Public Act 095-0081
 		





HB0825 Enrolled
LRB095 08559 MJR 28742 b






    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended  by adding 
Sections 4-602 and 4-603 as follows:
 
    (220 ILCS 5/4-602  new)
    Sec. 4-602. Electric utility workforce study.
    (a) The Commission shall conduct a comprehensive workforce 
analysis study of each electric utility to determine the 
adequacy of the total in-house staffing in each job 
classification or job title critical to maintaining quality 
reliability and restoring service in each electric utility's 
service territory. Each report shall contain a yearly detailed 
comparison beginning with 1995 and ending in 2006 of each 
electric utility's ratio of:
        (1) in-house workers, commonly referred to as 
    "linemen", to customers;
        (2) customer service call-center employees to 
    customers; and
        (3) meter service or repair employees to customers.
    The ratios shall be reported from each utility's named 
service area, district, division, outlying area, village, 
municipality, reporting point, or region. The analysis shall 
determine the total number of contractor employees for the same 
time frame and shall be conducted in the same manner as the 
in-house analysis.
    (b) The Commission may hold public hearings while 
conducting the analysis to assist in the adequacy of the study. 
The Commission must hold public hearings on the study and 
present the results to the General Assembly no later than 
January 1, 2009.
    (c) An electric utility shall bear the costs of issuing any 
reports required by this Section and it shall not be entitled 
to recovery of any costs incurred in complying with this 
Section.

 
    (220 ILCS 5/4-603 new)

    Sec. 4-603. Adequate employment for in-house utility 
employees. The Commission shall develop benchmarks for 
employee staffing levels for each classification and employee 
training for each classification.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.