Illinois Administrative Code › Title 2 - GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION › Part 1620 - ORGANIZATION, INFORMATION, RULEMAKING AND HEARINGS › Subpart H - MISCELLANEOUS FILINGS › Section 1620.826 - Communications Related to Power Procurement by the Illinois Power Agency

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) This Section
				implements Section 50-39 of the Illinois Procurement Code concerning
				communications with the Illinois Power Agency relating to power
				procurement.
b) For purposes of
				this Section, the identified terms have the following definitions:
1) "Illinois Power Agency" or "IPA" means the
				agency created by Section 1-15 of the Illinois Power Agency Act [
				20 ILCS
				3855/1-15 ];
2) "Illinois Power Agency employee" means:
A) any person employed full-time, part-time
				or pursuant to a personal services contract with IPA and whose employment
				duties are subject to the direction and control of the IPA Director or staff
				with regard to the material details of how the work is to be
				performed;
B) the Director of
				IPA;
C) or any person associated
				with IPA as an independent contractor performing services or providing goods
				pursuant to terms specified by contract with IPA, including employees of any
				such independent contractor.
3) "Content of any power procurement plan"
				means the substance of the power procurement plan provided in the Illinois
				Power Agency Act (IPA Act) [ 20 ILCS 3855 ] and Sections 16-111.5 and 16-111.5B
				of the Public Utilities Act (PUA) [
				220
				ILCS 5/16-111.5 and 16-111.5B].
4) "Manner of conducting a power procurement
				process" means the method of carrying out and administering the procurement
				process provided in Section 1-75 of the IPA Act and Section 16-111.5 of the
				PUA.
5) "Method or structure of
				contracting with power suppliers" means the system or composition of agreeing
				with a provider of electricity or related services, including renewable
				resources, for procurements administered by IPA, whether or not IPA is a party
				to the contract.
6) "Procurement of
				a power supply" means the acquisition of electricity or related services,
				including renewable resources, on behalf of participating utilities or IPA. A
				procurement of a power supply commences when IPA begins efforts, formal or
				informal, on the power procurement plan provided in the IPA Act and Section
				16-111.5 of the PUA or, for procurements of renewable energy resources,
				pursuant to Section 1-56 of the IPA Act, and continues through the conclusion
				of the procurement process provided in Sections 1-75 and 1-56 of the IPA Act
				and Section 16-111.5 of the PUA, and includes any alternate procedures adopted
				by the Director pursuant to Section 20-10(i) of the Illinois Procurement
				Code.
7) "Public forum" includes
				any meeting that satisfies the notice requirements of Section 2.02 of the Open
				Meetings Act [
				5 ILCS
				120/2.02 ], but also includes other public events that
				are advertised and generally open to the public. A meeting may be a public
				forum even if a reasonable fee is required, such as educational seminars and
				conferences.
8) "Participating
				utility" means a utility that is required to or elects to participate in the
				IPA procurement process pursuant to Section 16-111.5(a) of the PUA.