Full Text of SB1445 99th General Assembly
SB1445 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB1445 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that any residential or small commercial retail customer of an electric utility that on December 31, 2005 provided electric service to at least 2,000,000 customers in Illinois that has returned to that electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service offering may elect delivery services of electric power and energy supply service from an alternative retail electric supplier after at least 6 continuous monthly billing periods of electric power and supply service from that utility; however, the residential or small commercial retail customer shall not be permitted to return to the same alternative retail electric supplier within 2 billing cycles after the customer returned to that electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service other than in situations where the return was in error, inadvertent, or the result of any other unintended operational consequence. Effective immediately.
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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 16-103 as follows:
| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/16-103)
| 7 | | Sec. 16-103. Service obligations of electric utilities.
| 8 | | (a) An electric utility shall continue offering to
retail | 9 | | customers each tariffed service that it offered as a
distinct | 10 | | and identifiable service on the effective date of
this | 11 | | amendatory Act of 1997 until the service is (i) declared
| 12 | | competitive pursuant to Section 16-113, or (ii) abandoned
| 13 | | pursuant to Section 8-508. Nothing in this subsection shall be
| 14 | | construed as limiting an electric utility's right to propose,
| 15 | | or the Commission's power to approve, allow or order
| 16 | | modifications in the rates, terms and conditions for such
| 17 | | services pursuant to Article IX or Section 16-111 of this Act.
| 18 | | (b) An electric utility shall also offer, as tariffed
| 19 | | services, delivery services in accordance with this Article,
| 20 | | the power purchase options described in Section 16-110 and
| 21 | | real-time pricing as provided in Section 16-107.
| 22 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
| 23 | | each electric utility shall continue offering to all
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| 1 | | residential customers and to all small commercial retail
| 2 | | customers in its service area, as a tariffed service, bundled | 3 | | electric power
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energy delivered to the customer's premises | 4 | | consistent with
the bundled utility service provided by the | 5 | | electric utility
on the effective date of this amendatory Act | 6 | | of 1997. Upon
declaration of the provision of electric power | 7 | | and energy as
competitive, the electric utility shall continue | 8 | | to offer to
such customers, as a tariffed service, bundled | 9 | | service options
at rates which reflect recovery of all cost | 10 | | components for
providing the service. For those components of | 11 | | the service
which have been declared competitive, cost shall be | 12 | | the market
based prices. Market based prices as referred to | 13 | | herein shall
mean, for electric power and energy, either (i) | 14 | | those prices
for electric power and energy determined as | 15 | | provided in
Section 16-112, or (ii) the electric utility's cost | 16 | | of
obtaining the electric power and energy at wholesale through | 17 | | a
competitive bidding or other arms-length acquisition | 18 | | process.
| 19 | | (d) Any residential or small commercial retail customer
| 20 | | which elects delivery services is entitled to return to the
| 21 | | electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service offering
| 22 | | provided in accordance with subsection (c) of this Section
upon | 23 | | payment of a reasonable administrative fee which shall be
set | 24 | | forth in the tariff. If the residential or small commercial | 25 | | customer has not elected delivery services within 2 billing | 26 | | cycles after returning to the electric utility's bundled |
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| 1 | | utility tariffed service offering, then the electric utility | 2 | | shall be entitled to impose the condition that such customer | 3 | | may not elect delivery services for up to 12 months after the | 4 | | date on which the customer returned to bundled utility tariffed | 5 | | service, provided, however, that the customer shall not be | 6 | | permitted to return to the same alternative retail electric | 7 | | supplier within 2 billing cycles after the customer returned to | 8 | | bundled utility tariffed service other than in situations where | 9 | | the return was in error, inadvertent, or the result of any | 10 | | other unintended operational consequence.
| 11 | | Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection (d), any | 12 | | residential or small commercial retail customer of an electric | 13 | | utility that on December 31, 2005 provided electric service to | 14 | | at least 2,000,000 customers in Illinois that has returned to | 15 | | that electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service | 16 | | offering provided in accordance with subsection (c) of this | 17 | | Section may elect delivery services of electric power and | 18 | | energy supply service from an alternative retail electric | 19 | | supplier after at least 6 continuous monthly billing periods of | 20 | | electric power and supply service from that utility; however, | 21 | | the residential or small commercial retail customer shall not | 22 | | be permitted to return to the same alternative retail electric | 23 | | supplier within 2 billing cycles after the customer returned to | 24 | | that electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service other | 25 | | than in situations where the return was in error, inadvertent, | 26 | | or the result of any other unintended operational consequence. |
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| 1 | | (e) The Commission shall not require an electric utility
to | 2 | | offer any tariffed service other than the services required
by | 3 | | this Section, and shall not require an electric utility to
| 4 | | offer any competitive service.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 97-497, eff. 8-22-11.)
| 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 | | becoming law.
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