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Introduced
02/07/2025
02/07/2025
In Committee
03/21/2025
03/21/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
104th General Assembly
Bill Summary
Creates the Municipal and Cooperative Electric Utility Planning and Transparency Act. Provides that, by November 1, 2025, and by November 1 every 3 years thereafter, all electric cooperatives with members in the State, municipal power agencies, and municipalities shall file with the Illinois Power Agency an integrated resource plan. Sets forth provisions concerning the plan. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Authorizes the Illinois Power Agency to develop capacity procurement plans and conduct competitive procurement processes for the procurement of capacity needed to ensure environmentally sustainable long-term resource adequacy across the State at the lowest cost over time. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Changes the cumulative persisting annual savings goals for electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail customers for the years of 2025 through 2030. Provides that the cumulative persisting annual savings goals beyond the year 2030 shall increase by 0.9 (rather than 0.6) percentage points per year. Changes the requirements for submitting proposed plans and funding levels to meet savings goals for an electric utility serving more than 500,000 retail customers (rather than serving less than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail customers). Provides that an electric utility that has a tariff approved within one year of the amendatory Act shall also offer at least one market-based, time-of-use rate for eligible retail customers that choose to take power and energy supply service from the utility. Sets forth provisions regarding the Illinois Commerce Commission's powers and duties related to residential time-of-use pricing. Provides that each capacity procurement event may include the procurement of capacity through a mix of contracts with different terms and different initial delivery dates. Sets forth the requirements of prepared capacity procurement plans. Requires each alternative electric supplier to make payment to an applicable electric utility for capacity, receive transfers of capacity credits, report capacity credits procured on its behalf to the applicable regional transmission organization, and submit the capacity credits to the applicable regional transmission organization under that regional transmission organization's rules and procedures. Makes other changes.
AI Summary
Here is a summary of the bill:
This bill creates the Municipal and Cooperative Electric Utility Planning and Transparency Act, which requires electric cooperatives, municipal power agencies, and municipalities to file integrated resource plans with the Illinois Power Agency every three years beginning in 2025. The plans must provide a comprehensive description of the utility's current electricity generation portfolio, forecast future load changes, and outline steps to reduce customer costs and environmental impacts. Key provisions include:
1. Utilities must conduct stakeholder meetings and provide public notice before submitting their plans.
2. The plans must include detailed information about existing generation facilities, power purchase agreements, demand-side programs, transmission facilities, and capital expenditures.
3. Utilities must develop a 5-year action plan for meeting forecasted load while minimizing costs and environmental impacts.
4. Utilities must develop plans to increase renewable energy resources, with goals of 25% renewable energy by 2026, increasing to 40% by 2030, and 100% renewable energy by 2045.
5. The plans must include strategies for worker transition and minimizing economic impacts when retiring generation resources.
6. Utilities must identify available federal incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act and describe plans to utilize them.
7. The bill also includes provisions for stakeholder engagement, public comment periods, and independent evaluation of the plans.
The goal is to increase transparency, promote long-term planning, and support the transition to clean energy while considering economic and workforce impacts.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (11)
Ann Williams (D)*,
Terra Costa Howard (D),
Margaret Croke (D),
Lisa Davis (D),
Will Guzzardi (D),
Barbara Hernandez (D),
Camille Lilly (D),
Joyce Mason (D),
Anna Moeller (D),
Kevin Olickal (D),
Anne Stava-Murray (D),
Last Action
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly (on 05/28/2025)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
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| State Bill Page | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3779&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104 |
| BillText | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/HB/10400HB3779.htm |
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