Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that not less than 30 calendar days before a required demonstration of compliance (rather than within 45 days after the effective date of the relevant Act), an alternative retail electric supplier or its successor may (rather than shall) submit an informational filing to the Illinois Commerce Commission certifying that the alternative retail electric supplier owned or operated one or more electric generating facilities that generates renewable energy resources and the facilities generate one renewable energy credit for each megawatthour of energy produced from the facility. Provides that a distributed renewable energy generation device or a community renewable generation project shall be considered owned or operated by the entity with a contractual right to any renewable energy credits generated. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall maintain the confidentiality of all facility-specific information, whether or not requested by an alternative retail electric supplier. Effective immediately or on the date specified provisions of Public Act 99-906 take effect, whichever is later.
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that certain supplier diversity goal reporting requirements shall not apply to alternative retail electric suppliers. Provides that alternative retail electric suppliers may satisfy certain reporting requirements by reporting the number of Illinois-based female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises engaged by the supplier. Provides that an alternative retail electric supplier may submit the required report on a confidential basis. Effective immediately or on the date certain provisions of Public Act 99-906 take effect, whichever is later.
Reminds everyone, including government leaders, of their moral responsibility to care for their common home.
Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that a person may not willfully and maliciously permit a dog that is owned, harbored, or controlled by the person to cause injury to or the death of a guide, hearing, or support dog (rather than while the guide, hearing, or support dog is in the discharge of its duties). Provides that a person may not recklessly permit a dog that is owned, harbored, or controlled by the person to cause injury to or the death of a guide, hearing, or support dog. Provides that a person convicted of the reckless offense is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor if the dog is killed or totally disabled, and may be ordered by the court to make restitution to the person with a disability having custody or ownership of the dog for veterinary bills and replacement costs of the dog. Provides that a second or subsequent violation of this offense is a Class 4 felony if the dog is killed or totally disabled, and the person convicted may be ordered by the court to make restitution to the person with a disability having custody or ownership of the dog for veterinary bill and replacement costs of the dog. Provides that a person convicted of this offense is guilty of a petty offense if the dog is not killed or totally disabled.
Amends the Retail Electric Competition Act of 2006 of the Public Utility Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission may establish a program for promoting expanded use of energy saving programs for residential and small commercial customers. Provides that on or before September 1, 2018 and every 2 years thereafter, the Commission shall initiate a collaborative workshop for certain individuals developing energy savings devices and applications. Provides that any recommendations arising from the workshop shall be included in the annual report of the Office of Retail Market Development.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Modifies Sections concerning energy efficiency and demand-response measures to require a utility under those Sections to develop a program that provides residential and small commercial customers a rebate for customer investment in technologies which result in at least a 3% reduction in the customers' energy usage from the previous calendar year. Provides accompanying requirements for the developed programs. Effective immediately or on the date that specified provisions of Public Act 99-906 take effect, whichever is later.
Amends the Retail Electric Competition Act of 2006 of the Public Utilities Act. Provides that any information in the report submitted by the Office of Retail Market Development on June 30 of each year involving price comparison between electric utilities, electric utilities providing service outside their service territories, or alternative retail electric suppliers shall also include the combined value of certain additional products and services offered by the competitive retail electricity market. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission may include other energy savings and marketing savings programs as they develop in the market.
Amends the Higher Education Veterans Service Act. Requires the Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student Services to make his or her best effort to provide student veterans certain information on available veterans benefits and preferences.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall not assess a fee on an alternative retail electric supplier or an alternative gas supplier that exceeds $0.50 per customer per year. Provides that the number of customers of an alternative retail electric supplier or alternative gas supplier shall be determined by the most recent annual report to the Commission. Effective immediately or on the date specified provisions amended by Public Act 99-906 take effect, whichever is later.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also commits intimidation when, with intent to cause another to perform or to omit the performance of any act, he or she communicates to another, directly or indirectly by any means, a threat to perform without lawful authority an act of publishing sexually explicit images of another person without consent.