Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. In provisions concerning High Impact Businesses, provides that projects involving wind power facilities, solar facilities, or battery energy storage solution facilities must be constructed under a project labor agreement. Provides that the project labor agreements must include specified terms. Amends the Energy Transition Act. In provisions concerning the Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program, requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Department of Corrections to jointly conduct activities to support recruitment of eligible candidates to the Program. Provides that the activities shall include providing information on the community-based program provider serving the area in which the individual preparing for release is expected to reside and making available a process through which an individual may choose to consent to be contacted by that provider. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning the Illinois Solar for All Program and the Planning and Procurement Bureau. Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning energy efficiency and demand-response measures, changes certain references from "annual savings" to "annual energy savings" or "annual energy or coincident peak demand savings". In provisions concerning distributed generation rebates, provides that "distributed storage" does not include vehicle storage systems. Defines "stand-alone energy storage system". Changes certain references from "distributed generation" to "distributed generation and distributed storage". Provides that the tariff filed by an electric utility that serves more than 200,000 customers in the State to provide a rebate to the owner or operator of distributed generation or distributed storage shall meet, among other requirements, a nameplate generating capacity or nameplate power capacity no greater than 5,000 kilowatts alternating current and be primarily used to offset a customer's electricity load. Provides that, except for distributed storage projects that have obtained a signed interconnection agreement on or before June 1, 2026, the compensation for distributed storage under the provisions shall be limited to payment for no more than 30,000 kilowatt-hours and no more than 6 kilowatt-hours of nameplate energy capacity for every one kilowatt of participating power capacity, or an alternative nameplate energy capacity to participating power capacity ratio determined by the Commission to enable participation in an approved scheduled dispatch program or any additive services or other programs as determined by the Commission. Provides that, for stand-alone storage that is not paired with distributed generation or any electric load beyond the electric load that is used by the energy storage system itself (rather than for stand-alone storage), commitments to dispatch by a participating system under the scheduled dispatch virtual power plant program shall be voluntary. In provisions concerning the virtual power plant program, provides that, to facilitate the adoption of and participation in the virtual power plant program, a utility shall allow and enable participating customers to expeditiously share their customer information with aggregators in order to serve any contracted customers and comply with any reporting requirements. In provisions concerning the resolution of disputes between facility owners and units of local government related to the siting of qualified energy facilities, provides that, in resolving disputes, the Commission shall have authority to issue a siting certificate for a qualified energy facility if the Commission determines that the qualified energy facility is in compliance with the applicable State siting law for a qualified energy facility and that the respondent (i) has denied the qualified energy facility a siting certificate, or (ii) has failed or declined to issue the qualified energy facility a siting certificate in accordance with the specified timeline (rather than the Commission determines that the qualified energy facility is in compliance with the applicable State siting laws for a qualified energy facility). Amends the Utility Data Access Act. Provides that anonymized, aggregated usage data from multiple customer accounts shall not be deemed customer utility usage information, personally identifiable information, or confidential information. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning the plan to reduce or delay carbon dioxide equivalent emissions developed jointly with the Illinois Power Agency and the Illinois Commerce Commission. Makes other changes. Effective June 1, 2026.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15)

Status: (Passed) 2026-06-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0477 [HB1700 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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