SB1287 Summary

• Requires qualified providers implementing energy conservation measures to be licensed under the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989, or Illinois Plumbing License Law, in addition to completing 40 hours of energy conservation training.

• Reduces the guaranteed energy savings contract cost-effectiveness period from 20 years to 8 years, requiring energy operating cost savings to offset implementation costs within that shorter timeframe.

• Adds regional superintendents' duty to inspect school energy conservation measures and changes terminology from "energy or operational costs" to "energy operating costs" throughout the School Code.

• Establishes performance review procedures for guaranteed energy savings contracts, allowing school districts to verify outcomes and requiring qualified providers to disclose all proposal and contract performance information.

• Creates new proposal submission procedures requiring sealed proposals that cannot be reviewed until after the deadline passes, and designates final contracts, evaluations, and performance reviews as public records subject to inspection.