Bill Amendment: IL SB1485 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly

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Bill Title: RENEWABLE RESOURCE PROCUREMENT

Status: 2016-10-20 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino [SB1485 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB1485-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. David Koehler

Filed: 3/20/2015

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1485
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1485 as follows:
on page 90, immediately below line 13 by inserting the
following:
"Section 8. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.866 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.866 new)
Sec. 5.866. Fossil Emission Reduction Program Fund."; and
by replacing line 24 on page 261 through line 6 on page 267
with the following:
"(b-7) The Fossil Emission Reduction Program.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-111
of the Public Utilities Act, each public utility, electric

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cooperative, as defined in Section 3.4 of the Electric
Supplier Act, and municipal utility, as referenced in
Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act, that is engaged
in the delivery of electricity or the distribution of
natural gas within the State of Illinois shall, upon the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General
Assembly through December 31, 2021, assess each of its
customer accounts a monthly Fossil Emission Reduction
Program Charge, calculated to limit the total amount raised
from all customers to $75 million per year. The delivering
public utility, municipal electric or gas utility, or
electric or gas cooperative for a self-assessing purchaser
remains subject to the collection of the fee imposed by
this Section.
(2) The Fossil Emission Reduction Program Charge
assessed by electric and gas public utilities shall be
considered a charge for public utility service.
(3) Moneys collected under this Section shall be
deposited in the Fossil Emission Reduction Program by the
Department of Revenue for the exclusive purposes of the
awarding of competitively bid grants to operators of
coal-fueled electric generating plants in Illinois to
fund, in part, projects at their plants. Eligible projects
include: coal-to-natural gas conversions of Illinois coal
plants; heat rate or other efficiency improvements at
Illinois coal plants; projects that reduce emissions from

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criteria pollutants and carbon dioxide at Illinois coal
plants; use of biomass at Illinois coal plants; a program
to recycle or properly dispose of coal ash; or purchase
CO2-offsets owned by operators of coal-fueled generating
plants in Illinois.
(4) The Agency shall write rules to administer a
competitive grant program for up to 75% of the project
costs for eligible projects as defined in paragraph (3).
(5) No individual project may receive more than one
grant from the Fossil Emission Reduction Program. Grant
duration may be 1 to 5 years, based on estimated time to
complete a project, however, grant amounts, once awarded,
may not be increased in amount or duration.
(6) If applications for more funds than are available
are made to the Fossil Emission Reduction Program in a
calendar year, the Agency shall award grants to projects
based on the maximum amount of carbon dioxide emission
reduction on a per dollar awarded basis.
(7) If a successful bidder fails to complete the
project by the specified date or the completed project
fails to meet performance metrics specified in the grant
contract, the grantee must refund all or part of the grant
money based on criteria stated in the contract.
(8) Upon completion of a coal to gas conversion using
funds from the Fossil Emission Reduction Fund, the Agency
will modify the air permit to prohibit the use of coal at

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that facility in the future.
(9) By the 20th day of the month following the month in
which the charges imposed by this Section were collected,
each utility and alternative retail electric supplier
collecting charges under this Section shall remit to the
Department of Revenue for deposit in the Fossil Emission
Reduction Fund moneys received as payment of the charge
provided for in this Section on a return prescribed and
furnished by the Department of Revenue showing such
information as the Department of Revenue may reasonably
require.
(10) The charges imposed by this Section shall only
apply to customers of municipal electric or gas utilities
and electric or gas cooperatives if the municipal electric
or gas utility or electric or gas cooperative makes an
affirmative decision to impose the charge. If a municipal
electric or gas utility or an electric or gas cooperative
makes an affirmative decision to impose the charge provided
by this Section, the municipal electric or gas utility or
electric or gas cooperative shall inform the Department of
Revenue in writing of that decision when it begins to
impose the charge.
(11) The Department of Revenue may establish such rules
as it deems necessary to implement this Section.".