Illinois § 10-15

§ 10-15.

Energy Transition Workforce Commission. (a) The Energy Transition Workforce Commission is hereby created within the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. (b) The Commission shall consist of the following members: (1) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; (2) the Director of Labor, or his or her designee, who shall serve as chairperson; (3) 5 members appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, of which at least one shall be a representative of a local labor organization, at least one shall be a resident of an environmental justice community, at least one shall be a representative of a national labor organization, and at least one shall be a representative of the administrator of workforce training programs created by this Act. Designees shall be appointed within 60 days after a vacancy; and (4) the 3 Regional Administrators selected under Section 5-15 of the Energy Transition Act. (c) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from funds appropriated for that purpose. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide administrative support to the Commission. (d) Within 240 days after the effective date of this Act, and in consultation with the Department of Revenue and the Environmental Protection Agency, the Commission shall produce an Energy Transition Workforce Report regarding the anticipated impact of the energy transition and a comprehensive set of recommendations to address changes to the Illinois workforce during the period of 2020 through 2050, or a later year. The report shall contain the following elements, designed to be used for the programs created in this Act: (1) Information related to the impact on current workers, including: (A) a comprehensive accounting of all employees who currently work in fossil fuel energy generation, nuclear energy generation, and coal mining in the State; upon receipt of the employee's written authorization for the employer's release of such information to the Commission, this shall include information on their location, employer, salary ranges, full-time or part-time status, nature of their work, educational attainment, union status, and other factors the Commission finds relevant; (B) the anticipated schedule of closures of fossil fuel power plants, nuclear power plants, and coal mines across the State; when information is unavailable to provide exact data, the report shall include approximations based upon the best available information; and (C) an estimate of worker impacts due to scheduled closures, including layoffs, early retirements, salary changes, and other factors the Commission finds relevant. (2) Information regarding impact on communities and local governments, including: (A) changes in the revenue for units of local government in areas that currently or recently have had a closure or reduction in operation of a fossil fuel power plant, nuclear power plant, coal mine, or related industry; (B) environmental impacts in areas that currently or recently have had fossil fuel power plants, coal mines, nuclear power plants, or related industry; and (C) economic impacts of the energy transition, including, but not limited to, the supply chain impacts of the energy transition shift toward new energy sources across the State. (3) Information on emerging industries and State economic development opportunities in regions that have historically been the site of fossil fuel power plants, nuclear power plants, or coal mining. (e) The Department shall periodically review its findings in the developed reports and make modifications to the report and programs based on new findings. The Department shall conduct a comprehensive reevaluation of the report, and publish a modified version, on each of the following years following initial publication: 2023; 2027; 2030; 2035; 2040; and any year thereafter which the Department determines is necessary or prudent. (Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.)