96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5379

 

Introduced 2/5/2010, by Rep. Thomas Holbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/19-130

    Amends the Alternative Gas Supplier Law in the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission's Office of Retail Market Development (instead of Beginning in 2003, and ending in 2007, the Commission) shall prepare an annual report regarding the development of competitive retail natural gas markets in Illinois. Changes the requirements of the report to include (1) an analysis of the status and development of the retail natural gas market in the State of Illinois; (2) a discussion of any identified barriers to the development of competitive retail natural gas markets in the State and proposed solutions to overcome the identified barriers; and (3) any other information the Commission considers significant in assessing the development of gas markets in the State. Provides that the Commission's Office of Retail Market Development shall gather input from all interested parties as well as from other bureaus within the Commission to aid in preparation of its annual report, as well in its assessment of barriers to the development of competitive retail natural gas markets and proposed solutions to overcome those barriers.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning utilities.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
5 Section 19-130 as follows:
 
6     (220 ILCS 5/19-130)
7     Sec. 19-130. Commission study and report. The Commission's
8 Office of Retail Market Development Beginning in 2003, and
9 ending in 2007, the Commission shall prepare an annual report
10 regarding the development of competitive retail natural gas
11 markets in Illinois. The report shall be filed by July 1 of
12 each year with the Joint Committee on Legislative Support
13 Services of the General Assembly and the Governor and shall be
14 publicly available. The report shall include, at a minimum, the
15 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     the State of Illinois and proposed solutions to overcome
12     the identified 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     The Commission's Office of Retail Market Development shall
17 gather input from all interested parties as well as from other
18 bureaus within the Commission to aid in preparation of its
19 annual report, as well in its assessment of barriers to the
20 development of competitive retail natural gas markets and
21 proposed solutions to overcome those barriers.
22 (Source: P.A. 92-852, eff. 8-26-02.)