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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5086
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5086 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 8-205 as follows:
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| 6 | (220 ILCS 5/8-205) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-205)
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| 7 | Sec. 8-205. (a) Termination of gas and electric utility | ||||||
| 8 | service to all
residential users, including all tenants of | ||||||
| 9 | mastermetered apartment
buildings, for nonpayment of bills, | ||||||
| 10 | where gas or electricity is used as the
only source of space | ||||||
| 11 | heating or to control or operate the only space
heating | ||||||
| 12 | equipment at the residence is prohibited,
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| 13 | (1) 1. on any day when the National Weather Service | ||||||
| 14 | forecast for the following
24 hours covering the area of | ||||||
| 15 | the utility in which the residence is located
includes a | ||||||
| 16 | forecast that the temperature will be 32 degrees Fahrenheit | ||||||
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| 1 | or below; or
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| 2 | (2) 2. on any day preceding a holiday or a weekend when | ||||||
| 3 | such a forecast
indicated that the temperature will be 32 | ||||||
| 4 | degrees Fahrenheit or below
during the holiday or weekend. | ||||||
| 5 | (b) If gas or electricity is used as the only source of | ||||||
| 6 | space cooling or to control or operate the only space cooling | ||||||
| 7 | equipment at a residence, then a utility with over 100,000 | ||||||
| 8 | residential customers may not terminate gas or electric utility | ||||||
| 9 | service to the residential user, including all tenants of | ||||||
| 10 | mastermetered apartment buildings: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) on any day when the National Weather Service | ||||||
| 12 | forecast for the following 24 hours covering the area of | ||||||
| 13 | the utility in which the residence is located includes a | ||||||
| 14 | forecast that the temperature will be 95 degrees Fahrenheit | ||||||
| 15 | or above; or | ||||||
| 16 | (2) on any day preceding a holiday or weekend when a | ||||||
| 17 | forecast indicates that the temperature will be 95 degrees | ||||||
| 18 | Fahrenheit or above during the holiday or weekend.
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| 19 | (Source: P.A. 84-617.)
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 21 | becoming law.".
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