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1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
5 Article XXV as follows:
6 (220 ILCS 5/Art. XXV heading new)
7 ARTICLE XXV. STATE NAVIGATOR PROGRAM LAW
8 (220 ILCS 5/25-101 new)
9 Sec. 25-101. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
10 State Navigator Program Law. References in this Article to
11 "this Act" mean this Article.
12 (220 ILCS 5/25-102 new)
13 Sec. 25-102. Intent. The General Assembly finds that
14 improving the energy efficiency of, and reducing the
15 greenhouse gases from, residential buildings are critical to
16 meeting the State's adopted climate goals in Public Act
17 102-662.
18 The General Assembly recognizes that making information
19 about energy efficiency and weatherization programs,
20 electrification services, skilled contractors, and federal and
21 State electrification incentives available to State residents
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1 will assist the State in meeting its adopted climate goals in
2 Public Act 102-662. Further, the General Assembly recognizes
3 that establishing a comprehensive statewide navigator program
4 is essential to ensuring equitable access to electrification
5 and energy efficient services. This program requires the
6 Administrator to help educate residents on how to combine
7 local, State, federal, and utility services related to
8 electrification, energy efficiency, and the reduction of
9 energy burdens to maximize electrification and energy
10 efficiency in this State.
11 (220 ILCS 5/25-103 new)
12 Sec. 25-103. Definitions. As used in this Article:
13 "Administrator" means an entity, including, but not
14 limited to, a nonprofit corporation or community-based
15 organization. "Administrator" does not include an energy
16 utility.
17 "Customers" means residents, tenants, homeowners, and
18 building owners.
19 "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
20 Opportunity.
21 "Electrification services" includes energy audits,
22 assistance converting to on-site renewable energy, electric
23 load service center upgrades, new electric wiring, installing
24 electric heat pumps and heat pump water heaters, cooking
25 equipment, clothes dryers, and other electric appliance
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1 replacement, financing, energy efficiency, weatherization,
2 health and safety improvements, and any energy upgrade
3 services and work.
4 "Equity investment eligible communities" has the meaning
5 given to that term in Section 5-5 of the Energy Transition Act.
6 "Income-qualified households" means those whose annual
7 incomes are at or below 80% of area median income.
8 "Navigator Working Group" means representatives appointed
9 by the Department who represent members from either the
10 electrician trades, construction industry, community
11 organizations that work in energy burdened communities,
12 community organizations who have experience with
13 weatherization programs, members from equity investment
14 eligible communities or the Illinois Commerce Commission or
15 staff, electric utilities, and other stakeholders deemed
16 necessary by the Administrator.
17 (220 ILCS 5/25-104 new)
18 Sec. 25-104. Creation of State navigator program.
19 (a) The Department may establish and oversee a statewide
20 building energy upgrade navigator program. The purpose of the
21 navigator program is to provide a statewide resource to assist
22 building owners and building renters with accessing
23 information about electrification services, energy efficiency
24 services, programs, funding, and any other assistance that
25 will result in aiding the State in meeting its adopted climate
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1 goals in Public Act 102-662. This includes, but is not limited
2 to, utility programs, the weatherization assistance program,
3 solar for all, federal funding and financing, and State and
4 local funding and financing.
5 (b) The Department must coordinate and collaborate with
6 the navigator working group on the design, administration, and
7 implementation of the navigator program.
8 (c) The Department must ensure that all State residents
9 have equitable access to the navigator program.
10 (d) The Department may consult with other programs,
11 entities, and stakeholders as the Department determines to be
12 appropriate on the design, administration, and implementation
13 of the navigator program. The department must solicit public
14 feedback on design and implementation decisions from
15 stakeholders.
16 (e) Third-Party Administrator.
17 (1) The Department may contract out this program to
18 the Administrator. Subject to the following requirements:
19 (A) The Administrator must be selected through a
20 competitive process.
21 (B) The Administrator must have experience with
22 running statewide programs related to energy
23 efficiency, electrification services, or
24 weatherization programs.
25 (C) The Administrator must have experience working
26 with multifamily building owners and renters.
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1 (D) The Administrator must have experience
2 assisting people with low incomes or energy burdened
3 households.
4 (E) The Administrator must have experience running
5 programs in both urban and rural parts of the State,
6 including covering a range of geographic and community
7 diversity.
8 (2) If the Department decides to hire an
9 Administrator, they must enter into a contract within a
10 year of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
11 104th General Assembly.
12 (3) If the Department decides to hire an
13 Administrator, the contract expires after 4 years. After 4
14 years, the Department can renew the contract or select a
15 different Administrator. If the Administrator is not
16 meeting the requirements of the program and its
17 participants, the contract may be terminated early, and a
18 new Administrator may be hired.
19 (4) The Administrator shall have the same
20 responsibilities as the Department in creating,
21 overseeing, and implementing the programs in the navigator
22 program.
23 (f) The Department or Administrator of the navigator
24 program must:
25 (1) provide outreach to:
26 (A) owner occupied and rental residences; and
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1 (B) single-family and multifamily dwellings;
2 (2) provide coverage for all geographic regions in the
3 State;
4 (3) create strategies to ensure that the navigator
5 program prioritizes outreach in equity investment eligible
6 communities;
7 (4) create a strategy for how the navigator program
8 will equitably assist residents in accessing rebates and
9 incentives in the federal Inflation Reduction Act;
10 (5) create a strategy for how the navigator program
11 will assist customers in accessing State funding
12 opportunities available to access electrification
13 services;
14 (6) create a strategy to stack funding from all
15 available incentives and tax rebates that may leverage
16 existing State software where possible with the goal of
17 creating a single interface for clients to access
18 information about weatherization, energy efficiency, and
19 electrification services;
20 (7) support the integrated implementation of all
21 relevant clean building programs funded in the State
22 budget, including, but not limited to:
23 (A) the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program;
24 and
25 (B) the Illinois Home Weatherization Assistance
26 Program; and
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1 (8) maintain a recommended contractor list.
2 (220 ILCS 5/25-105 new)
3 Sec. 25-105. Education materials and outreach. The
4 Department or Administrator shall:
5 (1) create educational materials, which must include:
6 (a) information about all relevant funds and
7 financial assistance available from federal, State,
8 local, and energy utility programs, including, but not
9 limited to, incentives, rebates, tax credits, grants,
10 and loan programs; and
11 (b) information for households on the economic,
12 health, climate, and safety benefits of eligible
13 retrofits.
14 (2) support and connect community-based organizations
15 in their region to training programs in areas of
16 electrification, energy efficiency, building envelope, and
17 installation technical assistance, and other relevant
18 areas; and
19 (3) ensure the education and outreach work is
20 coordinated with other State energy efficiency,
21 weatherization, electrification, and related programs and
22 providers.
23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.
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