Illinois Senate Bill 3696 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a participating gas utility may elect to recover its natural gas utility service costs through a formula rate approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission. Provides that the Commission shall have the authority to conduct hearings concerning the prudence and reasonableness of the service costs incurred by the utility to be recovered. Provides that a gas public utility may apply for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to increase its gas service territory and extend its gas distribution system to serve a designated hardship area. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall, after notice and hearing, grant a certificate of public convenience and necessity if, based upon the application filed with the Commission and the evidentiary record, the Commission finds that specified criteria are satisfied. Provides that the Commission shall issue its decision with findings of fact and conclusions of law granting or denying the application no later than 120 days after the application is filed. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

UTILITIES-NATURAL GAS SERVICE

Sen. Linda Holmes [D]	Sen. Patrick Joyce [D]	Sen. Emil Jones [D]	Sen. Pat McGuire [D]
Sen. Antonio Munoz [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-04-12	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2020-03-13	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
2020-03-03	Senate	Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities
2020-02-26	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
2020-02-20	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
2020-02-19	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
2020-02-14	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2020-02-14	Senate	First Reading
2020-02-14	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
220	5	8-406.2	New Code	See Bill Text
220	5	9-220.4	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3696&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB3696.htm