Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 20 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH
20 ILCS 627/ - Electric Vehicle Act.

(20 ILCS 627/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Electric Vehicle Act.

(Source: P.A. 97-89, eff. 7-11-11.)
 
(20 ILCS 627/5)
Sec. 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that the adoption and use of electric vehicles would benefit the State of Illinois by (i) improving the health and environmental quality of the residents of Illinois through reduced pollution, (ii) reducing the operating costs of vehicle transportation, and (iii) shifting the demand for imported petroleum to locally produced electricity.

(Source: P.A. 97-89, eff. 7-11-11.)
 
(20 ILCS 627/10)
Sec. 10. Definitions.
"Coordinator" means the Electric Vehicle Coordinator created in Section 15.
"Council" means the Electric Vehicle Advisory Council created in Section 20.
"Electric vehicle" means (i) a battery-powered electric vehicle operated solely by electricity or (ii) a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that operates on electricity and gasoline and has a battery that can be recharged from an external source.

(Source: P.A. 97-89, eff. 7-11-11.)
 
(20 ILCS 627/15)
Sec. 15. Electric Vehicle Coordinator. The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a person within the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to serve as the Electric Vehicle Coordinator for the State of Illinois. This person may be an existing employee with other duties. The Electric Vehicle Coordinator shall receive an annual salary as set by the Governor and beginning July 1, 2022 shall be compensated from appropriations provided to the Comptroller for this purpose. On July 1, 2023 and each July 1 thereafter, the Electric Vehicle Coordinator shall receive an increase in salary based on a cost of living adjustment as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly. The Coordinator shall act as a point person for electric vehicle-related and electric vehicle charging-related policies and activities in Illinois, including, but not limited to, the issuance of electric vehicle rebates for consumers and electric vehicle charging rebates for organizations and companies.

(Source: P.A. 102-444, eff. 8-20-21; 102-662, eff. 9-15-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23.)
 
(20 ILCS 627/20)
Sec. 20. Electric vehicle advisory council.
(a) There is created the Illinois Electric Vehicle Advisory Council. The Council shall investigate and recommend strategies that the Governor and the General Assembly may implement to promote the use of electric vehicles, including, but not limited to, potential infrastructure improvements, State and local regulatory streamlining, and changes to electric utility rates and tariffs.
(b) The Council shall include all of the following members:
(c) The Council shall report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2011.
(d) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide administrative and other support to the Council.

(Source: P.A. 97-89, eff. 7-11-11.)
 
(20 ILCS 627/25)
Sec. 25. Charging station installations. The installation, maintenance, and repair of an electric vehicle charging station shall comply with the requirements of subsection (a) of Section 16-128 and Section 16-128A of the Public Utilities Act.

(Source: P.A. 97-1128, eff. 8-28-12.)
 
(20 ILCS 627/40)
Sec. 40. Rulemaking; resources. The Agency shall adopt rules as necessary and dedicate sufficient resources to implement Sections 45 and 55.

(Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.)
 
(20 ILCS 627/45)
Sec. 45. Beneficial electrification.
(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to decrease
reliance on fossil fuels, reduce pollution from the
transportation sector, increase access to electrification for
all consumers, and ensure that electric vehicle adoption and
increased electricity usage and demand do not place
significant additional burdens on the electric system and
create benefits for Illinois residents.
(b) As used in this Section:
"Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
"Beneficial electrification programs" means programs that
lower carbon dioxide emissions, replace fossil fuel use,
create cost savings, improve electric grid operations, reduce
increases to peak demand, improve electric usage load shape,
and align electric usage with times of renewable generation.
All beneficial electrification programs shall provide for
incentives such that customers are induced to use electricity
at times of low overall system usage or at times when
generation from renewable energy sources is high. "Beneficial
electrification programs" include a portfolio of the
following:
"Black, indigenous, and people of color" or "BIPOC" means people who are members of the groups described in subparagraphs (a) through (e) of paragraph (A) of subsection (1) of Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
"Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
"Coordinator" means the Electric Vehicle Coordinator.
"Electric vehicle" means a vehicle that is exclusively powered by and refueled by electricity, must be plugged in to charge, and is licensed to drive on public roadways. "Electric vehicle" does not include electric mopeds, electric off-highway vehicles, or hybrid electric vehicles and extended-range electric vehicles that are also equipped with conventional fueled propulsion or auxiliary engines.
"Electric vehicle charging station" means a station that delivers electricity from a source outside an electric vehicle into one or more electric vehicles.
"Environmental justice communities" means the definition
of that term based on existing methodologies and findings,
used and as may be updated by the Illinois Power Agency and its
program administrator in the Illinois Solar for All Program.
"Equity investment eligible community" or "eligible community" means the geographic areas throughout Illinois which would most benefit from equitable investments by the State designed to combat discrimination and foster sustainable economic growth. Specifically, "eligible community" means the following areas:
"Equity investment eligible person" or "eligible person" means the persons who would most benefit from equitable investments by the State designed to combat discrimination and foster sustainable economic growth. Specifically, "eligible person" means the following people:
"Low-income" means persons and families whose income does
not exceed 80% of the state median income for the current State fiscal year as established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"Make-ready infrastructure" means the electrical and construction work necessary between the distribution circuit to the connection point of charging equipment.
"Optimized charging programs" mean programs whereby owners
of electric vehicles can set their vehicles to be charged
based on the electric system's current demand, retail or wholesale market rates, incentives, the carbon or other
pollution intensity of the electric generation mix, the
provision of grid services, efficient use of the electric
grid, or the availability of clean energy generation.
Optimized charging programs may be operated by utilities as
well as third parties.
(c) The Commission shall initiate a workshop process no later than November 30, 2021 for the purpose of soliciting input on the design of beneficial electrification programs that the
utility shall offer. The workshop shall be coordinated by the Staff of the Commission, or a facilitator retained by Staff, and shall be organized and facilitated in a manner that encourages representation from diverse stakeholders, including stakeholders representing environmental justice and low-income communities, and ensures equitable opportunities for participation, without requiring formal intervention or representation by an attorney.
The stakeholder workshop process shall take into consideration the benefits of electric vehicle
adoption and barriers to adoption, including:
The workshops shall consider barriers, incentives,
enabling rate structures, and other opportunities for the
bill reduction and environmental benefits described in
this subsection.
The workshop process shall conclude no later than February 28, 2022. Following the workshop, the Staff of the Commission, or the facilitator retained by the Staff, shall prepare and submit a report, no later than March 31, 2022, to the Commission that includes, but is not limited to, recommendations for transportation electrification investment or incentives in the following areas:
The report must also identify the participants in the process, program designs proposed during the process, estimates of the costs and benefits of proposed programs, any material issues that remained unresolved at the conclusions of such process, and any recommendations for workshop process improvements. The report shall be used by the Commission to inform and evaluate the cost effectiveness and achievement of goals within the submitted Beneficial Electrification Plans.
(d) No later than July 1, 2022, electric utilities serving
greater than 500,000 customers in the State shall file a
Beneficial Electrification Plan with the Illinois Commerce
Commission for programs that start no later than January 1,
2023. The plan shall take into consideration recommendations from the workshop report described in this Section. Within 45 days after the filing of the Beneficial Electrification Plan, the Commission shall, with reasonable notice, open an investigation to consider whether the plan meets the objectives and contains the information required by this Section. The Commission shall determine if the proposed plan is cost-beneficial and in the public interest. When considering if the plan is in the public interest and determining appropriate levels of cost recovery for investments and expenditures related to programs proposed by an electric utility, the Commission shall consider whether the investments and other expenditures are designed and reasonably expected to:
The plan shall be determined to be cost-beneficial if the total cost of beneficial electrification expenditures is less than the net present value of increased electricity costs (defined as marginal avoided energy, avoided capacity, and avoided transmission and
distribution system costs) avoided by programs under the plan, the net present value of reductions in other customer energy costs, net revenue from all electric charging in the service territory, and the societal value of reduced carbon emissions and surface-level pollutants, particularly in environmental justice communities. The calculation of costs and benefits should be based on net impacts, including the impact on customer rates.
The Commission shall approve, approve with modifications, or reject the plan within 270 days from the date of filing. The Commission may approve the plan if it finds that the plan will achieve the goals described in this Section and contains the information described in this Section. Proceedings under this Section shall proceed according to the rules provided by Article IX of the Public Utilities Act. Information contained in the approved plan shall be considered part of the record in any Commission proceeding under Section 16-107.6 of the Public Utilities Act, provided that a final order has not been entered prior to the initial filing date. The Beneficial Electrification Plan shall specifically
address, at a minimum, the following:
(e) Proceedings under this Section shall proceed according to the rules provided by Article IX of the Public Utilities Act. Information contained in the approved plan shall be considered part of the record in any Commission proceeding under Section 16-107.6 of the Public Utilities Act, provided that a final order has not been entered prior to the initial filing date.
(f) The utility shall file an update to the plan on July 1, 2024 and every 3 years thereafter. This update shall describe transportation investments made during the prior plan period, investments planned for the following 24 months, and updates to the information required by this Section. Beginning with the first update, the utility shall develop the plan in conjunction with the distribution system planning process described in Section 16-105.17, including incorporation of stakeholder feedback from that process.
(g) Within 35 days after the utility files its report, the Commission shall, upon its own initiative, open an investigation regarding the utility's plan update to investigate whether the objectives described in this Section are being achieved. The Commission shall determine whether investment targets should be increased based on achievement of spending goals outlined in the Beneficial Electrification Plan and consistency with outcomes directed in the plan stakeholder workshop report. If the Commission finds, after notice and hearing, that the utility's plan is materially deficient, the Commission shall issue an order requiring the utility to devise a corrective action plan, subject to Commission approval, to bring the plan into compliance with the goals of this Section. The Commission's order shall be entered within 270 days after the utility files its annual report.
The contents of a plan filed under this Section shall be available for evidence in Commission proceedings. However, omission from an approved plan shall not render any future utility expenditure to be considered unreasonable or imprudent. The Commission may, upon sufficient evidence, allow expenditures that were not part of any particular distribution plan.
The Commission shall consider revenues from electric vehicles in the utility's service territory in evaluating the retail rate impact. The retail rate impact from the development of electric vehicle infrastructure shall not exceed 1% per year of the total annual revenue requirements of the utility.
(h) In meeting the requirements of this Section, the utility shall demonstrate efforts to increase the use of contractors and electric vehicle charging station installers that meet multiple workforce equity actions, including, but not limited to:
Utilities shall establish reporting procedures for vendors that ensure compliance with this subsection, but are structured to avoid, wherever possible, placing an undue administrative burden on vendors.
(i) Program data collection.
(j) The provisions of this Section are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.

(Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21; 102-820, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
(20 ILCS 627/55)
Sec. 55. Charging rebate program.
(a) In order to substantially offset the installation costs of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, beginning July 1, 2022, and continuing as long as funds are available, the Agency shall issue rebates, consistent with the Commission-approved Beneficial Electrification Plans in accordance with Section 45, to public and private organizations and companies to install and maintain Level 2 or Level 3 charging stations.
(b) The Agency shall award rebates or grants that fund up to 80% of the cost of the installation of charging stations. The Agency shall award additional incentives per port for every charging station installed in an eligible community and every charging station located to support eligible persons. In order to be eligible to receive a rebate or grant, the organization or company must submit an application to the Agency and commit to paying the prevailing wage for the installation project. The Agency shall by rule provide application and other programmatic details and requirements, including additional incentives for eligible communities. The Agency may determine per port or project caps based on a review of best practices and stakeholder engagement. The Agency shall accept applications on a rolling basis and shall award rebates or grants within 60 days of each application. The Agency must require that any grant or rebate applicant comply with the requirements of the Prevailing Wage Act for any installation of a charging station for which it seeks a rebate or grant.

(Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21; 102-673, eff. 11-30-21.)
 
(20 ILCS 627/60)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
Sec. 60. Study on loss of infrastructure funds and replacement options. The Illinois Department of Transportation shall conduct a study to be delivered to the members of the Illinois General Assembly and made available to the public no later than September 30, 2022. The study shall consider how the proliferation of electric vehicles will adversely affect resources needed for transportation infrastructure and take into consideration any relevant federal actions. The study shall identify the potential revenue loss and offer multiple options for replacing those lost revenues. The Illinois Department of Transportation shall collaborate with organizations representing businesses involved in designing and building transportation infrastructure, organized labor, the general business community, and users of the system. In addition, the Illinois Department of Transportation may collaborate with other state agencies, including but not limited to the Illinois Secretary of State and the Illinois Department of Revenue.
This Section is repealed on January 1, 2024.

(Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21; 102-673, eff. 11-30-21.)
 
(20 ILCS 627/99)
Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

(Source: P.A. 97-89, eff. 7-11-11.)

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