Sen. Emil Jones Jr.
Filed: 10/3/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2973




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2973 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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



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    (220 ILCS 5/16-101)


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    Sec. 16-101. Short title and applicability. 


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    (a) This Article may
be cited as the
the Electric Service 
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Customer Choice and Rate
Relief Law of 1997 and shall apply to 
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electric utilities and
alternative retail electric suppliers 
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as defined in this
Article.  Except to the extent modified or 
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supplemented by the
provisions of this Article, or where the 
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context clearly
renders such provisions inapplicable, the 
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other Articles of
the Public Utilities Act pertaining to public 
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utilities, public utility rates
and services and the regulation 
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thereof, are fully and equally
applicable to the tariffed 
 


 






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services electric utilities
provide.

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    (b) The provisions of subsections (a) through (h) of 
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Section 16-111 of this
Act shall not be applicable to any 
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electric utility which elects to file
biennial rate proceedings 
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before the Commission in the years 1998, 2000 and
2002.  An 
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electric utility electing this option shall do so by filing a 
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notice
of such election with the Commission within 60 days 
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after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1997, or its 
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right to make such election shall be
irrevocably waived.  An 
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electric utility electing the option specified in this

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

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