Bill Text: IL HB4165 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires all entities that receive renewable energy credits through the Illinois Power Agency for renewable energy credit projects to submit an annual report by April 15 on all procurement goals and actual spending for female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in the previous calendar year. Requires the goals to be expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the entity submitting the report, and the actual spending for all female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises shall also be expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the entity submitting the report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-10-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4165 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4165-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4165 Introduced , by Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
220 ILCS 5/5-117
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires all entities that receive renewable energy credits through the Illinois Power Agency for renewable energy credit projects to submit an annual report by April 15 on all procurement goals and actual spending for female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in the previous calendar year. Requires the goals to be expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the entity submitting the report, and the actual spending for all female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises shall also be expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the entity submitting the report.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning utilities.
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 changing
Section 5-117 as follows:
(220 ILCS 5/5-117)
Sec. 5-117. Supplier diversity goals.
(a) The public policy of this State is to collaboratively
work with companies that serve Illinois residents to improve
their supplier diversity in a non-antagonistic manner.
(b) The Commission shall require all gas, electric, and
water utilities with at least 100,000 customers under its
authority and all entities that receive renewable energy
credits through the Illinois Power Agency for renewable energy
credit projects to submit an annual report by April 15, 2015
and every April 15 thereafter, in a searchable Adobe PDF
format, on all procurement goals and actual spending for
female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small
business enterprises in the previous calendar year. These
goals shall be expressed as a percentage of the total work
performed by the entity submitting the report, and the actual
spending for all female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned,
and small business enterprises shall also be expressed as a

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percentage of the total work performed by the entity
submitting the report.
(c) Each participating company or entity in its annual
report shall include the following information:
(1) an explanation of the plan for the next year to
increase participation;
(2) an explanation of the plan to increase the goals;
(3) the areas of procurement each company or entity
shall be actively seeking more participation in the next
year;
(3.5) a buying plan for the specific goods and
services the company or entity intends to buy in the next 6
to 18 months, that is either (i) organized by and reported
at the level of each applicable North American Industry
Classification System code, (ii) provided using a method,
system, or description similar to the North American
Industry Classification System, or (iii) provided using
the major categories of goods and related services
utilized in the company's or entity's procurement system,
and including any procurement codes used by the company or
entity, to assist entrepreneurs and diverse companies or
entities to understand upcoming opportunities to work with
the company or entity, however, a utility shall not be
required to include commercially-sensitive data, nonpublic
procurement information, or other information that could
compromise a utility's ability to negotiate the most

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advantageous price or terms;
(4) an outline of the plan to alert and encourage
potential vendors in that area to seek business from the
company or entity;
(5) an explanation of the challenges faced in finding
quality vendors and offer any suggestions for what the
Commission could do to be helpful to identify those
vendors;
(6) a list of the certifications the company or entity
recognizes;
(7) the point of contact for any potential vendor who
wishes to do business with the company or entity and
explain the process for a vendor to enroll with the
company or entity as a minority-owned, women-owned, or
veteran-owned company or entity; and
(8) any particular success stories to encourage other
companies or entities to emulate best practices.
(d) Each annual report shall include as much
State-specific data as possible. If the submitting entity does
not submit State-specific data, then the company or entity
shall include any national data it does have and explain why it
could not submit State-specific data and how it intends to do
so in future reports, if possible.
(e) Each annual report shall include the rules,
regulations, and definitions used for the procurement goals in
the company's or entity's annual report.

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