Illinois legislation · 104th General Assembly
Illinois SB3273: UTILITIES-INTERCONNECTIONS
Status: Signed into law, July 10, 2026
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.
What the bill says
A bill FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB3273Introduced 2/3/2026, by Sen. Bill CunninghamSYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: ILCS 5/16-107.5220 ILCS 5/17-900 220 ILCS 5/16-107.5 220 ILCS 5/17-900 ILCS 5/16-107.5 ILCS 5/17-900 Amends the Public Utilities Act. Sets forth procedures for theprocessing of interconnection requests from applicants for distributedrenewable generation projects on public school land…
From the introduced text, February 3, 2026:
A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB3273Introduced 2/3/2026, by Sen. Bill CunninghamSYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: ILCS 5/16-107.5220 ILCS 5/17-900 220 ILCS 5/16-107.5 220 ILCS 5/17-900 ILCS 5/16-107.5 ILCS 5/17-900 Amends the Public Utilities Act. Sets forth procedures for theprocessing of interconnection requests from applicants for distributedrenewable generation projects on public school land. Provides that, forall net metering credits or other credits owed to a customer who haselected to install a distributed renewable generation project on publicschool land, all credits intended for the benefit of the consumer must becredited by the public utility or retail energy supplier within 90 daysafter the public utility or retail energy supplier determines that thecriteria for the credit have been met. Provides that the Illinois CommerceCommission shall adopt revisions to its standards for the interconnectionof eligible renewable generating equipment and net metering credit rulesto conform with the requirements of the provisions of the amendatory Act.In provisions concerning customer self-generation of electricity, providesthat, for distributed renewable generation projects on public school land,any fees for interconnection applications charged by the electriccooperative or municipal system must be substantially similar to the feescharged by public utilities for the interconnection of the same or similarprojects and must not exceed 150% of the cost of the base interconnectionfees of the other public utilities. Effective immediately. LRB104 18411 AAS …
Sponsors
- Bill Cunningham (D, 18) · primary sponsor
- Chris Balkema (R, 53)
- Javier L. Cervantes (D, 1)
- Jay Hoffman (D, 113) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0569
- : Effective Date July 10, 2026
- : Governor Approved
- : Sent to the Governor
- : Passed Both Houses
- : Senate Concurs
- : House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
- : House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Energy and Public Utilities; 011-000-000
- : House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Energy and Public Utilities
- : House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
Votes
- House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs (May 31, 2026): 58 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Energy and Public Utilities (May 29, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed (May 27, 2026): 109 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee (May 21, 2026): 3 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee (May 21, 2026): 19 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Third Reading - Passed (May 20, 2026): 56 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: ILCS 220 - Utilities
Common questions
- What is SB3273?
- SB3273 is a bill in the Illinois Legislature (104th General Assembly): UTILITIES-INTERCONNECTIONS.
- What does SB3273 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB3273Introduced 2/3/2026, by Sen. Bill CunninghamSYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: ILCS 5/16-107.5220 ILCS 5/17-900 220 ILCS 5/16-107.5 220 ILCS 5/17-900 ILCS 5/16-107.5 ILCS 5/17-900 Amends the Public Utilities Act. Sets forth procedures for theprocessing of interconnection requests from applicants for distributedrenewable generation projects on public school land…
- What is the status of SB3273?
- Signed into law as of July 10, 2026. Latest action: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0569 (July 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB3273?
- Bill Cunningham (D, 18), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB3273?
- On the Illinois Legislature website: https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3273&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114
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