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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1586 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Mattie Hunter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Requires the Illinois Power Agency to update its response presented in the report titled "Potential Nuclear Power Plant Closings in Illinois". Also requires the Agency to update, in conjunction with the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the report's findings regarding potential market-based solutions that will ensure the premature closure of these nuclear power plants does not occur and that the dire consequence to the economy, jobs, and the environment are averted. Provides that this provision is repealed on June 30, 2017. Effective immediately.
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| | SB1586 | | LRB099 09537 AMC 29745 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Power Agency Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 1-126 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 3855/1-126 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 1-126. Potential Nuclear Power Plant Closings in |
| 8 | | Illinois; updates. No later than June 30, 2016, the Agency |
| 9 | | shall update its response presented in the report titled |
| 10 | | "Potential Nuclear Power Plant Closings in Illinois", which was |
| 11 | | issued on January 5, 2015 in response to House Resolution 1146 |
| 12 | | of the 98th General Assembly. Pursuant to the Resolution, the |
| 13 | | Agency examined how Illinois nuclear plant closures would |
| 14 | | affect reliability and the adequacy of generating capacity in |
| 15 | | the Midwest region. The Agency shall also update, in |
| 16 | | conjunction with the Illinois Commerce Commission, the |
| 17 | | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the Illinois |
| 18 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the report's |
| 19 | | findings regarding potential market-based solutions that will |
| 20 | | ensure the premature closure of these nuclear power plants does |
| 21 | | not occur and that the dire consequence to the economy, jobs, |
| 22 | | and the environment are averted. |
| 23 | | This Section shall be repealed on June 30, 2017.
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