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Next ICC Data Access Working Group and Net Crediting Meetings Scheduled
Staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) has scheduled two separate meeting to discuss access to customer data and net crediting provisions detailed in the statute.
- ICC Staff sent an email informing parties that the next Data Access Working Group (DAWG) meeting has been scheduled for March 19th at 1 p.m. CST. Please contact Torsten Clausen of ICC Staff if you would like to add a topic to the agenda. Also note that JSP and ComEd held a call on January 27th regarding the sharing of low-income discount enrollment status and other customer data. There will be a status update at the next DAWG meeting.
- There will be a meeting to discuss the new net crediting provisions in Public Act 104-0458. This meeting is scheduled for March 4th at 12:00 p.m. CST.
Below is the relevant language from the statute:
If requested by the owner or operator of a community renewable generating project, an electric utility serving more than 200,000 customers as of January 1, 2021 shall enter into a net crediting agreement with the owner or operator to include a subscriber’s subscription fee on the subscriber’s monthly electric bill and provide the subscriber with a net credit equivalent to the total bill credit value for that generation period minus the subscription fee, provided the subscription fee is structured as a fixed percentage of bill credit value. The net crediting agreement shall set forth payment terms from the electric utility to the owner or operator of the community renewable generating project, and the electric utility may charge a net crediting fee to the owner or operator of a community renewable generating project that may not exceed 1% of the subscription fee bill credit value. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, an electric utility serving 200,000 customers or fewer as of January 1, 2021 shall not be obligated to enter into a net crediting agreement with the owner or operator of a community renewable generating project.
An electric utility shall use the same net crediting format for subscribers on payment plans and subscribers participating in budget billing programs. For the purposes of this paragraph (4), “net crediting” means a program offered by an electric utility under which the electric utility, upon authorization by or on behalf of a subscriber, remits the cash value of the subscription fee to the owner or operator of the community renewable generation facility without regard to whether the subscriber has paid the subscriber’s monthly electric bill and places the cash value of the remaining bill credit on the subscriber’s bill.
Both meetings will use the Webex link below.
https://illinois.webex.com/meet/torsten.clausen
Join by phone at: +1-312-535-8110 United States Toll (Chicago)
+1-415-655-0002 US Toll
Access code: 800 877 909
