"Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
"Demand response" means measures that decrease peak electricity demand or shift demand from peak to off-peak periods.
"Distributed energy resources" or "DER" means a wide range of technologies that are connected to the grid including those that are located on the customer side of the customer's electric meter and can provide value to the distribution system, including, but not limited to, distributed generation, energy storage, electric vehicles, and demand response technologies.
"Economically disadvantaged communities" means areas of one or more census tracts where average household income does not exceed 80% of area median income.
"Environmental justice communities" means the definition of that term as used and as may be updated in the long-term renewable resources procurement plan by the Illinois Power Agency and its Program Administrator in the Illinois Solar for All Program.
"Equity investment eligible community" means the geographic areas throughout Illinois which would most benefit from equitable investments by the State designed to combat discrimination. Specifically, the equity investment eligible communities shall be defined as the following areas:
"Performance incentive mechanism" means an instrument by which utility performance is incentivized, which could include a monetary performance incentive.
"Performance metric" means a manner of measurement for a particular utility activity.
The Commission shall consider the report of the independent evaluator in determining the utility's achievement of performance targets. Discrepancies between the utility's assumptions, baselines, targets, or calculations and those of the independent evaluator shall be closely scrutinized by the Commission. If the Commission finds that the utility's reported data for any metric or metrics significantly and incorrectly deviates from the data reported by the independent evaluator, then the Commission shall order the utility to revise its data collection and calculation process within 60 days, with specifications where appropriate.
The Commission's determination of the electric utility's actual revenue requirement for the applicable calendar year shall be based on:
Electric utilities subject to the requirements of this Section shall be permitted to file new or revised tariffs to comply with the provisions of, and Commission orders entered pursuant to, this Section.
220 ILCS 5/16-108.18