Bill Text: IL HB2926 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to contract with an independent consultant selected through a request for proposal process to produce a report analyzing the potential costs and benefits of energy storage systems. Provides that the independent consultant must analyze: cost savings to ratepayers from the provision of services; direct-cost savings to customers that deploy energy storage systems; an improved ability to integrate renewable resources; improved reliability and power quality; the effect on retail electric rates over the useful life of a given energy storage system compared to the impact on retail electric rates using a nonenergy storage system alternative over the useful life of the nonenergy storage system alternative; reduced greenhouse gas emissions; and any other value reasonably related to the application of energy storage system technology. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to submit the report to the General Assembly and the Governor by December 31, 2019. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2926 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2926-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB2926 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
220 ILCS 5/16-107.7 new
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to contract with an independent consultant selected through a request for proposal process to produce a report analyzing the potential costs and benefits of energy storage systems. Provides that the independent consultant must analyze: cost savings to ratepayers from the provision of services; direct-cost savings to customers that deploy energy storage systems; an improved ability to integrate renewable resources; improved reliability and power quality; the effect on retail electric rates over the useful life of a given energy storage system compared to the impact on retail electric rates using a nonenergy storage system alternative over the useful life of the nonenergy storage system alternative; reduced greenhouse gas emissions; and any other value reasonably related to the application of energy storage system technology. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to submit the report to the General Assembly and the Governor by December 31, 2019. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
Section 16-107.7 as follows:
(220 ILCS 5/16-107.7 new)
Sec. 16-107.7. Cost-benefit analysis of energy storage
systems.
(a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the Illinois
Commerce Commission must contract with an independent
consultant selected through a request for proposal process to
produce a report analyzing the potential costs and benefits of
energy storage systems. When examining the cost-effectiveness
of energy storage systems, the independent consultant must
analyze:
(1) cost savings to ratepayers from the provision of
services, including, but not limited to, energy price
arbitrage, ancillary services, resource adequacy, and
transmission and distribution asset deferral or
substitution;
(2) direct-cost savings to customers that deploy
energy storage systems;

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(3) an improved ability to integrate renewable
resources;
(4) improved reliability and power quality;
(5) the effect on retail electric rates over the useful
life of a given energy storage system compared to the
impact on retail electric rates using a nonenergy storage
system alternative over the useful life of the nonenergy
storage system alternative;
(6) reduced greenhouse gas emissions; and
(7) any other value reasonably related to the
application of energy storage system technology.
(b) The Illinois Commerce Commission must submit the report
to the General Assembly and the Governor by December 31, 2019.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.