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HB0825 Engrossed |
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LRB095 08559 MJR 28742 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding |
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| Sections 4-602 and 4-603 as follows: |
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| (220 ILCS 5/4-602 new) |
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| Sec. 4-602. Electric utility workforce study. |
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| (a) The Commission shall conduct a comprehensive workforce |
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| analysis study of each electric utility to determine the |
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| adequacy of the total in-house staffing in each job |
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| classification or job title critical to maintaining quality |
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| reliability and restoring service in each electric utility's |
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| service territory. Each report shall contain a yearly detailed |
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| comparison beginning with 1995 and ending in 2006 of each |
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| electric utility's ratio of: |
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| (1) in-house workers, commonly referred to as |
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| "linemen", to customers; |
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| (2) customer service call-center employees to |
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| customers; and |
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| (3) meter service or repair employees to customers. |
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| The ratios shall be reported from each utility's named |
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| service area, district, division, outlying area, village, |
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| municipality, reporting point, or region. The analysis shall |