Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3632 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3632 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 220 ILCS 5/8-406.3 new Amends the Public Utilities Act. Creates the Disadvantaged Communities Protection Commission comprised of the Department of Natural Resources and the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that available energy sources appropriately benefit and do not inappropriately burden such communities. Specifies duties for the Commission. Provides that the Commission shall make a recommendation to the Governor and the energy company proposing an energy project if there are any current or potential threats or anticipated burdens resulting from a proposed energy project. Provides that the Commission will work with the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to establish and maintain a statewide advanced leak detection standard for all pipeline operators. Provides that this standard shall require pipeline operators to find and repair leaks on the operators' system, including those previously designated as nonhazardous. Provides that funding shall be made available for disadvantaged communities to build better infrastructure to safeguard against gas pipeline adversities. LRB103 30496 AMQ 56929 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3632 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 220 ILCS 5/8-406.3 new 220 ILCS 5/8-406.3 new Amends the Public Utilities Act. Creates the Disadvantaged Communities Protection Commission comprised of the Department of Natural Resources and the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that available energy sources appropriately benefit and do not inappropriately burden such communities. Specifies duties for the Commission. Provides that the Commission shall make a recommendation to the Governor and the energy company proposing an energy project if there are any current or potential threats or anticipated burdens resulting from a proposed energy project. Provides that the Commission will work with the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to establish and maintain a statewide advanced leak detection standard for all pipeline operators. Provides that this standard shall require pipeline operators to find and repair leaks on the operators' system, including those previously designated as nonhazardous. Provides that funding shall be made available for disadvantaged communities to build better infrastructure to safeguard against gas pipeline adversities. LRB103 30496 AMQ 56929 b LRB103 30496 AMQ 56929 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3632 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Public Utilities Act. Creates the Disadvantaged Communities Protection Commission comprised of the Department of Natural Resources and the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that available energy sources appropriately benefit and do not inappropriately burden such communities. Specifies duties for the Commission. Provides that the Commission shall make a recommendation to the Governor and the energy company proposing an energy project if there are any current or potential threats or anticipated burdens resulting from a proposed energy project. Provides that the Commission will work with the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to establish and maintain a statewide advanced leak detection standard for all pipeline operators. Provides that this standard shall require pipeline operators to find and repair leaks on the operators' system, including those previously designated as nonhazardous. Provides that funding shall be made available for disadvantaged communities to build better infrastructure to safeguard against gas pipeline adversities.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
15	15	5 Section 8-406.3 as follows:
16	16	6 (220 ILCS 5/8-406.3 new)
17	17	7 Sec. 8-406.3. Disadvantaged Communities Protection
18	18	8 Commission.
19	19	9 (a) As used in this Section:
20	20	10 "Commission" means the Disadvantaged Communities
21	21	11 Protection Commission created under subsection (b).
22	22	12 (b) For the protection of disadvantaged, vulnerable, or
23	23	13 marginalized communities in need of energy solutions
24	24	14 throughout this State, the Disadvantaged Communities
25	25	15 Protection Commission is formed, which shall be comprised of
26	26	16 the Department of Natural Resources and the Environmental
27	27	17 Protection Agency to ensure that available energy sources
28	28	18 appropriately benefit and do not inappropriately burden such
29	29	19 communities. The Commission shall jointly conduct:
30	30	20 (1) a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of the proposed
31	31	21 energy project, which shall include socioeconomic, public
32	32	22 health, and environmental risk factors in addition to
33	33	23 vulnerabilities that may affect the costs and benefits of
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3632 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Public Utilities Act. Creates the Disadvantaged Communities Protection Commission comprised of the Department of Natural Resources and the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that available energy sources appropriately benefit and do not inappropriately burden such communities. Specifies duties for the Commission. Provides that the Commission shall make a recommendation to the Governor and the energy company proposing an energy project if there are any current or potential threats or anticipated burdens resulting from a proposed energy project. Provides that the Commission will work with the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to establish and maintain a statewide advanced leak detection standard for all pipeline operators. Provides that this standard shall require pipeline operators to find and repair leaks on the operators' system, including those previously designated as nonhazardous. Provides that funding shall be made available for disadvantaged communities to build better infrastructure to safeguard against gas pipeline adversities.
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68	68	1 the proposed energy project; and
69	69	2 (2) an accounting of the social cost of greenhouse gases
70	70	3 and consideration of any unique economic, environmental,
71	71	4 and ecological impacts of the energy project on
72	72	5 disadvantaged, vulnerable, or marginalized communities.
73	73	6 The Commission shall advocate for such communities to ensure
74	74	7 that the energy project is net-beneficial as a whole. Further,
75	75	8 the Commission shall advocate for renewable energy options for
76	76	9 such communities, considering affordability, sustainability,
77	77	10 distributional impacts, and impacts on the affected
78	78	11 environment. The Commission's analysis shall also evaluate
79	79	12 rate estimates for energy options.
80	80	13 (c) The Commission shall make a recommendation to the
81	81	14 Governor and the energy company proposing an energy project if
82	82	15 there are any current or potential threats or anticipated
83	83	16 burdens resulting from a proposed energy project.
84	84	17 (d) The Commission shall work with the federal Pipeline
85	85	18 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to establish and
86	86	19 maintain a statewide advanced leak detection standard for all
87	87	20 pipeline operators, including local distribution companies.
88	88	21 This standard shall require pipeline operators to find and
89	89	22 repair leaks on the operators' system, including those
90	90	23 previously designated as nonhazardous.
91	91	24 (e) Funding shall be made available for disadvantaged
92	92	25 communities to build better infrastructure to safeguard
93	93	26 against gas pipeline adversities.
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