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Creates the Powering Up Illinois Act. Defines terms. Sets forth findings. Requires an electric utility that operates within the State to (i) upgrade the State's electrical distribution systems as needed and in time to achieve the State's decarbonization goals, and implement federal, State, regional, and local air quality and decarbonization standards, plans, and regulations, (ii) conduct sufficient advance planning, engineering, and construction of increased distribution of system capacity by advance ordering transformers and other needed equipment so that customers can be energized without substantial delay, (iii) promptly energize new customers, including by ensuring that new housing, new businesses, and new charging for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles and off-road vehicles, vessels, trains, and equipment can be used without delay caused by a failure of the utility to implement energization projects, (iv) promptly upgrade service when needed by customers, (v) allow customers seeking energization to choose an optional flexible connection agreement, which shall provide a tariffed, voluntary utility offering that requires customers to agree to specified service levels as a requirement of energization or interconnection through the use of demand response technology that limits the net import and export of electricity at the point of common coupling to remain within the rated capacity limits of a customer's existing service connection or distribution circuit, either on a permanent basis or to allow for immediate project operations before service or distribution system upgrades are completed, and (vi) recruit, train, and retain an adequately sized and qualified workforce to carry out the planning, engineering, and construction of electrical distribution systems needed to promptly serve customers seeking energization and service upgrades without sacrificing other necessary activities of the workforce. Sets forth provisions concerning: the staffing of an electrification team; electric utility requirements; recovery of costs; and safety standards. Effective immediately.
Introduced
Feb 18, 2025
Last Action
Apr 11, 2025
Session
IL 104th
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Public Utilities Committee; 013-007-000
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Utilities Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
Second Reading - Short Debate
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 014-007-000
Assigned to Public Utilities Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
First Reading
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Curtis J. Tarver, II