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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3027
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3027 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by changing
5 Section 16-109."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
9 changing Section 16-109 as follows:
10 (220 ILCS 5/16-109)
11 Sec. 16-109. Unbundling of delivery services; Commission
12 review. The General Assembly finds that the offering of
13 delivery services will, and is intended to, facilitate the
14 development of competition for generation services, and that
15 competition may develop for other services currently offered
16 on a tariffed basis by the electric utility. The Commission
17 shall open a proceeding to investigate the need for and
18 desirability of different or additional unbundling of
19 delivery services for some or all electric utilities 3 years
20 from the date that a tariff for delivery services is first
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1 approved or allowed into effect pursuant to this Section,
2 however, the Commission may not issue a final order in an
3 investigation proceeding before January 1, 2003. The
4 Commission shall open an additional proceeding to again
5 investigate the need for and desirability of different or
6 additional unbundling of delivery services for some or all
7 electric utilities, 3 years after the entry of its final
8 order in the first investigation proceeding. In any
9 additional investigation proceeding, the Commission shall
10 issue its final order in each investigation proceeding no
11 later than 6 months after the proceeding is initiated. In
12 each such proceeding the Commission shall consider, at a
13 minimum, the effect of additional unbundling on (i) the
14 objective of just and reasonable rates, (ii) electric utility
15 employees, and (iii) the development of competitive markets
16 for electric energy services in Illinois. Specific changes
17 to the delivery services tariffs of individual electric
18 utilities to implement findings and directives stated in an
19 order in an investigation proceeding initiated under this
20 Section shall be addressed through individual electric
21 utility tariff filings. The Commission may also, in
22 accordance with Section 16-108, upon complaint or upon its
23 own initiative without complaint, upon reasonable notice,
24 enter upon a hearing concerning the need and desirability of
25 requiring additional or other unbundling of delivery services
26 offered by electric utilities.
27 (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
28 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
29 becoming law.".