Public Act 097-0223
 
SB1654 EnrolledLRB097 05719 ASK 45783 b

    AN ACT concerning public utilities.
 
    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 changing
Section 19-130 as follows:
 
    (220 ILCS 5/19-130)
    Sec. 19-130. Commission study and report. The Commission's
Office of Retail Market Development Beginning in 2003, and
ending in 2007, the Commission shall prepare an annual report
regarding the development of competitive retail natural gas
markets in Illinois. The report shall be approved by the
Commission and be filed by July 1 of each odd year with the
Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services of the General
Assembly and the Governor and shall be publicly available. The
report shall include, at a minimum, the following information:
        (1) the aggregate annual demand of retail natural gas
    customers in the State of Illinois in the preceding
    calendar year;
        (2) the total annual therms delivered and sold to
    retail customers in the State of Illinois by each gas
    utility and each alternative gas supplier in the preceding
    calendar year;
        (3) the percentage of therms delivered and sold to
    customers in the State of Illinois in the preceding
    calendar year by each gas utility and each alternative gas
    supplier;
        (4) the total number of customers in the State of
    Illinois served in the preceding calendar year by each gas
    utility and each alternative gas supplier;
        (1) (5) an analysis of the status and development of
    the retail natural gas market in the State of Illinois; and
        (2) a discussion of any identified barriers to the
    development of competitive retail natural gas markets in
    Illinois and proposed solutions to overcome identified
    barriers; and
        (3) (6) any other information the Commission considers
    significant in assessing the development of gas markets in
    the State of Illinois.
    To aid in preparation of its annual report, as well in its
assessment of barriers to the development of competitive retail
natural gas markets and proposed solutions to overcome those
barriers, the Commission's Office of Retail Market Development
shall gather input from all interested parties as well as from
other bureaus within the Commission.
(Source: P.A. 92-852, eff. 8-26-02.)