97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1654
 
Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Don Harmon
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
220 ILCS 5/19-130

     Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission's Office of Retail Market Development shall prepare an annual report regarding the development of competitive retail natural gas markets in Illinois. Provides that the report shall be approved by the Commission and 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. Provides that the report shall contain certain information. Makes other changes.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning public utilities.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended  by changing 
5Section 19-130 as follows:
 



6    (220 ILCS 5/19-130)



7    Sec. 19-130. Commission study and report. The Commission's 
8Office of Retail Market Development Beginning in 2003, and 
9ending
in 2007, the Commission shall prepare an annual
report 
10regarding the
development of competitive retail natural gas 
11markets in Illinois.  The report shall be approved by the 
12Commission and be filed by
July 1
of each odd year with the 
13Joint
Committee on Legislative Support Services of the General 
14Assembly and the
Governor and shall be
publicly available. The 
15report shall include, at a minimum, the following
information:


16        (1) the aggregate annual demand of retail natural gas 
17    customers in the
State of Illinois in the preceding

18    calendar year;


19        (2) the total annual therms delivered and sold to 
20    retail customers in the
State of Illinois by each gas

21    utility
and each alternative gas
supplier in the preceding 
22    calendar year;


23        (3) the percentage of therms delivered and sold to 
 
 
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1    customers in the State
of
Illinois in the preceding

2    calendar year by each gas utility
and
each alternative gas 
3    supplier;


4        (4) the total number of customers in the State of 
5    Illinois served in the
preceding calendar year by each gas 
6    utility and each alternative gas supplier;


7        (1) (5) an analysis of the status and development of 
8    the retail natural gas
market in the State of Illinois; and
9        (2) a discussion of any identified barriers to the 
10    development of competitive retail natural gas markets in 
11    Illinois and proposed solutions to overcome identified 
12    barriers; and 


13        (3) (6) any other information the Commission considers 
14    significant in
assessing
the development of gas
markets in 
15    the State of Illinois.

16    To aid in preparation of its annual report, as well in its 
17assessment of barriers to the development of competitive retail 
18natural gas markets and proposed solutions to overcome those 
19barriers, the Commission's Office of Retail Market Development 
20shall gather input from all interested parties as well as from 
21other bureaus within the Commission. 
22(Source: P.A. 92-852, eff. 8-26-02.)