Illinois Administrative Code › Title 32 - ENERGY › Part 120 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE COAL GRANT PROVISIONS OF THE ILLINOIS RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY SECURITY ACT › Section 120.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions are applicable to this Part:
"Act" means the Illinois Resource Development and Energy
				Security Act [20 ILCS 688 ].
"Agreement" means a written document executed between the
				grantee and the Department defining the rights and obligations with respect to
				the project.
"Applicant" means an entity, as defined in Section
				120.30
				of this Part, submitting a written request for program funds appropriated under
				the Act.
"Baseload" means the minimum amount of power delivered or
				required over a given period of time at a steady state.
"Coal Revival Program" means the Illinois Resource Development
				and Energy Security Act grant program described in this Part.
"Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
				Opportunity, formerly known as the Department of Commerce and Community
				Affairs.
"Director" means the Director of the Department of Commerce and
				Economic Opportunity, formerly known as the Department of Commerce and
				Community Affairs.
"Eligible business" means an entity that proposes to construct
				a new electric generating facility and that has applied to the Department to
				receive financial assistance pursuant to this Part. [20
				ILCS 605/605-332(a) ]
"Full-time equivalent job" means the number of employees
				required to equal one full-time employee. For purposes of this definition,
				employee means a person who works a minimum of 35 hours per week for a minimum
				of 13 consecutive weeks.
"Grant amount" means an amount that the Department shall pay to
				a grantee for its use on an eligible project.
"Grantee" means an entity, as defined in Section
				120.30
				of this Part, eligible to receive program funds appropriated under the
				Act.
"Illinois coal mining job" means:
a full-time equivalent job in an Illinois coal mine, not
				including a call back from a layoff, created after July 1, 2001; or
after July 1, 2001, an additional purchase of 9,691 tons of
				Illinois-mined coal per year (an amount equal to the average annual coal
				produced per Illinois coal miner, calculated by dividing the total Illinois
				coal production by the total number of Illinois miners, as reported to the
				Department of Natural Resources for inclusion in the Office of Mines and
				Minerals Annual Statistical Report for calendar year 2000).
"New electric generating facility" means a newly-constructed
				electric generation plant or a newly constructed generation capacity expansion
				at an existing facility, including the transmission lines and associated
				equipment that transfers electricity from points of supply to points of
				delivery, and for which foundation construction commenced not sooner than July
				1, 2001, which is designed to provide baseload electric generation operating on
				a continuous basis throughout the year, and which has an aggregate rated
				generating capacity of at least 400 megawatts for all new units at one site,
				uses coal or gases derived from coal as its primary fuel source, and supports
				the creation of at least 150 new Illinois coal mining jobs. [20
				ILCS 605/605-332(a) ]
"Project" means the activities described by the applicant in
				the grant application and approved by the Department.