Bill Amendment: IL HB5610 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: POWERING UP ILLINOIS ACT
Status: 2024-05-17 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly [HB5610 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5610-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: POWERING UP ILLINOIS ACT
Status: 2024-05-17 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly [HB5610 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5610-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5610 | ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5610 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Powering Up Illinois Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
7 | "Electrification" means any new use of electricity, | ||||||
8 | expanded use of electricity, or change in use of electricity, | ||||||
9 | including, but not limited to, any change in the use of | ||||||
10 | electricity in the industrial, commercial, agricultural, | ||||||
11 | housing, or transportation sectors. | ||||||
12 | "Energization" and "energize" means connecting new | ||||||
13 | customers to the electrical grid, establishing adequate | ||||||
14 | electrical capacity to provide service for a new customer, or | ||||||
15 | upgrading electrical capacity to provide upgraded service to | ||||||
16 | an existing customer. The terms "energization" and "energize" |
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1 | do not include activities related to connecting electricity | ||||||
2 | supply resources. | ||||||
3 | "Energization time period" means the period of time that | ||||||
4 | begins when the electric utility receives a substantially | ||||||
5 | complete energization project application and ends when the | ||||||
6 | electric service associated with the project is installed and | ||||||
7 | energized.
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8 | Section 10. Findings. The General Assembly finds and | ||||||
9 | declares all of the following: | ||||||
10 | (1) It is the policy of the State to increase the use | ||||||
11 | of electric vehicles in the State to 1,000,000 by 2030. | ||||||
12 | That expanded infrastructure investment will help Illinois | ||||||
13 | more rapidly decarbonize the transportation sector. | ||||||
14 | Widespread use of electric vehicles and charging equipment | ||||||
15 | has the potential to provide customers with fuel cost | ||||||
16 | savings and provide electric utility customers with | ||||||
17 | cost-saving benefits. Widespread use of electric vehicles | ||||||
18 | stimulates innovation, competition, and increased choices | ||||||
19 | in charging equipment and networks and also attracts | ||||||
20 | private capital investments and creates high-quality jobs | ||||||
21 | in Illinois. Accelerating the adoption of electric | ||||||
22 | vehicles will drive the decarbonization of Illinois' | ||||||
23 | transportation sector. To meet these goals and federal, | ||||||
24 | State, regional, and local air quality and decarbonization | ||||||
25 | standards, plans, and regulations, a large increase in |
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1 | both the quantity of electricity used and the functions | ||||||
2 | for which electricity will be used is needed. | ||||||
3 | (2) To meet these decarbonization goals as well as | ||||||
4 | federal, State, regional, and local air quality and | ||||||
5 | decarbonization standards, plans, and regulations: | ||||||
6 | (A) the State's electrical distribution systems | ||||||
7 | must be substantially upgraded; | ||||||
8 | (B) new customers must promptly connect to the | ||||||
9 | electrical distribution system; and | ||||||
10 | (C) existing customers must have their service | ||||||
11 | level promptly upgraded. | ||||||
12 | (3) There are many reports of large housing | ||||||
13 | developments that are unable to be energized promptly. The | ||||||
14 | State has an urgent need to increase its supply of | ||||||
15 | housing, requiring both new electrical distribution | ||||||
16 | capacity and the prompt energization of new housing. | ||||||
17 | (4) There are many reports of individual customers who | ||||||
18 | are unable to have their electrical service promptly | ||||||
19 | upgraded or energized and charging stations for | ||||||
20 | light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles and | ||||||
21 | off-road vehicles, vessels, trains, and equipment that are | ||||||
22 | unable to be energized promptly. These delays may inhibit | ||||||
23 | the State's ability to meet its decarbonization goals and | ||||||
24 | federal, State, regional, and local air quality and | ||||||
25 | decarbonization standards, plans, and regulations. | ||||||
26 | (5) To improve the speed at which energization and |
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1 | service upgrades are performed, electric utilities that | ||||||
2 | distribute electricity must do both of the following: | ||||||
3 | (A) improve their advance planning, engineering, | ||||||
4 | and construction of increased distribution and | ||||||
5 | transmission system capacity; and | ||||||
6 | (B) preorder transformers, switchgear, and other | ||||||
7 | needed equipment. | ||||||
8 | (6) Electrifying transportation and buildings can put | ||||||
9 | downward pressure on rates by spreading fixed costs over | ||||||
10 | more kilowatt-hours of usage. | ||||||
11 | (7) Delays in energization, including service | ||||||
12 | upgrades, are costly both to the customers awaiting | ||||||
13 | service and to other customers who are deprived of the | ||||||
14 | downward pressure on rates. | ||||||
15 | (8) To carry out the planning, engineering, and | ||||||
16 | construction of electrical distribution systems needed to | ||||||
17 | promptly serve customers, electric utilities that | ||||||
18 | distribute electricity must recruit, train, and retain an | ||||||
19 | adequately sized, qualified workforce. | ||||||
20 | (9) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish | ||||||
21 | target deadlines for utilities that distribute electricity | ||||||
22 | to energize new customers and upgrade the service of | ||||||
23 | existing customers. | ||||||
24 | (10) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish | ||||||
25 | reporting requirements for electric utilities that | ||||||
26 | distribute electricity to report the extent to which they |
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1 | comply with the target deadlines and the reasons for any | ||||||
2 | noncompliance.
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3 | Section 15. Electrical distribution system upgrades. An | ||||||
4 | electric utility that operates within the State shall: | ||||||
5 | (1) upgrade the State's electrical distribution | ||||||
6 | systems as needed and in time to achieve the State's | ||||||
7 | decarbonization goals, and implement federal, State, | ||||||
8 | regional, and local air quality and decarbonization | ||||||
9 | standards, plans, and regulations; | ||||||
10 | (2) comply with the obligation of the electric utility | ||||||
11 | to serve by conducting sufficient advance planning, | ||||||
12 | engineering, and construction of increased distribution of | ||||||
13 | system capacity and by preordering transformers and other | ||||||
14 | needed equipment so that customers can be energized | ||||||
15 | without substantial delay; | ||||||
16 | (3) promptly energize new customers, including by | ||||||
17 | ensuring that new housing, new businesses, and new | ||||||
18 | charging for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty | ||||||
19 | vehicles and off-road vehicles, vessels, trains, and | ||||||
20 | equipment can be used without delay caused by a failure of | ||||||
21 | the utility to implement energization projects; | ||||||
22 | (4) promptly upgrade service when needed by customers; | ||||||
23 | (5) allow customers seeking energization to elect an | ||||||
24 | optional flexible connection agreement, meaning a | ||||||
25 | tariffed, voluntary utility offering that requires |
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1 | customers to agree to specified service levels as a | ||||||
2 | requirement of energization or interconnection, through | ||||||
3 | the use of demand response technology that limits the net | ||||||
4 | import and export of electricity at the point of common | ||||||
5 | coupling to remain within the rated capacity limits of a | ||||||
6 | customer's existing service connection or distribution | ||||||
7 | circuit, either on a permanent basis or to allow for | ||||||
8 | immediate project operations before service or | ||||||
9 | distribution system upgrades are completed; and | ||||||
10 | (6) recruit, train, and retain an adequately sized and | ||||||
11 | qualified workforce to carry out the planning, | ||||||
12 | engineering, and construction of electrical distribution | ||||||
13 | systems needed to promptly serve customers seeking | ||||||
14 | energization and service upgrades without sacrificing | ||||||
15 | other necessary activities of the workforce.
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16 | Section 20. Illinois Commerce Commission requirements. | ||||||
17 | (a) Within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, | ||||||
18 | the Illinois Commerce Commission shall meet all of the | ||||||
19 | following requirements: | ||||||
20 | (1) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish | ||||||
21 | reasonable average and maximum target energization time | ||||||
22 | periods. The targets shall ensure that work is completed | ||||||
23 | in a manner that minimizes delay in meeting the date | ||||||
24 | requested by the customer for completion of the project to | ||||||
25 | the greatest extent possible and prioritizes work in a |
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1 | manner consistent with Sections 10 and 15 of this Act. The | ||||||
2 | targets may vary depending on the complexity and magnitude | ||||||
3 | of the work required and uncertainties regarding the | ||||||
4 | readiness of the customer project needing energization. | ||||||
5 | The targets may also recognize any factors beyond the | ||||||
6 | electric utility's control. | ||||||
7 | (2) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish | ||||||
8 | requirements for an electric utility to report to the | ||||||
9 | Commission, at least annually, in order to track and | ||||||
10 | improve electric utility performance. The report shall | ||||||
11 | include the average, median, and standard deviation time | ||||||
12 | between receiving an application for electrical service | ||||||
13 | and energizing the electrical service, explanations for | ||||||
14 | energization time periods that exceed the target maximum | ||||||
15 | for energization projects, constraints and obstacles to | ||||||
16 | each type of energization, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
17 | funding limitations, qualified staffing availability, or | ||||||
18 | equipment availability, and any other information | ||||||
19 | requested by the Illinois Commerce Commission. | ||||||
20 | (3) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish a | ||||||
21 | procedure for customers to report energization delays to | ||||||
22 | the Illinois Commerce Commission. | ||||||
23 | (b) If energization time periods exceed the Commission's | ||||||
24 | target averages or if the electric utility has a substantial | ||||||
25 | number of energization projects that exceed the Commission's | ||||||
26 | target maximums, the electric utility shall include in its |
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1 | report under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) a strategy for | ||||||
2 | meeting the targets in the future. The Commission may request | ||||||
3 | modification of the electric utility's strategy to ensure that | ||||||
4 | the electric utility meets targets promptly and consistent | ||||||
5 | with the policies set forth in Section 10. | ||||||
6 | (c) Data reported by electric utilities shall be | ||||||
7 | anonymized or aggregated to the extent necessary to prevent | ||||||
8 | identifying individual customers. The Commission shall require | ||||||
9 | all reports to be publicly available. | ||||||
10 | (d) The Commission shall require the electric utility to | ||||||
11 | take any remedial actions necessary to achieve the | ||||||
12 | Commission's targets, including the use of incentives or | ||||||
13 | penalties.
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14 | Section 25. Electrification team; staffing. | ||||||
15 | (a) The Commission shall require each electric utility to | ||||||
16 | establish a dedicated electrification team that shall, at a | ||||||
17 | minimum, do the following: | ||||||
18 | (1) serve as a single point of contact for customers | ||||||
19 | throughout the entire energization process; | ||||||
20 | (2) proactively engage with customers to understand | ||||||
21 | and support electrification plans; and | ||||||
22 | (3) consolidate all transportation electrification | ||||||
23 | customer programs, accounts and relevant information to | ||||||
24 | support electrification and the energization process. | ||||||
25 | (b) The Commission shall require each electric utility to |
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1 | have adequate qualified staffing needed for the | ||||||
2 | electrification team to be consistent with the findings and | ||||||
3 | achieve the policies and requirements of this Act. | ||||||
4 | (c) For job classifications that have apprentice training | ||||||
5 | requirements, the Commission shall require each electric | ||||||
6 | utility to maintain a pipeline of apprentices sufficient to | ||||||
7 | meet future qualified staffing needs, subject to any | ||||||
8 | limitations based on safe staffing ratios. | ||||||
9 | (d) As part of each report required pursuant to paragraph | ||||||
10 | (2) of subsection (a) of Section 20, and in each general rate | ||||||
11 | case application, each electric utility shall include a | ||||||
12 | detailed analysis of its current qualified staffing level and | ||||||
13 | future required qualified staffing level for each job | ||||||
14 | classification needed to achieve the policies and requirements | ||||||
15 | of this Act.
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16 | Section 30. Electric utility requirements. The Illinois | ||||||
17 | Commerce Commission shall require an electric utility to do | ||||||
18 | the following: | ||||||
19 | (1) consider, in its internal distribution planning | ||||||
20 | process and in the development of the Multi-Year | ||||||
21 | Integrated Grid Plans required by Section 16-105.17 of the | ||||||
22 | Public Utilities Act, all of the following: | ||||||
23 | (A) federal, State, regional, and local air | ||||||
24 | quality and decarbonization standards, plans, and | ||||||
25 | regulations; |
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1 | (B) the transportation and building | ||||||
2 | electrification policies of State law; | ||||||
3 | (C) State agency, local agency, and local | ||||||
4 | government plans and requirements related to housing, | ||||||
5 | economic development, critical facilities, | ||||||
6 | transportation, and building electrification; and | ||||||
7 | (D) load and electrification forecasts that | ||||||
8 | include the following: | ||||||
9 | (I) known load and projections of load | ||||||
10 | conducted by State agencies, and projections of | ||||||
11 | load that exceed forecasts conducted by State | ||||||
12 | agencies; | ||||||
13 | (II) a minimum of 3 time horizons, including | ||||||
14 | short-term (1 to 2 years), medium-term (3 to 5 | ||||||
15 | years), and long-term (6 to 10 years) time | ||||||
16 | horizons; | ||||||
17 | (III) scenarios that are consistent with | ||||||
18 | implementing the laws, standards, plans, and | ||||||
19 | regulations described in subsections (A), (B), and | ||||||
20 | (C) of this Section; | ||||||
21 | (IV) hourly, feeder-level forecasts; and | ||||||
22 | (V) a consideration of the impact of | ||||||
23 | distributed energy resource forecasts and, | ||||||
24 | specifically, local generation; | ||||||
25 | (2) consider, in its site evaluation and design | ||||||
26 | process, all of the following: |
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1 | (A) automated load management, managed charging, | ||||||
2 | and distributed energy resources to defer or mitigate | ||||||
3 | energization-related grid upgrades; and | ||||||
4 | (B) if the above solutions cannot defer or | ||||||
5 | mitigate an upgrade, the electric utility shall | ||||||
6 | evaluate traditional system upgrades; and | ||||||
7 | (3) adopt and implement rules to satisfy the policies | ||||||
8 | set forth in Section 20 and to meet the energization time | ||||||
9 | periods established under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) | ||||||
10 | of Section 20.
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11 | Section 35. Recovery of costs. The Commission shall ensure | ||||||
12 | that electric utilities have sufficient and timely recovery of | ||||||
13 | costs to be consistent with the findings and achieve the | ||||||
14 | policies and requirements of this Act, including for emergent | ||||||
15 | electrification projects.
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16 | Section 36. Safety. To ensure the safety and reliability | ||||||
17 | of electrical infrastructure associated with charging electric | ||||||
18 | vehicles: | ||||||
19 | (1) The Illinois Commerce Commission, Illinois | ||||||
20 | Environmental Protection Agency, and Illinois Department | ||||||
21 | of Transportation shall require that all electric vehicle | ||||||
22 | charging infrastructure and equipment located on the | ||||||
23 | customer side of the electrical meter that is funded or | ||||||
24 | authorized, in whole or in part, by those State entities |
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1 | shall be installed by a licensed, bonded, and insured | ||||||
2 | electrical contractor registered in the municipality where | ||||||
3 | work is to be performed, and who has at least one | ||||||
4 | electrician on each crew, at any given time, who holds an | ||||||
5 | Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program | ||||||
6 | certification. | ||||||
7 | (2) The Illinois Commerce Commission, Illinois | ||||||
8 | Environmental Protection Agency, and Illinois Department | ||||||
9 | of Transportation shall require the projects that are | ||||||
10 | funded or authorized, in whole or in part by those State | ||||||
11 | entities and that install a charging port supplying 25 | ||||||
12 | kilowatts or more to a vehicle to have at least 25% of the | ||||||
13 | total electricians working on the crew for the project, at | ||||||
14 | any given time, who hold Electric Vehicle Infrastructure | ||||||
15 | Training Program certification. | ||||||
16 | (3) One member of each crew may be both the contractor | ||||||
17 | and an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program | ||||||
18 | certified electrician. | ||||||
19 | (4) Subdivision (1) does not apply to: | ||||||
20 | (A) electric vehicle charging infrastructure | ||||||
21 | installed by employees of an electric utility or local | ||||||
22 | publicly owned electric utility; or | ||||||
23 | (B) single-family home residential electric | ||||||
24 | vehicle chargers that can use an existing 208/240-volt | ||||||
25 | outlet. | ||||||
26 | (5) A United States Department of Labor registered |
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1 | electrical apprenticeship program that provides training | ||||||
2 | to apprentices and continuing education to journey-level | ||||||
3 | workers may provide Electric Vehicle Infrastructure | ||||||
4 | Training Program training with their own Electric Vehicle | ||||||
5 | Infrastructure Training Program certified instructors. The | ||||||
6 | Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program | ||||||
7 | certification exam shall be administered by the Electric | ||||||
8 | Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program.
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