Public Act 098-1121
 
SB3437 EnrolledLRB098 19532 RPS 54709 b


  
    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended  by changing 
Section 19-130 as follows:
 



    (220 ILCS 5/19-130)



    Sec. 19-130. Commission study and report. The Commission's 
Office of Retail Market Development shall prepare an annual

report regarding the
development of competitive retail natural 
gas markets in Illinois. The Office shall monitor existing 
competitive conditions in Illinois, identify barriers to 
retail competition for all customer classes, and actively 
explore and propose to the Commission and to the General 
Assembly solutions to overcome identified barriers. Solutions 
proposed by the Office to promote retail competition must also 
promote safe, reliable, and affordable natural gas service.  
    On or before October 1 of each year, beginning in 2015, the 
Director shall submit a report to the Commission, the General 
Assembly, and the Governor, that includes The report shall be 
approved by the Commission and be filed by
July 1
of each odd 
year with the Joint
Committee on Legislative Support Services 
of the General Assembly and the
Governor and shall be
publicly 
available. The report shall include, at a minimum, the 
following
information:






        (1) an analysis of the status and development of the 
    retail natural gas
market in the State of Illinois; and
        (2) a discussion of any identified barriers to the 
    development of competitive retail natural gas markets in 
    Illinois and proposed solutions to overcome identified 
    barriers; and 


        (3) any other information the Office Commission 
    considers significant in
assessing
the development of 
    natural gas
markets in the State of Illinois.

    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, the Commission's Office of Retail Market Development 
shall gather input from all interested parties as well as from 
other bureaus within the Commission. 
(Source: P.A. 97-223, eff. 1-1-12.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.