IL SB3529

Requires electric utilities serving more than 500,000 customers to propose rules for designing and deploying all electrical distribution infrastructure on the utility side of the meter for electric vehicle charging stations, excluding single-family residences

Utilities must submit the new rule before their next Multi-Year Integrated Rate Plan and may recover costs through rate proceedings or other Commission-approved methods

Illinois Commerce Commission must require full accounting of utility expenses for EV distribution infrastructure and impose penalties for inaccurate expense tracking

New rule must be offered as an alternative to existing transmission line extension rules, with customer allowances based on the full useful life of the infrastructure

Utilities must ensure infrastructure is efficiently sized and operated, considering customers' load management activities and distributed energy resources