Bill Text: IL SB0307 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title and applicability of the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-06 - Referred to Assignments [SB0307 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB0307-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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