Amends the Public Utilities Act. Sets forth procedures for the processing of interconnection requests from applicants for distributed renewable generation projects on public school land. Provides that, for all net metering credits or other credits owed to a customer who has elected to install a distributed renewable generation project on public school land, all credits intended for the benefit of the consumer must be credited by the public utility or retail energy supplier within 90 days after the public utility or retail energy supplier determines that the criteria for the credit have been met. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall adopt revisions to its standards for the interconnection of eligible renewable generating equipment and net metering credit rules to conform with the requirements of the provisions of the amendatory Act. In provisions concerning customer self-generation of electricity, provides that, for distributed renewable generation projects on public school land, any fees for interconnection applications charged by the electric cooperative or municipal system must be substantially similar to the fees charged by public utilities for the interconnection of the same or similar projects and must not exceed 150% of the cost of the base interconnection fees of the other public utilities. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1: Defines "public school project". Provides that, after an electric distribution company determines that an interconnection request from an applicant for a public school project (rather than distributed renewable generation project on public school land) has been completed, the electric distribution company must immediately begin (rather than immediately, without assigning the project to the queue, begin) all evaluations, reviews, and screenings of the interconnection request. Provides that if the electric distribution company determines that the public school project has a nameplate capacity that is less than 500 kilowatts (kW) with no colocated distribution resources and determines that no system modifications are required, the electric distribution company must complete all required interconnection-related evaluations, reviews, and screenings within 30 days after making such a determination and issue an interconnection agreement as soon as possible after the evaluations, reviews, and screenings are completed. Provides that, for all net metering credits earned on a monthly basis (rather than for all net metering credits) or other credits owed to a customer who has elected to install a distributed renewable generation project on public school land, all credits intended for the benefit of the consumer must be credited by the public utility or retail energy supplier within 90 days after the public utility or retail energy supplier determines that the criteria for the credit have been met. Provides that a municipal system or electric cooperative shall not charge an application fee to a public school for the interconnection of renewable generating facilities located on the public school's land to the local distribution system that exceeds more than 150% of the cost authorized by law or by rule to be recovered from customers by public utilities for the same or similarly sized facilities with the same or similar electric configurations to the local distribution system. Provides that the limit on an interconnection application fee does not apply to any required reimbursement by a public school of the cost of any reasonably required metering equipment, system impact studies, or system upgrades, which shall be limited to actual costs reasonably incurred. Makes other changes.
House Floor Amendment No. 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Inserts language that had been omitted from one version of the statutes so that the language appears in both versions of the statutes. Effective immediately.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 220 ILCS 5/16, 220 ILCS 5/17
Engrossed: 220 ILCS 5/16, 220 ILCS 5/17
Enrolled: 220 ILCS 5/16, 220 ILCS 5/17