SB3014 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 19665 EGJ 44062 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3014

Introduced 2/18/2016, by Sen. Sue Rezin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 5/16-122

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an electric utility serving more than 1,000,000 customers shall make available at no cost to an alternative retail electric supplier a list of customer names and addresses of residential and small commercial customers who have not been declared competitive for the purpose of marketing alternative retail electric supply service. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission may allow additional information on the lists if it finds the information necessary to allow innovative product offerings. Provides that customers shall have the right to remove their information from the marketing list at least annually. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing Section 16-122 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/16-122)

Sec. 16-122. Customer information.

(a) Upon the request of a retail customer, or a person who presents verifiable authorization and is acting as the customer's agent, and payment of a reasonable fee, electric utilities shall provide to the customer or its authorized agent the customer's billing and usage data.

(b) Upon request from any alternative retail electric supplier and payment of a reasonable fee, an electric utility serving retail customers in its service area shall make available generic information concerning the usage, load shape curve or other general characteristics of customers by rate classification. Provided however, no customer specific billing, usage or load shape data shall be provided under this subsection unless authorization to provide such information is provided by the customer pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section.

(c) Upon request from a unit of local government and payment of a reasonable fee, an electric utility shall make available information concerning the usage, load shape curves, and other characteristics of customers by customer classification and location within the boundaries of the unit of local government, however, no customer specific billing, usage, or load shape data shall be provided under this subsection unless authorization to provide that information is provided by the customer.

(d) All such customer information shall be made available in a timely fashion in an electronic format, if available.

(e) An electric utility serving more than 1,000,000 customers shall make available at no cost to an alternative retail electric supplier a list of customer names and addresses of residential and small commercial customers who have not been declared competitive for the purpose of marketing alternative retail electric supply service. The Commission may allow additional information on the lists if it finds the information necessary to allow innovative product offerings. Customers shall have the right to remove their information from the marketing list at least annually.

(Source: P.A. 92-585, eff. 6-26-02.)

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