Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5323 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5323 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 415 ILCS 5/9.15 Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides, in a provision concerning the regulation of greenhouse gases, that a specific greenhouse gas emission limit does not apply to black start facilities. Defines "black start facility". LRB103 38672 BDA 68809 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5323 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 415 ILCS 5/9.15 415 ILCS 5/9.15 Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides, in a provision concerning the regulation of greenhouse gases, that a specific greenhouse gas emission limit does not apply to black start facilities. Defines "black start facility". LRB103 38672 BDA 68809 b LRB103 38672 BDA 68809 b A BILL FOR
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning safety.
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 Environmental Protection Act is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 9.15 as follows:
16	16	6 (415 ILCS 5/9.15)
17	17	7 Sec. 9.15. Greenhouse gases.
18	18	8 (a) An air pollution construction permit shall not be
19	19	9 required due to emissions of greenhouse gases if the
20	20	10 equipment, site, or source is not subject to regulation, as
21	21	11 defined by 40 CFR 52.21, as now or hereafter amended, for
22	22	12 greenhouse gases or is otherwise not addressed in this Section
23	23	13 or by the Board in regulations for greenhouse gases. These
24	24	14 exemptions do not relieve an owner or operator from the
25	25	15 obligation to comply with other applicable rules or
26	26	16 regulations.
27	27	17 (b) An air pollution operating permit shall not be
28	28	18 required due to emissions of greenhouse gases if the
29	29	19 equipment, site, or source is not subject to regulation, as
30	30	20 defined by Section 39.5 of this Act, for greenhouse gases or is
31	31	21 otherwise not addressed in this Section or by the Board in
32	32	22 regulations for greenhouse gases. These exemptions do not
33	33	23 relieve an owner or operator from the obligation to comply
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68	68	1 with other applicable rules or regulations.
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72	72	5 (f) As used in this Section:
73	73	6 "Black start facility" means a generating unit that has a
74	74	7 high operating factor or equipment enabling it to start
75	75	8 without an outside electrical supply and that a transmission
76	76	9 provider concurs has the demonstrated ability to automatically
77	77	10 remain operating, at reduced levels, when disconnected from
78	78	11 the electric grid. Black start facilities are essential to a
79	79	12 system restoration plan, as defined by the North American
80	80	13 Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and the Federal Energy
81	81	14 Regulatory Commission (FERC), which is a plan that is
82	82	15 developed to establish the protocols that will be implemented
83	83	16 to coordinate system restoration activities following a major
84	84	17 system disturbance. Under such a plan, there is an orderly
85	85	18 sequence of steps and communications with impacted
86	86	19 transmission operators, Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), balancing
87	87	20 authorities, and neighboring reliability coordinators, PJM and
88	88	21 MISO, to facilitate the restoration of the electric grid.
89	89	22 Black start is essential because it is the process of
90	90	23 restoring power to an electric grid in the event of a natural
91	91	24 disaster, cyberattack, or a direct physical grid attack that
92	92	25 prompts the system to black out partially or fully. Black
93	93	26 start capability is required to re-energize the system and
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104	104	1 prevent a prolonged outage that could result in economic harm,
105	105	2 or worse, loss of human life. Further, in the ComEd zone, black
106	106	3 start facilities are used to provide safe shutdown power to
107	107	4 nuclear facilities.
108	108	5 "Carbon dioxide emission" means the plant annual CO2 total
109	109	6 output emission as measured by the United States Environmental
110	110	7 Protection Agency in its Emissions & Generation Resource
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112	112	9 "Carbon dioxide equivalent emissions" or "CO2e" means the
113	113	10 sum total of the mass amount of emissions in tons per year,
114	114	11 calculated by multiplying the mass amount of each of the 6
115	115	12 greenhouse gases specified in Section 3.207, in tons per year,
116	116	13 by its associated global warming potential as set forth in 40
117	117	14 CFR 98, subpart A, table A-1 or its successor, and then adding
118	118	15 them all together.
119	119	16 "Cogeneration" or "combined heat and power" refers to any
120	120	17 system that, either simultaneously or sequentially, produces
121	121	18 electricity and useful thermal energy from a single fuel
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123	123	20 "Copollutants" refers to the 6 criteria pollutants that
124	124	21 have been identified by the United States Environmental
125	125	22 Protection Agency pursuant to the Clean Air Act.
126	126	23 "Electric generating unit" or "EGU" means a fossil
127	127	24 fuel-fired stationary boiler, combustion turbine, or combined
128	128	25 cycle system that serves a generator that has a nameplate
129	129	26 capacity greater than 25 MWe and produces electricity for
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141	141	2 "Environmental justice community" means the definition of
142	142	3 that term based on existing methodologies and findings, used
143	143	4 and as may be updated by the Illinois Power Agency and its
144	144	5 program administrator in the Illinois Solar for All Program.
145	145	6 "Equity investment eligible community" or "eligible
146	146	7 community" means the geographic areas throughout Illinois that
147	147	8 would most benefit from equitable investments by the State
148	148	9 designed to combat discrimination and foster sustainable
149	149	10 economic growth. Specifically, eligible community means the
150	150	11 following areas:
151	151	12 (1) areas where residents have been historically
152	152	13 excluded from economic opportunities, including
153	153	14 opportunities in the energy sector, as defined as R3 areas
154	154	15 pursuant to Section 10-40 of the Cannabis Regulation and
155	155	16 Tax Act; and
156	156	17 (2) areas where residents have been historically
157	157	18 subject to disproportionate burdens of pollution,
158	158	19 including pollution from the energy sector, as established
159	159	20 by environmental justice communities as defined by the
160	160	21 Illinois Power Agency pursuant to the Illinois Power
161	161	22 Agency Act, excluding any racial or ethnic indicators.
162	162	23 "Equity investment eligible person" or "eligible person"
163	163	24 means the persons who would most benefit from equitable
164	164	25 investments by the State designed to combat discrimination and
165	165	26 foster sustainable economic growth. Specifically, eligible
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176	176	1 person means the following people:
177	177	2 (1) persons whose primary residence is in an equity
178	178	3 investment eligible community;
179	179	4 (2) persons whose primary residence is in a
180	180	5 municipality, or a county with a population under 100,000,
181	181	6 where the closure of an electric generating unit or mine
182	182	7 has been publicly announced or the electric generating
183	183	8 unit or mine is in the process of closing or closed within
184	184	9 the last 5 years;
185	185	10 (3) persons who are graduates of or currently enrolled
186	186	11 in the foster care system; or
187	187	12 (4) persons who were formerly incarcerated.
188	188	13 "Existing emissions" means:
189	189	14 (1) for CO2e, the total average tons-per-year of CO2e
190	190	15 emitted by the EGU or large GHG-emitting unit either in
191	191	16 the years 2018 through 2020 or, if the unit was not yet in
192	192	17 operation by January 1, 2018, in the first 3 full years of
193	193	18 that unit's operation; and
194	194	19 (2) for any copollutant, the total average
195	195	20 tons-per-year of that copollutant emitted by the EGU or
196	196	21 large GHG-emitting unit either in the years 2018 through
197	197	22 2020 or, if the unit was not yet in operation by January 1,
198	198	23 2018, in the first 3 full years of that unit's operation.
199	199	24 "Green hydrogen" means a power plant technology in which
200	200	25 an EGU creates electric power exclusively from electrolytic
201	201	26 hydrogen, in a manner that produces zero carbon and
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212	212	1 copollutant emissions, using hydrogen fuel that is
213	213	2 electrolyzed using a 100% renewable zero carbon emission
214	214	3 energy source.
215	215	4 "Large greenhouse gas-emitting unit" or "large
216	216	5 GHG-emitting unit" means a unit that is an electric generating
217	217	6 unit or other fossil fuel-fired unit that itself has a
218	218	7 nameplate capacity or serves a generator that has a nameplate
219	219	8 capacity greater than 25 MWe and that produces electricity,
220	220	9 including, but not limited to, coal-fired, coal-derived,
221	221	10 oil-fired, natural gas-fired, and cogeneration units.
222	222	11 "NOx emission rate" means the plant annual NOx total output
223	223	12 emission rate as measured by the United States Environmental
224	224	13 Protection Agency in its Emissions & Generation Resource
225	225	14 Integrated Database (eGrid), or its successor, in the most
226	226	15 recent year for which data is available.
227	227	16 "Public greenhouse gas-emitting units" or "public
228	228	17 GHG-emitting unit" means large greenhouse gas-emitting units,
229	229	18 including EGUs, that are wholly owned, directly or indirectly,
230	230	19 by one or more municipalities, municipal corporations, joint
231	231	20 municipal electric power agencies, electric cooperatives, or
232	232	21 other governmental or nonprofit entities, whether organized
233	233	22 and created under the laws of Illinois or another state.
234	234	23 "SO2 emission rate" means the "plant annual SO2 total
235	235	24 output emission rate" as measured by the United States
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248	248	1 most recent year for which data is available.
249	249	2 (g) All EGUs and large greenhouse gas-emitting units that
250	250	3 use coal or oil as a fuel and are not public GHG-emitting units
251	251	4 shall permanently reduce all CO2e and copollutant emissions to
252	252	5 zero no later than January 1, 2030.
253	253	6 (h) All EGUs and large greenhouse gas-emitting units that
254	254	7 use coal as a fuel and are public GHG-emitting units shall
255	255	8 permanently reduce CO2e emissions to zero no later than
256	256	9 December 31, 2045. Any source or plant with such units must
257	257	10 also reduce their CO2e emissions by 45% from existing
258	258	11 emissions by no later than January 1, 2035. If the emissions
259	259	12 reduction requirement is not achieved by December 31, 2035,
260	260	13 the plant shall retire one or more units or otherwise reduce
261	261	14 its CO2e emissions by 45% from existing emissions by June 30,
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263	263	16 (i) All EGUs and large greenhouse gas-emitting units that
264	264	17 use gas as a fuel and are not public GHG-emitting units shall
265	265	18 permanently reduce all CO2e and copollutant emissions to zero,
266	266	19 including through unit retirement or the use of 100% green
267	267	20 hydrogen or other similar technology that is commercially
268	268	21 proven to achieve zero carbon emissions, according to the
269	269	22 following:
270	270	23 (1) No later than January 1, 2030: all EGUs and large
271	271	24 greenhouse gas-emitting units that have a NOx emissions
272	272	25 rate of greater than 0.12 lbs/MWh or a SO2 emission rate of
273	273	26 greater than 0.006 lb/MWh, and are located in or within 3
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284	284	1 miles of an environmental justice community designated as
285	285	2 of January 1, 2021 or an equity investment eligible
286	286	3 community.
287	287	4 (2) No later than January 1, 2040: all EGUs and large
288	288	5 greenhouse gas-emitting units that have a NOx emission
289	289	6 rate of greater than 0.12 lbs/MWh or a SO2 emission rate
290	290	7 greater than 0.006 lb/MWh, and are not located in or
291	291	8 within 3 miles of an environmental justice community
292	292	9 designated as of January 1, 2021 or an equity investment
293	293	10 eligible community. After January 1, 2035, each such EGU
294	294	11 and large greenhouse gas-emitting unit shall reduce its
295	295	12 CO2e emissions by at least 50% from its existing emissions
296	296	13 for CO2e, and shall be limited in operation to, on average,
297	297	14 6 hours or less per day, measured over a calendar year, and
298	298	15 shall not run for more than 24 consecutive hours except in
299	299	16 emergency conditions, as designated by a Regional
300	300	17 Transmission Organization or Independent System Operator.
301	301	18 (3) No later than January 1, 2035: all EGUs and large
302	302	19 greenhouse gas-emitting units that began operation prior
303	303	20 to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd
304	304	21 General Assembly and have a NOx emission rate of less than
305	305	22 or equal to 0.12 lb/MWh and a SO2 emission rate less than
306	306	23 or equal to 0.006 lb/MWh, and are located in or within 3
307	307	24 miles of an environmental justice community designated as
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309	309	26 community. Each such EGU and large greenhouse gas-emitting
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320	320	1 unit shall reduce its CO2e emissions by at least 50% from
321	321	2 its existing emissions for CO2e no later than January 1,
322	322	3 2030.
323	323	4 (4) No later than January 1, 2040: All remaining EGUs
324	324	5 and large greenhouse gas-emitting units that have a heat
325	325	6 rate greater than or equal to 7000 BTU/kWh. Each such EGU
326	326	7 and Large greenhouse gas-emitting unit shall reduce its
327	327	8 CO2e emissions by at least 50% from its existing emissions
328	328	9 for CO2e no later than January 1, 2035.
329	329	10 (5) No later than January 1, 2045: all remaining EGUs
330	330	11 and large greenhouse gas-emitting units.
331	331	12 (j) All EGUs and large greenhouse gas-emitting units that
332	332	13 use gas as a fuel and are public GHG-emitting units shall
333	333	14 permanently reduce all CO2e and copollutant emissions to zero,
334	334	15 including through unit retirement or the use of 100% green
335	335	16 hydrogen or other similar technology that is commercially
336	336	17 proven to achieve zero carbon emissions by January 1, 2045.
337	337	18 (k) All EGUs and large greenhouse gas-emitting units that
338	338	19 utilize combined heat and power or cogeneration technology
339	339	20 shall permanently reduce all CO2e and copollutant emissions to
340	340	21 zero, including through unit retirement or the use of 100%
341	341	22 green hydrogen or other similar technology that is
342	342	23 commercially proven to achieve zero carbon emissions by
343	343	24 January 1, 2045.
344	344	25 (k-5) No EGU or large greenhouse gas-emitting unit that
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356	356	1 emit, in any 12-month period, CO2e or copollutants in excess of
357	357	2 that unit's existing emissions for those pollutants. This
358	358	3 subsection (k-5) does not apply to an EGU or large greenhouse
359	359	4 gas-emitting unit that is a black start facility. Any gas
360	360	5 turbine located at a black start facility shall not exceed
361	361	6 more than 3,200 hours of operation a year.
362	362	7 (l) Notwithstanding subsections (g) through (k-5), large
363	363	8 GHG-emitting units including EGUs may temporarily continue
364	364	9 emitting CO2e and copollutants after any applicable deadline
365	365	10 specified in any of subsections (g) through (k-5) if it has
366	366	11 been determined, as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
367	367	12 this subsection, that ongoing operation of the EGU is
368	368	13 necessary to maintain power grid supply and reliability or
369	369	14 ongoing operation of large GHG-emitting unit that is not an
370	370	15 EGU is necessary to serve as an emergency backup to
371	371	16 operations. Up to and including the occurrence of an emission
372	372	17 reduction deadline under subsection (i), all EGUs and large
373	373	18 GHG-emitting units must comply with the following terms:
374	374	19 (1) if an EGU or large GHG-emitting unit that is a
375	375	20 participant in a regional transmission organization
376	376	21 intends to retire, it must submit documentation to the
377	377	22 appropriate regional transmission organization by the
378	378	23 appropriate deadline that meets all applicable regulatory
379	379	24 requirements necessary to obtain approval to permanently
380	380	25 cease operating the large GHG-emitting unit;
381	381	26 (2) if any EGU or large GHG-emitting unit that is a
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392	392	1 participant in a regional transmission organization
393	393	2 receives notice that the regional transmission
394	394	3 organization has determined that continued operation of
395	395	4 the unit is required, the unit may continue operating
396	396	5 until the issue identified by the regional transmission
397	397	6 organization is resolved. The owner or operator of the
398	398	7 unit must cooperate with the regional transmission
399	399	8 organization in resolving the issue and must reduce its
400	400	9 emissions to zero, consistent with the requirements under
401	401	10 subsection (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), or (k-5), as
402	402	11 applicable, as soon as practicable when the issue
403	403	12 identified by the regional transmission organization is
404	404	13 resolved; and
405	405	14 (3) any large GHG-emitting unit that is not a
406	406	15 participant in a regional transmission organization shall
407	407	16 be allowed to continue emitting CO2e and copollutants
408	408	17 after the zero-emission date specified in subsection (g),
409	409	18 (h), (i), (j), (k), or (k-5), as applicable, in the
410	410	19 capacity of an emergency backup unit if approved by the
411	411	20 Illinois Commerce Commission.
412	412	21 (m) No variance, adjusted standard, or other regulatory
413	413	22 relief otherwise available in this Act may be granted to the
414	414	23 emissions reduction and elimination obligations in this
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416	416	25 (n) By June 30 of each year, beginning in 2025, the Agency
417	417	26 shall prepare and publish on its website a report setting
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428	428	1 forth the actual greenhouse gas emissions from individual
429	429	2 units and the aggregate statewide emissions from all units for
430	430	3 the prior year.
431	431	4 (o) Every 5 years beginning in 2025, the Environmental
432	432	5 Protection Agency, Illinois Power Agency, and Illinois
433	433	6 Commerce Commission shall jointly prepare, and release
434	434	7 publicly, a report to the General Assembly that examines the
435	435	8 State's current progress toward its renewable energy resource
436	436	9 development goals, the status of CO2e and copollutant
437	437	10 emissions reductions, the current status and progress toward
438	438	11 developing and implementing green hydrogen technologies, the
439	439	12 current and projected status of electric resource adequacy and
440	440	13 reliability throughout the State for the period beginning 5
441	441	14 years ahead, and proposed solutions for any findings. The
442	442	15 Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Power Agency, and
443	443	16 Illinois Commerce Commission shall consult PJM
444	444	17 Interconnection, LLC and Midcontinent Independent System
445	445	18 Operator, Inc., or their respective successor organizations
446	446	19 regarding forecasted resource adequacy and reliability needs,
447	447	20 anticipated new generation interconnection, new transmission
448	448	21 development or upgrades, and any announced large GHG-emitting
449	449	22 unit closure dates and include this information in the report.
450	450	23 The report shall be released publicly by no later than
451	451	24 December 15 of the year it is prepared. If the Environmental
452	452	25 Protection Agency, Illinois Power Agency, and Illinois
453	453	26 Commerce Commission jointly conclude in the report that the
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464	464	1 data from the regional grid operators, the pace of renewable
465	465	2 energy development, the pace of development of energy storage
466	466	3 and demand response utilization, transmission capacity, and
467	467	4 the CO2e and copollutant emissions reductions required by
468	468	5 subsection (i) or (k-5) reasonably demonstrate that a resource
469	469	6 adequacy shortfall will occur, including whether there will be
470	470	7 sufficient in-state capacity to meet the zonal requirements of
471	471	8 MISO Zone 4 or the PJM ComEd Zone, per the requirements of the
472	472	9 regional transmission organizations, or that the regional
473	473	10 transmission operators determine that a reliability violation
474	474	11 will occur during the time frame the study is evaluating, then
475	475	12 the Illinois Power Agency, in conjunction with the
476	476	13 Environmental Protection Agency shall develop a plan to reduce
477	477	14 or delay CO2e and copollutant emissions reductions
478	478	15 requirements only to the extent and for the duration necessary
479	479	16 to meet the resource adequacy and reliability needs of the
480	480	17 State, including allowing any plants whose emission reduction
481	481	18 deadline has been identified in the plan as creating a
482	482	19 reliability concern to continue operating, including operating
483	483	20 with reduced emissions or as emergency backup where
484	484	21 appropriate. The plan shall also consider the use of renewable
485	485	22 energy, energy storage, demand response, transmission
486	486	23 development, or other strategies to resolve the identified
487	487	24 resource adequacy shortfall or reliability violation.
488	488	25 (1) In developing the plan, the Environmental
489	489	26 Protection Agency and the Illinois Power Agency shall hold
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500	500	1 at least one workshop open to, and accessible at a time and
501	501	2 place convenient to, the public and shall consider any
502	502	3 comments made by stakeholders or the public. Upon
503	503	4 development of the plan, copies of the plan shall be
504	504	5 posted and made publicly available on the Environmental
505	505	6 Protection Agency's, the Illinois Power Agency's, and the
506	506	7 Illinois Commerce Commission's websites. All interested
507	507	8 parties shall have 60 days following the date of posting
508	508	9 to provide comment to the Environmental Protection Agency
509	509	10 and the Illinois Power Agency on the plan. All comments
510	510	11 submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency and the
511	511	12 Illinois Power Agency shall be encouraged to be specific,
512	512	13 supported by data or other detailed analyses, and, if
513	513	14 objecting to all or a portion of the plan, accompanied by
514	514	15 specific alternative wording or proposals. All comments
515	515	16 shall be posted on the Environmental Protection Agency's,
516	516	17 the Illinois Power Agency's, and the Illinois Commerce
517	517	18 Commission's websites. Within 30 days following the end of
518	518	19 the 60-day review period, the Environmental Protection
519	519	20 Agency and the Illinois Power Agency shall revise the plan
520	520	21 as necessary based on the comments received and file its
521	521	22 revised plan with the Illinois Commerce Commission for
522	522	23 approval.
523	523	24 (2) Within 60 days after the filing of the revised
524	524	25 plan at the Illinois Commerce Commission, any person
525	525	26 objecting to the plan shall file an objection with the
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536	536	1 Illinois Commerce Commission. Within 30 days after the
537	537	2 expiration of the comment period, the Illinois Commerce
538	538	3 Commission shall determine whether an evidentiary hearing
539	539	4 is necessary. The Illinois Commerce Commission shall also
540	540	5 host 3 public hearings within 90 days after the plan is
541	541	6 filed. Following the evidentiary and public hearings, the
542	542	7 Illinois Commerce Commission shall enter its order
543	543	8 approving or approving with modifications the reliability
544	544	9 mitigation plan within 180 days.
545	545	10 (3) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall only
546	546	11 approve the plan if the Illinois Commerce Commission
547	547	12 determines that it will resolve the resource adequacy or
548	548	13 reliability deficiency identified in the reliability
549	549	14 mitigation plan at the least amount of CO2e and copollutant
550	550	15 emissions, taking into consideration the emissions impacts
551	551	16 on environmental justice communities, and that it will
552	552	17 ensure adequate, reliable, affordable, efficient, and
553	553	18 environmentally sustainable electric service at the lowest
554	554	19 total cost over time, taking into account the impact of
555	555	20 increases in emissions.
556	556	21 (4) If the resource adequacy or reliability deficiency
557	557	22 identified in the reliability mitigation plan is resolved
558	558	23 or reduced, the Environmental Protection Agency and the
559	559	24 Illinois Power Agency may file an amended plan adjusting
560	560	25 the reduction or delay in CO2e and copollutant emission
561	561	26 reduction requirements identified in the plan.
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