97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3591
 
Introduced 2/10/2012, by Sen. Mike Jacobs
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



220 ILCS 5/16-127

     Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2013, every electric utility and alternative retail electric supplier shall provide specified information related to the environment through  an electronic medium, such as a website or by electronic mail, or through the U.S. Postal Service to its customers on a quarterly basis. Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning 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 16-127 as follows:
 



6    (220 ILCS 5/16-127)


7    Sec. 16-127. Environmental disclosure. 

8    (a) Effective January 1, 2013 1999, every electric utility 
9and
alternative retail electric supplier shall provide the

10following information, to the maximum extent practicable, with

11its bills to its customers on a quarterly basis:


12        (i) the known sources of electricity supplied,

13    broken-out by percentages, of biomass power, coal-fired

14    power, hydro power, natural gas-fired power, nuclear

15    power, oil-fired power, solar power, wind power and other

16    resources, respectively;


17        (ii) a pie-chart that graphically depicts the

18    percentages of the sources of the electricity supplied as

19    set forth in subparagraph (i) of this subsection; and

20        (iii) a pie-chart that graphically depicts the 
21    quantity of renewable energy resources procured pursuant 
22    to Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act as a 
23    percentage of electricity supplied to serve eligible 
 
 
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1    retail customers as defined in Section 16-111.5(a) of this 
2    Act.

3    (b) In addition, every electric utility and alternative

4retail electric supplier shall provide, to the maximum extent

5practicable, with its bills to its customers on a quarterly

6basis, a standardized chart in a format to be determined by
the 
7Commission in a rule following notice and hearings which

8provides the amounts of carbon dioxide,
nitrogen oxides
and 
9sulfur dioxide emissions and nuclear waste
attributable to the 
10known sources of electricity supplied as
set forth in 
11subparagraph (i) of subsection (a) of this
Section.

12    (c) The electric utilities and alternative retail
electric 
13suppliers may provide their customers with such other

14information as they believe relevant to the information

15required in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section. All of the 
16information required in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 
17shall be made available by the electric utilities or 
18alternative retail electric suppliers either in an electronic 
19medium, such as on a website or by  electronic mail, or through 
20the U.S. Postal Service. 

21    (d) For the purposes of subsection (a) of this Section,

22"biomass" means dedicated crops grown for energy production
and 
23organic wastes.

24    (e) All of the information provided in subsections (a)
and 
25(b) of this Section shall be presented to the Commission
for 
26inclusion in its World Wide Web Site.

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)

 
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
3becoming law.