Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1544 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1544 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 415 ILCS 5/9.15 Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a provision regarding greenhouse gases, extends deadlines by 5 years for reduced or zero carbon dioxide equivalent and copollutant emissions by certain electric generating units and large greenhouse gas-emitting units. LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1544 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 415 ILCS 5/9.15 415 ILCS 5/9.15 Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a provision regarding greenhouse gases, extends deadlines by 5 years for reduced or zero carbon dioxide equivalent and copollutant emissions by certain electric generating units and large greenhouse gas-emitting units. LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1544 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	415 ILCS 5/9.15 415 ILCS 5/9.15
4	4	415 ILCS 5/9.15
5	5	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a provision regarding greenhouse gases, extends deadlines by 5 years for reduced or zero carbon dioxide equivalent and copollutant emissions by certain electric generating units and large greenhouse gas-emitting units.
6	6	LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
7	7	LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
8	8	A BILL FOR
9	9	HB1544LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b HB1544 LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
10	10	HB1544 LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
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
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1544 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	415 ILCS 5/9.15 415 ILCS 5/9.15
39	39	415 ILCS 5/9.15
40	40	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a provision regarding greenhouse gases, extends deadlines by 5 years for reduced or zero carbon dioxide equivalent and copollutant emissions by certain electric generating units and large greenhouse gas-emitting units.
41	41	LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
42	42	LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
43	43	A BILL FOR
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47
48	48
49	49	415 ILCS 5/9.15
50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53	LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
60	60
61	61
62	62
63	63	HB1544 LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
64	64
65	65
66	66	HB1544- 2 -LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b HB1544 - 2 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
67	67	HB1544 - 2 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
68	68	1 with other applicable rules or regulations.
69	69	2 (c) (Blank).
70	70	3 (d) (Blank).
71	71	4 (e) (Blank).
72	72	5 (f) As used in this Section:
73	73	6 "Carbon dioxide emission" means the plant annual CO2 total
74	74	7 output emission as measured by the United States Environmental
75	75	8 Protection Agency in its Emissions & Generation Resource
76	76	9 Integrated Database (eGrid), or its successor.
77	77	10 "Carbon dioxide equivalent emissions" or "CO2e" means the
78	78	11 sum total of the mass amount of emissions in tons per year,
79	79	12 calculated by multiplying the mass amount of each of the 6
80	80	13 greenhouse gases specified in Section 3.207, in tons per year,
81	81	14 by its associated global warming potential as set forth in 40
82	82	15 CFR 98, subpart A, table A-1 or its successor, and then adding
83	83	16 them all together.
84	84	17 "Cogeneration" or "combined heat and power" refers to any
85	85	18 system that, either simultaneously or sequentially, produces
86	86	19 electricity and useful thermal energy from a single fuel
87	87	20 source.
88	88	21 "Copollutants" refers to the 6 criteria pollutants that
89	89	22 have been identified by the United States Environmental
90	90	23 Protection Agency pursuant to the Clean Air Act.
91	91	24 "Electric generating unit" or "EGU" means a fossil
92	92	25 fuel-fired stationary boiler, combustion turbine, or combined
93	93	26 cycle system that serves a generator that has a nameplate
94	94
95	95
96	96
97	97
98	98
99	99	HB1544 - 2 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
100	100
101	101
102	102	HB1544- 3 -LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b HB1544 - 3 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
103	103	HB1544 - 3 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
104	104	1 capacity greater than 25 MWe and produces electricity for
105	105	2 sale.
106	106	3 "Environmental justice community" means the definition of
107	107	4 that term based on existing methodologies and findings, used
108	108	5 and as may be updated by the Illinois Power Agency and its
109	109	6 program administrator in the Illinois Solar for All Program.
110	110	7 "Equity investment eligible community" or "eligible
111	111	8 community" means the geographic areas throughout Illinois that
112	112	9 would most benefit from equitable investments by the State
113	113	10 designed to combat discrimination and foster sustainable
114	114	11 economic growth. Specifically, eligible community means the
115	115	12 following areas:
116	116	13 (1) areas where residents have been historically
117	117	14 excluded from economic opportunities, including
118	118	15 opportunities in the energy sector, as defined as R3 areas
119	119	16 pursuant to Section 10-40 of the Cannabis Regulation and
120	120	17 Tax Act; and
121	121	18 (2) areas where residents have been historically
122	122	19 subject to disproportionate burdens of pollution,
123	123	20 including pollution from the energy sector, as established
124	124	21 by environmental justice communities as defined by the
125	125	22 Illinois Power Agency pursuant to the Illinois Power
126	126	23 Agency Act, excluding any racial or ethnic indicators.
127	127	24 "Equity investment eligible person" or "eligible person"
128	128	25 means the persons who would most benefit from equitable
129	129	26 investments by the State designed to combat discrimination and
130	130
131	131
132	132
133	133
134	134
135	135	HB1544 - 3 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
136	136
137	137
138	138	HB1544- 4 -LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b HB1544 - 4 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
139	139	HB1544 - 4 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
140	140	1 foster sustainable economic growth. Specifically, eligible
141	141	2 person means the following people:
142	142	3 (1) persons whose primary residence is in an equity
143	143	4 investment eligible community;
144	144	5 (2) persons whose primary residence is in a
145	145	6 municipality, or a county with a population under 100,000,
146	146	7 where the closure of an electric generating unit or mine
147	147	8 has been publicly announced or the electric generating
148	148	9 unit or mine is in the process of closing or closed within
149	149	10 the last 5 years;
150	150	11 (3) persons who are graduates of or currently enrolled
151	151	12 in the foster care system; or
152	152	13 (4) persons who were formerly incarcerated.
153	153	14 "Existing emissions" means:
154	154	15 (1) for CO2e, the total average tons-per-year of CO2e
155	155	16 emitted by the EGU or large GHG-emitting unit either in
156	156	17 the years 2018 through 2020 or, if the unit was not yet in
157	157	18 operation by January 1, 2018, in the first 3 full years of
158	158	19 that unit's operation; and
159	159	20 (2) for any copollutant, the total average
160	160	21 tons-per-year of that copollutant emitted by the EGU or
161	161	22 large GHG-emitting unit either in the years 2018 through
162	162	23 2020 or, if the unit was not yet in operation by January 1,
163	163	24 2018, in the first 3 full years of that unit's operation.
164	164	25 "Green hydrogen" means a power plant technology in which
165	165	26 an EGU creates electric power exclusively from electrolytic
166	166
167	167
168	168
169	169
170	170
171	171	HB1544 - 4 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
172	172
173	173
174	174	HB1544- 5 -LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b HB1544 - 5 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
175	175	HB1544 - 5 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
176	176	1 hydrogen, in a manner that produces zero carbon and
177	177	2 copollutant emissions, using hydrogen fuel that is
178	178	3 electrolyzed using a 100% renewable zero carbon emission
179	179	4 energy source.
180	180	5 "Large greenhouse gas-emitting unit" or "large
181	181	6 GHG-emitting unit" means a unit that is an electric generating
182	182	7 unit or other fossil fuel-fired unit that itself has a
183	183	8 nameplate capacity or serves a generator that has a nameplate
184	184	9 capacity greater than 25 MWe and that produces electricity,
185	185	10 including, but not limited to, coal-fired, coal-derived,
186	186	11 oil-fired, natural gas-fired, and cogeneration units.
187	187	12 "NOx emission rate" means the plant annual NOx total output
188	188	13 emission rate as measured by the United States Environmental
189	189	14 Protection Agency in its Emissions & Generation Resource
190	190	15 Integrated Database (eGrid), or its successor, in the most
191	191	16 recent year for which data is available.
192	192	17 "Public greenhouse gas-emitting units" or "public
193	193	18 GHG-emitting unit" means large greenhouse gas-emitting units,
194	194	19 including EGUs, that are wholly owned, directly or indirectly,
195	195	20 by one or more municipalities, municipal corporations, joint
196	196	21 municipal electric power agencies, electric cooperatives, or
197	197	22 other governmental or nonprofit entities, whether organized
198	198	23 and created under the laws of Illinois or another state.
199	199	24 "SO2 emission rate" means the "plant annual SO2 total
200	200	25 output emission rate" as measured by the United States
201	201	26 Environmental Protection Agency in its Emissions & Generation
202	202
203	203
204	204
205	205
206	206
207	207	HB1544 - 5 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
208	208
209	209
210	210	HB1544- 6 -LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b HB1544 - 6 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
211	211	HB1544 - 6 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
212	212	1 Resource Integrated Database (eGrid), or its successor, in the
213	213	2 most recent year for which data is available.
214	214	3 (g) All EGUs and large greenhouse gas-emitting units that
215	215	4 use coal or oil as a fuel and are not public GHG-emitting units
216	216	5 shall permanently reduce all CO2e and copollutant emissions to
217	217	6 zero no later than January 1, 2035 2030.
218	218	7 (h) All EGUs and large greenhouse gas-emitting units that
219	219	8 use coal as a fuel and are public GHG-emitting units shall
220	220	9 permanently reduce CO2e emissions to zero no later than
221	221	10 December 31, 2050 2045. Any source or plant with such units
222	222	11 must also reduce their CO2e emissions by 45% from existing
223	223	12 emissions by no later than January 1, 2040 2035. If the
224	224	13 emissions reduction requirement is not achieved by December
225	225	14 31, 2040 2035, the plant shall retire one or more units or
226	226	15 otherwise reduce its CO2e emissions by 45% from existing
227	227	16 emissions by June 30, 2043 2038.
228	228	17 (i) All EGUs and large greenhouse gas-emitting units that
229	229	18 use gas as a fuel and are not public GHG-emitting units shall
230	230	19 permanently reduce all CO2e and copollutant emissions to zero,
231	231	20 including through unit retirement or the use of 100% green
232	232	21 hydrogen or other similar technology that is commercially
233	233	22 proven to achieve zero carbon emissions, according to the
234	234	23 following:
235	235	24 (1) No later than January 1, 2035 2030: all EGUs and
236	236	25 large greenhouse gas-emitting units that have a NOx
237	237	26 emissions rate of greater than 0.12 lbs/MWh or a SO2
238	238
239	239
240	240
241	241
242	242
243	243	HB1544 - 6 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
244	244
245	245
246	246	HB1544- 7 -LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b HB1544 - 7 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
247	247	HB1544 - 7 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
248	248	1 emission rate of greater than 0.006 lb/MWh, and are
249	249	2 located in or within 3 miles of an environmental justice
250	250	3 community designated as of January 1, 2021 or an equity
251	251	4 investment eligible community.
252	252	5 (2) No later than January 1, 2045 2040: all EGUs and
253	253	6 large greenhouse gas-emitting units that have a NOx
254	254	7 emission rate of greater than 0.12 lbs/MWh or a SO2
255	255	8 emission rate greater than 0.006 lb/MWh, and are not
256	256	9 located in or within 3 miles of an environmental justice
257	257	10 community designated as of January 1, 2021 or an equity
258	258	11 investment eligible community. After January 1, 2040 2035,
259	259	12 each such EGU and large greenhouse gas-emitting unit shall
260	260	13 reduce its CO2e emissions by at least 50% from its existing
261	261	14 emissions for CO2e, and shall be limited in operation to,
262	262	15 on average, 6 hours or less per day, measured over a
263	263	16 calendar year, and shall not run for more than 24
264	264	17 consecutive hours except in emergency conditions, as
265	265	18 designated by a Regional Transmission Organization or
266	266	19 Independent System Operator.
267	267	20 (3) No later than January 1, 2040 2035: all EGUs and
268	268	21 large greenhouse gas-emitting units that began operation
269	269	22 prior to September 15, 2021 (the effective date of Public
270	270	23 Act 102-662), the effective date of this amendatory Act of
271	271	24 the 102nd General Assembly and have a NOx emission rate of
272	272	25 less than or equal to 0.12 lb/MWh and a SO2 emission rate
273	273	26 less than or equal to 0.006 lb/MWh, and are located in or
274	274
275	275
276	276
277	277
278	278
279	279	HB1544 - 7 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
280	280
281	281
282	282	HB1544- 8 -LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b HB1544 - 8 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
283	283	HB1544 - 8 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
284	284	1 within 3 miles of an environmental justice community
285	285	2 designated as of January 1, 2021 or an equity investment
286	286	3 eligible community. Each such EGU and large greenhouse
287	287	4 gas-emitting unit shall reduce its CO2e emissions by at
288	288	5 least 50% from its existing emissions for CO2e no later
289	289	6 than January 1, 2035 2030.
290	290	7 (4) No later than January 1, 2045 2040: All remaining
291	291	8 EGUs and large greenhouse gas-emitting units that have a
292	292	9 heat rate greater than or equal to 7000 BTU/kWh. Each such
293	293	10 EGU and Large greenhouse gas-emitting unit shall reduce
294	294	11 its CO2e emissions by at least 50% from its existing
295	295	12 emissions for CO2e no later than January 1, 2040 2035.
296	296	13 (5) No later than January 1, 2050 2045: all remaining
297	297	14 EGUs and large greenhouse gas-emitting units.
298	298	15 (j) All EGUs and large greenhouse gas-emitting units that
299	299	16 use gas as a fuel and are public GHG-emitting units shall
300	300	17 permanently reduce all CO2e and copollutant emissions to zero,
301	301	18 including through unit retirement or the use of 100% green
302	302	19 hydrogen or other similar technology that is commercially
303	303	20 proven to achieve zero carbon emissions by January 1, 2050
304	304	21 2045.
305	305	22 (k) All EGUs and large greenhouse gas-emitting units that
306	306	23 utilize combined heat and power or cogeneration technology
307	307	24 shall permanently reduce all CO2e and copollutant emissions to
308	308	25 zero, including through unit retirement or the use of 100%
309	309	26 green hydrogen or other similar technology that is
310	310
311	311
312	312
313	313
314	314
315	315	HB1544 - 8 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
316	316
317	317
318	318	HB1544- 9 -LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b HB1544 - 9 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
319	319	HB1544 - 9 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
320	320	1 commercially proven to achieve zero carbon emissions by
321	321	2 January 1, 2050 2045.
322	322	3 (k-5) No EGU or large greenhouse gas-emitting unit that
323	323	4 uses gas as a fuel and is not a public GHG-emitting unit may
324	324	5 emit, in any 12-month period, CO2e or copollutants in excess of
325	325	6 that unit's existing emissions for those pollutants.
326	326	7 (l) Notwithstanding subsections (g) through (k-5), large
327	327	8 GHG-emitting units including EGUs may temporarily continue
328	328	9 emitting CO2e and copollutants after any applicable deadline
329	329	10 specified in any of subsections (g) through (k-5) if it has
330	330	11 been determined, as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
331	331	12 this subsection, that ongoing operation of the EGU is
332	332	13 necessary to maintain power grid supply and reliability or
333	333	14 ongoing operation of large GHG-emitting unit that is not an
334	334	15 EGU is necessary to serve as an emergency backup to
335	335	16 operations. Up to and including the occurrence of an emission
336	336	17 reduction deadline under subsection (i), all EGUs and large
337	337	18 GHG-emitting units must comply with the following terms:
338	338	19 (1) if an EGU or large GHG-emitting unit that is a
339	339	20 participant in a regional transmission organization
340	340	21 intends to retire, it must submit documentation to the
341	341	22 appropriate regional transmission organization by the
342	342	23 appropriate deadline that meets all applicable regulatory
343	343	24 requirements necessary to obtain approval to permanently
344	344	25 cease operating the large GHG-emitting unit;
345	345	26 (2) if any EGU or large GHG-emitting unit that is a
346	346
347	347
348	348
349	349
350	350
351	351	HB1544 - 9 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
352	352
353	353
354	354	HB1544- 10 -LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b HB1544 - 10 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
355	355	HB1544 - 10 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
356	356	1 participant in a regional transmission organization
357	357	2 receives notice that the regional transmission
358	358	3 organization has determined that continued operation of
359	359	4 the unit is required, the unit may continue operating
360	360	5 until the issue identified by the regional transmission
361	361	6 organization is resolved. The owner or operator of the
362	362	7 unit must cooperate with the regional transmission
363	363	8 organization in resolving the issue and must reduce its
364	364	9 emissions to zero, consistent with the requirements under
365	365	10 subsection (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), or (k-5), as
366	366	11 applicable, as soon as practicable when the issue
367	367	12 identified by the regional transmission organization is
368	368	13 resolved; and
369	369	14 (3) any large GHG-emitting unit that is not a
370	370	15 participant in a regional transmission organization shall
371	371	16 be allowed to continue emitting CO2e and copollutants
372	372	17 after the zero-emission date specified in subsection (g),
373	373	18 (h), (i), (j), (k), or (k-5), as applicable, in the
374	374	19 capacity of an emergency backup unit if approved by the
375	375	20 Illinois Commerce Commission.
376	376	21 (m) No variance, adjusted standard, or other regulatory
377	377	22 relief otherwise available in this Act may be granted to the
378	378	23 emissions reduction and elimination obligations in this
379	379	24 Section.
380	380	25 (n) By June 30 of each year, beginning in 2025, the Agency
381	381	26 shall prepare and publish on its website a report setting
382	382
383	383
384	384
385	385
386	386
387	387	HB1544 - 10 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
388	388
389	389
390	390	HB1544- 11 -LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b HB1544 - 11 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
391	391	HB1544 - 11 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
392	392	1 forth the actual greenhouse gas emissions from individual
393	393	2 units and the aggregate statewide emissions from all units for
394	394	3 the prior year.
395	395	4 (o) Every 5 years beginning in 2025, the Environmental
396	396	5 Protection Agency, Illinois Power Agency, and Illinois
397	397	6 Commerce Commission shall jointly prepare, and release
398	398	7 publicly, a report to the General Assembly that examines the
399	399	8 State's current progress toward its renewable energy resource
400	400	9 development goals, the status of CO2e and copollutant
401	401	10 emissions reductions, the current status and progress toward
402	402	11 developing and implementing green hydrogen technologies, the
403	403	12 current and projected status of electric resource adequacy and
404	404	13 reliability throughout the State for the period beginning 5
405	405	14 years ahead, and proposed solutions for any findings. The
406	406	15 Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Power Agency, and
407	407	16 Illinois Commerce Commission shall consult PJM
408	408	17 Interconnection, LLC and Midcontinent Independent System
409	409	18 Operator, Inc., or their respective successor organizations
410	410	19 regarding forecasted resource adequacy and reliability needs,
411	411	20 anticipated new generation interconnection, new transmission
412	412	21 development or upgrades, and any announced large GHG-emitting
413	413	22 unit closure dates and include this information in the report.
414	414	23 The report shall be released publicly by no later than
415	415	24 December 15 of the year it is prepared. If the Environmental
416	416	25 Protection Agency, Illinois Power Agency, and Illinois
417	417	26 Commerce Commission jointly conclude in the report that the
418	418
419	419
420	420
421	421
422	422
423	423	HB1544 - 11 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
424	424
425	425
426	426	HB1544- 12 -LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b HB1544 - 12 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
427	427	HB1544 - 12 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
428	428	1 data from the regional grid operators, the pace of renewable
429	429	2 energy development, the pace of development of energy storage
430	430	3 and demand response utilization, transmission capacity, and
431	431	4 the CO2e and copollutant emissions reductions required by
432	432	5 subsection (i) or (k-5) reasonably demonstrate that a resource
433	433	6 adequacy shortfall will occur, including whether there will be
434	434	7 sufficient in-state capacity to meet the zonal requirements of
435	435	8 MISO Zone 4 or the PJM ComEd Zone, per the requirements of the
436	436	9 regional transmission organizations, or that the regional
437	437	10 transmission operators determine that a reliability violation
438	438	11 will occur during the time frame the study is evaluating, then
439	439	12 the Illinois Power Agency, in conjunction with the
440	440	13 Environmental Protection Agency shall develop a plan to reduce
441	441	14 or delay CO2e and copollutant emissions reductions
442	442	15 requirements only to the extent and for the duration necessary
443	443	16 to meet the resource adequacy and reliability needs of the
444	444	17 State, including allowing any plants whose emission reduction
445	445	18 deadline has been identified in the plan as creating a
446	446	19 reliability concern to continue operating, including operating
447	447	20 with reduced emissions or as emergency backup where
448	448	21 appropriate. The plan shall also consider the use of renewable
449	449	22 energy, energy storage, demand response, transmission
450	450	23 development, or other strategies to resolve the identified
451	451	24 resource adequacy shortfall or reliability violation.
452	452	25 (1) In developing the plan, the Environmental
453	453	26 Protection Agency and the Illinois Power Agency shall hold
454	454
455	455
456	456
457	457
458	458
459	459	HB1544 - 12 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
460	460
461	461
462	462	HB1544- 13 -LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b HB1544 - 13 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
463	463	HB1544 - 13 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
464	464	1 at least one workshop open to, and accessible at a time and
465	465	2 place convenient to, the public and shall consider any
466	466	3 comments made by stakeholders or the public. Upon
467	467	4 development of the plan, copies of the plan shall be
468	468	5 posted and made publicly available on the Environmental
469	469	6 Protection Agency's, the Illinois Power Agency's, and the
470	470	7 Illinois Commerce Commission's websites. All interested
471	471	8 parties shall have 60 days following the date of posting
472	472	9 to provide comment to the Environmental Protection Agency
473	473	10 and the Illinois Power Agency on the plan. All comments
474	474	11 submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency and the
475	475	12 Illinois Power Agency shall be encouraged to be specific,
476	476	13 supported by data or other detailed analyses, and, if
477	477	14 objecting to all or a portion of the plan, accompanied by
478	478	15 specific alternative wording or proposals. All comments
479	479	16 shall be posted on the Environmental Protection Agency's,
480	480	17 the Illinois Power Agency's, and the Illinois Commerce
481	481	18 Commission's websites. Within 30 days following the end of
482	482	19 the 60-day review period, the Environmental Protection
483	483	20 Agency and the Illinois Power Agency shall revise the plan
484	484	21 as necessary based on the comments received and file its
485	485	22 revised plan with the Illinois Commerce Commission for
486	486	23 approval.
487	487	24 (2) Within 60 days after the filing of the revised
488	488	25 plan at the Illinois Commerce Commission, any person
489	489	26 objecting to the plan shall file an objection with the
490	490
491	491
492	492
493	493
494	494
495	495	HB1544 - 13 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
496	496
497	497
498	498	HB1544- 14 -LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b HB1544 - 14 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
499	499	HB1544 - 14 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
500	500	1 Illinois Commerce Commission. Within 30 days after the
501	501	2 expiration of the comment period, the Illinois Commerce
502	502	3 Commission shall determine whether an evidentiary hearing
503	503	4 is necessary. The Illinois Commerce Commission shall also
504	504	5 host 3 public hearings within 90 days after the plan is
505	505	6 filed. Following the evidentiary and public hearings, the
506	506	7 Illinois Commerce Commission shall enter its order
507	507	8 approving or approving with modifications the reliability
508	508	9 mitigation plan within 180 days.
509	509	10 (3) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall only
510	510	11 approve the plan if the Illinois Commerce Commission
511	511	12 determines that it will resolve the resource adequacy or
512	512	13 reliability deficiency identified in the reliability
513	513	14 mitigation plan at the least amount of CO2e and copollutant
514	514	15 emissions, taking into consideration the emissions impacts
515	515	16 on environmental justice communities, and that it will
516	516	17 ensure adequate, reliable, affordable, efficient, and
517	517	18 environmentally sustainable electric service at the lowest
518	518	19 total cost over time, taking into account the impact of
519	519	20 increases in emissions.
520	520	21 (4) If the resource adequacy or reliability deficiency
521	521	22 identified in the reliability mitigation plan is resolved
522	522	23 or reduced, the Environmental Protection Agency and the
523	523	24 Illinois Power Agency may file an amended plan adjusting
524	524	25 the reduction or delay in CO2e and copollutant emission
525	525	26 reduction requirements identified in the plan.
526	526
527	527
528	528
529	529
530	530
531	531	HB1544 - 14 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
532	532
533	533
534	534	HB1544- 15 -LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b HB1544 - 15 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
535	535	HB1544 - 15 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b
536	536
537	537
538	538
539	539
540	540
541	541	HB1544 - 15 - LRB104 03409 BDA 13431 b