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1    AN ACT concerning public utilities.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended  by changing 
5Section 20-120 as follows:
 
6    (220 ILCS 5/20-120)
7    Sec. 20-120. Residential and small commercial retail 
8electric competition. Within 12 months after the effective date 
9of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the 
10Director shall conduct research, gather input from all 
11interested parties and develop and present to the Commission, 
12the General Assembly,  and the  Governor a detailed plan designed 
13to promote, in the most expeditious manner possible, retail 
14electric competition for residential and small commercial 
15electricity consumers while maintaining safe, reliable, and 
16affordable service.  Interested parties shall be given the 
17opportunity to review the plan and provide written comments 
18regarding the plan prior to its submission  to the Commission, 
19the General Assembly,  and the  Governor.  Any written comments 
20received by the Office shall be posted on the Commission's web 
21site.  The final plan submitted to the Commission, the General 
22Assembly,  and the  Governor must  include summaries of any 
23written comments and must  also be posted on the Commission's 
 
 
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1web site.
2    To the extent the plan calls for Commission action, the 
3Commission shall initiate any proceeding or proceedings called 
4for in the final plan within 60 days after  receipt of  the final 
5plan and complete those proceedings within 11 months after  
6their initiation.
7    Nothing in this Section shall prevent the Commission from 
8acting earlier to remove identified barriers to retail electric 
9competition for residential and small commercial consumers.

10    Beginning in 2013, the Office of Retail Market Development 
11shall review the practices of door-to-door sales within both 
12the electric and natural gas market, gather input from all 
13interested parties, and present to the Commission, the General 
14Assembly, and the Governor a plan to identify problems in 
15door-to-door sales and recommend any possible solutions or 
16improvements for either legislative action or rulemaking by the 
17Commission. 
18(Source: P.A. 94-1095, eff. 2-2-07.)
 
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
20becoming law.