Bill Text: IL HB6570 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Defines "underground" and "undergrounding". Provides that public utilities shall underground specified electric transmission lines under certain conditions. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall allow a public utility to recover from all retail customers in its service territory all reasonable and prudent costs that it incurs related to the undergrounding of such transmission lines. Provides that a public utility shall record and defer such costs as a regulatory asset to be included in the public utility's total rate base and amortized over a reasonable period that is equal to the expected life of such transmission line. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-19 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman [HB6570 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB6570-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Municipal Code is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Division 15.4 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 15.4 heading new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | DIVISION 15.4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | UNDERGROUNDING UTILITY FACILITIES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-1 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Sec. 11-15.4-1. Undergrounding utility facilities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (a) As used in this Division and unless the context | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | requires otherwise, "underground" or "undergrounding" means | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | routing and constructing electric transmission lines and their | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | associated components below ground, consistent with sound | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | engineering and utility practices. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (b) In the interest of public health and safety, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | reliability, and electric grid security, a public utility, as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | defined by Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act, shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | underground any 138 kilowatt or greater electric transmission | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | line constructed after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Act of the 99th General Assembly where: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (1) such transmission line or any portion thereof is to |
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1 | be located within 26,000 feet of an airport that is located | ||||||
2 | in and owned by a municipality with a population greater | ||||||
3 | than 70,000 and less than 80,000 located in or contiguous | ||||||
4 | to a county with a population in excess of 1,000,000 | ||||||
5 | inhabitants; or | ||||||
6 | (2) such transmission line is to be located in 4 or | ||||||
7 | more contiguous municipalities with a population density | ||||||
8 | of 1,000 per square mile or more as of the most recent | ||||||
9 | federal decennial census. | ||||||
10 | (c) The costs for undergrounding a new transmission line | ||||||
11 | shall not be allocated solely to the municipality or | ||||||
12 | municipalities in which it is underground; instead, the | ||||||
13 | Illinois Commerce Commission shall allow a public utility to | ||||||
14 | fully recover from all retail customers in its service | ||||||
15 | territory all reasonable and prudent costs that it incurs | ||||||
16 | related to the undergrounding of transmission lines. The public | ||||||
17 | utility shall record and defer such costs as a regulatory asset | ||||||
18 | to be included in the public utility's total rate base and | ||||||
19 | amortized over a reasonable period that is equal to the | ||||||
20 | expected life of the transmission line. Such regulatory assets | ||||||
21 | shall be collected from all ratepayers system-wide, and not | ||||||
22 | only from ratepayers in the corporate limits of the | ||||||
23 | municipality or municipalities within which the transmission | ||||||
24 | line is constructed.
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25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
26 | becoming law.
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