Date	Chamber	Action
1/8/2013	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

220 ILCS 5/19-135

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an alternative gas supplier may petition the Illinois Commerce Commission to establish a standardized, uniform form of single billing for use throughout the State by all gas utilities. Makes other changes.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1

	Deletes reference to:
	220 ILCS 5/19-135

	Adds reference to:
	220 ILCS 5/19-145

220 ILCS 5/19-150 new

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a gas utility with more than 100,000 customers that offers transportation service to residential and small commercial customers shall file a certain tariff under the Act within 6 months after the date of the amendatory Act that provides qualifying alternative gas suppliers with the option to have the gas utility purchase their receivables for gas sales that are (1) made to residential retail customers and small commercial customers and (2) charged on the gas utility's bill. Provides that receivables for gas sales of qualifying alternative gas suppliers that are charged on the gas utility's bill shall be purchased by the gas utility at a discount rate of 1%. Provides that 0.5% of this 1% discount rate shall be retained by the gas utility for recovery of deemed intangible costs, and neither this 0.5% portion of the rate, nor the deemed intangible costs, are subject to review by the Commission. Provides that the other 0.5% of the 1% discount rate shall be retained by the gas utility for recovery of the utility's administrative costs and is subject to periodic review by the Commission. Provides that the utility shall refund to all customers any portion of the 0.5% intended for recovery of administrative costs that is found by the Commission, after notice and hearing, to be in excess of prudent and reasonable costs. Sets forth factors the Commission shall consider in making a just and reasonable determination on the administrative costs. Provides that reasonable start-up costs and administrative costs associated with the gas utility's purchase of receivables shall in the first instance be recovered from qualifying alternative gas suppliers through the utility's discount rate assessed by the utility on those qualifying alternative gas suppliers who have the utility purchase their receivables. Provides that a portion of the gas utility's reasonable start-up costs, subject to reasonable carrying charges as determined by the Commission, may be deferred for later recovery from qualifying alternative gas suppliers who have the gas utility purchase their receivables through the discount rate or a monthly per bill fee if such deferral is deemed to be necessary by the Commission. Provides that a gas utility retains the rights to (1) impose the same terms on retail customers supplied by qualifying alternative gas suppliers with respect to credit and collection, including requests for deposits, and (2) disconnect the retail customers, if it does not receive payment for its tariffed services or purchased receivables, in the same manner that it would be permitted to if the retail customers had purchased gas supply service from the gas utility. Provides that amounts collected by the utility attributable to the 0.5% portion of the discount rate for recovery of deemed intangible costs shall not be used by the Commission to lower the base rate revenue requirement of the utility in any subsequent rate case. Defines "administrative costs" and "qualifying alternative gas supplier". Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/23/2011	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook
2/23/2011	House	First Reading
2/23/2011	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/28/2011	House	Assigned to Public Utilities Committee
3/8/2011	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 020-000-000
3/9/2011	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/17/2011	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/17/2011	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/6/2011	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000
4/7/2011	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/7/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/7/2011	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
4/7/2011	Senate	First Reading
4/7/2011	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/27/2011	Senate	Assigned to Energy
5/5/2011	Senate	Do Pass Energy; 010-000-000
5/5/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
5/6/2011	Senate	Second Reading
5/6/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
5/20/2011	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon
5/20/2011	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
5/22/2011	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy
5/22/2011	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Energy; 011-000-000
5/23/2011	Senate	Recalled to Second Reading
5/23/2011	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon
5/23/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
5/23/2011	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 051-005-000
5/23/2011	House	Arrived in House
5/23/2011	House	Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
5/24/2011	House	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Thomas Holbrook
5/24/2011	House	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
5/28/2011	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
7/23/2011	House	Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2/16/2012	House	Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kelly Burke
1/8/2013	House	Session Sine Die

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