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| 1 | AN ACT concerning public utilities.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 19-130 as follows:
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| 6 | (220 ILCS 5/19-130)
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| 7 | Sec. 19-130. Commission study and report. The Commission's | ||||||
| 8 | Office of Retail Market Development Beginning in 2003, and | ||||||
| 9 | ending
in 2007, the Commission shall prepare an annual
report | ||||||
| 10 | regarding the
development of competitive retail natural gas | ||||||
| 11 | markets in Illinois. The report shall be approved by the | ||||||
| 12 | Commission and be filed by
July 1
of each odd year with the | ||||||
| 13 | Joint
Committee on Legislative Support Services of the General | ||||||
| 14 | Assembly and the
Governor and shall be
publicly available. The | ||||||
| 15 | report shall include, at a minimum, the following
information:
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| 16 | (1) the aggregate annual demand of retail natural gas | ||||||
| 17 | customers in the
State of Illinois in the preceding
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| 18 | calendar year;
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| 19 | (2) the total annual therms delivered and sold to | ||||||
| 20 | retail customers in the
State of Illinois by each gas
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| 21 | utility
and each alternative gas
supplier in the preceding | ||||||
| 22 | calendar year;
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| 23 | (3) the percentage of therms delivered and sold to | ||||||
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| 1 | customers in the State
of
Illinois in the preceding
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| 2 | calendar year by each gas utility
and
each alternative gas | ||||||
| 3 | supplier;
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| 4 | (4) the total number of customers in the State of | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois served in the
preceding calendar year by each gas | ||||||
| 6 | utility and each alternative gas supplier;
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| 7 | (1) (5) an analysis of the status and development of | ||||||
| 8 | the retail natural gas
market in the State of Illinois; and | ||||||
| 9 | (2) a discussion of any identified barriers to the | ||||||
| 10 | development of competitive retail natural gas markets in | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois and proposed solutions to overcome identified | ||||||
| 12 | barriers; and
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| 13 | (3) (6) any other information the Commission considers | ||||||
| 14 | significant in
assessing
the development of gas
markets in | ||||||
| 15 | the State of Illinois.
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| 16 | To aid in preparation of its annual report, as well in its | ||||||
| 17 | assessment of barriers to the development of competitive retail | ||||||
| 18 | natural gas markets and proposed solutions to overcome those | ||||||
| 19 | barriers, the Commission's Office of Retail Market Development | ||||||
| 20 | shall gather input from all interested parties as well as from | ||||||
| 21 | other bureaus within the Commission. | ||||||
| 22 | (Source: P.A. 92-852, eff. 8-26-02.)
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