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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2077 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the State may not, rather than shall not, directly prohibit a qualifying electric utility from seeking membership in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved regional transmission organization of its choosing.
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| | SB2077 | | LRB101 09518 JRG 54616 b |
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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 16-126.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/16-126.1) |
| 7 | | Sec. 16-126.1. Regional transmission organization |
| 8 | | memberships. The State may shall not directly or indirectly |
| 9 | | prohibit an electric utility that on December 31, 2005 provided |
| 10 | | electric service to at least 100,000 customers in Illinois from |
| 11 | | membership in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved |
| 12 | | regional transmission organization of its choosing. Nothing in |
| 13 | | this Section limits any authority the Commission otherwise has |
| 14 | | to regulate that electric utility. This Section ceases to be |
| 15 | | effective on July 1, 2022 unless extended by the General |
| 16 | | Assembly by law.
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| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)
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