Bill Text: IL SB3366 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires the Office of Retail Market Development to monitor the existing competitive condition of the retail natural gas market in Illinois. Beginning in 2015, requires the Director of the Office of Retail Market Development to submit a report, on or before October 1 of each year, to the Illinois Commerce Commission, the General Assembly, and the Governor regarding the competitive retail gas market in Illinois, barriers to retail competition for all customer classes, and proposes solutions to overcome identified barriers. Deletes language that requires the Office to gather input from all interested parties and other bureaus within the Commission for its annual report. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1169 [SB3366 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB3366-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires the Office of Retail Market Development to monitor the existing competitive condition of the retail natural gas market in Illinois. Beginning in 2015, requires the Director of the Office of Retail Market Development to submit a report, on or before October 1 of each year, to the Illinois Commerce Commission, the General Assembly, and the Governor regarding the competitive retail gas market in Illinois, barriers to retail competition for all customer classes, and proposes solutions to overcome identified barriers. Deletes language that requires the Office to gather input from all interested parties and other bureaus within the Commission for its annual report. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1169 [SB3366 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB3366-Engrossed.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 19-130 as follows:
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| 6 | (220 ILCS 5/19-130)
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| 7 | Sec. 19-130. Commission study and report. The Commission's | ||||||
| 8 | Office of Retail Market Development shall prepare an annual
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| 9 | report regarding the
development of competitive retail natural | ||||||
| 10 | gas markets in Illinois. The Office shall monitor existing | ||||||
| 11 | competitive conditions in Illinois, identify barriers to | ||||||
| 12 | retail competition for all customer classes, and actively | ||||||
| 13 | explore and propose to the Commission and to the General | ||||||
| 14 | Assembly solutions to overcome identified barriers. Solutions | ||||||
| 15 | proposed by the Office to promote retail competition must also | ||||||
| 16 | promote safe, reliable, and affordable natural gas service. | ||||||
| 17 | On or before October 1 of each year, beginning in 2015, the | ||||||
| 18 | Director shall submit a report to the Commission, the General | ||||||
| 19 | Assembly, and the Governor, that includes The report shall be | ||||||
| 20 | approved by the Commission and be filed by
July 1
of each odd | ||||||
| 21 | year with the Joint
Committee on Legislative Support Services | ||||||
| 22 | of the General Assembly and the
Governor and shall be
publicly | ||||||
| 23 | available. The report shall include, at a minimum, the | ||||||
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| 1 | following
information:
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| 2 | (1) an analysis of the status and development of the | ||||||
| 3 | retail natural gas
market in the State of Illinois; and | ||||||
| 4 | (2) a discussion of any identified barriers to the | ||||||
| 5 | development of competitive retail natural gas markets in | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois and proposed solutions to overcome identified | ||||||
| 7 | barriers; and
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| 8 | (3) any other information the Office Commission | ||||||
| 9 | considers significant in
assessing
the development of | ||||||
| 10 | natural gas
markets in the State of Illinois.
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| 11 | To aid in preparation of its annual report, as well in its | ||||||
| 12 | assessment of barriers to the development of competitive retail | ||||||
| 13 | natural gas markets and proposed solutions to overcome those | ||||||
| 14 | barriers, the Commission's Office of Retail Market Development | ||||||
| 15 | shall gather input from all interested parties as well as from | ||||||
| 16 | other bureaus within the Commission. | ||||||
| 17 | (Source: P.A. 97-223, eff. 1-1-12.)
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| 18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 19 | becoming law.
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