ILLINOIS SOLAR LOBBY DAY 2015

Thank you for signing up to join us for Solar Lobby Day on May 6th! Team assignments will be circulated on Wednesday morning along with the list of who you will be targeting to meet with. Our briefing will be just that - brief - so please arrive on time and ready to get started. We will also hand out material packets to each of the groups as well as Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition Buttons along with ISEA lobbyist John Kamis and several environmentalists/renewable energy supporters who are in Springfield have volunteered to give us a hand. Each group will need a NOTE TAKER – someone who will get back to us with results and follow-up action items, a critical part of the success moving forward.

Briefing Details: • When: Wednesday May 6 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am - Briefing will begin promptly at 9:30 am • Where: Café Moxo 411 E Adams, Springfield, IL • Why: Important talking points and team assignments • Approximate Lobby Day End Time: 3-4 pm (based on legislative session start/stop) *Please note that there is a House Energy committee hearing on the Illinois Clean Jobs Bill at 3pm and a Senate Energy hearing at 4. Both are subject matter only with a set speaker list, but if people you would like to attend please plan accordingly. We will have details as to the locations for these hearing at the morning briefing.

Lunch/Food: You should be able to run out with your team to grab lunch while legislators are in session. There are several places within walking distance but there is also a cafeteria in the Capitol building annex basement.

Pack: Don’t forget the following items: • Comfortable walking shoes – we will be covering a lot of territory on marble floors • Professional attire (suits not required). Layers are recommended as temperatures vary greatly in the building. • Lots of business cards • Lots of quarters for parking – find street parking as close to the Capitol as possible • A 2-3 minute pitch on why this bill is important to YOU and YOUR COMPANY (pitching small business resonates) • Contact Info: Shannon Fulton 309 -830- 5039, Lisa Albrecht 773-497-5472 Cancellations: Please let us know by cell or text if you are not able to make it at the last minute. This will help your team plan.

Legislators often hear from special interest groups, but it is vital that the solar industry is visible and active in this process. Together we will ensure that the Illinois solar industry thrives and that solar energy serves as an integral part of Illinois' energy mix.

ILLINOIS SOLAR LOBBY DAY 2015

Thanks for joining us on lobby day. Here are a few tips and FAQs to get you through the day!

First, make sure you know your legislators: Visit ilga.gov and click and “Legislator Lookup” under “Additional Resources”. Type in your address, click “Find Address”, then “Confirm Address” and note your STATE representative AND senator.

Why We Lobby ⇒ Legislators work for you and me. Beyond getting elected based upon a platform, the only way they know what we want is if we contact them; i.e. Lobby ⇒ Polluters and developers are a constant presence as they lobby for their interests ⇒ Legislators receive 5000-6000 bills each session. Session typically lasts a total of 40 days (3 days per week).

As a constituent with passion you are a very valuable citizen lobbyist. Your visits, calls and letters to legislators significantly increase the ability of our paid lobbyists to influence individual legislators. A lobbyist hired by an organization is a paid advocate for the issues whereas you are a constituent of the district, which greatly enhances your standing with legislators.

Finally, while every polluter and developer has their own lobbyist, their numbers pale in comparison to the numbers of people who care about the environment. A little preparation will allow you to successfully convey your message and be a lobbyist so stand up and make your message be heard!

Message Discipline Staying on message is an important piece of being a citizen lobbyist. You are acting as an extension of the group you represent, and consistency of message is important in sending a clear message to legislators.

⇒ Be agreeable. At times a legislator might seem slightly adversarial, distracted or in a hurry. Keep in mind we are all human and don’t always show our best side, and legislators are no exception. Rather than being intimidated try a smile, or a phrase that shows you respect their time. For example, I realize it is a busy day but I’m a constituent from your district visiting Springfield today and wanted a minute to talk about creating green jobs here in Illinois. Could I have a minute?

⇒ Redirect. Often times legislators will find out you are from the district and talk to you about a variety of topics rather than the one you are attempting to communicate. Politely bring them back to your topic. For example, yes the Moline girl’s basketball team looks great and could go all the way to State. I believe that athletics are an important part of the educational

experience, but one of the items that greatlyimpacts school attendance is air pollution, which could be greatly reduced if we generated our energy from cleaner renewable sources, which I would like to talk to you about.

⇒ Focus. We all have a variety of interests and passions, but when lobbying a legislator stay associated with one interest. You will help reinforce your message by staying on topic and only representing one organization.

⇒ Be honest. Often times in the heat of lobbying we are asked a question to which we don’t know the answer. Stop! Don’t guess or make something up “I don’t know”, is an answer and an opportunity to talk to a legislator again. If you don’t know the answer simply tell the legislator that they have asked a good question that you don’t have the answer to, but that you will find out and get back to them about in the near future.

Capitol Lobbying

Lobbying at the capitol is fun, but quite a bit different than visiting legislators at home and in- district. Be prepared to walk, as many times you may be able to catch a legislator as they are leaving from their office to go to a committee meeting or session. The challenge at the capitol is to be alert, as some days you simply luck into an opportunity to talk with one of your targeted legislators.

Session days are hectic and you will have a limited amount of time to talk to the legislator in their office. As legislators go into session we will go to the chamber doors and call individuals out of session. Staff and experienced volunteers will be on hand to help with this activity, and it isn’t as intimidating as it sounds and you will quickly pick up on how this works.

House- ⇒ First, try to visit the legislator’s assistant (most representative offices are in Stratton. Refer to directory and map in your packet) and find out if the legislator is in the office, in committee, or otherwise available. Drop of the letter that you wrote on the bus. ⇒ To call members out of session you need to: o Fill out a business card with you and your partners’ names. If you are a constituent, please note that on the card. o Give the card to the doorman and then wait a minimum of 15 minutes for your legislator to come out of the chamber. Note legislators do not always come out if a vote is pending. You can always go up to the gallery and check and see if the member in question is actually in the chamber. o Make your pitch. You need to be succinct and to the point. You will likely have 30 seconds to 2 minutes to deliver your ask. Practice your points in advance. Senate ⇒ The Senate does not allow members to be called out of session. To meet with a senator, visit their assistant and ask for the Senator’s best availability. You may also run into the legislator leaving or coming into the Senate chamber.

Stay on your toes and know who you are looking for, as your particular legislator may come out on a different topic or simply be looking for you among the throngs that gather outside the door.

ILLINOIS SOLAR LOBBY DAY 2015

Illinois Clean Jobs Legislation Keep the Benefits of Clean Energy Coming to Illinois. HB2607/SB1485 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently made history by announcing that for the first time it will require carbon to be treated as a pollutant. Although there are required controls on the amount of mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxide power plants can emit, there are currently no limits on carbon pollution. The costs of this lapse include worsening air quality, causing severe respiratory health issues for children and increasing numbers of extreme weather events, like floods and tornado. Illinois should meet the goals of the USEPA Clean Power Plan by advancing renewable energy and energy efficiency. Nearly 100,000 workers in Illinois are employed in clean energy jobs. The clean energy industry – including renewable energy and energy efficiency – is roughly the size of Illinois’ real estate and accounting industries combined. That figure is growing at an impressive rate of 9% per year and can grow even higher if Illinois commits itself to proven technologies in renewable energy and energy efficiency. Legislators should commit to prioritize renewable energy and energy efficiency over other sources.

Senate Sponsors – 24* Sen. Daniel Biss, Melinda Bush, Jacqueline Y. Collins, Thomas Cullerton, Bill Cunningham, William Delgado, Don Harmon, Michael E. Hastings, Linda Holmes, Mattie Hunter, Emil Jones, III, David Koehler, Dan Kotowski, Kimberly A. Lightford, Terry Link, Iris Y. Martinez, Julie A. Morrison, John G. Mulroe, Antonio Muñoz, Michael Noland, Kwame Raoul, Ira I. Silverstein, Heather A. Steans and Patricia Van Pelt

House Sponsors – 45* Rep. , Steven Andersson, Jaime M. Andrade, Jr., Daniel J. Burke, Kelly Burke, Kelly M. Cassidy, Barbara Flynn Currie, Monique D. Davis, William Davis, Scott Drury, Kenneth Dunkin, Marcus C. Evans, Jr., Sara Feigenholtz, Laura Fine, La Shawn K. Ford, Mike Fortner, , Esther Golar, , Greg Harris, , , Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr., Stephanie A. Kifowit, Lou Lang, Camille Y. Lilly, Robert F. Martwick, , Michael P. McAuliffe, Christian L. Mitchell, , Elaine Nekritz, Pamela Reaves-Harris, Al Riley, Ron Sandack, Elgie R. Sims, Jr., Cynthia Soto, Silvana Tabares, Michael W. Tryon, Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr., , Barbara Wheeler, Ann Williams, Christine Winger and Michael J. Zalewski

*as of 4/29/15

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Illinois Clean Jobs Bill Sponsor Request - Summary

IL Clean Jobs Bill Legislator Name:

Co-sponsor House: HB2607 Co-sponsor Senate: SB1485 (Circle all that apply) (Nekritz) (Circle all that apply) (Harmon)

Question Response (Circle one): Already Sponsored Supportive Non-commital NO Did you talk to them in-person? What did they say?

Did you drop-off a hand written letter at their office? Did the person at the desk have any specific reaction?

ILLINOIS SOLAR LOBBY DAY TWITTER TIP SHEET

Tell a story Add a picture Use #’s and @’s (hashtags and handles) Live tweeting helps amplify the A picture is worth a Make sure to join the conversation story of our work to a broader thousand words LL and with the hashtags and handles listed audience, reaching beyond event that’s a lot when you below. attendees. Try to tweet at least normally only get 140 #Solar three times during the day and characters. Plus tweets #ActOnClimate tell a beginning, middle, and end with pictures generally get of the event. more retweets and traction #CleanJobsIL SAMPLE TWEETS: on twitter. Whenever #NameOfYourCity (e.g. #Chicago or possible add a photo to your #Peoria) ➔ And we’re moving! Headed tweet. to the #CleanJobsIL #solar lobby @CleanJobsIL day in Springfield! @ILSolarEnergy ➔ So inspired by all the people at #Solar lobby day. Can’t wait Find out the handles of other to thank @RepGuzzardi39 for individuals, businesses, and supporting the #CleanJobsIL legislators; include those in your bill. tweets. ➔ Thanks @ILSolarEnergy for hosting #solar lobby day! Had a great time discussing the #CleanJobsIL bill!

Pro tip: Ask people on your bus Pro tip: When something Pro tip: Don’t just add the handles what their Twitter handle is and exciting is happening take and hashtags onto your tweet. Try to retweet them throughout the day lots of pictures and then incorporate them into the sentence tweet about it later and add the best picture you took

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HB2607 - Chief sponsors: Reps. Elaine Nekritz, Robyn Gabel, Michael Fortner, and Christian Mitchell; SB1485 - Chief sponsors: Sens. Don Harmon, David Koehler, and Jacqueline Collins. Energy policy will take center stage in Illinois in By fully embracing energy efficiency and renewable 2015, presenting an opportunity for lawmakers to energy, we can meet and exceed proposed EPA not just make do with the old ways of generating carbon pollution rules, lower electricity costs, and electricity but build an innovative, diverse, and leave Illinois a better place for our children and clean electricity system that costs less, delivers grandchildren. At the same time, we can generate an reliable power and creates thousands of good estimated 32,000 new jobs per year in Illinois.1 paying jobs. Lawmakers can put Illinoisans to That's on top of the 100,000 clean energy jobs in work in every part of the state, capturing our vast Illinois today.2 potential for clean energy, by passing the Illinois Clean Jobs Bill. Here's how the Illinois Clean Jobs Bill would help us get there: 1 Prioritize Energy Efficiency to Create Thousands of Jobs Energy efficiency has been a proven winner for our state. In 2007, the General Assembly passed utility energy efficiency standards that have saved customers more than a billion dollars, while creating an industry in the state that employs tens of thousands of people who design efficiency measures, weatherize and insulate buildings, and upgrade appliances and technology. However, we are still only scratching the surface of the enormous potential to save energy. Now, Illinois should:

Raise the State’s Energy Efficiency Target: By 2025, Illinois electric utilities should achieve a 20 percent reduction in demand through energy efficiency. To reach this goal we must - A Implement the cumulative standard through regular 4-year planning process with ICC oversight to ensure that the energy efficiency portfolios are cost-effective.

B Ensure that residents and owners of affordable housing fully participate in cost savings by setting aside a specific portion of the efficiency budgets.

C Allow non-utility energy efficiency service providers a fair opportunity to compete to deliver savings.

D Align financial regulation of electric utilities with the goal of capturing all of the cost-effective potential for energy efficiency.

E Expand successful on-bill financing programs so that private capital can be better leveraged to support energy retrofits.

F Make time-of-use and real-time pricing more customer-friendly.

Sources: 1) Report by the Illinois Science and Technology Institute, with data provided by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Natural Resources Defense Council; 2.) Clean Energy Trust. 2 Ramp Up Illinois’ Wind and Solar Industries

While renewable energy development in Illinois We need to re-establish Illinois as the has stalled in recent years, other states like Iowa, renewable energy manufacturing, Minnesota and Colorado are moving ahead, financing, and development hub of the growing their wind and solar industries. Midwest-- and put thousands of people to work in the process. How?

A Make the RPS work: We are not meeting our current goals because our vintage standard did not anticipate changes in the marketplace. We need to fix the technical glitches in the statute and simultaneously allow the 20% 35% Illinois Power Agency to use a longer-term planning horizon to make sure Efficiency+ Renewables our ratepayer dollars are used effectively. B Raise the Renewable Portfolio Standard: Elevate the RPS from the current goal of 25% by 2025 to 35% by 2030. A stronger and longer commitment = 32,000 sends a strong signal to investors to come into Illinois for good. Illinois jobs/year C Target key areas: To make the most of our money, we need to make targeted investments in solar on blighted brownfields, rooftop solar, new wind, community solar for ratepayers without rooftop access, and By increasing renewable energy and energy efficiency standards, we can create 32,000 a robust solar program for low-income families. new jobs per year in Illinois-- on top of the 100,000 clean energy jobs in Illinois today. D Keep it cost effective: The original RPS included a 2% rate cap and we want to keep that in place.

3 Pursue market-based strategies to reduce carbon emissions, create jobs and invest in Illinois.

The bill provides a range of tools to help assistance, research and development of new customers and the environment, including the energy technologies, and other key priorities. option of a market mechanism to limit carbon pollution. The bill authorizes the Illinois EPA to Moreover, if Illinois allies with other states in the develop a market mechanism, but only after a region to create a multi-state market for through review of the impact on customers and carbon pollution, we can benefit by both other stakeholders. With a market mechanism to gaining access to new buyers for our clean limit carbon pollution, the state could create a energy resources, and to potentially less new revenue stream to invest in clean energy, expensive clean energy solutions for our workforce development, low-income bill electricity customers as well.

To provide the Illinois EPA the toolkit to best limit carbon emissions, this bill would authorize the agency to create a mass-based cap and invest market, should the Illinois EPA deem it to be, after a rigorous stakeholder process, a cost-effective option for reducing carbon emissions. Should the Illinois EPA move forward, an auction system for allocating emissions allowances to carbon emitters would be created and the proceeds of this auction would be directed to areas where it is needed most – direct bill assistance for families, investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency, and clean energy job transition assistance.

The Illinois Clean Jobs Bill is the one bill that saves customers money.

According to modeling from the Citizens Utility Board (CUB), the Illinois Clean Jobs Bill will save customers a minimum of $1 billion in net present value through 2030 through energy efficiency alone. That translates into minimum savings of 7.9%, or $8 to $9 per month in current dollars, by 2030 for the average residential customer.

For more information, contact: Jen Walling, IL Environmental Council (217) 493-9455 Printed In-House A comparison of pending Illinois energy legislation:

The Illinois Clean Jobs Bill Exelon Bill Com Ed Bill (SB1485/HB2607) (SB1585/HB3293) (SB1879/HB3328) Jobs: Creates 32,000 jobs per year Creates zero new jobs. Creates 400 jobs. (Source: Com Ed once fully implemented. press release, 3/19/15.) (source: Illinois Science Claims it will save jobs; but, Technology Institute) refuses to commit to a number nor to keeping plants open long-term even with new revenue. Impact on Saves customers at Imposes a $300 Million/year Raises monthly net costs on customers: minimum $1 Billion in net surcharge on customers-- consumers beginning in 2019. present value through 2030 who have already paid for (Source: Com Ed briefing materials, p. through energy efficiency Exelon’s nuclear plants 11; 3/17/15.) alone. That translates into many times over. minimum savings of 7.9%, or Changes rates to charge customers $8 - $9/month, by 2030 for based on peak demand instead of avg. residential customer in consumption, but won’t reveal how. current dollars. (source: Citizens Utility Board) Energy Raises energy efficiency Ignores energy efficiency. Reduces the amount of energy efficiency: standards to 20% by 2025, efficiency in the State by eliminating building on successful existing third-party energy programs energy efficiency programs that are more innovative and that have saved customers effective than utility programs. more than $1 billion since 2007 and helped create a “Commonwealth Edison wants to new industry in Illinois. make it illegal in Illinois to count the benefits of lowering energy prices when deciding which energy efficiency projects should qualify for ratepayer-funded financial assistance.” (Source: Crain’s, 4/1/15). Bill contemplates steps such as voltage optimization—which Com Ed should be doing already per a 2014 order. Renewable Fixes the state’s flawed RPS, No RPS fix. By imposing Impact of peak demand charges could energy: and raises the standard to enormous technical and be damaging to rooftop solar as it 35% by 2030, helping IL financial requirements on prevents IL customers from easily compete for capital and bidders (such as limiting controlling costs and could create investment being captured contracts to 5 years, and de minimum bills. by surrounding states. A facto locational commitment to priorities requirements), the bill Includes a very limited and like rooftop solar, essentially blocks new restrictive community solar program community solar and solar renewables, like wind and that is unlikely to lead to financeable for low-income communities solar, from entering the projects. and for residents who lack Illinois marketplace. roof access. No meaningful RPS fix, leaving IL at a competitive disadvantage to other states in competing for wind, solar.

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Example: All of Chicago-based SoCore Energy’s industrial and commercial solar projects in 2014 were built out- of-state: in California, Texas, Utah, New England and the mid-Atlantic. In wind, Okla. brought 600+MWs on- line; Illinois: zero new MWs. Impact on Encourages investments Virtually ensures that Exelon Relies on $400 Million in ratepayer competitive- from capital markets. By nuclear plants would be only money to make investments in ness and ramping up renewables, will bidders allowed to microgrids and electric vehicle car innovation; help IL attract investments participate in “low carbon” charging stations and protect profits, source of currently being lost to other portfolio, blocking using its monopoly designation to investment: states; will allow for innovation and stifling unfairly enter a market that is expansion of energy competition. already being served by competitive efficiency industry, and help firms that can provide this service increase local clean energy cheaper, better and faster, while supply chain that currently creating jobs. includes 400 Illinois firms. These components also create a hidden backdoor for ComEd to build and own new power generation paid for by ratepayers – which would otherwise be prohibited under the laws that deregulated Illinois electricity sector. Supported The Illinois Clean Jobs Exelon; 25 House co- Com Ed; 6 House co-sponsors, 3 by: Coalition, including more sponsors; 16 Senate co- Senate co-sponsors. than 70 companies and 30 sponsors. organizations; plus, 40+ House co-sponsors, 20+ Senate co-sponsors, the most of any pending energy- related bill. Prevents Yes, through a fix of a broken No. No. future fund RPS. sweeps: Reducing Recommends a competitive, No carbon pollution No mention of carbon reductions. Carbon market-based approach to reductions. Pollution: complying with proposed EPA carbon standards, to Prioritizes “low carbon” reward innovation and energy sources, defined in reduce pollution at lowest such a way that only existing possible cost. nuclear plants will likely benefit. Will increase consumer electric bills and provide no incentive for new clean energy projects or innovation.