Bill Text: IL HB4383 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, or transfer an unserialized unfinished frame or receiver or unserialized firearm, including those produced using a three-dimensional printer, unless the party purchasing or receiving the unfinished frame or receiver or unserialized firearm is a federal firearms importer, federal firearms manufacturer, or federal firearms dealer. Provides that 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly possess, transport, or receive an unfinished frame or receiver, unless: (A) the party possessing or receiving the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer; (B) the unfinished frame or receiver is possessed or transported by a person for transfer to a federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer; or (C) the unfinished frame or receiver has been imprinted with a serial number issued by a federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer as specified. Provides that 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, unless the party receiving the firearm is a federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer, it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly possess, purchase, transport, or receive a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number by (1) a federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer in compliance with all federal laws and regulations regulating the manufacture and import of firearms or (2) a federal firearms manufacturer, federal firearms dealer, or other federal licensee authorized to provide marking services in compliance with the unserialized firearm serialization process. Specifies requirements for the firearm serialization process. Requires the Director of the Illinois State Police to issue a public notice regarding the provisions concerning serialization of unfinished frames or receivers, prohibition on unserialized firearms, exceptions, and penalties within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides exemptions and establishes penalties for violations. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0889 [HB4383 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4383-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, or transfer an unserialized unfinished frame or receiver or unserialized firearm, including those produced using a three-dimensional printer, unless the party purchasing or receiving the unfinished frame or receiver or unserialized firearm is a federal firearms importer, federal firearms manufacturer, or federal firearms dealer. Provides that 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly possess, transport, or receive an unfinished frame or receiver, unless: (A) the party possessing or receiving the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer; (B) the unfinished frame or receiver is possessed or transported by a person for transfer to a federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer; or (C) the unfinished frame or receiver has been imprinted with a serial number issued by a federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer as specified. Provides that 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, unless the party receiving the firearm is a federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer, it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly possess, purchase, transport, or receive a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number by (1) a federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer in compliance with all federal laws and regulations regulating the manufacture and import of firearms or (2) a federal firearms manufacturer, federal firearms dealer, or other federal licensee authorized to provide marking services in compliance with the unserialized firearm serialization process. Specifies requirements for the firearm serialization process. Requires the Director of the Illinois State Police to issue a public notice regarding the provisions concerning serialization of unfinished frames or receivers, prohibition on unserialized firearms, exceptions, and penalties within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides exemptions and establishes penalties for violations. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0889 [HB4383 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4383-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 8-406 and 8-406.1 as follows:
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6 | (220 ILCS 5/8-406) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-406) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 8-406. Certificate of public convenience and | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | necessity. | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) No public utility not owning any city or village
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10 | franchise nor engaged in performing any public service or in | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | furnishing any
product or commodity within this State as of | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | July 1, 1921 and not
possessing a certificate of
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13 | convenience and necessity from the Illinois Commerce | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Commission,
the State Public Utilities Commission , or
the | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Public Utilities Commission, at the time Public Act 84-617 | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | this amendatory Act of 1985 goes
into effect (January 1, | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 1986) , shall transact any business in this State until it | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | shall have
obtained a certificate from the Commission that | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | public convenience and
necessity require the transaction of | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | such business. A certificate of public convenience and | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | necessity requiring the transaction of public utility business | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | in any area of this State shall include authorization to the | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | public utility receiving the certificate of public convenience |
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1 | and necessity to construct such plant, equipment, property, or | ||||||
2 | facility as is provided for under the terms and conditions of | ||||||
3 | its tariff and as is necessary to provide utility service and | ||||||
4 | carry out the transaction of public utility business by the | ||||||
5 | public utility in the designated area. | ||||||
6 | (b) No public utility shall begin the construction of any | ||||||
7 | new plant,
equipment, property , or facility which is not in | ||||||
8 | substitution of any
existing plant, equipment, property , or | ||||||
9 | facility , or any extension or
alteration thereof or in | ||||||
10 | addition thereto,
unless and until it shall have obtained from | ||||||
11 | the
Commission a certificate that public convenience and | ||||||
12 | necessity require such
construction. Whenever after a hearing | ||||||
13 | the Commission determines that any
new construction or the | ||||||
14 | transaction of any business by a public utility will
promote | ||||||
15 | the public convenience and is necessary thereto, it shall have | ||||||
16 | the
power to issue certificates of public convenience and | ||||||
17 | necessity. The
Commission shall determine that proposed | ||||||
18 | construction will promote the
public convenience and necessity | ||||||
19 | only if the utility demonstrates: (1) that the
proposed | ||||||
20 | construction is necessary to provide adequate, reliable, and
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21 | efficient service to its customers and is the
least-cost means | ||||||
22 | of
satisfying the service needs of its customers or that the | ||||||
23 | proposed construction will promote the development of an | ||||||
24 | effectively competitive electricity market that operates | ||||||
25 | efficiently, is equitable to all customers, and is the least | ||||||
26 | cost means of satisfying those objectives;
(2) that the |
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1 | utility is capable of efficiently managing and
supervising the | ||||||
2 | construction process and has taken sufficient action to
ensure | ||||||
3 | adequate and efficient construction and supervision thereof; | ||||||
4 | and (3)
that the utility is capable of financing the proposed | ||||||
5 | construction without
significant adverse financial | ||||||
6 | consequences for the utility or its
customers. | ||||||
7 | (b-5) As used in this subsection (b-5): | ||||||
8 | "Qualifying direct current applicant" means an entity that | ||||||
9 | seeks to provide direct current bulk transmission service for | ||||||
10 | the purpose of transporting electric energy in interstate | ||||||
11 | commerce. | ||||||
12 | "Qualifying direct current project" means a high voltage | ||||||
13 | direct current electric service line that crosses at least one | ||||||
14 | Illinois border, the Illinois portion of which is physically | ||||||
15 | located within the region of the Midcontinent Independent | ||||||
16 | System Operator, Inc., or its successor organization, and runs | ||||||
17 | through the counties of Pike, Scott, Greene, Macoupin, | ||||||
18 | Montgomery, Christian, Shelby, Cumberland, and Clark, is | ||||||
19 | capable of transmitting electricity at voltages of 345 | ||||||
20 | kilovolts 345kv or above, and may also include associated | ||||||
21 | interconnected alternating current interconnection facilities | ||||||
22 | in this State that are part of the proposed project and | ||||||
23 | reasonably necessary to connect the project with other | ||||||
24 | portions of the grid. | ||||||
25 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a | ||||||
26 | qualifying direct current applicant that does not own, |
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1 | control, operate, or manage, within this State, any plant, | ||||||
2 | equipment, or property used or to be used for the transmission | ||||||
3 | of electricity at the time of its application or of the | ||||||
4 | Commission's order may file an application on or before | ||||||
5 | December 31, 2023 with the Commission pursuant to this Section | ||||||
6 | or Section 8-406.1 for, and the Commission may grant, a | ||||||
7 | certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct, | ||||||
8 | operate, and maintain a qualifying direct current project. The | ||||||
9 | qualifying direct current applicant may also include in the | ||||||
10 | application requests for authority under Section 8-503. The | ||||||
11 | Commission shall grant the application for a certificate of | ||||||
12 | public convenience and necessity and requests for authority | ||||||
13 | under Section 8-503 if it finds that the qualifying direct | ||||||
14 | current applicant and the proposed qualifying direct current | ||||||
15 | project satisfy the requirements of this subsection and | ||||||
16 | otherwise satisfy the criteria of this Section or Section | ||||||
17 | 8-406.1 and the criteria of Section 8-503, as applicable to | ||||||
18 | the application and to the extent such criteria are not | ||||||
19 | superseded by the provisions of this subsection. The | ||||||
20 | Commission's order on the application for the certificate of | ||||||
21 | public convenience and necessity shall also include the | ||||||
22 | Commission's findings and determinations on the request or | ||||||
23 | requests for authority pursuant to Section 8-503. Prior to | ||||||
24 | filing its application under either this Section or Section | ||||||
25 | 8-406.1, the qualifying direct current applicant shall conduct | ||||||
26 | 3 public meetings in accordance with subsection (h) of this |
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1 | Section. If the qualifying direct current applicant | ||||||
2 | demonstrates in its application that the proposed qualifying | ||||||
3 | direct current project is designed to deliver electricity to a | ||||||
4 | point or points on the electric transmission grid in either or | ||||||
5 | both the PJM Interconnection, LLC or the Midcontinent | ||||||
6 | Independent System Operator, Inc., or their respective | ||||||
7 | successor organizations, the proposed qualifying direct | ||||||
8 | current project shall be deemed to be, and the Commission | ||||||
9 | shall find it to be, for public use. If the qualifying direct | ||||||
10 | current applicant further demonstrates in its application that | ||||||
11 | the proposed transmission project has a capacity of 1,000 | ||||||
12 | megawatts or larger and a voltage level of 345 kilovolts or | ||||||
13 | greater, the proposed transmission project shall be deemed to | ||||||
14 | satisfy, and the Commission shall find that it satisfies, the | ||||||
15 | criteria stated in item (1) of subsection (b) of this Section | ||||||
16 | or in paragraph (1) of subsection (f) of Section 8-406.1, as | ||||||
17 | applicable to the application, without the taking of | ||||||
18 | additional evidence on these criteria. Prior to the transfer | ||||||
19 | of functional control of any transmission assets to a regional | ||||||
20 | transmission organization, a qualifying direct current | ||||||
21 | applicant shall request Commission approval to join a regional | ||||||
22 | transmission organization in an application filed pursuant to | ||||||
23 | this subsection (b-5) or separately pursuant to Section 7-102 | ||||||
24 | of this Act. The Commission may grant permission to a | ||||||
25 | qualifying direct current applicant to join a regional | ||||||
26 | transmission organization if it finds that the membership, and |
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1 | associated transfer of functional control of transmission | ||||||
2 | assets, benefits Illinois customers in light of the attendant | ||||||
3 | costs and is otherwise in the public interest. Nothing in this | ||||||
4 | subsection (b-5) requires a qualifying direct current | ||||||
5 | applicant to join a regional transmission organization. | ||||||
6 | Nothing in this subsection (b-5) requires the owner or | ||||||
7 | operator of a high voltage direct current transmission line | ||||||
8 | that is not a qualifying direct current project to obtain a | ||||||
9 | certificate of public convenience and necessity to the extent | ||||||
10 | it is not otherwise required by this Section 8-406 or any other | ||||||
11 | provision of this Act. | ||||||
12 | (c) After September 11, 1987 ( the effective date of Public | ||||||
13 | Act 85-377) this amendatory Act of 1987 , no
construction shall | ||||||
14 | commence on any new nuclear
power plant to be located within | ||||||
15 | this State, and no certificate of public
convenience and | ||||||
16 | necessity or other authorization shall be issued therefor
by | ||||||
17 | the Commission, until the Director of the Illinois | ||||||
18 | Environmental
Protection Agency finds that the United States | ||||||
19 | Government, through its
authorized agency, has identified and | ||||||
20 | approved a demonstrable technology or
means for the disposal | ||||||
21 | of high level nuclear waste, or until such
construction has | ||||||
22 | been specifically approved by a statute enacted by the General
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23 | Assembly. | ||||||
24 | As used in this Section, "high level nuclear waste" means | ||||||
25 | those aqueous
wastes resulting from the operation of the first | ||||||
26 | cycle of the solvent
extraction system or equivalent and the |
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1 | concentrated wastes of the
subsequent extraction cycles or | ||||||
2 | equivalent in a facility for reprocessing
irradiated reactor | ||||||
3 | fuel and shall include spent fuel assemblies prior to
fuel | ||||||
4 | reprocessing. | ||||||
5 | (d) In making its determination under subsection (b) of | ||||||
6 | this Section, the Commission shall attach primary
weight to | ||||||
7 | the cost or cost savings to the customers of the utility. The
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8 | Commission may consider any or all factors which will or may | ||||||
9 | affect such
cost or cost savings, including the public | ||||||
10 | utility's engineering judgment regarding the materials used | ||||||
11 | for construction. | ||||||
12 | (e) The Commission may issue a temporary certificate which | ||||||
13 | shall remain
in force not to exceed one year in cases of | ||||||
14 | emergency, to assure maintenance
of adequate service or to | ||||||
15 | serve particular customers, without notice or
hearing, pending | ||||||
16 | the determination of an application for a certificate, and
may | ||||||
17 | by regulation exempt from the requirements of this Section | ||||||
18 | temporary
acts or operations for which the issuance of a | ||||||
19 | certificate will not be
required in the public interest. | ||||||
20 | A public utility shall not be required to obtain but may | ||||||
21 | apply for and
obtain a certificate of public convenience and | ||||||
22 | necessity pursuant to this
Section with respect to any matter | ||||||
23 | as to which it has received the
authorization or order of the | ||||||
24 | Commission under the Electric Supplier Act,
and any such | ||||||
25 | authorization or order granted a public utility by the
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26 | Commission under that Act shall as between public utilities be |
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1 | deemed to
be, and shall have except as provided in that Act the | ||||||
2 | same force and effect
as, a certificate of public convenience | ||||||
3 | and necessity issued pursuant to this
Section. | ||||||
4 | No electric cooperative shall be made or shall become a | ||||||
5 | party to or shall
be entitled to be heard or to otherwise | ||||||
6 | appear or participate in any
proceeding initiated under this | ||||||
7 | Section for authorization of power plant
construction and as | ||||||
8 | to matters as to which a remedy is available under the
Electric | ||||||
9 | Supplier Act. | ||||||
10 | (f) Such certificates may be altered or modified by the | ||||||
11 | Commission, upon
its own motion or upon application by the | ||||||
12 | person or corporation affected.
Unless exercised within a | ||||||
13 | period of 2 years from the grant thereof ,
authority conferred | ||||||
14 | by a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by
the | ||||||
15 | Commission shall be null and void. | ||||||
16 | No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall | ||||||
17 | be construed as
granting a monopoly or an exclusive privilege, | ||||||
18 | immunity or franchise. | ||||||
19 | (g) A public utility that undertakes any of the actions | ||||||
20 | described in items (1) through (3) of this subsection (g) or | ||||||
21 | that has obtained approval pursuant to Section 8-406.1 of this | ||||||
22 | Act shall not be required to comply with the requirements of | ||||||
23 | this Section to the extent such requirements otherwise would | ||||||
24 | apply. For purposes of this Section and Section 8-406.1 of | ||||||
25 | this Act, "high voltage electric service line" means an | ||||||
26 | electric line having a design voltage of 100,000 or more. For |
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1 | purposes of this subsection (g), a public utility may do any of | ||||||
2 | the following: | ||||||
3 | (1) replace or upgrade any existing high voltage | ||||||
4 | electric service line and related facilities, | ||||||
5 | notwithstanding its length; | ||||||
6 | (2) relocate any existing high voltage electric | ||||||
7 | service line and related facilities, notwithstanding its | ||||||
8 | length, to accommodate construction or expansion of a | ||||||
9 | roadway or other transportation infrastructure; or | ||||||
10 | (3) construct a high voltage electric service line and | ||||||
11 | related facilities that is constructed solely to serve a | ||||||
12 | single customer's premises or to provide a generator | ||||||
13 | interconnection to the public utility's transmission | ||||||
14 | system and that will pass under or over the premises owned | ||||||
15 | by the customer or generator to be served or under or over | ||||||
16 | premises for which the customer or generator has secured | ||||||
17 | the necessary right of way. | ||||||
18 | (h) A public utility seeking to construct a high-voltage | ||||||
19 | electric service line and related facilities (Project) must | ||||||
20 | show that the utility has held a minimum of 2 pre-filing public | ||||||
21 | meetings to receive public comment concerning the Project in | ||||||
22 | each county where the Project is to be located, no earlier than | ||||||
23 | 6 months prior to filing an application for a certificate of | ||||||
24 | public convenience and necessity from the Commission. Notice | ||||||
25 | of the public meeting shall be published in a newspaper of | ||||||
26 | general circulation within the affected county once a week for |
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1 | 3 consecutive weeks, beginning no earlier than one month prior | ||||||
2 | to the first public meeting. If the Project traverses 2 | ||||||
3 | contiguous counties and where in one county the transmission | ||||||
4 | line mileage and number of landowners over whose property the | ||||||
5 | proposed route traverses is one-fifth or less of the | ||||||
6 | transmission line mileage and number of such landowners of the | ||||||
7 | other county, then the utility may combine the 2 pre-filing | ||||||
8 | meetings in the county with the greater transmission line | ||||||
9 | mileage and affected landowners. All other requirements | ||||||
10 | regarding pre-filing meetings shall apply in both counties. | ||||||
11 | Notice of the public meeting, including a description of the | ||||||
12 | Project, must be provided in writing to the clerk of each | ||||||
13 | county where the Project is to be located. A representative of | ||||||
14 | the Commission shall be invited to each pre-filing public | ||||||
15 | meeting. | ||||||
16 | (i) For applications filed after August 18, 2015 ( the | ||||||
17 | effective date of Public Act 99-399) this amendatory Act of | ||||||
18 | the 99th General Assembly , the Commission shall , by certified | ||||||
19 | mail, registered mail notify each owner of record of land, as | ||||||
20 | identified in the records of the relevant county tax assessor, | ||||||
21 | included in the right-of-way over which the utility seeks in | ||||||
22 | its application to construct a high-voltage electric line of | ||||||
23 | the time and place scheduled for the initial hearing on the | ||||||
24 | public utility's application. The utility shall reimburse the | ||||||
25 | Commission for the cost of the postage and supplies incurred | ||||||
26 | for mailing the notice. |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 102-609, eff. 8-27-21; 102-662, eff. 9-15-21; | ||||||
2 | revised 10-21-21.)
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3 | (220 ILCS 5/8-406.1) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 8-406.1. Certificate of public convenience and | ||||||
5 | necessity; expedited procedure. | ||||||
6 | (a) A public utility may apply for a certificate of public | ||||||
7 | convenience and necessity pursuant to this Section for the | ||||||
8 | construction of any new high voltage electric service line and | ||||||
9 | related facilities (Project). To facilitate the expedited | ||||||
10 | review process of an application filed pursuant to this | ||||||
11 | Section, an application shall include all of the following: | ||||||
12 | (1) Information in support of the application that | ||||||
13 | shall include the following: | ||||||
14 | (A) A detailed description of the Project, | ||||||
15 | including location maps and plot plans to scale | ||||||
16 | showing all major components. | ||||||
17 | (B) The following engineering data: | ||||||
18 | (i) a detailed Project description including: | ||||||
19 | (I) name and destination of the Project; | ||||||
20 | (II) design voltage rating (kV); | ||||||
21 | (III) operating voltage rating (kV); and | ||||||
22 | (IV) normal peak operating current rating; | ||||||
23 | (ii) a conductor, structures, and substations | ||||||
24 | description including: | ||||||
25 | (I) conductor size and type; |
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1 | (II) type of structures; | ||||||
2 | (III) height of typical structures; | ||||||
3 | (IV) an explanation why these structures | ||||||
4 | were selected; | ||||||
5 | (V) dimensional drawings of the typical | ||||||
6 | structures to be used in the Project; and | ||||||
7 | (VI) a list of the names of all new (and | ||||||
8 | existing if applicable) substations or | ||||||
9 | switching stations that will be associated | ||||||
10 | with the proposed new high voltage electric | ||||||
11 | service line; | ||||||
12 | (iii) the location of the site and | ||||||
13 | right-of-way including: | ||||||
14 | (I) miles of right-of-way; | ||||||
15 | (II) miles of circuit; | ||||||
16 | (III) width of the right-of-way; and | ||||||
17 | (IV) a brief description of the area | ||||||
18 | traversed by the proposed high voltage | ||||||
19 | electric service line, including a description | ||||||
20 | of the general land uses in the area and the | ||||||
21 | type of terrain crossed by the proposed line; | ||||||
22 | (iv) assumptions, bases, formulae, and methods | ||||||
23 | used in the development and preparation of the | ||||||
24 | diagrams and accompanying data, and a technical | ||||||
25 | description providing the following information: | ||||||
26 | (I) number of circuits, with |
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1 | identification as to whether the circuit is | ||||||
2 | overhead or underground; | ||||||
3 | (II) the operating voltage and frequency; | ||||||
4 | and | ||||||
5 | (III) conductor size and type and number | ||||||
6 | of conductors per phase; | ||||||
7 | (v) if the proposed interconnection is an | ||||||
8 | overhead line, the following additional | ||||||
9 | information also must be provided: | ||||||
10 | (I) the wind and ice loading design | ||||||
11 | parameters; | ||||||
12 | (II) a full description and drawing of a | ||||||
13 | typical supporting structure, including | ||||||
14 | strength specifications; | ||||||
15 | (III) structure spacing with typical | ||||||
16 | ruling and maximum spans; | ||||||
17 | (IV) conductor (phase) spacing; and | ||||||
18 | (V) the designed line-to-ground and | ||||||
19 | conductor-side clearances; | ||||||
20 | (vi) if an underground or underwater | ||||||
21 | interconnection is proposed, the following | ||||||
22 | additional information also must be provided: | ||||||
23 | (I) burial depth; | ||||||
24 | (II) type of cable and a description of | ||||||
25 | any required supporting equipment, such as | ||||||
26 | insulation medium pressurizing or forced |
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1 | cooling; | ||||||
2 | (III) cathodic protection scheme; and | ||||||
3 | (IV) type of dielectric fluid and | ||||||
4 | safeguards used to limit potential spills in | ||||||
5 | waterways; | ||||||
6 | (vii) technical diagrams that provide | ||||||
7 | clarification of any item under this item (1) | ||||||
8 | should be included; and | ||||||
9 | (viii) applicant shall provide and identify a | ||||||
10 | primary right-of-way and one or more alternate | ||||||
11 | rights-of-way for the Project as part of the | ||||||
12 | filing. To the extent applicable, for each | ||||||
13 | right-of-way, an applicant shall provide the | ||||||
14 | information described in this subsection (a). Upon | ||||||
15 | a showing of good cause in its filing, an | ||||||
16 | applicant may be excused from providing and | ||||||
17 | identifying alternate rights-of-way. | ||||||
18 | (2) An application fee of $100,000, which shall be | ||||||
19 | paid into the Public Utility Fund at the time the Chief | ||||||
20 | Clerk of the Commission deems it complete and accepts the | ||||||
21 | filing. | ||||||
22 | (3) Information showing that the utility has held a | ||||||
23 | minimum of 3 pre-filing public meetings to receive public | ||||||
24 | comment concerning the Project in each county where the | ||||||
25 | Project is to be located, no earlier than 6 months prior to | ||||||
26 | the filing of the application. Notice of the public |
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1 | meeting shall be published in a newspaper of general | ||||||
2 | circulation within the affected county once a week for 3 | ||||||
3 | consecutive weeks, beginning no earlier than one month | ||||||
4 | prior to the first public meeting. If the Project | ||||||
5 | traverses 2 contiguous counties and where in one county | ||||||
6 | the transmission line mileage and number of landowners | ||||||
7 | over whose property the proposed route traverses is 1/5 or | ||||||
8 | less of the transmission line mileage and number of such | ||||||
9 | landowners of the other county, then the utility may | ||||||
10 | combine the 3 pre-filing meetings in the county with the | ||||||
11 | greater transmission line mileage and affected landowners. | ||||||
12 | All other requirements regarding pre-filing meetings shall | ||||||
13 | apply in both counties. Notice of the public meeting, | ||||||
14 | including a description of the Project, must be provided | ||||||
15 | in writing to the clerk of each county where the Project is | ||||||
16 | to be located. A representative of the Commission shall be | ||||||
17 | invited to each pre-filing public meeting. | ||||||
18 | For applications filed after the effective date of this | ||||||
19 | amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the Commission | ||||||
20 | shall , by certified mail, registered mail notify each owner of | ||||||
21 | record of the land, as identified in the records of the | ||||||
22 | relevant county tax assessor, included in the primary or | ||||||
23 | alternate rights-of-way identified in the utility's | ||||||
24 | application of the time and place scheduled for the initial | ||||||
25 | hearing upon the public utility's application. The utility | ||||||
26 | shall reimburse the Commission for the cost of the postage and |
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1 | supplies incurred for mailing the notice. | ||||||
2 | (b) At the first status hearing the administrative law | ||||||
3 | judge shall set a schedule for discovery that shall take into | ||||||
4 | consideration the expedited nature of the proceeding. | ||||||
5 | (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits a utility from | ||||||
6 | requesting, or the Commission from approving, protection of | ||||||
7 | confidential or proprietary information under applicable law. | ||||||
8 | The public utility may seek confidential protection of any of | ||||||
9 | the information provided pursuant to this Section, subject to | ||||||
10 | Commission approval. | ||||||
11 | (d) The public utility shall publish notice of its | ||||||
12 | application in the official State newspaper within 10 days | ||||||
13 | following the date of the application's filing. | ||||||
14 | (e) The public utility shall establish a dedicated website | ||||||
15 | for the Project 3 weeks prior to the first public meeting and | ||||||
16 | maintain the website until construction of the Project is | ||||||
17 | complete. The website address shall be included in all public | ||||||
18 | notices. | ||||||
19 | (f) The Commission shall, after notice and hearing, grant | ||||||
20 | a certificate of public convenience and necessity filed in | ||||||
21 | accordance with the requirements of this Section if, based | ||||||
22 | upon the application filed with the Commission and the | ||||||
23 | evidentiary record, it finds the Project will promote the | ||||||
24 | public convenience and necessity and that all of the following | ||||||
25 | criteria are satisfied: | ||||||
26 | (1) That the Project is necessary to provide adequate, |
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1 | reliable, and efficient service to the public utility's | ||||||
2 | customers and is the least-cost means of satisfying the | ||||||
3 | service needs of the public utility's customers or that | ||||||
4 | the Project will promote the development of an effectively | ||||||
5 | competitive electricity market that operates efficiently, | ||||||
6 | is equitable to all customers, and is the least cost means | ||||||
7 | of satisfying those objectives. | ||||||
8 | (2) That the public utility is capable of efficiently | ||||||
9 | managing and supervising the construction process and has | ||||||
10 | taken sufficient action to ensure adequate and efficient | ||||||
11 | construction and supervision of the construction. | ||||||
12 | (3) That the public utility is capable of financing | ||||||
13 | the proposed construction without significant adverse | ||||||
14 | financial consequences for the utility or its customers. | ||||||
15 | (g) The Commission shall issue its decision with findings | ||||||
16 | of fact and conclusions of law granting or denying the | ||||||
17 | application no later than 150 days after the application is | ||||||
18 | filed. The Commission may extend the 150-day deadline upon | ||||||
19 | notice by an additional 75 days if, on or before the 30th day | ||||||
20 | after the filing of the application, the Commission finds that | ||||||
21 | good cause exists to extend the 150-day period. | ||||||
22 | (h) In the event the Commission grants a public utility's | ||||||
23 | application for a certificate pursuant to this Section, the | ||||||
24 | public utility shall pay a one-time construction fee to each | ||||||
25 | county in which the Project is constructed within 30 days | ||||||
26 | after the completion of construction. The construction fee |
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1 | shall be $20,000 per mile of high voltage electric service | ||||||
2 | line constructed in that county, or a proportionate fraction | ||||||
3 | of that fee. The fee shall be in lieu of any permitting fees | ||||||
4 | that otherwise would be imposed by a county. Counties | ||||||
5 | receiving a payment under this subsection (h) may distribute | ||||||
6 | all or portions of the fee to local taxing districts in that | ||||||
7 | county. | ||||||
8 | (i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, a | ||||||
9 | decision granting a certificate under this Section shall | ||||||
10 | include an order pursuant to Section 8-503 of this Act | ||||||
11 | authorizing or directing the construction of the high voltage | ||||||
12 | electric service line and related facilities as approved by | ||||||
13 | the Commission, in the manner and within the time specified in | ||||||
14 | said order.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 99-399, eff. 8-18-15.)
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