HB5774 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 20466 EGJ 44973 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5774

Introduced , by Rep. David R. Leitch

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 5/5-118 new

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that, on April 1 of each year beginning the year after the effective date of the amendatory Act, privately held public water utilities shall provide annual reports to the Illinois Commerce Commission with specified information for each district served by the utility. Provides that privately held public water utilities shall provide to the local emergency services disaster agency any reports discussing the condition of the system in each district for the previous calendar year with information relevant to public safety. Provides that the utilities shall certify the accuracy of the information provided in the reports. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding Section 5-118 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/5-118 new)

Sec. 5-118. Water utility pricing reports by district.

(a) Privately held public water utilities shall provide to the Commission annual reports on April 1 of each year beginning the year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly containing the following information for the previous calendar year:

(1) the information included in Standard Appendix A in the Statement of Operating Income with Adjustments, including total operating revenue, total operating expenses, net operating income, as well as expenses related to labor, fuel and power, chemicals, waste disposal, management fees, group insurance, pensions, customer accounting, maintenance, depreciation and amortization, state income tax, and federal income tax;

(2) the actual cost of capital improvement projects completed during the reporting year;

(3) planned capital improvements for each of the coming 5 reporting years;

(4) usage and revenue data by customer class within the district;

(5) any available and applicable water quality reports;

(6) reports of any major water leaks;

(7) a summary of water loss in the water distribution system for the reporting year;

(8) a list of boil orders;

(9) a report on water sources divided by surface water and ground water;

(10) a summary of revenue and cost information that indicates how common costs to the privately held public water utility are allocated across communities; and

(11) techniques and practices for allocated costs.

(b) Privately held public water utilities shall provide to the local emergency services disaster agency any reports discussing the condition of the system in each district with information relevant to public safety for the previous calendar year.

(c) The privately held water utilities shall provide a report or reports containing the information specified in subsection (a) of this Section for each district served by the utilities. The privately held public water utilities shall certify the accuracy of the information provided under this Section.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.