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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 2607         </title>
<shortdesc>RENEWABLE RESOURCE PROCUREMENT</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Elaine Nekritz-Robyn Gabel-Mike Fortner-Christian L. Mitchell-Ron Sandack, Ann M. Williams, Will Guzzardi, Robert Martwick, Elizabeth Hernandez, Laura Fine, Barbara Flynn Currie, Kelly M. Cassidy, Jaime M. Andrade, Jr., Emanuel Chris Welch, Kelly M. Burke, Esther Golar, Camille Y. Lilly, Sara Feigenholtz, Anna Moeller, Lou Lang, Carol Ammons, Scott Drury, Christine Winger, Michael J. Zalewski, Michael W. Tryon, Pamela Reaves-Harris, Rita Mayfield, Lawrence Walsh, Jr., Silvana Tabares, Stephanie A. Kifowit, Daniel J. Burke, Kenneth Dunkin, Frances Ann Hurley, Monique D. Davis, Al Riley, William Davis, Barbara Wheeler, Elgie R. Sims, Jr., Marcus C. Evans, Jr., Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr., Gregory Harris, Cynthia Soto, Michael P. McAuliffe, Steven A. Andersson, La Shawn K. Ford, Luis Arroyo, Arthur Turner, Jay Hoffman, Anthony DeLuca, Sam Yingling, Frank J. Mautino, Michelle Mussman, Deb Conroy, Natalie A. Manley, Kathleen Willis, Litesa E. Wallace, Martin J. Moylan, Carol Sente, Edward J. Acevedo, John C. D'Amico, Grant Wehrli, Sonya M. Harper, Mary E. Flowers, Patrick J. Verschoore and Fred Crespo</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/10/2017</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
<synopsistitle></synopsistitle>
<reference>20 ILCS 3855/1-5</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>20 ILCS 3855/1-10</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>20 ILCS 3855/1-20</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>20 ILCS 3855/1-56</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>20 ILCS 3855/1-75</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>220 ILCS 5/8-101</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-101</aliasreference><reference>220 ILCS 5/8-103</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>220 ILCS 5/8-104</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>220 ILCS 5/16-107</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>220 ILCS 5/16-108.5</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>220 ILCS 5/16-108.8</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>220 ILCS 5/16-111.5</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>220 ILCS 5/16-111.5B</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>220 ILCS 5/16-111.5C new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>220 ILCS 5/16-111.7</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>220 ILCS 5/16-115D</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>220 ILCS 5/19-140</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>415 ILCS 5/9.1</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1009.1</aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Requires the Planning and Procurement Bureau to establish a long-term renewable resources procurement plan that includes all renewable energy credits necessary to meet specified goals (replacing the current renewable portfolio standards). Sets forth guidelines for what shall be included in the procurement plan. Makes changes to provisions concerning definitions, the powers of the Agency, the Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources Fund, and the duties of the Planning and Procurement Bureau. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes changes concerning nondiscrimination, energy efficiency and demand-response measures, natural gas efficiency programs, real-time pricing, infrastructure investment and modernization, the Illinois Smart Grid test bed, and on-bill financing programs for electric and gas utilities. Adds provisions related to renewable energy credit procurement. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that upon promulgation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of a final rule regulating carbon dioxide emissions from existing electric generating units, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall be authorized to implement a cap and invest program or similar market mechanism to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
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<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Christian L. Mitchell</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Scott Drury</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christine Winger</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon</action>
<statusdate>2/23/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Pamela Reaves-Harris</action>
<statusdate>2/24/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield</action>
<statusdate>2/25/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.</action>
<statusdate>2/26/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares</action>
<statusdate>2/27/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit</action>
<statusdate>2/27/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley</action>
<statusdate>2/27/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia</action>
<statusdate>2/27/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke</action>
<statusdate>2/27/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin</action>
<statusdate>2/27/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley</action>
<statusdate>3/2/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Energy Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/3/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis</action>
<statusdate>3/3/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley</action>
<statusdate>3/4/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan</action>
<statusdate>3/10/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan</action>
<statusdate>3/10/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis</action>
<statusdate>3/10/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman</action>
<statusdate>3/10/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley</action>
<statusdate>3/11/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling</action>
<statusdate>3/11/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy</action>
<statusdate>3/12/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia</action>
<statusdate>3/12/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis</action>
<statusdate>3/12/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler</action>
<statusdate>3/12/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.</action>
<statusdate>3/18/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente</action>
<statusdate>3/19/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.</action>
<statusdate>3/25/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.</action>
<statusdate>3/27/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/27/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris</action>
<statusdate>4/10/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack</action>
<statusdate>4/10/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack</action>
<statusdate>4/22/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto</action>
<statusdate>4/22/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe</action>
<statusdate>4/22/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven A. Andersson</action>
<statusdate>4/22/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford</action>
<statusdate>5/5/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo</action>
<statusdate>5/7/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner</action>
<statusdate>5/12/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman</action>
<statusdate>5/14/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack</action>
<statusdate>5/28/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca</action>
<statusdate>5/29/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling</action>
<statusdate>5/30/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank J. Mautino</action>
<statusdate>5/30/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman</action>
<statusdate>5/30/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy</action>
<statusdate>5/30/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley</action>
<statusdate>5/30/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis</action>
<statusdate>5/30/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace</action>
<statusdate>5/30/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan</action>
<statusdate>5/30/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente</action>
<statusdate>8/5/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo</action>
<statusdate>8/18/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico</action>
<statusdate>8/18/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli</action>
<statusdate>2/1/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper</action>
<statusdate>4/21/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers</action>
<statusdate>5/2/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore</action>
<statusdate>5/23/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo</action>
<statusdate>1/10/2017</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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