SB3273sam001 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Bill Cunningham

Filed: 5/6/2026

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3273

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3273 on page 1, line 5, by replacing "Sections 16-107.5 and 17-900" with "Section 16-107.5 and by adding Section 17-1000"; and

by replacing line 24 on page 14 through line 6 on page 16 with the following:

"(h-7) After an electric distribution company determines that an interconnection request from an applicant for a public school project has been completed, the electric distribution company must immediately begin all evaluations, reviews, and screenings of the interconnection request. Projects pending in the interconnection queue on the same feeder and substation as an interconnection request for a public school project shall be paused until the public school project has received a fully executed interconnection agreement, regardless of queue position assignments under 83 Ill. Adm. Code 466, to ensure that available feeder and substation capacity is reserved for the public school project. If the electric distribution company determines that there is no requirement for the construction of facilities by the electric distribution company on its own system, the electric distribution company shall provide the applicant with an interconnection agreement, as provided under 83 Ill. Adm. Code 466. If the electric distribution company determines that the public school project has a nameplate capacity that is less than 500 kilowatts (kW) with no colocated distribution resources and determines that no system modifications are required, the electric distribution company must complete all required interconnection-related evaluations, reviews, and screenings within 30 days after making such a determination and issue an interconnection agreement as soon as possible after the evaluations, reviews, and screenings are completed. If the electric distribution company determines that only minor system modifications are required, the electric distribution company shall provide the applicant with an interconnection agreement within 60 days after the applicant elects to continue the application and pays any necessary fees or costs required under 83 Ill. Adm. Code 466. If the electric distribution company determines that more than minor modifications are required, the electric distribution company shall provide the applicant with an interconnection agreement within 90 days after the applicant elects to continue the application and pays any necessary fees or costs required under 83 Ill. Adm. Code 466."; and

on page 16, line 7, before "or", by inserting "earned on a monthly basis"; and

on page 16, line 22, after "Commission", by inserting "serving more than 100,000 customers in this State"; and

on page 16, immediately below line 25, by inserting the following:

""Public school project" means a renewable electrical generating facility that is located on the premises of a public school on the customer's side of the billing meter, is intended primarily to offset the customer's current or future electrical requirements, and is eligible only for renewable energy credits apportioned to distributed renewable generation devices installed on public school land under subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (K) of subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act."; and

by replacing line 14 on page 63 through line 6 on page 70 with the following:

"(220 ILCS 5/17-1000 new)

Sec. 17-1000. Interconnection application fees for public schools. A municipal system or electric cooperative shall not charge an application fee to a public school for the interconnection of renewable generating facilities located on the public school's land to the local distribution system that exceeds more than 150% of the cost authorized by law or by rule to be recovered from customers by public utilities for the same or similarly sized facilities with the same or similar electric configurations to the local distribution system. An interconnection application fee shall be in addition to inspection fees or costs, municipal building permit fees, and other normal fees charged by municipalities for governmental considerations related to non-electric utilities. The limit on an interconnection application fee under this Section does not apply to any required reimbursement by a public school of the cost of any reasonably required metering equipment, system impact studies, or system upgrades, which shall be limited to actual costs reasonably incurred.".