104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB0738
 
Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Don Harmon
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/16-101
    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title and applicability of the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
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 
15public utilities, public utility rates and services and the 
16regulation thereof, are fully and equally applicable to the 
17tariffed services electric utilities provide.
18    (b) The provisions of subsections (a) through (h) of 
19Section 16-111 of this Act shall not be applicable to any 
20electric utility which elects to file biennial rate 
21proceedings before the Commission in the years 1998, 2000 and 
222002. An electric utility electing this option shall do so by 
23filing a notice of such election with the Commission within 60 
 
 
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1days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, 
2or its right to make such election shall be irrevocably 
3waived. An electric utility electing the option specified in 
4this paragraph shall file its rate proceeding with the 
5Commission no later than August 1 of the years 1998, 2000, and 
62002. The electric utility's filing shall comply with all 
7requirements of 83 Illinois Administrative Code Parts 255 and 
8285 as though the electric utility were filing for an increase 
9in its rates, without regard to whether such filing would 
10produce an increase, a decrease or no change in the electric 
11utility's rates and the Commission shall review the electric 
12utility's filing and shall issue its order in accordance with 
13the provisions of Section 9-201 of this Act.
14(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)