(220 ILCS 5/16-109)
Sec. 16-109.
Unbundling of delivery services; Commission
review.
The General Assembly finds that the offering of delivery
services will, and is intended to, facilitate the development
of competition for generation services, and that competition
may develop for other services currently offered on a tariffed
basis by the electric utility. The Commission shall open a
proceeding to investigate the need for and desirability of
different or additional unbundling of delivery services for
some or all electric utilities 3 years from the date that
a tariff for delivery services is first approved or allowed
into effect pursuant to this Section. The Commission shall
open an additional proceeding to again investigate the need
for and desirability of different or additional unbundling of
delivery services for some or all electric utilities, 3
years after the entry of its final order in the first
investigation proceeding. The Commission shall issue its
final order in each investigation proceeding no later than 6
months after the proceeding is initiated. In each such
proceeding the Commission shall consider, at a minimum, the
effect of additional unbundling on (i) the objective of just
and reasonable rates, (ii) electric utility employees, and
(iii) the development of competitive markets for electric
energy services in Illinois. Specific changes to the delivery
services tariffs of individual electric utilities to implement
findings and directives stated in an order in an investigation
proceeding initiated under this Section shall be addressed
through individual electric utility tariff filings.
The Commission may also, in accordance with Section 16-108, upon complaint or
upon its own initiative without complaint, upon reasonable notice, enter upon a
hearing concerning the need and desirability of requiring additional or other
unbundling of delivery services offered by electric utilities.
(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
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