Bill Text: IL HB2515 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act and the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that under those Acts energy efficiency measures include a reduction in the amount of heat rate. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2515 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2515-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning energy.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Finance Authority Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 825-65 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 3501/825-65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 825-65. Clean Coal, Coal, Energy Efficiency, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Renewable Energy Project Financing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) Findings and declaration of policy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (i) It is hereby found and declared that
Illinois has | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | abundant coal resources and, in some areas of Illinois, the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | demand
for power exceeds the generating capacity. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Incentives to encourage the
construction of coal-fueled | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | electric generating plants in Illinois to ensure
power | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | generating capacity into the future and to advance clean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | coal technology and the use of Illinois coal are in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | best interests of all of
the citizens of Illinois. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (ii) It is further found and declared that Illinois has | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | abundant potential and resources to develop renewable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | energy resource projects and that there are many | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | opportunities to invest in cost-effective energy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | efficiency projects throughout the State. The development | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | of those projects will create jobs and investment as well |
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1 | as decrease environmental impacts and promote energy | ||||||
2 | independence in Illinois. Accordingly, the development of | ||||||
3 | those projects is in the best interests of all of the | ||||||
4 | citizens of Illinois. | ||||||
5 | (iii) The Authority is authorized to issue bonds to | ||||||
6 | help
finance Clean Coal, Coal, Energy Efficiency, and | ||||||
7 | Renewable Energy projects pursuant to this
Section. | ||||||
8 | (b) Definitions. | ||||||
9 | (i) "Clean Coal Project" means (A) "clean coal | ||||||
10 | facility", as defined in Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power | ||||||
11 | Agency Act; (B) "clean coal SNG facility", as defined in | ||||||
12 | Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act; (C) | ||||||
13 | transmission lines and associated equipment that transfer | ||||||
14 | electricity from points of supply to points of delivery for | ||||||
15 | projects described in this subsection (b); (D) pipelines or | ||||||
16 | other methods to transfer carbon dioxide from the point of | ||||||
17 | production to the point of storage or sequestration for | ||||||
18 | projects described in this subsection (b); or (E) projects | ||||||
19 | to provide carbon abatement technology for existing | ||||||
20 | generating facilities. | ||||||
21 | (ii) "Coal Project" means new electric
generating | ||||||
22 | facilities or new gasification facilities, as defined in
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23 | Section 605-332 of the Department of Commerce and
Economic | ||||||
24 | Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
25 | Illinois, which
may
include mine-mouth power plants, | ||||||
26 | projects that employ the use of clean coal
technology, |
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1 | projects to provide scrubber technology for existing | ||||||
2 | energy
generating plants, or projects to provide electric | ||||||
3 | transmission facilities or new gasification facilities. | ||||||
4 | (iii) "Energy Efficiency Project" means measures that | ||||||
5 | reduce the amount of electricity , or natural gas , or heat | ||||||
6 | rate required to achieve a given end use, consistent with | ||||||
7 | Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act. | ||||||
8 | (iv) "Renewable Energy Project" means (A) a project | ||||||
9 | that uses renewable energy resources, as defined in Section | ||||||
10 | 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act; (B) a project that | ||||||
11 | uses environmentally preferable technologies and practices | ||||||
12 | that result in improvements to the production of renewable | ||||||
13 | fuels, including but not limited to, cellulosic | ||||||
14 | conversion, water and energy conservation, fractionation, | ||||||
15 | alternative feedstocks, or reduced green house gas | ||||||
16 | emissions; (C) transmission lines and associated equipment | ||||||
17 | that transfer electricity from points of supply to points | ||||||
18 | of delivery for projects described in this subsection (b); | ||||||
19 | or (D) projects that use technology for the storage of | ||||||
20 | renewable energy, including, without limitation, the use | ||||||
21 | of battery or electrochemical storage technology for | ||||||
22 | mobile or stationary applications. | ||||||
23 | (c) Creation of reserve funds. The Authority may establish | ||||||
24 | and maintain one
or more reserve funds to enhance bonds issued | ||||||
25 | by the Authority for a Clean Coal Project, a Coal Project, an | ||||||
26 | Energy Efficiency Project, or a Renewable
Energy Project.
There |
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1 | may be one or more accounts in these reserve funds in which | ||||||
2 | there may be
deposited: | ||||||
3 | (1) any proceeds of the bonds issued by the Authority | ||||||
4 | required to
be deposited therein by the terms of any | ||||||
5 | contract between the Authority and its
bondholders or any | ||||||
6 | resolution of the Authority; | ||||||
7 | (2) any other moneys or funds of the Authority that it | ||||||
8 | may
determine to deposit therein from any other source; and | ||||||
9 | (3) any other moneys or funds made available to the | ||||||
10 | Authority.
Subject to the terms of any pledge to the owners | ||||||
11 | of any bonds, moneys in any
reserve fund may be held and | ||||||
12 | applied to the payment of principal, premium, if
any, and | ||||||
13 | interest of such bonds. | ||||||
14 | (d) Powers and duties. The Authority has the power: | ||||||
15 | (1) To issue bonds in one or more series pursuant to | ||||||
16 | one or more
resolutions of the Authority for any Clean Coal | ||||||
17 | Project, Coal Project, Energy Efficiency Project, or | ||||||
18 | Renewable Energy Project authorized
under this Section, | ||||||
19 | within the authorization set forth in subsection (e). | ||||||
20 | (2) To provide for the funding of any reserves or other | ||||||
21 | funds or
accounts deemed necessary by the Authority in | ||||||
22 | connection with any bonds issued
by the Authority. | ||||||
23 | (3) To pledge any funds of the Authority or funds made | ||||||
24 | available to
the Authority that may be applied to such | ||||||
25 | purpose as security for any bonds or
any guarantees, | ||||||
26 | letters of credit, insurance contracts or similar credit
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1 | support
or liquidity instruments securing the bonds. | ||||||
2 | (4) To enter into agreements or contracts with third | ||||||
3 | parties,
whether public or private, including, without | ||||||
4 | limitation, the United States of
America, the State or any | ||||||
5 | department or agency thereof, to obtain any
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6 | appropriations, grants, loans or guarantees that are | ||||||
7 | deemed necessary or
desirable by the Authority. Any such | ||||||
8 | guarantee, agreement or contract may
contain terms and | ||||||
9 | provisions necessary or desirable in connection with the
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10 | program, subject to the requirements established by the | ||||||
11 | Act. | ||||||
12 | (5) To exercise such other powers as are necessary or | ||||||
13 | incidental to
the foregoing. | ||||||
14 | (e) Clean Coal Project, Coal Project, Energy Efficiency | ||||||
15 | Project, and Renewable Energy Project bond authorization and | ||||||
16 | financing limits. In
addition
to any other bonds authorized to | ||||||
17 | be issued under
Sections 801-40(w), 825-60, 830-25
and 845-5, | ||||||
18 | the Authority may have outstanding, at any time, bonds for the
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19 | purpose
enumerated in this
Section 825-65 in an aggregate | ||||||
20 | principal amount that shall not
exceed $3,000,000,000, subject | ||||||
21 | to the following limitations: (i) up to $300,000,000 may be | ||||||
22 | issued to
finance projects, as described in clause (C) of | ||||||
23 | subsection (b)(i) and clause (C) of subsection (b)(iv) of this | ||||||
24 | Section 825-65; (ii) up to $500,000,000 may be issued to
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25 | finance projects, as described in clauses (D) and (E) of | ||||||
26 | subsection (b)(i) of this Section 825-65; (iii) up to |
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1 | $2,000,000,000 may
be issued to finance Clean Coal Projects, as | ||||||
2 | described in clauses (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(i) of this | ||||||
3 | Section 825-65 and Coal Projects, as described in subsection | ||||||
4 | (b)(ii) of this Section 825-65; and (iv) up to $2,000,000,000 | ||||||
5 | may be issued to finance Energy Efficiency Projects, as | ||||||
6 | described in subsection (b)(iii) of this Section 825-65 and | ||||||
7 | Renewable Energy Projects, as described in clauses (A), (B), | ||||||
8 | and (D) of subsection (b)(iii) of this Section 825-65. An | ||||||
9 | application for a loan
financed from bond proceeds from a | ||||||
10 | borrower or its affiliates for a Clean Coal Project, a Coal | ||||||
11 | Project, Energy Efficiency Project, or a Renewable
Energy | ||||||
12 | Project may not be approved by the Authority for an amount in | ||||||
13 | excess
of $450,000,000 for any borrower or its affiliates. | ||||||
14 | These bonds shall not
constitute an indebtedness or obligation | ||||||
15 | of the State of Illinois and it shall
be plainly stated on the | ||||||
16 | face of each bond that it does not constitute an
indebtedness | ||||||
17 | or obligation of the State of Illinois, but is payable solely | ||||||
18 | from
the revenues, income or other assets of the Authority | ||||||
19 | pledged therefor. | ||||||
20 | (f) The bonding authority granted under this Section is in | ||||||
21 | addition to and not limited by the provisions of Section 845-5. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 95-470, eff. 8-27-07; 96-103, eff. 1-1-10; | ||||||
23 | 96-817, eff. 1-1-10.)
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24 | Section 10. The Illinois Power Agency Act is amended by | ||||||
25 | changing Section 1-10 as follows:
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1 | (20 ILCS 3855/1-10)
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2 | Sec. 1-10. Definitions. | ||||||
3 | "Agency" means the Illinois Power Agency. | ||||||
4 | "Agency loan agreement" means any agreement pursuant to | ||||||
5 | which the Illinois Finance Authority agrees to loan the | ||||||
6 | proceeds of revenue bonds issued with respect to a project to | ||||||
7 | the Agency upon terms providing for loan repayment installments | ||||||
8 | at least sufficient to pay when due all principal of, interest | ||||||
9 | and premium, if any, on those revenue bonds, and providing for | ||||||
10 | maintenance, insurance, and other matters in respect of the | ||||||
11 | project. | ||||||
12 | "Authority" means the Illinois Finance Authority. | ||||||
13 | "Clean coal facility" means an electric generating | ||||||
14 | facility that uses primarily coal as a feedstock and that | ||||||
15 | captures and sequesters carbon dioxide emissions at the | ||||||
16 | following levels: at least 50% of the total carbon dioxide | ||||||
17 | emissions that the facility would otherwise emit if, at the | ||||||
18 | time construction commences, the facility is scheduled to | ||||||
19 | commence operation before 2016, at least 70% of the total | ||||||
20 | carbon dioxide emissions that the facility would otherwise emit | ||||||
21 | if, at the time construction commences, the facility is | ||||||
22 | scheduled to commence operation during 2016 or 2017, and at | ||||||
23 | least 90% of the total carbon dioxide emissions that the | ||||||
24 | facility would otherwise emit if, at the time construction | ||||||
25 | commences, the facility is scheduled to commence operation |
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1 | after 2017. The power block of the clean coal facility shall | ||||||
2 | not exceed allowable emission rates for sulfur dioxide, | ||||||
3 | nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulates and mercury for | ||||||
4 | a natural gas-fired combined-cycle facility the same size as | ||||||
5 | and in the same location as the clean coal facility at the time | ||||||
6 | the clean coal facility obtains an approved air permit. All | ||||||
7 | coal used by a clean coal facility shall have high volatile | ||||||
8 | bituminous rank and greater than 1.7 pounds of sulfur per | ||||||
9 | million btu content, unless the clean coal facility does not | ||||||
10 | use gasification technology and was operating as a conventional | ||||||
11 | coal-fired electric generating facility on June 1, 2009 (the | ||||||
12 | effective date of Public Act 95-1027). | ||||||
13 | "Clean coal SNG brownfield facility" means a facility that | ||||||
14 | (1) has commenced construction by July 1, 2015 on an urban | ||||||
15 | brownfield site in a municipality with at least 1,000,000 | ||||||
16 | residents; (2) uses a gasification process to produce | ||||||
17 | substitute natural gas; (3) uses coal as at least 50% of the | ||||||
18 | total feedstock over the term of any sourcing agreement with a | ||||||
19 | utility and the remainder of the feedstock may be either | ||||||
20 | petroleum coke or coal, with all such coal having a high | ||||||
21 | bituminous rank and greater than 1.7 pounds of sulfur per | ||||||
22 | million Btu content unless the facility reasonably determines
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23 | that it is necessary to use additional petroleum coke to
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24 | deliver additional consumer savings, in which case the
facility | ||||||
25 | shall use coal for at least 35% of the total
feedstock over the | ||||||
26 | term of any sourcing agreement; and (4) captures and sequesters |
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1 | at least 85% of the total carbon dioxide emissions that the | ||||||
2 | facility would otherwise emit. | ||||||
3 | "Clean coal SNG facility" means a facility that uses a | ||||||
4 | gasification process to produce substitute natural gas, that | ||||||
5 | sequesters at least 90% of the total carbon dioxide emissions | ||||||
6 | that the facility would otherwise emit, that uses at least 90% | ||||||
7 | coal as a feedstock, with all such coal having a high | ||||||
8 | bituminous rank and greater than 1.7 pounds of sulfur per | ||||||
9 | million btu content, and that has a valid and effective permit | ||||||
10 | to construct emission sources and air pollution control | ||||||
11 | equipment and approval with respect to the federal regulations | ||||||
12 | for Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality | ||||||
13 | (PSD) for the plant pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act; | ||||||
14 | provided, however, a clean coal SNG brownfield facility shall | ||||||
15 | not be a clean coal SNG facility. | ||||||
16 | "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission. | ||||||
17 | "Costs incurred in connection with the development and | ||||||
18 | construction of a facility" means: | ||||||
19 | (1) the cost of acquisition of all real property, | ||||||
20 | fixtures, and improvements in connection therewith and | ||||||
21 | equipment, personal property, and other property, rights, | ||||||
22 | and easements acquired that are deemed necessary for the | ||||||
23 | operation and maintenance of the facility; | ||||||
24 | (2) financing costs with respect to bonds, notes, and | ||||||
25 | other evidences of indebtedness of the Agency; | ||||||
26 | (3) all origination, commitment, utilization, |
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1 | facility, placement, underwriting, syndication, credit | ||||||
2 | enhancement, and rating agency fees; | ||||||
3 | (4) engineering, design, procurement, consulting, | ||||||
4 | legal, accounting, title insurance, survey, appraisal, | ||||||
5 | escrow, trustee, collateral agency, interest rate hedging, | ||||||
6 | interest rate swap, capitalized interest, contingency, as | ||||||
7 | required by lenders, and other financing costs, and other | ||||||
8 | expenses for professional services; and | ||||||
9 | (5) the costs of plans, specifications, site study and | ||||||
10 | investigation, installation, surveys, other Agency costs | ||||||
11 | and estimates of costs, and other expenses necessary or | ||||||
12 | incidental to determining the feasibility of any project, | ||||||
13 | together with such other expenses as may be necessary or | ||||||
14 | incidental to the financing, insuring, acquisition, and | ||||||
15 | construction of a specific project and starting up, | ||||||
16 | commissioning, and placing that project in operation. | ||||||
17 | "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
18 | Opportunity. | ||||||
19 | "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Power Agency. | ||||||
20 | "Demand-response" means measures that decrease peak | ||||||
21 | electricity demand or shift demand from peak to off-peak | ||||||
22 | periods. | ||||||
23 | "Distributed renewable energy generation device" means a | ||||||
24 | device that is: | ||||||
25 | (1) powered by wind, solar thermal energy, | ||||||
26 | photovoltaic cells and panels, biodiesel, crops and |
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1 | untreated and unadulterated organic waste biomass, tree | ||||||
2 | waste, and hydropower that does not involve new | ||||||
3 | construction or significant expansion of hydropower dams; | ||||||
4 | (2) interconnected at the distribution system level of | ||||||
5 | either an electric utility as defined in this Section, an | ||||||
6 | alternative retail electric supplier as defined in Section | ||||||
7 | 16-102 of the Public Utilities Act, a municipal utility as | ||||||
8 | defined in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act, or a | ||||||
9 | rural electric cooperative as defined in Section 3-119 of | ||||||
10 | the Public Utilities Act; | ||||||
11 | (3) located on the customer side of the customer's | ||||||
12 | electric meter and is primarily used to offset that | ||||||
13 | customer's electricity load; and | ||||||
14 | (4) limited in nameplate capacity to no more than 2,000 | ||||||
15 | kilowatts. | ||||||
16 | "Energy efficiency" means measures that reduce the amount | ||||||
17 | of electricity , or natural gas , or heat rate required to | ||||||
18 | achieve a given end use. | ||||||
19 | "Electric utility" has the same definition as found in | ||||||
20 | Section 16-102 of the Public Utilities Act. | ||||||
21 | "Facility" means an electric generating unit or a | ||||||
22 | co-generating unit that produces electricity along with | ||||||
23 | related equipment necessary to connect the facility to an | ||||||
24 | electric transmission or distribution system. | ||||||
25 | "Governmental aggregator" means one or more units of local | ||||||
26 | government that individually or collectively procure |
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1 | electricity to serve residential retail electrical loads | ||||||
2 | located within its or their jurisdiction. | ||||||
3 | "Local government" means a unit of local government as | ||||||
4 | defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois | ||||||
5 | Constitution. | ||||||
6 | "Municipality" means a city, village, or incorporated | ||||||
7 | town. | ||||||
8 | "Person" means any natural person, firm, partnership, | ||||||
9 | corporation, either domestic or foreign, company, association, | ||||||
10 | limited liability company, joint stock company, or association | ||||||
11 | and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal | ||||||
12 | representative thereof. | ||||||
13 | "Project" means the planning, bidding, and construction of | ||||||
14 | a facility. | ||||||
15 | "Public utility" has the same definition as found in | ||||||
16 | Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act. | ||||||
17 | "Real property" means any interest in land together with | ||||||
18 | all structures, fixtures, and improvements thereon, including | ||||||
19 | lands under water and riparian rights, any easements, | ||||||
20 | covenants, licenses, leases, rights-of-way, uses, and other | ||||||
21 | interests, together with any liens, judgments, mortgages, or | ||||||
22 | other claims or security interests related to real property. | ||||||
23 | "Renewable energy credit" means a tradable credit that | ||||||
24 | represents the environmental attributes of a certain amount of | ||||||
25 | energy produced from a renewable energy resource. | ||||||
26 | "Renewable energy resources" includes energy and its |
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1 | associated renewable energy credit or renewable energy credits | ||||||
2 | from wind, solar thermal energy, photovoltaic cells and panels, | ||||||
3 | biodiesel, anaerobic digestion, crops and untreated and | ||||||
4 | unadulterated organic waste biomass, tree waste, hydropower | ||||||
5 | that does not involve new construction or significant expansion | ||||||
6 | of hydropower dams, and other alternative sources of | ||||||
7 | environmentally preferable energy. For purposes of this Act, | ||||||
8 | landfill gas produced in the State is considered a renewable | ||||||
9 | energy resource. "Renewable energy resources" does not include | ||||||
10 | the incineration or burning of tires, garbage, general | ||||||
11 | household, institutional, and commercial waste, industrial | ||||||
12 | lunchroom or office waste, landscape waste other than tree | ||||||
13 | waste, railroad crossties, utility poles, or construction or | ||||||
14 | demolition debris, other than untreated and unadulterated | ||||||
15 | waste wood. | ||||||
16 | "Revenue bond" means any bond, note, or other evidence of | ||||||
17 | indebtedness issued by the Authority, the principal and | ||||||
18 | interest of which is payable solely from revenues or income | ||||||
19 | derived from any project or activity of the Agency. | ||||||
20 | "Sequester" means permanent storage of carbon dioxide by | ||||||
21 | injecting it into a saline aquifer, a depleted gas reservoir, | ||||||
22 | or an oil reservoir, directly or through an enhanced oil | ||||||
23 | recovery process that may involve intermediate storage, | ||||||
24 | regardless of whether these activities are conducted by a clean | ||||||
25 | coal facility, a clean coal SNG facility, a clean coal SNG | ||||||
26 | brownfield facility, or a party with which a clean coal |
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1 | facility, clean coal SNG facility, or clean coal SNG brownfield | ||||||
2 | facility has contracted for such purposes. | ||||||
3 | "Sourcing agreement" means (i) in the case of an electric | ||||||
4 | utility, an agreement between the owner of a clean coal | ||||||
5 | facility and such electric utility, which agreement shall have | ||||||
6 | terms and conditions meeting the requirements of paragraph (3) | ||||||
7 | of subsection (d) of Section 1-75, (ii) in the case of an | ||||||
8 | alternative retail electric supplier, an agreement between the | ||||||
9 | owner of a clean coal facility and such alternative retail | ||||||
10 | electric supplier, which agreement shall have terms and | ||||||
11 | conditions meeting the requirements of Section 16-115(d)(5) of | ||||||
12 | the Public Utilities Act, and (iii) in case of a gas utility, | ||||||
13 | an agreement between the owner of a clean coal SNG brownfield | ||||||
14 | facility and the gas utility, which agreement shall have the | ||||||
15 | terms and conditions meeting the requirements of subsection | ||||||
16 | (h-1) of Section 9-220 of the Public Utilities Act. | ||||||
17 | "Substitute natural gas" or "SNG" means a gas manufactured | ||||||
18 | by gasification of hydrocarbon feedstock, which is | ||||||
19 | substantially interchangeable in use and distribution with | ||||||
20 | conventional natural gas. | ||||||
21 | "Total resource cost test" or "TRC test" means a standard | ||||||
22 | that is met if, for an investment in energy efficiency or | ||||||
23 | demand-response measures, the benefit-cost ratio is greater | ||||||
24 | than one. The benefit-cost ratio is the ratio of the net | ||||||
25 | present value of the total benefits of the program to the net | ||||||
26 | present value of the total costs as calculated over the |
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1 | lifetime of the measures. A total resource cost test compares | ||||||
2 | the sum of avoided electric utility costs, representing the | ||||||
3 | benefits that accrue to the system and the participant in the | ||||||
4 | delivery of those efficiency measures, as well as other | ||||||
5 | quantifiable societal benefits, including avoided natural gas | ||||||
6 | utility costs, to the sum of all incremental costs of end-use | ||||||
7 | measures that are implemented due to the program (including | ||||||
8 | both utility and participant contributions), plus costs to | ||||||
9 | administer, deliver, and evaluate each demand-side program, to | ||||||
10 | quantify the net savings obtained by substituting the | ||||||
11 | demand-side program for supply resources. In calculating | ||||||
12 | avoided costs of power and energy that an electric utility | ||||||
13 | would otherwise have had to acquire, reasonable estimates shall | ||||||
14 | be included of financial costs likely to be imposed by future | ||||||
15 | regulations and legislation on emissions of greenhouse gases.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 96-33, eff. 7-10-09; 96-159, eff. 8-10-09; | ||||||
17 | 96-784, eff. 8-28-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-96, eff. | ||||||
18 | 7-13-11; 97-239, eff. 8-2-11; 97-491, eff. 8-22-11; 97-616, | ||||||
19 | eff. 10-26-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
21 | becoming law.
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