Illinois Statutes Chapter 20. Executive Branch § 735/10-10. Definitions

§ 10-10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

“Agencies” or “State agencies” has the same meaning as “State agencies” under Section 1-7 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.

“Commission” means the Energy Transition Workforce Commission created in Section 10-15.

“Department” means the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

“Displaced energy worker” means an energy worker who has lost employment, or is anticipated by the Department to lose employment within the next 5 years, due to the reduced operation or closure of a fossil fuel power plant, nuclear power plant, or coal mine.

“Energy worker” means a person who has been employed full-time for a period of one year or longer, and within the previous 5 years, at a fossil fuel power plant, a nuclear power plant, or a coal mine located within the State of Illinois, whether or not they are employed by the owner of the power plant or mine. Energy workers are considered to be full-time if they work at least 35 hours per week for 45 weeks a year or the 1,820 work-hour equivalent with vacations, paid holidays, and sick time, but not overtime, included in this computation. Classification of an individual as an energy worker continues for 5 years from the latest date of employment or the effective date of this Act, whichever is later.

“Environmental justice communities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1-56 of the Illinois Power Agency Act and the most recent Commission-approved long-term renewable resources procurement plan of the Illinois Power Agency.

“Investor-owned electric generating plant” means an electric generating unit or fossil fuel-fired unit that has a nameplate capacity or serves a generator that has a nameplate capacity greater than 25Mwe and that produces electricity, including, but not limited to, coal-fired, coal-derived, oil-fired, natural gas-fired, and cogeneration units.

“Local labor market area” means an economically integrated area within which individuals reside and find employment within a reasonable distance of their places of residence or can readily change jobs without changing their places of residence.

“Low-income” means persons and families whose income does not exceed 80% of area median income, adjusted for family size and revised every 2 years.

“Renewable energy enterprise” means a company that is engaged in the production, manufacturing, distribution, or development of renewable energy resources and associated technologies.

“Renewable energy project” means a project conducted by a renewable energy enterprise for the purpose of generating renewable energy resources or energy storage.

“Renewable energy resources” has the meaning set forth in Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.

“Rule” has the meaning set forth in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.