103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3576

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Nabeela Syed

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/9-228.5 new
220 ILCS 5/9-235 new

    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that gas main and gas service extension policies shall be based on the principle that the full incremental cost associated with development and growth of the gas main to the customer's property shall be borne by the customers that cause those incremental costs. Provides that no later than 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall initiate a docketed rulemaking reviewing each gas public utility tariff that provides for gas main and gas service extensions without additional charge to new customers in excess of the default extensions without charge as specified in administrative rule. The focus of the rulemaking shall be to modify each gas utility's gas main and gas service extension tariff to align with these provisions.


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A BILL FOR

 

HB3576LRB103 30235 AMQ 56663 b

1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
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 adding
5Sections 9-228.5 and 9-235 as follows:
 
6    (220 ILCS 5/9-228.5 new)
7    Sec. 9-228.5. Consideration of gas main and gas service
8extension costs. Gas main and gas service extension policies
9shall be based on the principle that the full incremental cost
10associated with development and growth of the gas main to the
11customer's property shall be borne by the customers that cause
12those incremental costs.
 
13    (220 ILCS 5/9-235 new)
14    Sec. 9-235. Tariffed gas main and gas service extension
15provisions. No later than 60 days after the effective date of
16this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the
17Commission shall initiate a docketed rulemaking reviewing each
18gas public utility tariff that provides for gas main and gas
19service extensions without additional charge to new customers
20in excess of the default extensions without charge as
21specified in 83 Ill. Adm. Code 501. The focus of the rulemaking
22shall be to modify each gas utility's gas main and gas service

 

 

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1extension tariff to align with the provisions set forth in
2Section 9-228.5.