Bill Text: IL SB0651 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with additions and changes. Adds provisions concerning certification of alternative retail electric suppliers and alternative gas suppliers, and provides additional requirements for the granting of a certificate of service authority. Makes changes in provisions concerning the obligations of alternative retail electric suppliers and alternative gas suppliers. Provides additional oversight requirements by the Illinois Commerce Commission of alternative retail electric suppliers and alternative gas suppliers. Makes changes in provisions concerning financial assistance recipients. Provides additional requirements concerning alternative retail electric supplier and alternative gas supplier selection and services. Makes other changes.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 71-9)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0590 [SB0651 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0651-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with additions and changes. Adds provisions concerning certification of alternative retail electric suppliers and alternative gas suppliers, and provides additional requirements for the granting of a certificate of service authority. Makes changes in provisions concerning the obligations of alternative retail electric suppliers and alternative gas suppliers. Provides additional oversight requirements by the Illinois Commerce Commission of alternative retail electric suppliers and alternative gas suppliers. Makes changes in provisions concerning financial assistance recipients. Provides additional requirements concerning alternative retail electric supplier and alternative gas supplier selection and services. Makes other changes.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 71-9)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0590 [SB0651 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0651-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 16-101 as follows:
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6 | (220 ILCS 5/16-101)
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7 | Sec. 16-101. Short title and applicability.
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8 | (a) This Article may
be cited as the
the Electric Service | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Customer Choice and Rate
Relief Law of 1997 and shall apply to | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | electric utilities and
alternative retail electric suppliers | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | as defined in this
Article. Except to the extent modified or | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | supplemented by the
provisions of this Article, or where the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | context clearly
renders such provisions inapplicable, the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | other Articles of
the Public Utilities Act pertaining to public | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | utilities, public utility rates
and services and the regulation | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | thereof, are fully and equally
applicable to the tariffed | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | services electric utilities
provide. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (b) The provisions of subsections (a) through (h) of | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Section 16-111 of this
Act shall not be applicable to any | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | electric utility which elects to file
biennial rate proceedings | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | before the Commission in the years 1998, 2000 and
2002. An | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | electric utility electing this option shall do so by filing a | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | notice
of such election with the Commission within 60 days |
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1 | after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1997, or its | ||||||
2 | right to make such election shall be
irrevocably waived. An | ||||||
3 | electric utility electing the option specified in this
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4 | paragraph shall file its rate proceeding with the Commission no | ||||||
5 | later than
August 1 of the years 1998, 2000, and 2002. The | ||||||
6 | electric utility's filing
shall comply with all requirements of | ||||||
7 | 83 Illinois Administrative Code Parts 255
and 285 as though the | ||||||
8 | electric utility were filing for an increase in its
rates, | ||||||
9 | without regard to whether such filing would produce an | ||||||
10 | increase, a
decrease or no change in the electric utility's | ||||||
11 | rates and the Commission shall
review the electric utility's | ||||||
12 | filing and shall issue its
order in accordance with the | ||||||
13 | provisions of Section 9-201 of this Act.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
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