Sen. Don Harmon
Filed: 4/14/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5378 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5378, on page 1, 
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line 5, by replacing "Section 16-117" with "Sections 16-117 and 
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19-130"; and
 
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on page 3, by replacing  line 12 with the following:
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"be made subject to sufficient funds and appropriations as 
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described in subsection"; and
 
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on page 7, immediately below line 25, by inserting the 
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following:



 



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    "(220 ILCS 5/19-130)



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    Sec. 19-130. Commission study and report. The Commission's 
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Office of Retail Market Development Beginning in 2003, and 
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ending
in 2007, the Commission shall prepare an annual
report 
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regarding the
development of competitive retail natural gas 
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markets in Illinois.  The report shall be filed by
July 1
of 
 


 






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each year with the Joint
Committee on Legislative Support 
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Services of the General Assembly and the
Governor and shall be

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publicly available. The report shall include, at a minimum, the 
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following
information:


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        (1) the aggregate annual demand of retail natural gas 
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    customers in the
State of Illinois in the preceding

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    calendar year;


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        (2) the total annual therms delivered and sold to 
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    retail customers in the
State of Illinois by each gas

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    utility
and each alternative gas
supplier in the preceding 
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    calendar year;


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        (3) the percentage of therms delivered and sold to 
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    customers in the State
of
Illinois in the preceding

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    calendar year by each gas utility
and
each alternative gas 
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    supplier;


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        (4) the total number of customers in the State of 
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    Illinois served in the
preceding calendar year by each gas 
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    utility and each alternative gas supplier;


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        (1) (5) an analysis of the status and development of 
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    the retail natural gas
market in the State of Illinois; and

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        (2) a discussion of any identified barriers to the 
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    development of competitive retail natural gas markets in 
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    the State of Illinois and proposed solutions to overcome 
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    the identified barriers; and 

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        (3) (6) any other information the Commission considers 
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    significant in
assessing
the development of gas
markets in 
 


 






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    the State of Illinois.
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    The Commission's Office of Retail Market Development shall 
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gather input from all interested parties as well as from other 
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bureaus within the Commission to aid in preparation of its 
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annual report, as well as in its assessment of barriers to the 
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development of competitive retail natural gas markets and 
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proposed solutions to overcome those barriers. 

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(Source: P.A. 92-852, eff. 8-26-02.)".