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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 adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Article XXI as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (220 ILCS 5/Art. XXI heading new)
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7 | ARTICLE XXI. NATURAL GAS AGGREGATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (220 ILCS 5/21-5 new)
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9 | Sec. 21-5. Definitions. As used in this Article: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Aggregate" means to combine the natural gas requirements | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | of public schools that are members of a public school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | association for purchase from energy sellers and for delivery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | through interstate pipelines and public utilities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | "Delivery system" means the natural gas distribution and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | transmission lines that are owned and operated by any public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | utility and the charges for the use of those lines, as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | regulated by the Commission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | "Energy seller" means the entity that uses the delivery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | system of a public utility for delivery of natural gas supply | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | from an interstate pipeline to the public utility's meter for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | use by a public school facility. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | "Interstate pipeline" means any natural gas pipeline that |
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1 | delivers natural gas supply from outside the State to the | ||||||
2 | delivery system of a public utility and that is price-regulated | ||||||
3 | by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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4 | "Public school" means any elementary or secondary school | ||||||
5 | operated at public expense. | ||||||
6 | "Public school association" means a not-for-profit | ||||||
7 | association of public schools.
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8 | "Public utility" or "natural gas public utility" means a | ||||||
9 | public utility, as that term is defined in Section 3-105 of | ||||||
10 | this Act, that is involved in the conveyance of gas by | ||||||
11 | pipeline. All entities excluded from the definition of a public | ||||||
12 | utility under Section 3-105 are excluded under this Article.
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13 | "Small volume" means natural gas supply requirements of an | ||||||
14 | individual public school facility of less than 250,000 therms | ||||||
15 | annually.
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16 | (220 ILCS 5/21-10 new)
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17 | Sec. 21-10. Transportation schedules and tariffs. | ||||||
18 | (a) By August 1, 2007, each natural gas public utility | ||||||
19 | shall file with the Commission a set of transportation | ||||||
20 | schedules or tariffs applicable to natural gas for public | ||||||
21 | schools. The transportation schedules or tariffs filed under | ||||||
22 | this Section shall do all of the following: | ||||||
23 | (1) authorize a public school association to aggregate | ||||||
24 | the purchase of natural gas requirements by public schools; | ||||||
25 | (2) establish natural gas delivery charges that are |
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1 | equal to Commission-approved public utility charges for | ||||||
2 | public utility natural gas service, less the public | ||||||
3 | utility's cost of purchased natural gas supply and | ||||||
4 | interstate pipeline charges, plus aggregation | ||||||
5 | administration and monthly balancing charges for small | ||||||
6 | volume meters, but not to exceed $5 per meter per month for | ||||||
7 | administration and 0.004 cents per therm delivered, for | ||||||
8 | balancing monthly deliveries to actual usage; | ||||||
9 | (3) offer a public school association the option of | ||||||
10 | contracting with a public utility at monthly market prices | ||||||
11 | for interstate pipeline capacity currently being used by | ||||||
12 | the public utility to deliver public schools' aggregate | ||||||
13 | monthly requirements; | ||||||
14 | (4) require the public utility to provide to each | ||||||
15 | public school association, or its designated agent, at | ||||||
16 | least 5 business days before the first day of each month, | ||||||
17 | the following information, based on weather forecasts and | ||||||
18 | historical monthly usage: (i) daily usage projections for | ||||||
19 | scheduled deliveries to each public school facility, (ii) | ||||||
20 | aggregate daily usage projections by delivery point, and | ||||||
21 | (iii) daily usage projections on a day-ahead basis when | ||||||
22 | necessary to reflect significant changes in weather | ||||||
23 | forecasts; and | ||||||
24 | (5) impose a penalty if the projected daily usage of | ||||||
25 | natural gas, as forecasted by the public utility, is not | ||||||
26 | delivered to the public utility's delivery system, |
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1 | provided that the penalty does not exceed the penalty | ||||||
2 | approved by the Commission in the public utility's large | ||||||
3 | volume customer transportation tariffs. No other penalties | ||||||
4 | may be imposed under this Section.
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5 | No transportation schedule or tariff filed under this | ||||||
6 | Section shall require telemetry or special metering for small | ||||||
7 | volume school meters. | ||||||
8 | (b) The Commission may suspend any transportation schedule | ||||||
9 | or tariff filed under this Section for up to 3 months in order | ||||||
10 | to review compliance with the requirements of this Section.
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11 | (220 ILCS 5/21-15 new)
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12 | Sec. 21-15. Energy sellers; compliance with Commission | ||||||
13 | rules. In order to supply natural gas to public schools under | ||||||
14 | this Article, an energy seller must comply with all applicable | ||||||
15 | Commission rules. Any agreements entered into on or after the | ||||||
16 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | ||||||
17 | Assembly between a public school association and an energy | ||||||
18 | seller that is not in compliance with applicable Commission | ||||||
19 | rules is null and void. | ||||||
20 | (220 ILCS 5/21-20 new)
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21 | Sec. 21-20. Annual statement. Before June 1, 2009 and | ||||||
22 | before June 1 of each year thereafter, each natural gas public | ||||||
23 | utility shall file with the Commission an annual statement | ||||||
24 | showing: (i) its revenue attributable to the aggregation |
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1 | administrative charge; (ii) its revenue attributable to the | ||||||
2 | small volume meter balancing charge; and (iii) the amount of | ||||||
3 | any incremental costs it incurred as a direct result of | ||||||
4 | implementing aggregate transportation for public schools and | ||||||
5 | monthly balancing service for small volume meters. The | ||||||
6 | Commission shall determine an appropriate future cost recovery | ||||||
7 | method for any unrecovered costs of the public utility in order | ||||||
8 | to maintain future earnings neutrality for the public utility. | ||||||
9 | (220 ILCS 5/21-25 new)
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10 | Sec. 21-25. Rules. The Commission may promulgate any rules | ||||||
11 | that are reasonable and necessary for the administration of | ||||||
12 | this Article.
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
14 | becoming law.
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