95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4356


 
Introduced , by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
 
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    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall conduct a comprehensive workforce analysis study of each electric utility serving more than 10,000 customers on December 31, 2006 (instead of each electric utility) to determine the adequacy of the total in-house staffing in each job classification or job title critical to maintaining quality reliability and restoring service in each electric utility's service territory. Effective immediately.
















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HB4356

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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 changing 
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Section 4-602 as follows:
 
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    (220 ILCS 5/4-602)
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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 serving more than 
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10,000 customers on December 31, 2006 to determine the adequacy 
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of the total in-house staffing in each job classification or 
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job title critical to maintaining quality reliability and 
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restoring service in each electric utility's service 
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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 
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determine the total number of contractor employees for the same 
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time frame and shall be conducted in the same manner as the 
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in-house analysis.
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    (b) The Commission may hold public hearings while 
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conducting the analysis to assist in the adequacy of the study. 
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The Commission must hold public hearings on the study and 
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present the results to the General Assembly no later than 
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January 1, 2009.
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    (c) An electric utility shall bear the costs of issuing any 
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reports required by this Section and it shall not be entitled 
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to recovery of any costs incurred in complying with this 
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Section.


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(Source: P.A. 95-81, eff. 8-13-07.)
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.