Sen. Neil Anderson
Filed: 3/10/2017
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1703 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1703 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing 
5Section 16-101 as follows:
 



6    (220 ILCS 5/16-101)



7    Sec. 16-101. Short title and applicability. 


8    (a) This Article may
be cited as the
the Electric Service 
9Customer Choice and Rate
Relief Law of 1997 and shall apply to 
10electric utilities and
alternative retail electric suppliers 
11as defined in this
Article.  Except to the extent modified or 
12supplemented by the
provisions of this Article, or where the 
13context clearly
renders such provisions inapplicable, the 
14other Articles of
the Public Utilities Act pertaining to public 
15utilities, public utility rates
and services and the regulation 
16thereof, are fully and equally
applicable to the tariffed 
 
 
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1services electric utilities
provide.
2    (b) The provisions of subsections (a) through (h) of 
3Section 16-111 of this
Act shall not be applicable to any 
4electric utility which elects to file
biennial rate proceedings 
5before the Commission in the years 1998, 2000 and
2002.  An 
6electric utility electing this option shall do so by filing a 
7notice
of such election with the Commission within 60 days 
8after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1997, or its 
9right to make such election shall be
irrevocably waived.  An 
10electric utility electing the option specified in this

11paragraph shall file its rate proceeding with the Commission no 
12later than
August 1 of the years 1998, 2000, and 2002.  The 
13electric utility's filing
shall comply with all requirements of 
1483 Illinois Administrative Code Parts 255
and 285 as though the 
15electric utility were filing for an increase in its
rates, 
16without regard to whether such filing would produce an 
17increase, a
decrease or no change in the electric utility's 
18rates and the Commission shall
review the electric utility's 
19filing and shall issue its
order in accordance with the 
20provisions of Section 9-201 of this Act.

21(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)".