Illinois House Bill 5234

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-15 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Transmission Efficiency and Cooperation Law within the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an incumbent electric transmission owner has the right to construct, own, and maintain an electric transmission line approved in a transmission plan that will connect to facilities that are owned by that incumbent electric transmission owner and that are or will be under the functional control of a regional transmission operator. Specifies that the right to construct, own, and maintain such an electric transmission line belongs individually and proportionally to each incumbent electric transmission owner, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing. Provides that proportionality shall be determined based on the location of the electric transmission line relative to each incumbent electric transmission owner's retail service territory. Authorizes an incumbent electric transmission owner to assign its right to construct, own, and maintain an electric transmission line to a transmission affiliate. Provides that an owner may notify the Illinois Commerce Commission that it will not construct any or all of the electric transmission line, and the Commission may grant permission and approval for the construction to another entity. Effective immediately.

UTIL-TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY

Rep. Lawrence Walsh [D]	Rep. Jay Hoffman [D]	Rep. Lance Yednock [D]	Rep. Marcus Evans [D]
Rep. Stephanie Kifowit [D]	Rep. Katie Stuart [D]	Rep. Sue Scherer [D]	Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [D]
Rep. Natalie Manley [D]	Rep. Robert Rita [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
2024-04-12	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
2024-04-12	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
2024-04-10	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
2024-04-05	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2024-04-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
2024-03-14	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
2024-03-14	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2024-03-06	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
2024-02-28	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2024-02-15	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
2024-02-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-02-09	House	First Reading
2024-02-08	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
220	5	23-100	New Code	See Bill Text
220	5	23-105	New Code	See Bill Text
220	5	Art. XXIII headi	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5234&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB5234.htm