republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/sb-2522.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "POWER AGENCY-ANNUAL REPORTS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Makes establishment of the Resource Development Bureau discretionary, and makes related changes. Moves language providing that each year the Illinois Power Agency shall prepare a public report for the General Assembly and the Illinois Commerce Commission that shall include certain criteria associated with the procurement of renewable energy resources from under a provision concerning the renewable portfolio standard to a provision concerning Agency annual reports within the Act. In a provision concerning Agency annual reports: provides that the Agency shall report annually each February 15 (currently December 15) on the operations and transactions of the Agency; removes a provision regarding reporting the quantity, price, and rate of all renewable resources purchased under the electricity procurement plans for electric utilities; and provides that average quantity (rather than total quantity) be used for certain reporting criteria. Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 2522"
citation: "Illinois SB 2522 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75115e9c-df2f-450d-b6d3-0a2c94f4a8ec"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2522&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=95068&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "f8a9e62cdc877dbc8678a33f25f55e28c267e6cd2f3edf2c07f31377d90df6b2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 2522 (99th) — POWER AGENCY-ANNUAL REPORTS

Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Makes establishment of the Resource Development Bureau discretionary, and makes related changes. Moves language providing that each year the Illinois Power Agency shall prepare a public report for the General Assembly and the Illinois Commerce Commission that shall include certain criteria associated with the procurement of renewable energy resources from under a provision concerning the renewable portfolio standard to a provision concerning Agency annual reports within the Act. In a provision concerning Agency annual reports: provides that the Agency shall report annually each February 15 (currently December 15) on the operations and transactions of the Agency; removes a provision regarding reporting the quantity, price, and rate of all renewable resources purchased under the electricity procurement plans for electric utilities; and provides that average quantity (rather than total quantity) be used for certain reporting criteria. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2522&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=95068&DocNum=2522&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2522eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=95068&DocNum=2522&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2522enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=95068&DocNum=2522&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Don Harmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2016-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-24** Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-10** Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2016
- **2016-03-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 17, 2016
- **2016-04-05** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-05** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-05** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Christian L. Mitchell
- **2016-04-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-09** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-13** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2016
- **2016-05-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2016-05-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-08** Effective Date July 8, 2016
- **2016-07-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0536 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75115e9c-df2f-450d-b6d3-0a2c94f4a8ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).