Bill Status of HB3549  94th General Assembly


Short Description:  UTIL-ELEC-REAL-TIME PRICING

House Sponsors
Rep. Elaine Nekritz - Jack D. Franks - Dave Winters - Julie Hamos - Sara Feigenholtz, Barbara Flynn Currie, Joseph M. Lyons, Eddie Washington and John D'Amico

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
220 ILCS 5/16-101A
220 ILCS 5/16-102
220 ILCS 5/16-107


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires each electric utility to file, on or before February 1, 2006, a tariff or tariffs which allow residential retail customers in the electric utility's service area to elect real-time pricing beginning January 1, 2007. Sets forth information required to be included in the tariff. Requires an electric utility providing real-time pricing to install an appropriate meter for customers who elect to use real-time pricing and in all new service locations unless the customer requests a watt-hour meter. Requires the electric utility to contract with an Illinois nonprofit corporation to develop a program of consumer outreach, education, and enrollment concerning real-time pricing and to establish and administer information and technical and customer assistance for management of electricity use. Authorizes the electric utility to impose a uniform charge on all residential customers in order to recover its reasonable costs in complying with the real-time pricing provisions. Defines "real-time pricing" to mean tariffed retail charges for delivered electric power and energy that vary hour-to-hour (now, that vary on an hour-to-hour basis for non-residential retail customers and that vary on a periodic basis during the day for residential retail customers) and that are determined from prices posted by the Independent System Operator or by a comparable methodology approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/24/2005HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz
  2/24/2005HouseFirst Reading
  2/24/2005HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  3/1/2005HouseAssigned to Executive Committee
  3/2/2005HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
  3/2/2005HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
  3/2/2005HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
  3/3/2005HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
  3/3/2005HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
  3/10/2005HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  3/11/2005HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
  3/16/2005HouseCo-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
  3/16/2005HouseCo-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
  1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die