HB3576 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB103 30235 AMQ 56663 b

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3576

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Nabeela Syed

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 5/9-228.5 new
220 ILCS 5/9-235 new

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that gas main and gas service extension policies shall be based on the principle that the full incremental cost associated with development and growth of the gas main to the customer's property shall be borne by the customers that cause those incremental costs. Provides that no later than 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall initiate a docketed rulemaking reviewing each gas public utility tariff that provides for gas main and gas service extensions without additional charge to new customers in excess of the default extensions without charge as specified in administrative rule. The focus of the rulemaking shall be to modify each gas utility's gas main and gas service extension tariff to align with these provisions.

A BILL FOR

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 adding Sections 9-228.5 and 9-235 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/9-228.5 new)

Sec. 9-228.5. Consideration of gas main and gas service extension costs. Gas main and gas service extension policies shall be based on the principle that the full incremental cost associated with development and growth of the gas main to the customer's property shall be borne by the customers that cause those incremental costs.

(220 ILCS 5/9-235 new)

Sec. 9-235. Tariffed gas main and gas service extension provisions. No later than 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the Commission shall initiate a docketed rulemaking reviewing each gas public utility tariff that provides for gas main and gas service extensions without additional charge to new customers in excess of the default extensions without charge as specified in 83 Ill. Adm. Code 501. The focus of the rulemaking shall be to modify each gas utility's gas main and gas service extension tariff to align with the provisions set forth in Section 9-228.5.