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| Bill | UTILITIES-ENERGY EFFICIENCY | Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that any electric or gas public utility with fewer than 200,000 customers in Illinois as of January 1, 2007 that offers energy efficiency programs to its customers in a state adjacent to Illinois may seek the approval of the Illinois Commerce Commission to offer the same or comparable energy efficiency programs to its customers in Illinois. Provides that if a utility shall submit certain information to the Commission for each program it offers. Specifies guidelines for the approval of each program. Provides that a public utility providing approved energy efficiency programs may recover the reasonable costs of such programs through an automatic adjustment clause tariff filed with and approved by the Commission. Provides that each year the Commission shall initiate a review to reconcile any amounts collected with the actual costs and to determine the adjustment to the annual tariff factor to match annual expenditures. Provides that a utility may request a waiver of one or more components of an approved energy efficiency program at any time in order to improve the program's effectiveness. Provides that the Commission may grant such waiver if good cause is shown by the utility. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 95th | SB 215 | Illinois SB 215 (95th) |
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enacted | 3 | 42 | 4 | 2007-02-07 | 2007-10-17 | openstates | ocd-bill/6374eafb-6307-4602-b1c3-496db7441044 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=215&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27837&SessionID=51&GA=95 | adde6ae6789133934bdf8c68599882d30443b55ab0a745581e4a9445f82a7a3c | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 215 (95th) — UTILITIES-ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that any electric or gas public utility with fewer than 200,000 customers in Illinois as of January 1, 2007 that offers energy efficiency programs to its customers in a state adjacent to Illinois may seek the approval of the Illinois Commerce Commission to offer the same or comparable energy efficiency programs to its customers in Illinois. Provides that if a utility shall submit certain information to the Commission for each program it offers. Specifies guidelines for the approval of each program. Provides that a public utility providing approved energy efficiency programs may recover the reasonable costs of such programs through an automatic adjustment clause tariff filed with and approved by the Commission. Provides that each year the Commission shall initiate a review to reconcile any amounts collected with the actual costs and to determine the adjustment to the annual tariff factor to match annual expenditures. Provides that a utility may request a waiver of one or more components of an approved energy efficiency program at any time in order to improve the program's effectiveness. Provides that the Commission may grant such waiver if good cause is shown by the utility. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Motion — 110–0 (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
- Motion — 54–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2007-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs
filing - 2007-02-07 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-02-07 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-03-07 Assigned to Environment and Energy
referral-committee - 2007-03-15 Do Pass Environment and Energy; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
- 2007-03-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs
amendment-introduction - 2007-03-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Environment and Energy
- 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Environment and Energy; 010-000-000
- 2007-03-22 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Jacobs
amendment-passage - 2007-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
- 2007-03-27 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-03-28 Arrived in House
introduction - 2007-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-03-28 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- 2007-03-28 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-03-28 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2007-04-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
- 2007-04-30 Assigned to Public Utilities Committee
referral-committee - 2007-05-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-05-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-05-29 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2007-05-29 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2007-05-31 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- 2007-05-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-05-31 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-05-31 Passed Both Houses
- 2007-06-29 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2007-08-28 Governor Amendatory Veto
executive-veto - 2007-10-02 Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 2, 2007
- 2007-10-02 Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. Mike Jacobs
- 2007-10-02 3/5 Vote Required
- 2007-10-02 Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 054-000-000
- 2007-10-04 Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 10, 2007
- 2007-10-05 Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- 2007-10-10 3/5 Vote Required
- 2007-10-10 Override Amendatory Veto - House Passed 110-000-002
- 2007-10-10 Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
- 2007-10-17 Effective Date January 1, 2008
- 2007-10-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0660
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6374eafb-6307-4602-b1c3-496db7441044. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).