Committee directs city attorney to draft ordinance requiring ICC registration for EV charger installers

The City of Warrenville Community Development Committee on April 14 directed the city attorney to prepare an ordinance requiring EV charger installers to register with the Illinois Commerce Commission and hold the certifications and continuing-education credentials the ICC tracks.

Chief code official Michelle Lily said the change supports Warrenville's participation in an EV readiness program and follows recommendations from industry groups. "Staff felt that it was a good thing to require it," Lily said, arguing the requirement would "ensure safe installations of the chargers because it is a complicated electrical installation." She said the proposed code amendment adds a short provision plus definitions pulled from the International Code Council to identify an EV charger installer and related terms.

Lily told the committee the city joined the EV readiness program as part of a DuPage-area cohort and that the requirement aligns the building code with the program's technical standards. The committee's motion, moved by Alderman Lockett and seconded by another member, passed on a voice vote; the transcript records the result as "I" with no roll-call tally listed.

If approved by the full council, staff said the code amendments would be paired with plan-commission zoning changes that separately address site-related requirements. The committee did not record a schedule for the ordinance drafting or a later public hearing during the meeting.

The committee meeting packet and the planned ordinance will be available once the city attorney completes draft language and it is placed on a council agenda.