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Illinois Senate Bill SB2196 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2196 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act 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. LRB104 10940 AAS 21022 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2196 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act 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. LRB104 10940 AAS 21022 b LRB104 10940 AAS 21022 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	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.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
15	15	5 Powering Up Illinois Act.
16	16	6 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
17	17	7 "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
18	18	8 "Electric utility" means an electric utility serving more
19	19	9 than 200,000 customers in this State.
20	20	10 "Electrification" means any new use of electricity,
21	21	11 expanded use of electricity, or change in use of electricity,
22	22	12 including, but not limited to, any change in the use of
23	23	13 electricity in the industrial, commercial, agricultural,
24	24	14 housing, or transportation sectors.
25	25	15 "Energization" and "energize" means the connection of new
26	26	16 customers to the electrical grid, the establishment of
27	27	17 adequate electrical capacity to provide service for a new
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29	29	19 service to an existing customer. "Energization" and "energize"
30	30	20 do not include activities related to connecting electricity
31	31	21 supply resources.
32	32	22 "Energization time period" means the period of time that
33	33	23 begins when the electric utility receives a substantially
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40	40	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.
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68	68	1 complete energization project application and ends when the
69	69	2 electric service associated with the project is installed and
70	70	3 energized, consistent with the service obligations set forth
71	71	4 in the Section 8-101 of the Public Utilities Act.
72	72	5 Section 10. Findings. The General Assembly finds the
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74	74	7 (1) It is the policy of the State to increase the
75	75	8 amount of electric vehicles used in the State to 1,000,000
76	76	9 by 2030. That expanded infrastructure investment will help
77	77	10 Illinois more rapidly decarbonize the transportation
78	78	11 sector. Widespread use of electric vehicles and charging
79	79	12 equipment has the potential to provide customers with fuel
80	80	13 cost savings and provide electric utility customers with
81	81	14 cost-saving benefits. Widespread use of electric vehicles
82	82	15 stimulates innovation, competition, and increased choices
83	83	16 in charging equipment and networks, attracts private
84	84	17 capital investments to the State, and creates high-quality
85	85	18 jobs in the State. Accelerating the adoption of electric
86	86	19 vehicles will drive the decarbonization of the States'
87	87	20 transportation sector. To meet these goals and federal,
88	88	21 State, regional, and local air quality and decarbonization
89	89	22 standards, plans, and regulations, a large increase in
90	90	23 both the quantity of electricity used and the functions
91	91	24 for which electricity will be used is needed.
92	92	25 (2) To meet these decarbonization goals as well as
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103	103	1 federal, State, regional, and local air quality and
104	104	2 decarbonization standards, plans, and regulations, the
105	105	3 following must occur:
106	106	4 (A) the State's electrical distribution systems
107	107	5 must be substantially upgraded;
108	108	6 (B) new customers must promptly connect to the
109	109	7 electrical distribution system; and
110	110	8 (C) existing customers must have the customer's
111	111	9 service level promptly upgraded.
112	112	10 (3) There are many reports of large housing
113	113	11 developments that are unable to be energized promptly. The
114	114	12 State has an urgent need to increase its supply of
115	115	13 housing, requiring both new electrical distribution
116	116	14 capacity and the prompt energization of new housing.
117	117	15 (4) There are many reports of individual customers who
118	118	16 are unable to have their electrical service promptly
119	119	17 upgraded or energized and charging stations for
120	120	18 light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles and
121	121	19 off-road vehicles, vessels, trains, and equipment that are
122	122	20 unable to be energized promptly. These delays may inhibit
123	123	21 the State's ability to meet its decarbonization goals and
124	124	22 federal, State, regional, and local air quality and
125	125	23 decarbonization standards, plans, and regulations.
126	126	24 (5) To improve the speed at which energization and
127	127	25 service upgrades are performed, electric utilities that
128	128	26 distribute electricity need to do both of the following:
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139	139	1 (A) accelerate the utility's advance planning,
140	140	2 engineering, and construction of increased
141	141	3 distribution and transmission system capacity; and
142	142	4 (B) advance order transformers, switchgear, and
143	143	5 other needed equipment to support acceleration of
144	144	6 activities in subparagraph (A).
145	145	7 (6) Electrifying transportation and buildings can put
146	146	8 downward pressure on rates by spreading fixed costs over
147	147	9 more kilowatt-hours of usage.
148	148	10 (7) Delays in energization, including service
149	149	11 upgrades, are costly both to the customers awaiting
150	150	12 service and to other customers who are deprived of the
151	151	13 downward pressure on rates.
152	152	14 (8) To carry out the planning, engineering, and
153	153	15 construction of electrical distribution systems needed to
154	154	16 promptly serve customers, electric utilities that
155	155	17 distribute electricity need to recruit, train, and retain
156	156	18 an adequately sized, qualified workforce.
157	157	19 (9) The Illinois Commerce Commission needs to
158	158	20 establish target deadlines for utilities that distribute
159	159	21 electricity to energize new customers and upgrade the
160	160	22 service of existing customers.
161	161	23 (10) The Illinois Commerce Commission needs to
162	162	24 establish reporting requirements for electric utilities
163	163	25 that distribute electricity to report the extent to which
164	164	26 they comply with the target deadlines and the reasons for
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175	175	1 any noncompliance.
176	176	2 Section 15. Electrical distribution system upgrades. To
177	177	3 fulfill the service obligations specified in Section 8-101 of
178	178	4 the Public Utilities Act, an electric utility that operates
179	179	5 within the State shall:
180	180	6 (1) upgrade the State's electrical distribution
181	181	7 systems as needed and in time to achieve the State's
182	182	8 decarbonization goals, and implement federal, State,
183	183	9 regional, and local air quality and decarbonization
184	184	10 standards, plans, and regulations;
185	185	11 (2) conduct sufficient advance planning, engineering,
186	186	12 and construction of increased distribution of system
187	187	13 capacity by advance ordering transformers and other needed
188	188	14 equipment so that customers can be energized without
189	189	15 substantial delay;
190	190	16 (3) promptly energize new customers, including by
191	191	17 ensuring that new housing, new businesses, and new
192	192	18 charging for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty
193	193	19 vehicles and off-road vehicles, vessels, trains, and
194	194	20 equipment can be used without delay caused by a failure of
195	195	21 the utility to implement energization projects;
196	196	22 (4) promptly upgrade service when needed by customers;
197	197	23 (5) allow customers seeking energization to choose an
198	198	24 optional flexible connection agreement, which shall
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210	210	1 requires customers to agree to specified service levels as
211	211	2 a requirement of energization or interconnection through
212	212	3 the use of demand response technology that limits the net
213	213	4 import and export of electricity at the point of common
214	214	5 coupling to remain within the rated capacity limits of a
215	215	6 customer's existing service connection or distribution
216	216	7 circuit, either on a permanent basis or to allow for
217	217	8 immediate project operations before service or
218	218	9 distribution system upgrades are completed; and
219	219	10 (6) recruit, train, and retain an adequately sized and
220	220	11 qualified workforce to carry out the planning,
221	221	12 engineering, and construction of electrical distribution
222	222	13 systems needed to promptly serve customers seeking
223	223	14 energization and service upgrades without sacrificing
224	224	15 other necessary activities of the workforce.
225	225	16 Section 20. Commission requirements.
226	226	17 (a) Within 180 days after the effective date of this Act,
227	227	18 the Commission shall adopt rules that meet all of the
228	228	19 following requirements:
229	229	20 (1) Rules that establish reasonable average and
230	230	21 maximum target energization time periods. The targets
231	231	22 shall ensure that work is completed in a safe and reliable
232	232	23 manner that minimizes delay in meeting the date requested
233	233	24 by the customer for completion of the project to the
234	234	25 greatest extent possible and prioritizes work in a manner
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245	245	1 consistent with Sections 25 and 30. The targets may vary
246	246	2 depending on the complexity and magnitude of the work
247	247	3 required and uncertainties regarding the readiness of the
248	248	4 customer project needing energization. The targets may
249	249	5 also recognize any factors beyond the electric utility's
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251	251	7 (2) Rules that establish requirements for an electric
252	252	8 utility to report to the Commission, at least annually, in
253	253	9 order to track and improve electric utility performance.
254	254	10 The report shall include the average, median, and standard
255	255	11 deviation time between receiving an application for
256	256	12 electrical service and energizing the electrical service,
257	257	13 explanations for energization time periods that exceed the
258	258	14 target maximum for energization projects, constraints and
259	259	15 obstacles to each type of energization, including, but not
260	260	16 limited to, funding limitations, qualified staffing
261	261	17 availability, or equipment availability, and any other
262	262	18 information requested by the Commission.
263	263	19 (3) Rules that establish a procedure for customers to
264	264	20 report energization delays to the Illinois Commerce
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266	266	22 (b) If energization time periods exceed the Commission's
267	267	23 target averages or if the electric utility has a substantial
268	268	24 number of energization projects that exceed the Commission's
269	269	25 target maximums, the electric utility shall include in its
270	270	26 report pursuant to rules adopted under paragraph (2) of
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281	281	1 subsection (a) a strategy for meeting the targets in the
282	282	2 future. The Commission may request modification of the
283	283	3 electric utility's strategy to ensure that the electric
284	284	4 utility meets targets promptly and consistent with the
285	285	5 policies set forth in Section 25.
286	286	6 (c) Data reported by electric utilities shall be
287	287	7 anonymized or aggregated to the extent necessary to prevent
288	288	8 identifying individual customers. The Commission shall require
289	289	9 all reports to be publicly available.
290	290	10 (d) The Commission shall require the electric utility to
291	291	11 take any remedial actions necessary to achieve the
292	292	12 Commission's targets, including the use of incentives or
293	293	13 penalties.
294	294	14 Section 25. Electrification team; staffing.
295	295	15 (a) The Commission shall require each electric utility to
296	296	16 establish a dedicated electrification team that shall, at a
297	297	17 minimum, do the following:
298	298	18 (1) serve as a single point of contact for customers
299	299	19 throughout the entire energization process;
300	300	20 (2) proactively engage with customers to understand
301	301	21 and support electrification plans; and
302	302	22 (3) provide customers with consolidated and
303	303	23 coordinated access to all beneficial electrification
304	304	24 customer programs, accounts, and relevant information to
305	305	25 support electrification and the energization process.
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316	316	1 (b) The Commission shall require each electric utility to
317	317	2 have adequate qualified staffing needed for the
318	318	3 electrification team to achieve the policies and requirements
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320	320	5 (c) For job classifications that have apprentice training
321	321	6 requirements, the Commission shall require each electric
322	322	7 utility to maintain a pipeline of apprentices sufficient to
323	323	8 meet future qualified staffing needs, subject to any
324	324	9 limitations based on safe staffing ratios.
325	325	10 (d) As part of each report required pursuant to rules
326	326	11 adopted under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 20,
327	327	12 and in each general rate case application, each electric
328	328	13 utility shall include a detailed analysis of its current
329	329	14 qualified staffing level and future required qualified
330	330	15 staffing level for each job classification needed to achieve
331	331	16 the policies and requirements of this Act.
332	332	17 Section 30. Electric utility requirements. The Commission
333	333	18 shall require an electric utility to do the following:
334	334	19 (1) consider, in its internal distribution planning
335	335	20 process and in the development of the Multi-Year
336	336	21 Integrated Grid Plans required by Section 16-105.17 of the
337	337	22 Public Utilities Act, all of the following:
338	338	23 (A) federal, State, regional, and local air
339	339	24 quality and decarbonization standards, plans, and
340	340	25 regulations;
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351	351	1 (B) the transportation and building
352	352	2 electrification policies of State law;
353	353	3 (C) State agency, local agency, and local
354	354	4 government plans and requirements related to housing,
355	355	5 economic development, critical facilities,
356	356	6 transportation, and building electrification; and
357	357	7 (D) load and electrification forecasts that
358	358	8 include the following:
359	359	9 (I) known load and projections of load
360	360	10 conducted by State agencies and projections of
361	361	11 load that exceed forecasts conducted by State
362	362	12 agencies;
363	363	13 (II) a minimum of 3 time horizons, including
364	364	14 short-term (one to 2 years), medium-term (3 to 5
365	365	15 years), and long-term (6 to 10 years) time
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367	367	17 (III) scenarios that are consistent with
368	368	18 implementing the laws, standards, plans, and
369	369	19 regulations described in subparagraphs (A), (B),
370	370	20 and (C) of paragraph (1);
371	371	21 (IV) forecasts of peak demand at the
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373	373	23 (V) a consideration of the impact of
374	374	24 distributed energy resource forecasts and,
375	375	25 specifically, local generation;
376	376	26 (2) consider all of the following in its site
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387	387	1 evaluation and design process:
388	388	2 (A) automated load management, managed charging,
389	389	3 and distributed energy resources to defer or mitigate
390	390	4 energization-related grid upgrades; and
391	391	5 (B) if the above solutions cannot defer or
392	392	6 mitigate an upgrade, the electric utility shall
393	393	7 evaluate traditional system upgrades;
394	394	8 (3) adopt and implement rules to satisfy the policies
395	395	9 set forth in Section 20 and to meet the energization time
396	396	10 periods established under paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
397	397	11 of Section 20; and
398	398	12 (4) submit supplemental applications between the
399	399	13 4-year cycles specified for the submission of the
400	400	14 Multi-Year Integrated Grid Plans required by Section
401	401	15 16-105.17 of the Public Utilities Act as needed to comply
402	402	16 with the energization time periods established under
403	403	17 paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 20 and to
404	404	18 accommodate the load growth necessary to implement the
405	405	19 laws, standards, plans, and regulations described in
406	406	20 subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1).
407	407	21 Section 35. Recovery of costs. The Commission shall ensure
408	408	22 that electric utilities have sufficient and timely recovery of
409	409	23 costs to be consistent with the findings and achieve the
410	410	24 policies and requirements of this Act and Section 16-105.17 of
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422	422	1 Section 40. Safety. To ensure the safety and reliability
423	423	2 of electrical infrastructure associated with charging electric
424	424	3 vehicles:
425	425	4 (1) The Commission, Environmental Protection Agency,
426	426	5 and Department of Transportation shall require that all
427	427	6 electric vehicle charging infrastructure and equipment
428	428	7 located on the customer side of the electrical meter that
429	429	8 is funded or authorized, in whole or in part, by those
430	430	9 State entities shall be installed by a licensed, bonded,
431	431	10 and insured electrical contractor registered in the
432	432	11 municipality where work is to be performed, and who has at
433	433	12 least one electrician on each crew, at any given time, who
434	434	13 holds an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program
435	435	14 certification.
436	436	15 (2) The Commission, Environmental Protection Agency,
437	437	16 and Department of Transportation shall require the
438	438	17 projects that are funded or authorized, in whole or in
439	439	18 part, by those State entities and that install a charging
440	440	19 port supplying 25 kilowatts or more to a vehicle to have at
441	441	20 least 25% of the total electricians working on the crew
442	442	21 for the project, at any given time, hold an Electric
443	443	22 Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program certification.
444	444	23 (3) One member of each crew may be both the contractor
445	445	24 and an electrician certified by Electric Vehicle
446	446	25 Infrastructure Training Program.
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457	457	1 (4) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the following:
458	458	2 (A) electric vehicle charging infrastructure
459	459	3 installed by employees of an electric utility or local
460	460	4 publicly owned electric utility; or
461	461	5 (B) single-family home residential electric
462	462	6 vehicle chargers.
463	463	7 (5) An electrical apprenticeship program registered
464	464	8 with United States Department of Labor that provides
465	465	9 training to apprentices and continuing education to
466	466	10 journey-level workers may provide Electric Vehicle
467	467	11 Infrastructure Training Program training with the
468	468	12 apprenticeship program's own instructors certified by an
469	469	13 Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program. The
470	470	14 Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program
471	471	15 certification exam shall be administered by the Electric
472	472	16 Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program.
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