96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5379


 
Introduced 2/5/2010, by Rep. Thomas Holbrook
 
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220 ILCS 5/19-130










     Amends the Alternative Gas Supplier Law in the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission's Office of Retail Market Development (instead of Beginning in 2003, and ending
in 2007, the Commission) shall prepare an annual
report regarding the
development of competitive retail natural gas markets in Illinois. Changes the requirements of the report to include (1) an analysis of the status and development of the retail natural gas
market in the State of Illinois; (2) a discussion of any identified barriers to the development of competitive retail natural gas markets in the State and proposed solutions to overcome the identified barriers; and (3) any other information the Commission considers significant in
assessing
the development of gas
markets in the State. Provides that the Commission's Office of Retail Market Development shall gather input from all interested parties as well as from other bureaus within the Commission to aid in preparation of its annual report, as well in its assessment of barriers to the development of competitive retail natural gas markets and proposed solutions to overcome those barriers.
  















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    AN ACT concerning utilities.
  
 
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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 19-130 as follows:
 



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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 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.)