SB 2571

Abstract

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Adds an Article concerning interconnection of on-site distributed generation. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to initiate a proceeding to establish, by order, generic standards for utility tariffs for the interconnection and parallel operation of distributed generation fueled by natural gas or a renewable fuel, or another similarly clean fuel or combination of fuels of no more than 10 megawatts of interconnected capacity. Requires each public utility providing electric service at retail to file a distributed generation tariff for Commission approval or approval with modification and each municipal utility and cooperative electric association to adopt a distributed generation tariff. Provides that every electric utility shall file with the Commission a distributed generation interconnection report for the preceding calendar year that identifies each distributed generation facility interconnected with the utility's distribution system. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.