (1) that the
14 proposed transaction will render the electric
15 utility unable to provide its tariffed services in a
16 safe and reliable manner, or (2) that there is a
17 strong likelihood that consummation of the proposed
18 transaction will result in the electric utility
19 being entitled to request an increase in its base
20 rates during the mandatory transition period
21 pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section. Any
22 hearing initiated by the Commission into the
23 proposed transaction shall be completed, and the
24 Commission's final order approving or prohibiting
25 the proposed transaction shall be entered, within 90
26 days after the date the electric utility's notice
27 was filed. Provided, however, that a sale,
28 assignment, or lease of transmission facilities to
29 an independent system operator that meets the
30 requirements of Section 16-126 shall not be subject
31 to Commission approval under this Section.
32 In any proceeding conducted by the Commission
33 pursuant to this subparagraph (vi), intervention
34 shall be limited to parties with a direct interest
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1 in the transaction which is the subject of the
2 hearing and any statutory consumer protection agency
3 as defined in subsection (d) of Section 9-102.1.
4 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10-113 of
5 this Act, any application seeking rehearing of an
6 order issued under this subparagraph (vi), whether
7 filed by the electric utility or by an intervening
8 party, shall be filed within 10 days after service
9 of the order.
10 The Commission shall not in any subsequent proceeding or
11 otherwise, review such a reorganization or other transaction
12 authorized by this Section, but shall retain the authority to
13 allocate costs as stated in Section 16-111(i). An entity to
14 which an electric utility sells, assigns, leases or transfers
15 assets pursuant to this subsection (g) shall not, as a result
16 of the transactions specified in this subsection (g), be
17 deemed a public utility as defined in Section 3-105. Nothing
18 in this subsection (g) shall change any requirement under the
19 jurisdiction of the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety
20 including, but not limited to, the payment of fees. Nothing
21 in this subsection (g) shall exempt a utility from obtaining
22 a certificate pursuant to Section 8-406 of this Act for the
23 construction of a new electric generating facility. Nothing
24 in this subsection (g) is intended to exempt the transactions
25 hereunder from the operation of the federal or State
26 antitrust laws. Nothing in this subsection (g) shall require
27 an electric utility to use the procedures specified in this
28 subsection for any of the transactions specified herein. Any
29 other procedure available under this Act may, at the electric
30 utility's election, be used for any such transaction.
31 (h) During the mandatory transition period, the
32 Commission shall not establish or use any rates of
33 depreciation, which for purposes of this subsection shall
34 include amortization, for any electric utility other than
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1 those established pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 5-104
2 of this Act or utilized pursuant to subsection (g) of this
3 Section. Provided, however, that in any proceeding to review
4 an electric utility's rates for tariffed services pursuant to
5 Section 9-201, 9-202, 9-250 or 16-111(d) of this Act, the
6 Commission may establish new rates of depreciation for the
7 electric utility in the same manner provided in subsection
8 (d) of Section 5-104 of this Act. An electric utility
9 implementing an accelerated cost recovery method including
10 accelerated depreciation, accelerated amortization or other
11 capital recovery methods, or recording reductions to the
12 original cost of its assets, pursuant to subsection (g) of
13 this Section, shall file a statement with the Commission
14 describing the accelerated cost recovery method to be
15 implemented or the reduction in the original cost of its
16 assets to be recorded. Upon the filing of such statement,
17 the accelerated cost recovery method or the reduction in the
18 original cost of assets shall be deemed to be approved by the
19 Commission as though an order had been entered by the
20 Commission.
21 (i) Subsequent to the mandatory transition period, the
22 Commission, in any proceeding to establish rates and charges
23 for tariffed services offered by an electric utility, shall
24 consider only (1) the then current or projected revenues,
25 costs, investments and cost of capital directly or indirectly
26 associated with the provision of such tariffed services; (2)
27 collection of transition charges in accordance with Sections
28 16-102 and 16-108 of this Act; (3) recovery of any employee
29 transition costs as described in Section 16-128 which the
30 electric utility is continuing to incur, including recovery
31 of any unamortized portion of such costs previously incurred
32 or committed, with such costs to be equitably allocated among
33 bundled services, delivery services, and contracts with
34 alternative retail electric suppliers; and (4) recovery of
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1 the costs associated with the electric utility's compliance
2 with decommissioning funding requirements; and shall not
3 consider any other revenues, costs, investments or cost of
4 capital of either the electric utility or of any affiliate of
5 the electric utility that are not associated with the
6 provision of tariffed services. In setting rates for
7 tariffed services, the Commission shall equitably allocate
8 joint and common costs and investments between the electric
9 utility's competitive and tariffed services. In determining
10 the justness and reasonableness of the electric power and
11 energy component of an electric utility's rates for tariffed
12 services subsequent to the mandatory transition period and
13 prior to the time that the provision of such electric power
14 and energy is declared competitive, the Commission shall
15 consider the extent to which the electric utility's tariffed
16 rates for such component for each customer class exceed the
17 market value determined pursuant to Section 16-112, and, if
18 the electric power and energy component of such tariffed rate
19 exceeds the market value by more than 10% for any customer
20 class, may establish such electric power and energy component
21 at a rate equal to the market value plus 10%. In any such
22 case, the Commission may also elect to extend the provisions
23 of Section 16-111(e) for any period in which the electric
24 utility is collecting transition charges, using information
25 applicable to such period.
26 (j) During the mandatory transition period, an electric
27 utility may elect to transfer to a non-operating income
28 account under the Commission's Uniform System of Accounts
29 either or both of (i) an amount of unamortized investment tax
30 credit that is in addition to the ratable amount which is
31 credited to the electric utility's operating income account
32 for the year in accordance with Section 46(f)(2) of the
33 federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect prior to
34 P.L. 101-508, or (ii) "excess tax reserves", as that term is
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1 defined in Section 203(e)(2)(A) of the federal Tax Reform Act
2 of 1986, provided that (A) the amount transferred may not
3 exceed the amount of the electric utility's assets that were
4 created pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting
5 Standards No. 71 which the electric utility has written off
6 during the mandatory transition period, and (B) the transfer
7 shall not be effective until approved by the Internal Revenue
8 Service. An electric utility electing to make such a
9 transfer shall file a statement with the Commission stating
10 the amount and timing of the transfer for which it intends to
11 request approval of the Internal Revenue Service, along with
12 a copy of its proposed request to the Internal Revenue
13 Service for a ruling. The Commission shall issue an order
14 within 14 days after the electric utility's filing approving,
15 subject to receipt of approval from the Internal Revenue
16 Service, the proposed transfer.
17 (k) If an electric utility is selling or transferring to
18 a single buyer 5 or more generating plants located in this
19 State with a total net dependable capacity of 5000 megawatts
20 or more pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section and has
21 obtained a sale price or consideration that exceeds 200% of
22 the book value of such plants, the electric utility must
23 provide to the Governor, the President of the Illinois
24 Senate, the Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate, the
25 Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, and the
26 Minority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives no
27 later than 15 days after filing its notice under subsection
28 (g) of this Section or 5 days after the date on which this
29 subsection (k) becomes law, whichever is later, a written
30 commitment in which such electric utility agrees to expend $2
31 billion outside the corporate limits of any municipality with
32 1,000,000 or more inhabitants within such electric utility's
33 service area, over a 6-year period beginning with the
34 calendar year in which the notice is filed, on projects,
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1 programs, and improvements within its service area relating
2 to transmission and distribution including, without
3 limitation, infrastructure expansion, repair and replacement,
4 capital investments, operations and maintenance, and
5 vegetation management.
6 (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97; 90-563, eff. 12-16-97;
7 91-50, eff. 6-30-99.)
8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.
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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3 305 ILCS 20/1 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1401
4 305 ILCS 20/2 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1402
5 305 ILCS 20/4 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1404
6 305 ILCS 20/5 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1405
7 305 ILCS 20/6 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1406
8 305 ILCS 20/7 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1407
9 305 ILCS 20/8 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1408
10 305 ILCS 20/13
11 305 ILCS 20/7.1 rep.
12 305 ILCS 20/9 rep.
13 305 ILCS 20/12 rep.
14 305 ILCS 20/14 rep.
15 20 ILCS 687/6-5
16 220 ILCS 5/8-207 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-207
17 220 ILCS 5/16-108
18 220 ILCS 5/16-111
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