Illinois House Bill 5756 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amends the Service Obligations and Conditions Article of the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a utility shall reconnect or restore a residential customer's service no later than 48 hours after the resolution of the reason for the disconnection or termination, including entering into a repayment agreement with the utility, if the customer's gas or electric service is used to provide or control the primary source of space heating in the dwelling. Requires a utility to issue a credit to the residential customer's account if the disconnection is made in error or the utility fails to reconnect service for 2 or more days beyond the authorized 48 hours. Prohibits a utility from billing reconnection charges to the residential customer if that customer's service is not reconnected within 48 hours or if service was disconnected in error. Provides that the credits issued to a residential customer's account shall not be a recoverable expense and that the revenue reduction caused by the credits shall not be recoverable in the utility's rates. Defines "monthly customer charge". Provides that electric and gas utilities shall record the time between the resolution of the reason for disconnection and the reconnection of service and include that information in a report filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission providing statistical data concerning numbers of disconnections and reconnections involving utility service and deposits and data concerning the dollar amounts involved in these transactions. Effective immediately.

UTIL-GAS & ELECTRIC RECONNECT

Rep. Christian Mitchell [D]

Rep. Sam Yingling [D]

Rep. Kathleen Willis [D]

Rep. Deborah Conroy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2014-03-28	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2014-03-28	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2014-03-25	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Consumer Protection Committee
2014-03-24	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2014-03-24	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Christian L. Mitchell
2014-03-13	House	Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee
2014-02-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Conroy
2014-02-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
2014-02-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
2014-02-14	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2014-02-14	House	First Reading
2014-02-14	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Christian L. Mitchell

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
220	5	8-207A	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5756&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5756.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5756ham001.htm