IL HB1166

Requires electric utilities serving more than 3,000,000 customers in Illinois to fund the construction of 5 employment training centers at a cost to be determined by the utility

Employment training centers must be located in: the west side of Chicago, Ford Heights, Waukegan, Bloomington, and Peoria

Amends existing utility job training program requirements under the Public Utilities Act (Section 16-108.12), which already mandates $10,000,000 per year in spending for solar training, craft apprenticeships, and multicultural jobs programs in 2017, 2021, and 2025

Adds the new training center construction requirement as a fourth program component alongside existing solar training pipeline ($3 million), craft apprenticeship ($3 million), and multi-cultural jobs programs ($4 million)