{"data":{"id":"us-il/220-ilcs-31-1-10","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"220 ILCS 31/1-10","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this Act:\n\"Agency\" means the Illinois Power Agency.\n\"Demand-side program\" means a program implemented by or on behalf of a utility to reduce retail customer consumption (MWh) or shift the time of consumption of energy (MW) from end users, including energy efficiency programs, demand-response programs, and programs for the promotion or aggregation of distributed generation.\n\"Electric cooperative\" has the meaning given to that term in Section 3-119 of the Public Utilities Act.\n\"Generation resource\" means a facility for the generation of electricity.\n\"Integrated resource plan\" or \"IRP\" means the planning process for a municipal power agency, municipality, or electric cooperative to evaluate energy supply and demand in order to meet long-term energy needs while minimizing costs and complying with federal and State environmental requirements, consistent with this Act.\n\"Municipality\" has the meaning given to that term in Section 11-119.1-3 of the Illinois Municipal Code.\n\"Municipal power agency\" has the meaning given to that term in Section 11-119.1-3 of the Illinois Municipal Code excluding single project municipal power agencies that do not plan for the full requirements of their members.\n\"Renewable generation resource\" means a resource for generating electricity that uses wind, solar, hydro, or geothermal energy.\n\"Storage resource\" means a commercially available technology that uses mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to store energy and deliver the stored energy as electricity for use at a later time and is capable of being controlled by the distribution or transmission entity managing it, to enable and optimize the safe and reliable operation of the electric system.\n\"Utility\" means a municipal power agency, municipality, or electric cooperative, including a generation and transmission electric cooperative that provides wholesale electricity to one or more distribution electric cooperatives.","path":["CHAPTER 220 UTILITIES","Municipal and Cooperative Electric Utility Transparent Planning Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=4653\u0026ChapterID=23\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:30Z","sha256":"d20b45d228d555f5ea93fc62d73ae759560ae3eac3a6751ab670633d0d03adda","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/220-ilcs-31-1-5","next":"us-il/220-ilcs-31-1-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}