99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB6054

 

Introduced 2/11/2016, by Rep. Emily McAsey

 

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 municipality served by the utility. Provides that the utility shall certify the accuracy of the information provided in the reports. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
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 adding
5Section 5-118 as follows:
 
6    (220 ILCS 5/5-118 new)
7    Sec. 5-118. Water utility pricing reports by municipality.
8Privately held public water utilities shall provide to the
9Commission annual reports on April 1 of each year beginning the
10year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1199th General Assembly containing the following information for
12the previous calendar year:
13        (1) the information included in Standard Appendix A in
14    the Statement of Operating Income with Adjustments;
15        (2) the actual cost of capital improvement projects
16    completed during the reporting year;
17        (3) planned capital improvements for each of the coming
18    5 reporting years;
19        (4) usage and revenue data by customer class within the
20    municipality;
21        (5) any available and applicable water quality
22    reports;
23        (6) reports of any major water leaks;

 

 

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1        (7) a summary of water loss in the water distribution
2    system for the reporting year;
3        (8) a list of boil orders;
4        (9) a report on water sources divided by surface water
5    and ground water;
6        (10) a summary of revenue and cost information that
7    indicates how common costs to the privately held public
8    water utility are allocated across communities; and
9        (11) techniques and practices for allocated costs.
10    The privately held water utility shall provide a report
11containing this information for each municipality served by the
12utility. The privately held public water utilities shall
13certify the accuracy of the information provided under this
14Section.
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.