93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5216


 
Introduced 02/06/04, by Patrick Verschoore
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Public Utilities Act.  Provides that a gas utility offering unregulated sales of natural gas to an
end-use customer within or outside its service area shall be
subject to specified provisions of the Act with respect to such sales. Provides that a  gas utility offering unregulated sales of natural gas to an
end-use customer within or outside its service area shall not
subsidize such sales through the utility's regulated business. Provides that a  gas utility offering unregulated sales of natural gas to an
end-use customer within or outside its service area shall not
discriminate in the provision of regulated gas service based upon
the existence or terms of an unregulated sale of natural gas. Provides that the Commission may require a gas utility to
file reports regarding its unregulated sales of natural gas in the
State and shall have access to, for the purpose of review, a gas utility's
contracts for unregulated sales of natural gas.
















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    AN ACT concerning public utilities.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended  by adding 
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Section 7-210 as follows:
 
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    (220 ILCS 5/7-210 new)

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    Sec. 7-210. Commission oversight of nonpublic, unregulated 
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sales
at retail of natural gas by public utilities.

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    (a) For the purposes of this Section, terms shall have the 
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same
meaning as defined in Section 7-108 and Article XIX.
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    (b) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
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93rd General Assembly, unregulated sales
of natural gas by a 
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gas utility within or outside its service area
shall be subject 
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to the provisions of this Section. This Section
shall not be 
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interpreted to invalidate any contract for unregulated
sales of 
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natural gas executed by a gas utility prior to the
effective 
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date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, but 
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unregulated sales of natural
gas pursuant to such contract 
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after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd 
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General Assembly shall be subject to the provisions of this 
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Section.
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    (c) A gas utility offering unregulated sales of natural gas 
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to an
end-use customer within or outside its service area shall 
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be
subject to Sections 7-102(g), 7-205, and 7-206 with respect 
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to such sales.
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    (d) Notwithstanding any language of Article XIX to the 
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contrary,
a gas utility offering unregulated sales of natural 
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gas to a
residential customer or a small commercial customer 
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within or
outside its service area shall be subject to Sections 
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19-110(e)(2),
19-110(e)(3), 19-110(e)(5), and 19-115.
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    (e) A gas utility offering unregulated sales of natural gas 
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to an
end-use customer within or outside its service area shall 
 


 






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not
subsidize such sales through the utility's regulated 
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business.
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    (f) A gas utility offering unregulated sales of natural gas 
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to an
end-use customer within or outside its service area shall 
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not
discriminate in the provision of regulated gas service 
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based upon
the existence or terms of an unregulated sale of 
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natural gas.
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    (g) To the extent the Commission determines it to be 
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necessary and in
the public interest, the Commission may 
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require a gas utility to
file reports regarding its unregulated 
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sales of natural gas in the
State. The  reports shall be treated 
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as confidential documents.
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    (h) The Commission shall have access to, for the purpose of 
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review, a gas utility's
contracts for unregulated sales of 
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natural gas. The contracts
shall be treated as confidential 
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documents.
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    (i) This Section shall not be applicable to unregulated 
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sales of
natural gas by an affiliate of a gas utility. Nothing

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in this Section shall be construed as impacting the 
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applicability of other
Sections of this Act to the unregulated 
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sales of natural gas by an affiliate.